Recovery Day!

This morning I dragged myself out of bed just after 10:30am.  Brian made a lovely brunch and we were just about to collect Anka, Lincoln and Oscar for a trip to a nearby village when they called in to our cottage and  a unanimous decision was made that we would all benefit by having a quiet day of recovery in our respective cottages!


So I spoke with Peggy and Al on skype, did some washing, we had a very competitive backgammon tournament (I won)  and then set off for a long walk to the top of the white cliffs which we can clearly see from our back door.

We walked up the steep narrow road that leads through our village, past the little church and lots of farm paddocks and through a lovely dark forest, before taking a narrow, winding path through the forest to the top of the cliffs.  The view is spectacular with green pastures everywhere, lots of horses and herds of white Burgundian Charolais cattle - and we could clearly make out our cottage in the distance.









After almost 2 hours, we returned to the cottage and walked through Abigail's beautiful garden which is bordered by a fast-flowing stream, has acres of exquisite parkland with trees, flower beds, beehives and of course the adorable cats.  And as I was bringing the washing in from the clothesline, Abigail was grooming one of the horses.


This evening we joined Anka, Lincoln and Oscar for what has become our standard - champagne at 6:30 (tonight it was a Billecart-Salmon) and then a delicious dinner of a roasted Bress chicken, baby green beans with mushrooms and roasted baby potatoes and shallots, followed by a fabulous washed-rind cheese and rockmelon.  And now it is 9:30pm, Brian is already in bed and I'm about to join him before I fall asleep at this computer.