Tuesday afternoon. There is a burst of activity on the village green. The workmen have arrived to start straightening up the 'Swaying Jesus' and begin the cleaning and restoration of the war memorial. All of this in readiness for the WW1 Armistice centenary commemoration on November 11th. Madame Bay and her friend Renee are busy cleaning the salle des fetes. There are tentative plans to have a communal lunch with the same menu they had at the village fete in 1913. Sophie is greeted enthusiastically, gets a tickle and revels in the attention. Bob does his best to avoid Madame Bay. Being clasped to her ample decolletage and given a Lily of the Valley scented hug is not his thing. He proceeds to the car park at a rapid pace.
A crane is due to arrive to winch up the crucifix so that the old concrete can be removed and new water resistant concrete poured in to replace it. In the churchyard Monsieur Bay and a coterie of old soldiers are waiting for the cranes arrival.
The French teacher has fallen and broken two discs in her back. Her husband stops his car to tell me the bad news. She will be going down to the teaching hospital in Toulouse for an operation. I've heard of people having disc problems but had never thought you could break them.
The Old Farmer is feeling depressed. He has recognized that driving across Europe in the venerable Ford Transit motor home at 87 is no longer wise. He delayed his departure to visit his fathers grave in Belarus to the Spring, then to the summer and then to September . Now winter is almost upon us.
We've brought him a MAGA baseball cap and a fridge magnet. Both have 'Made in PRC' stickers on them which is ironic. He puts on the baseball cap and wanders over to show it off to Monsieur Bay and the retired gendarmes who are still waiting for the arrival of the crane .
Who'd have thought Edinburgh would have so many tourists on a grey day in October ? The pipes are playing that famous tune ' Campbletown Loch I wish you were whisky. I could drink you dry '. A very Scottish sentiment : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ron_GGFrBvU
5 comments:
Is a Trump fridge magnet and a MAGA baseball hat really the thing to cheer up the Old Farmer??
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what a grand march... given that the East has been getting temps in the high teens centigrade (20'C recorded at the weekend!), the grey sky may be irrelevant. QWuite the opposite story on this side of the Bonny Land if course!
Whilst I collect fridge magnets, I am not sure I'd consider it an act of friendship to receive one of those. Jus' sayin'. YAM xx
I have one of those hats and met Trump in 2916 at a small event in SC....not the massive mobs you see now. He is very warm, gracious, and gave a very good speech. Also have a Trump sticker on my fridge...so cheers to the old Farmer!
2016....excuse the typo above!
I know you're not supposed to look a gift horse in the mouth, but it this case - well....... However, I did see some cute items online recently that said "MAGBA - Make America Great Britain Again", LOL!
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