GRAY- ANOTHER DAY

GRAY- ANOTHER DAY

Awake - amazing hosts - cups of Russian tea sit on the Cabin stairs .

Challenge the Linquendar's shower to deliver its promise - after a little persuasion it responds in the affirmative.

A birthday breakfast for Knud sees us partaking of a traditional continental breakfast supplemented by some Danish tradition in the form of delicious but potent Schnapps .

A walk into town - visit the glazier - some changes to Linquenda's shower - greeted with a handshake and a "bon jour monsieur" - Knud completes the transaction with a mixture of broken French, hand gestures and vigorous head movements.

Wander back past the Hotel de Ville - Gray - the Marybrough of France - it has been a significant centre for years but does not seem to know how to make use of its potential - perhaps this is unfair- perhaps it is suffering a malaise imposed on it by the state of the European economy

Back to Linquenda - lunch - celery root - hams - breads - cheeses - avacardo - strong coffee and French beer - all delightful.

A nap - rise to birthday cake and coffee - how does she do it? - as impressive as Linquenda is she does not have a kitchen to match the standard of faire that graces her dining board.

Knud heads out for his 80 kilometre training ride - he must be fit enough to lead 'Domestos' up the mountains when he joins him for Le Tour in a couple of months.

The rest of us chose a more gentle ride along the cycle path beside the Soane.

This is the life - swans on the river - greens and blues - dandelions - fishing stages - we imagine red riding hood slinking through the forest that borders the cycle path - ride out of the forest past fields of wheat - fields of barley - fields of rye

watch as the winter grasses pass their baton to the vigorous new spring growth and then wither away leaving the fields with a pleasant reddish tinge - wild iris intrude into the green landscape - fisher folk rush to wet their lines after work.

 

 

We await Knud's return - The girls turn the wheel house into an art studio - they are missing their Thursday art days - I sit on the deck - listen to the chatter between the recently arrived Italians and the Gerard De Dipieuxieux look alike that is the local port captain and tour boat operator at Plague De Gray - watch the occasional barge drift by - write.