A Gardener in France

We were only in Chabris for a day or so before we had to shoot off down to Bordeaux to move my mother-in-law from the city to her place near the coast. A 10-hour round trip, but she was grateful for the assistance. On Monday 4th July we had a 9:30 meeting with an electrician, did some tidying and set off to explore the village a little.

The Moulin - the water mill by the river - has been partly restored and is used for community activities including, I gather, a gardening club: something for me to get involved in later. Its a great fishing spot and is close to one of the deeper parts of the river here-abouts. There is a little garden and a nature reserve and when we dropped by there was a painting lesson in progress.

Back home, I surveyed the garden so that I could consider a design when I return to the UK. I also changed the plugs on a number of pieces of kitchen equipment we had brought from England so that we could eat, drink and be merrier than we had expected.

On the Tuesday we set off for Bordeaux. There is an embassy opposite the house so parking was a nightmare but we eventually settled in and took Pixie for a walk in the park around the corner. The following morning we drove to St. Sornin, a sleepy farming village near the coast where the family have their old property. We have great affection for the place but did not stay: we were back to Chabris via the Carrefour hypermarket in Tours, by late afternoon.

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