And I am not talking birds singing, they are an absolute pleasure to listen to morning and evening. I am talking about low flying military jets. I believe they are known as MiGS - whatever they are they are noisy, they fly low - just topping the trees and I am sure only a few feet from the top of our house. They swoop into our lives with no warning and disappear without a trace - just leaving their noise echoing around the valley. It is the season of flying practice and this is the 2nd day that they have interrupted our peace and quiet. Yes I know that they need to get their flying hours in and in this area there is the river which is used as a guide.
The farmers beasts have been allocated their fields and these young cows and heifers are disturbed by the noise. Jensen ignores the noise of the aeroplanes but he does not like to see cows around. 'What is that large white thing moving about over there?' is the impression I get from him when he growls and barks at sight of them.
We are without motor car at the moment. Well our own that is, one of its wheels fell off last Friday and we are having to hire a car until ours in mended. Always this time of year, when I think I have got extra in the bank, the wretched car 'breaks' somewhere. So new bearings on the wheel, plus 2 new tyres and it needs a new power steering pump. Me, I am not happy with this motor, never have been. Next one will be French not American - spares will be cheaper for a start.
Garden tidying is well underway, the weather has been so good for gardening and I do like to get my hands in the soil.
Daughters in the UK are fine, so are the grandchildren. Georges is starting at a nursery, it is hard to believe that he is nearly 2 years old.
We are waiting on an insurance claim for damage caused to our barns by the tempest on 28th February.
It is only the 2nd time we have made a claim. The first time was in April 2005, we had strange weather one day - it was bright and sunny then high gusts of wind followed by hailstorms. This pattern happened four or five times during the day. The gusts of wind were very powerful and they took out the centre section of the roof of a large hangar. We called our insurance man who came and took photos then filled in the claim form. They refused to pay out because the 'Meteo' declared that wind speed did not exceed 50k in the village which is their nearest point of reference. We are about 5k outside the village! . The building is not insured now and the roof continues to fall down, bit by bit.
And so we wait. I am also waiting for hinges for my oven doors, a new data cable for my digital camera as well as the car to be fixed....
One gets good at waiting ...in France.
ReplyDeleteThe German guy who used to drop in on us used to comment when he saw the jets that there went his annual taxes again....
The jets also zoom in over our heads as well, but worse than that are the helicopters that use the little airfield near us to practice their landings. Round and round they fly, up and down and up and down, sometimes for a couple of hours at a time. We try not to get annoyed. They also fly along our river, which is the Adour, so must use it as a waymarker as well. Nice to have found you, and will read you again.
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