Back to Blighty, 16 Oct.

It is now 15 February, as I finish uploading the blog entries from the August-October visit, and I realise I have no notes from the last day. Hardly surprising as it would have been a fairly early start (just as soon as the final winter/absence preparation activities were complete) and then a long drive to Calais.

The last week did provide us with these rather lovely, moody evening and morning images from the back of the house, so these are a nice way to finish this latest blogging:


As I recall, the journey Calais was pretty uneventful. We stayed overnight in the town and, for only the second time since Covid hit in March, we ate out. It was something of a different experience as the images of the (usually busy) restaurant area show:

We had originally intended to stop at Natasha's, in St Albans, on the drive back through the UK to the Midlands, but Covid restrictions prevented it. As I type it has now been a long 7 months since we saw her, her husband Tom and our granddaughter, Serena, who turned four earlier this month. As I recall the last leg of the journey went quickly and smoothly with us making good time and arriving home around 11 am.

Since the visit we have selected our electrician for the rewiring in France and, provisionally, he is due to start at the end of April. I'm retiring in just under 5-weeks so, all being well, we'll be able to stick to that plan and be back in Uzerche to allow the work to commence. Right now though, we're still in lockdown and so who knows when we'll actually be back.

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