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Pompiers at work
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Woke to lots of rain and cold on Valentine’s
Day. Tried to sleep in but Lily was having none of that so on with the day, as
usual, until…
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| Anything to brighten up another dull winter's day ! |
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| view from our upstairs window |
just before lunch a bit of drama struck in our
street. Lots of noise and the sight of ‘sparking’ from a house a few doors up.
Next the fire engines arrived (les pompiers) and up goes the ladder. The road
is closed from each end , a problem as there are traffic lights at one end and
the main road off to the next big town.
Lots of flashing lights and fire hoses quickly
set up along the street. Turned out to be an electrical fire so we all waited
for the tech vans from the local electricity supply company. Friends closer to
the fire were evacuated from their houses so we offered coffee and a warmer place to wait
it out. Unfortunately the power was then
turned off to our end of the street and we all sat around for a couple of hours
while an assessment was made of the threat. Meanwhile, the central heating is
off, no lights, tv, internet, and the house is cooling down ( about 8 degrees
outside), and the rain is still falling. Our lives
are so dependent on these little things working all the time for us, aren’t
they?
Some of you have seen photos of the river level
with all the rain we have had in the past few weeks. I took these yesterday
while waiting for the power to be returned to us.
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| the boatramp in February |
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| the same area in spring |
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| the picnic area on the river bank in February |
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| the picnic area in spring |
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| we'll all be travelling by boat soon |
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| the chateau in February - wet feet soon if the river keeps rising |
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| the chateau in summer |
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| our neighbour across the street - the boatramp has disappeared |
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| the red fence marks the footpath along the river side |
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| the same footpath in summer - see how high it is above the river |
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the riverbed exposed in July when the water level
was so low we were all concerned |
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| and daffodils have started appearing at the markets - spring can't be far away |
à plus tard mes amis
Looks like we missed a lot of excitement! I suppose February was a good month not to be on the "rue". We left when bunches of mimosa were being sold in the market and hope to be back when the lily of the valley is in bloom.
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