Guests leaving

After 4 nights with us, Trudi and Julian left this morning to head down to the coast and along to the Camargue before meandering back up to the North on Monday. It has been lovely having visitors but it's a shame the weather has been pants since the weekend and we were not able to get out for a walk or go climbing together. Still, I think they left with a good idea as to why we have chosen to make this area our home!

Andy excelled himself with the wonderful vegetarian delights that he has produced over the last few days. I have already mentioned the squash and capsicum curry, but we have also had a lovely Moroccan spiced stuffed marrow, some yummy baked figs and last night, the grand finale was a fine, hearty mixed bean casserole followed by nectarines done in white wine and cinnamon, all washed down with some not bad €1.60/litre white wine from our little shop down in Massat! I think T and J left inspired to broaden their culinary horizons when they return to the UK and I am looking forward to experiencing more veggie delights at Pissou!

The temperature dipped down to around 10 degrees yesterday so we lit the wood burner for the first time this autumn.... and what a difference it makes to the house! It felt so cosy and snug and homely with the fire burning and Andy cooking the casserole on top of the woodburner - much more energy efficient than using the gas hob and electric oven and more 'how it should be done' in this part of the world! The heat soon worked its way up through the house and even the attic felt warm and welcoming after an hour or so. I am actually really looking forward to the winter months, knowing how cosy we will be in our little house!

While he was here, Julian took some fab photos using his macro lens... here are a couple of them;

He also took a couple of shots of Taff which are lovely!