Peter’s Hospital Diary

Which pretty much sums up the contrast bwtween day and night. However we are nice and toasty round the wood burner. To see how toasty you can visit this link which will give near real time weather info. (One of the items I brought out for Mark was a method of interfacing the weather sensor to the broadband router – this is the result – wind speed isn’t recorded yet). We also have another warmer – Pimms No 3 Winter mix. Richard mentioned this last year, but I had other things on my mind at the time, but we saw it on the ferry…

We have had a busy but relaxing couple of days. We went to Pompadour yesterday for the market – but it is now out of season, and the market is only held every two weeks – and this week isn’t the one, so after a look round we decided to head off to Brive. Not overly impressed, so we thought about going to Brantome, which we visited last time. However we felt hunger pangs on the way and stopped off for a leisurley French style lunch at a lttle roadside tabac, and after that it was a little late, so we headed back ‘home’, stopping at a little village (St Raphael) for a photo opportunity. (All the photos are here on the gallery for your perusal).

There was just time to do change the blown lamp on the car and do a little more grass cutting before it started to get chilly. The lamp changing was a saga! Now you are supposed to carry a spare set of lamps with you, but they wouldn’t have been much use as it took about 45b minutes and a few tools to change it – in fact the manual recommends taking it to a dealer! Next time would be easier, but it was a tricky job.

Today we did get to Brantome and had a look round some of the its we missed last time, like the river walks and some of the back streets. The main ‘attraction’ is the Abby, part of which is built into the hillside. After Brantome we headed back, lit the fire and we are settling down with a Winter Pimms and a book!

Onwards and upwards!