Another brilliant start to the day with perfect weather for doing pretty much nothing. Well not altogether nothing as today is our last day in the house before we set off on our "holiday" in the south. Tomorrow will see us driving south through the Medoc and on to Arcachon. After an overnight stay we move on to Biarritz for four nights to sample the charm of the resort and the nearby golf courses.
We continue south to our end point of St Jean Pied de Port. St Jean dates to well before 778 when its military inflicted a defeat on the army of Charlemagne which became immortalised in the Chanson de Roland . St Jean is also the last town in France on the pilgrim road to Santiago del Compostela. To finish the holiday we travel north for an overnight stop in Bordeaux and then back to Nantilly.
So this means that today needs to include preparing the house for the arrival of Michael and Ann and packing ourselves up for the trip. And of course (no pun intended) a game of golf.
Our tee time was 14.10 - and though it was very warm (26 degrees) a cooling breeze from the shore made for pleasant playing conditions. However the course was very crowed as we were going off just after the last of a competition had started. We were sent to start on the 10th tee which was a great chance to see if Peter's poor scores on the back nine had to do with fatigue of poor skills. What can we say? - he lost seven balls! The pace of play was very slow and so we only played nine and then sat on the terrace overlooking the 18th green. All very nice.
We sat long into the evening in the backyard reading and never once turned on the TV.
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