{"id":276,"date":"2007-07-31T13:40:04","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T12:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boraston.net\/blog\/2007\/07\/31\/tuesday-back-home-but-the-sun-is-shining\/"},"modified":"2007-07-31T13:40:04","modified_gmt":"2007-07-31T12:40:04","slug":"tuesday-back-home-but-the-sun-is-shining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boraston.net\/blog\/getting-my-life-back\/tuesday-back-home-but-the-sun-is-shining\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday… back home (but the sun is shining!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Segour\"Sunday was fairly quiet, partly because the weather wasn’t that good and partly because we wanted to take things easy before the drive up to Caen for the ferry. However we did go to Segour Le Chateau, a tiny medieval village not far from the house. It was very picturesque, although it had an air of neglect about it. The chateau itself was partly ruined, and I suppose as the village existed to service the chateau, when it fell into decline, the village did too. However once a week it has an open air farmers’ market, where you can buy stuff – then have it BBQ’d on the spot. We didn’t go – it was too wet on the first Monday we were there, and yesterday we left. Maybe next time!<\/p>\n

The journey back was fairly uneventful. We seemed to go a long way round, diverting up to Orleans and about 40 miles West of Paris, but although it wasn’t the most direct route, it was about 20 to 30 minutes faster, being mostly motorway. However I’m not sure the time saved was worth it in terms of fuel and tolls, so next time we will use the most direct route!<\/p>\n

\"House\"We arrived at the ferry in good time, had a bite to eat and embarked for the longer trip home – we arrived at the front door at about 11pm last night. We had a lie in this morning, but I am popping into work this afternoon.<\/p>\n

I said that Mark and Sue’s house is a work in progress – evidence is here – while we were with them, they half painted the back – it looks much better! More paint is being brought out by the next set of visitors who arrived yesterday! (Paint is expensive in France!)<\/p>\n

So an excellent week – many thanks again to our hosts!<\/p>\n

Onwards and Upwards!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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