Provence Tayl's

We received our first visitor of the 'season'over the weekend, Martin. Well he is quite a regular actually, fresh from his Trek up Kilimanjaro we thought it only right he keep active so we put him to work on the garden where he did a sterling job weeding and planting amongst other things.






His reward (over and above being fed and watered - well wined actually) was a trip to Cassis on Friday where we lunched and then drove the route de Crete where this picture was taken.



On Saturday I spent the day with Eric, our Portugese gardener, felling trees on one of the plots. I have not done so much physical work in ages! In the evening we went to a restaurant in L'Isle Sur La Sorgue, known as the Venice of Provence. The river runs through the centre of the town and is lined with restaurants. After this we went to see Raoule Petite, A local french Rock band who are a cross between the Stones and Madness- real entertainment, the concert was out doors - 'in the park' and started at 10.30 finishing just after midnight.

We currently have an interesting dilemma - word has spread of our House hunting activities- and we are being increasingly contacted by people, both French and English asking us to sell their properties! We could quite easily list half a dozen or more but it it not quite what we had planned. The agents service is poor and there could be a tremendous opportunity to expand what we are already doing - it's something to put into the melting pot with everything else! One of the problems is unlike in the UK where I would spend abt an hour listing a house here it is a far longer job! Last night we had a rendevous at 6pm and found our selves returning home at 9pm after consuming a little more wine than we should have! It is more of a social role than job! not a bad way to earn a living though!