Tuesday, September 1, 2015

The storm.


The PON duo are waiting for me in the garden. Bob exudes an air of well mannered impatience.



Outside the Post Office two pilgrim dogs.  They look at Bob and Sophie as if to say '' You two don't know what you're missing ". Sophie wonders if their backpacks contain food. She is hurried along before there is a 'diva' moment.


Overnight a huge mountain storm. Lightning to the right of us, lightning to the left. The temperatures plummet. A gust of wind rips tiles off the roof. Torrential rain pours through . 'The Font' assembles buckets to collect the water. Outside a tree has fallen and blocked the road. A seventeen year old farm boy returning home in the wee hours drives into it. No one is hurt but his ten year old Opel Corsa is rather the worse for wear. We call the mayor who arrives at The Rickety Old Farmhouse in dressing gown, wellington boots and a fur trappers hat . He has a length of cable in the back of his little Renault. The tree is dragged into the middle of the village green. The mayor goes home to bed.

Bob is completely oblivious to the wind and the lightning. He finds the unexpected activity great fun. That ' we should do this every morning ' attitude to life. Sophie is also oblivious to the weather. She is much more concerned about the presence of the farm boy in the kitchen. Another serial killer ? The farm boy - shaken but not stirred-  is given a cup of coffee and then driven home.

Today I'll try to find a builder to repair the roof. The benches and umbrellas have already been pulled out of the swimming pool.



PS. At 7:10 this morning aforementioned farm lad can be seen standing on the village green , with two mates, looking at the damage to his prize Opel Corsa. '' Not too bad " he says cheerily. Angus looks at the crumpled front wing and wonders how he could possibly have arrived at this judgement. The optimism, or is it blindness, of youth.

20 comments:

Bella Roxy & Macdui said...

Bet you didn't think moving to a small French village would be so eventful!

WFT Nobby said...

Time to shut to pool for the season?

Coppa's girl said...

Never a dull moment at the ROF ! Bob's attitude to life is exactly the same as the farm lad's - heavily laced with optimism - no bad thing these days. How patient those pilgrim's dogs are - wonder if you could get Bob and Sophie to carry the shopping in something similar......?

Julie said...

First day of September and it feels like winter's arrived early!

Virginia said...

You have got to be kidding! Just imagine Sophie wanting the food from Bob's pack and Bob's consternation when he realised what she was up to!

~Kim at Golden Pines~ said...

While the lad had coffee, I'm surprised that the mayor didn't stop for his usual reviving glass of champagne before returning home.

Kari said...

The car runs, Angus, it runs. That's the thing.
The benches ended up in the pool. What winds! Some storm.

Anonymous said...

Thank goodness the farm lad wasn't hurt. I wonder if the storm reached the Convent and how many tiles I need also to replace. I'll see soon enough.
Bob needs a thoroughly good kiss on that nose. I'd extend the same to Mademoiselle Sophie but suspect she may object.

Angus said...

Peaceful it ain't.

Angus said...

And never reopen it !

Angus said...

Carry shopping ?

Angus said...

The temperatures fell from 35 to 20 in half an hour .

Angus said...

Not even the mayor is keen on champagne at 3.30

Angus said...

50,000 people around Montauban are still without power, the schools which were due to start today won't open until Thursday.

MrsDuncanMahogany said...

Sounds like one of our Canadian prairie storms....glad that the young lad was not hurt. Youthful optimism about the car - nothing a bit of duct tape won't fix.....

Cookie's Comments said...

We also had a very heavy (Monsoon) storm last night. Of course, I spent most of the night in the bathtub -- bol. This morning when mum took me out to do my bidness, there were puddles, leaves and branches all over the place. I did not stay in my park long. Glad you were not hurt in the storm!!

Fi from Four Paws and Whiskers said...

I guess it's things like this that make you able to appreciate the idyllic peace between! Glad you are all ok !

Coppa's girl said...

Just a thought !!!!

BaileyBobSouthernDog said...

Very grateful no one was injured in the storm in the wee hours of the morning.

Pamela Terry and Edward said...

Goodness.
Happy it wasn't worse and that all are well.
xo