Home again, home again.....

Laika looking at the Lac de Soum

At the top of the Mont de Gez

   It`s been a fantastic holiday in the Pyrernees and subsequently at Orthez. A complete change of life-style and surroundings, from the plains of Poitou-Charentes to the cooler climes and high peaks around Argeles Gazoste . We had climbed to the top of the Mont de Gez, clambered up to the Lac de Soum as well as strolled around the more gentle paths around the Lac d`Estaigne. You can read more about our stay in the Cente de Vacanceś Vers les Cimeś in my previous  blog ' Mountain Air'
  After taking our leave of old and new friends, we set off to spend a few days with our friends Laurent and Arlette at their farm near Orthez. Although only 100k north of Argeles, it was much hotter at the lower altitude and shorts had to be unpacked! But a new temptation was to await us there, Arlette`s cat had a litter of four kittens, that immediately started to cultivate us. We held out til the last morning when we succumbed to temptation and packed a small tri-coloured kitten in a cardboard box for transport to Deux Sevres....

  After church on Sunday, we set out for home stopping on the way at St Sever, near Mont de Marsan, to have lunch with our old friend Roseline, who was one of the immobiliers who sold us this house and has remained firm friends ever since.

 After a long but uneventful journey, we arrived back home rather tired but glad to be back. in fact, the journey did have one surprise to be discovered but I`ll tell you about that next time,

Bye for now, going to see where that kitten has got to!