Wednesday 19 June 2024

We had a massive thunder storm last night which went on for ages and dumped more rain on the village. The swimming pool needed some water pumped out and another vacuum and more cleaning duties this morning.

Lady P has a hair appointment at 3 pm today, so she drops Flashy off at the Intermarche complex where he plans to wander about the hardware, supermarket, clothes shop and the like; have a beer or three and maybe a late lunch, before walking into the town centre at 5 pm to meet a newly cut and coloured woman for an aperitif or two.

There is a MacDonald’s at the Internarche. Yes, in France! Mackas is the same in Saint Jean d Angely as anywhere else but one has to make sure. In the spirit of research, Flashy decides to sample some of the menu and had just finished the bacon burger and Coke Zero, when his phone rings with Lady P demanding to know where he is.

She only dropped him off 10 minutes ago. Anyway, noting a hint of concern in her voice, Flashy says that he is, of course, still at the Intermarche. “Well, I’m back here in the carpark, something is happening in town!”

Thinking a terrorist attack, or maybe a truck rollover, Flashy hunts about, finding Lady P sitting in the car, only to  learn that the hairdresser is closed, due to some big music/cultural event being bumped in out the front. They forgot to  mention this when she booked!

Thinking that he will never get his wandering about the shops, he resigns to going home. However, there is this large shop called Noz. Like Reject or Overflow on steroids and full of the not so beautiful people.  One shouldn’t judge a book by the cover, I know. But there were a few thongs and tats about. Still, someone managed to buy a pair of shoes, a bottle of Rose and a colourful skirt and someone else got a €2 hand whisk.

Home to what is now blue sky and sunshine.