Nightime intruders!

It was 01.00 hrs. I was dead to the world. I was awoken by Andy suddenly sitting up in bed... "Did you hear that?!" Then the dog started a low level, warning 'woof'. Whatever it was, he had heard it too. I must have been sound asleep, as I hadn't heard a thing. "It was like a rumbling... could have been something coming down the chimney." Then the security light in front of the house came on. Like a shot, Andy was at the window ... "It's a pair of feckin' donkeys!" On went the jeans and jumper and out he shot. Sure enough, there were two donkeys meandering around outside the house, chomping the grass and generally having a good mooch! Goodness knows where they had escaped from, but they were good natured animals and not the least bit fazed by a giddy Taff, who had no idea what to make of them. The noise that had awoken Andy was them trotting down the 'chemin' in front of the house or maybe at the back of the house on the dry earth. Eventually, we decided to leave them to it and try to get back to sleep. They must have wondered off in due course, as we were not disturbed any further during the night, thank goodness!

So that was last night's excitement. We heard the dynamic duo on and off today, braying in the woodland opposite Pissou, but they have not returned to visit us again.

Today was supposed to be a run or bike day, but unfortunately I appear to have pulled a small muscle over my shoulder blade, probably while throwing the ball for the dog yesterday, which has proved quite uncomfortable in various positions. So instead of a bonkers run or a col ride, I have had a day of gentle housework and soaking up the warm (18 degrees ambient temperature) sun on the terrasse. Nice :-)