Pig Poo

H - The world was holding its breath on Sunday night as Holland took on Spain in the football. Our resident Dutch girl Marjolijn was keen for everyone to get behind her country, so regardless of any reluctance we were all kitted out in orange T shirts, feathers, bows, glasses, etc. Gracie the sheep even had an orange shirt and the dogs got orange collars. Unfortunately it turns out the future was not bright for Holland, but they sure know how to earn a yellow card… or 14. We all consoled Marjolijn, hoping she wouldn’t get as angry/violent as her fellow countrymen.

A - Today is Tuesday and we’ve got a day off from work at the camel farm. However, I spent most of my morning picking up pig poo and putting it in a bucket. To be honest, this is not one of my favourite things ever and let’s just say I now thoroughly understand the origins of the phrase ‘shit storm’. It’s actually a fairly difficult job. Scraping the nugget up and away while leaving minimal residue on the grass requires focus and skill. This is farm life.

It all has to be done though, particularly as Jean-Pierre and Caroline are returning home tomorrow morning so our house-sit is coming to an end.

Today we should have a new resident at the maison (well actually a returning resident), Jimmy who is another handyman to join grant building things etc. We’ll get to meet him tomorrow though when we get back. It’s quite an exciting event really, and will take our number to 10.

H - As a reward for all our hard work this morning we decided to go out for lunch. So we drove to the culinary hotspot of Plaisance about three villages from here. (Not) being spoiled for choice we headed to the only brasserie, ordered the Menu du Jour and were pleasantly surprised with our grub. Not only were portions more than generous, food was delicious and wine and coffee were included. Good work France. Complete with a food baby apiece we headed back to the housesit to relax.

Right now we are sat watching ‘Come Dine With Me’ to help us digest lunch. Vera has just served dessert: a scoop of Wall’s ice cream topped with crushed Malteasers, squirty cream and a ‘fruit coulis’ (strawberry jam mixed with warm water). Hero.