Friday 31st July

I woke about nine this morning, i had arranged to go for a walk with Marte, so i got myself organized and ready for the off at ten, Marte phoned at ten to say she would be about half an hour late, which is quite normal in France, so at ten thirty we set off, i was unsure exactly how far we would go but had nothing special planned so it didn't matter. In the end we walked for two hours, from Noyelles les Humieres to Oeuf en Ternois, then to Humieres then back to Noyelles, probably about six miles in all, it felt good to get back into it and maybe i can trim down a little before heading over to aus. There is a lovely view on the road to Oeuf that looks back towards the village and gives a nice uninterupted view of the house, i am not sure you can see it so well in the photo, but it looks better in real life. After the walk Marte and i sat in her garden and had a drink of blackcurrant juice then i headed home. Fortunately the dogs were worn out and just lolled about the house for the rest of the afternoon.

I spent some time online, as per, and then did some reading, then later i headed out into the garden with the dogs, the cows were in the feild next to us so i took some pictures of them and the dogs, and the fruit and veg in the garden, the pumpkins are looking quite impressive if i say so myself. After this is decided to relax for a bit, the headed off to check on the rabbits before starting dinner, sausage, chips and eggs, not very healthy i know but very enjoyable. A night in front of the telly again, nothing much of interest apart from a history of Jaguar on classic gear, which was quite good, then off to bed and Mr Hughes again, two hours reading later i turned in. One interesting thing i noticed on my online session, it was an aussie obsessive day, is how similar some of the houses in south australia are to our house, i was looking at property for sale and saw many that could have been designed by the same architect, the same basic design but generally with some veranda shading. Anyway thats all for today, hope you enjoy the pictures, catch you soon.