Would you believe that we had such wide horizons? Today we were at the inauguration of the new roundabout as you come into the village. The great and the good from local politics were there as well as a lot of old soldiers in honour of the roundabout being named in memory of all those who died in various wars. More parading, more wreaths at the war memorial, more speeches and an upmarket apéritif. The Mairie had to hire some local Rangers to keep an eye overnight on the plants that had just been planted as there's been a spate of vandalism and there was fear that the roundabout would be targetted. As indeed it was. Three youngsters took flight when they realised that the Rangers were there. Otherwise all went well. There were over 20 of us who went off to the local auberge for lunch and the tenor who had again sung at the War Memorial gave us some more jollier offerings. A real treat. When we finally left I realised that it was too late to join the others in the garden so with a bit of a guilty conscience I joined Christian along with another couple at the home of a Belgian couple who plied us with more wine....
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