sat and sun 20th sept

i got up on Saturday determined to do something with the day, had my usual time on line and then sorted all the rubbish in the bathroom in to the car and headed to the tip. After i had dumped our rubbish i went shopping for food in hesdin then returned home. I nipped round to see Chris and Allan to see what was happening on Sunday, but they knew as much as i did, Chris showed me the work they had had done in their house and it looks very good. They invited me over for something to eat in the evening with Simon and Jacqui, i was feeling a little anti social but said i would come. I got back to the house and messed around for the afternoon, I phoned Janine to see if she knew what the arrangements were for the fishing day but she was unsure as well, but we arranged to go in my car and meet at ten. I headed out by seven, it was a pleasant evening, some very nice bespoke sausages from the UK, and we ended up sitting outside as the evening went to bed, it was a very nice night and as i walked home the sky was a profusion of stars, one of the beauty's of this place i have not seen for a while. The first day ant and i moved in here we had terrible problems with the electrics, no furniture, no cooker and it was freezing cold, and we though 'what the hell are we doing' but we went outside and the sky was absolutely stunning. I got back by ten and watched a film before heading off to bed.
On Sunday it was the village annual fishing day, i sorted out the car and picked Janine up at ten and we headed off to a little village where there was a caravan park which had artificial ponds for people to fish at. Several people were already there when we arrived so we made our rounds of bonjours then set up a place to sit. I had taken my book with me as i didn't intend to fish, and sat and chatted to people and read. A little later Alan and Chris, Simon and Jacqui arrived and they settled in, Alan is a keen fisherman, though this was a long way from what he is used to. There was a bit of scandal at the lack of organization, normally for these organized events the comitè de fetè provides the meat for lunch and everyone else brings a dish of some sort and everyone sits down to a right good feed accompanied by plenty of booze and conviviality. This time that had not been arranged as there was a restaurant on site, however it was shut, there was such a worry that some people would not get fed, so they clubbed everything they had brought together and in the end we all got a very pleasant lunch. In the afternoon i tried my hand at the fishing and caught four, Simon was having a great day and reeled in eleven by the time i left, Chris and i sat next to each other and chatted on about all sorts of stuff, and the afternoon was incredibly pleasant, good weather and all. By half five i decided it was time to head back, i had left the dogs in all day and was feeling incredibly guilty, so i packed up the car and Janine and i said our au revoirs and headed home.
Remarkably the dogs were fine when i got back and the pools of wee and poo were nowhere to be found, so i set them free in the garden and had a bit of a play with them to release some of their pent up energy. I had a nice relaxing evening, spoke to gran, watched the antiques roadshow, spoke to ant on skype then headed upstairs early as i was somewhat tired, then read for another two hours before finally going to sleep. Busy day of house work to follow on Monday as ant is returning.