Monday, 21 December 2020

The first and last post of 2020

The year started well with sunshine at the end of January - tea on the terrace..


Then we had two (half) days snowshoeing near Ax-les-Thermes with the walking group.


Nicky, Bryony and Morgan came for the UK half-term, we took the kids to the mountains for 3 days, but not lots of snow.




Then came lockdown, restricted to 1 hour and 1km from home for a month, but it's quite pretty here.



A month later and it was 100km.


C was a lycra lout again.


We found a beach-side campsite with good sanitary measures before the hordes arrived.

Then we stayed quietly at home, no parties, no fetes!  Had to cancel our trip to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia - thankfully, as they were at war when we would have been there!

At the end of July we took a friend from Condom and an Armenian refugee up to other friends near Auxerre. 


 


 In September we had a week walking (well strolling) in the Ardeche with the walking group - about 35 of us.  Very beautiful countryside.

 

 




Just before the second lockdown we escaped to a ballet in the Grand Theatre at Bordeaux



and then the three-day event at Pau 

 





which included carriage driving.


Back to 1 hour and 1km for a month then 3 hours and 20km.  Started ordering take-away meals from local resto's and one superb one put together by top chefs of the region.


When we could travel anywhere (in France) we booked a nice apartment in Limoux and walked for 4 days.




So Happy Christmas from Montreal.

















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