Last night we went to Le Scorlion at St Jean d’Angelys (the spelling there may be a little wonky), and had a lovely meal.

Here is my starter of langue de boeuf (ox tongue):

And this is Avril’s salmon

For main course I had steak:

And pineapple cut incredibly thinly with a red fruit sorbet for pudding

I did discover that my camera has a food setting! But the pictures I took on that all seem very dark so I’m not sure I will bother with that again!

This morning we were knitting. Sandra finished her beret

Ruth has finished a lovely phone cover using strips knitted together, and a button bought during our trip to La Rochelle.

Joanne has also finished her beret, in a yummy shade of purple.

This afternoon we went to the Roman town of Saintes.

We visited a nice little knitting shop in the town centre.

And another one on the outskirts.

On the way home we stopped at the hypermarket and I have stocked up on chocolate (though I have eaten some already 🙂 ). We are now sitting outside (in my case in the shade) doing a little bit of knitting and admiring our purchases before dinner. This is the life 🙂 I shall also definitely miss being chauffeured around in an air-conditioned Jaguar when we go home!

Yesterday afternoon we had an outing to La Roche Courbon, a local chateau.

The weather cooperated and stopped raining just as we arrived. The guided tour was very interesting but did make me realise how rusty and primitive my French is, I must look for a class to join again soon.

Today we have been doing some more patchwork knitting. Here are some of the samples everyone has been working on.

Before dinner Mummy and I went for a little walk up the road. This is the view back across the wheat field to Le Vieux Monastere. The three right hand windows on the ground floor before the corner are the workroom where we are having our workshops. My bedroom is the first window round the corner upstairs. It is pretty idyllic as you can see 🙂