A glorious day

Beautifully sunny, temps in the mid 20s, still, blue sky - lovely. Andy headed down into St Girons this morning to get some bits and pieces but I couldn't face the hour long round trip so spent the time doing some housework interspersed with spells outside soaking up the sun on the terrasse and reading about French culinary traditions! This afternoon, I took the pooch for a brief run up to the Cap du Carmil (1479m) from the Col de Peguère (just 5 minutes up the road from us) which is another ski de randonnée route that we have got our eye on for the winter. It is a lovely, gradual gradient with the most fantastic views towards the Pic de la Journalade and Pic des Trois Seigneurs and the rest of the Pyreneean Mountain chain in the distance.



In the meantime, Andy managed to sort out some more of the plastering in the bathroom, particularly above the window, where he had removed some thick, older plaster, behind which he has now buried the electrical conduit which looks much neater. Painting tomorrow, I reckon.

Still no sign of his skiis which apparently left Germany nearly 3 weeks ago now. Phone calls to the carrier, GLS in Toulouse, have resulted in us being told that the package is 'lost'! Nobody is admitting to having it and it seems to have fallen off their track and trace system on the 24th. Marvellous (not)! So emails have gone off to the supplier in Germany that he bought them from asking for a replacement set of skiis to be sent without further delay. Here's hoping they don't get lost too!