Guests arriving

After a final clean up and tidy up, the ladders were removed to their rightful place in the barn, the floor was hoovered and then mopped (probably the first time in it's life!), the rug laid and the bed made. Oh, and the final touch was a small bunch of flowers on the small chest of drawers and a scented candle and the addition of a throw for the bed settee acquired just this morning from the fabulous Saturday market in St Girons;

I love this room. Once it is completely finished (scrim done, gaps in the plasterboard filled in, gaps between the floorboards and the wall filled etc) it is going to be a very special place

Andy cooked a very yummy squash and capsicum curry for our friends, Trudi and Julian, who arrived after a very long journey down from Calais - over 11 hrs! Nice to have company again and to receive the precious supplies of mint and tree tea shampoo, ribena, assam tea and tahini that we had pre-ordered :-) Unfortunately, it looks like the weather has turned just in time for their stay, with low cloud, drizzle and temperatures around 13 degrees. It's always the way!

Oops, missed a post yesterday! Andy was busy so I took the pooch up the zig zags above the Etang de Lhers yesterday afternoon to the Cabane des Roses. This was a walk that we did a while ago and which I always reckoned would be a good route to attempt to run, as the incline is not too bad and the terrain good. I managed to run most of the lower zig zags but tired on the upper half. Took me just under an hour to reach the cabane from where I had fantastic views towards the Col d'Agnes and the mountains bordering Spain beyond.