08h30 – Weather 16°C, overnight low 16°C yesterday’s high 24°C. A hard day working preparing the new drive for the garage. The ground was hard despite the rain and flinty. The moto-culture was next to useless, so it was down to the spade. Spent some time in the garden with shears trimming back rampant brambles. I was well and truly tired by the end of the afternoon, time to rest. Just as well, the sun had just broken through and it was now getting warmer.
19h00 – Getting ready to go to the Chateau de Ratilly (another link) at Treigny, about 30 minutes drive through some very pleasant wooded countryside. It’s a small human scale chateau which is holding a concert by a French woman playing Brazillian music, she calls herself Veroica. Despite the fact that the chateau is small it it still a considerable sized place, but it feels cosy and not ostentatious. It has a pottery shop on site and art exhibitions and concerts are held throughout the summer.
