Jim & Happy : Daily life in Larocal

Autumn is cold, wet and grey here in Larocal, thank goodness for the fireplace in the lounge room. We are lighting it after lunch to warm up the living room and kitchen (and us). There is a good supply of firewood. We are wearing three layers for most of the day. When we return in December for our second housesit (here) the central heating will be on. That will help warm the house up. In the meantime I just have to keep picking up the autumn leaves for exercise to keep warm. They will continue to drop for the next few weeks.

Lola & Fizz love their walks. We walk after breakfast and at 3.30pm because they like to be fed at 4pm. We take a different route for the morning and afternoon. In between walks they sleep on the lounge – that is their day. Jim has been making them go outside every hour for a wee because we don’t trust them to let us know when they need to go.

This morning we drove to Villereal for a look. It is 8km away from Larocal. It is a bastide town built in the 13^th century. You should Google bastide and Villereal. It is an interesting read about French history.

We picked up a walking tour map of the bastide from the tourist office. Once we located number one on the map we were on our way. The tour only took 15-minutes but it was informative and enjoyable.

Tonight we will drive into Beaumont for pizza. On Tuesday nights in the village square there is a man with a van. He cooks wood fired pizza. The van is fitted with a wood fired pizza oven. It comes highly recommended from Melinda. We’ll see.