We drove through to Nimes on Monday to collect Di, Ant and Prue Hare - handing in our little toy car at the station and swopping it for a Peugot Partner. Our guests were late so we didn't get back to Espigarie until after 7 pm and we had a great deal of fun watching their look of disbelief when they arrived at the farm. The splendid confusion was quite a shock for them - and then like us they seemed to grow used to the confusion.
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| Paillerols from the contour walk |
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| Di and Prue showing the way |
We spent the next few days showing them around the area. We have loved living in the beauty of the Cevennes and being part of life in this magic part of the world for a short while. We started to recognise people in the village, listened to the local daily news on TV in French, gazed at the wooded rugged mountains and the many rivers that curve through fertile valleys and enjoyed living off the land and dipping into life in rural France briefly. Sadly our time in Paillerols drew to a close and we had to leave fig heaven on Friday 9th for Castlenaudry early in the morning for the next leg of our journey. It's one of those memories that I'll treasure forever.
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| Painting by Omer Faidherbe - the artist living in Paillerols
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