Looking Back, Looking Forward

8th May and it's a public holiday here in France. There was a parade to the war memorial under rainy skies and of course, an apéritif afterwards in the dry of the Mairie. All new stuff for Yasmin.
Tomorrow is "Europe Day" which recognises the founding of the European Community with all its ideals of a better future together and here we are with Brexit looming. 
From the Mairie, it was over to the bar to catch up with Nicole and Anne and as usual we stayed for a bite to eat before going our separate ways. Spent the afternoon backing up photos on the pc as my laptop screen has gone black .....arghhhhh!
House is feeling quite chilly without the heating on (switched off the storage heaters when it was warmer and can't be bothered to light the fire now that the grate has been cleaned) so for a change spent the evening in the Nest which was fine.
Weather:
17° cloudy start with Perpignan being the coldest place in France!