It wasn’t the welcome home we expected - torrential rain, flooding, and giant potholes in pretty much every road we drove on today. Ugh! The drive was pretty awful but it’s good to be home.
We actually arrived back yesterday after spending a couple of days in Montreuil Sur Mer but didn’t want to drive too far so stayed at a pub in Sussex.
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| Collapsed ramparts |
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| Closed to the public |
Montreuil has had its fair share of flooding over the past couple of months and it’s lost 18 metres of its famous ramparts due to the downpours. The fields in the area were also flooded and there has been much on the French news about the situation. Here is a Link if anyone is interested in learning more about it. It will cost a fortune to repair according to the friendly Tourist Office chap.
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| A touch of local colour - beige |
We like to go to this town as the vet is excellent and sorts our return animal health certificate out (thanks Brexit) each time we travel. Hugo only tried to bite her once. The restaurants are pretty good too. At lunch we got talking to an English woman whose father is a singer. He sang on the winning Katrina and the Waves song, Love Shine a Light, at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997. Very exciting.
Now we’re back the fun begins. Unpacking, cleaning, and washing. I must say it’s rather fabulous to sit in front of the fire while sprawling out on the sofas. Hugo is loving his beanbag as well.
I think I’ll order takeaway tonight. Until next time…
