Wednesday 23rd - The Wanklyn family arrives

Summer has arrived. 20° by 8am, and it is just under 27° at 5:30pm, with a nice breeze blowing. Karen is sitting in the window with a beer, a book and a new haircut. Suzy and family will be on their way now from Carcassonne.

We got ourselves out on a run about 11 this morning, we’ll have to make it earlier in future now that the warm weather has arrived. Had a Skype with Sally this morning, all sounds OK in New Zealand, though the dollar has dropped markedly against the Euro. That's a pity for us as we will need to move some renovation money across at some point.

We've had to replace a number of our windowbox petunias for some reason. Perhaps they got some lime from the roof renovations that have upset them. We’ve swapped to geraniums this time!

Suzy, Tim and co. arrived about 6pm after a long day’s travel from near Bordeaux, via Carcassonne. It was great to see them. After unloading Nick, Emma and Jack’s gear at the hotel, and Suzy and Tim’s gear into our apartment, we gathered at our local café and had a very enjoyable coffee together. Home to have a beer (lovely and cold now we have our fridge) and then an easy meal. Since yesterday the weather has taken a dramatic turn and the forecast is for temperatures of 26-27 for the foreseeable future.

A good deal of chatting and catching up and then to bed.