Accomplished.

The government is still pumping out radio ads telling us to wear masks and maintain a safe distance.  The reality is that the pandemic is fast disappearing into memory. ' The Font' is surprised to find that the little local greengrocer has washed off all the marks on the floor designed to keep customers a a metre apart. The perspex screen by the cash desk has also gone.  The staff have stopped wearing the masks . ' Far too hot to wear them in this heat ' the excuse. 

Our routine tour of the village. We note that the chateau is empty. Seems the German billionaire and his wife haved move back to Switzerland.

The little circus is packing up and moving on. On the field, where they've set up the marquee, the llama, the shaggy goat and one of the two dogs are on their side, asleep. Must have been a late running final night. There's no sign of the pony or the other dog.  They've presumably gone to explore someones garden.

From my desk I hear The Old Farmer return. No mistaking the sound of the silver Mercedes as it sweeps across the gravel on his drive. The Old Farmer ' tinkers' under the bonnet of the Mercedes for twenty minutes. Everyone so often he swears. Today he's dressed for comfort rather than style. Red check shirt, jungle boots and shiny blue tracksuit trousers.

Two more old farmers arrive. One in a white VW van with a trailer. The other in one of those half car, half truck type vehicles that supposedly combine comfort and practicality. There is more swearing, this time of a communal variety. The three of them are trying to manhandle an orange metallic device onto the back of the trailer. The process requires much thought, lengthy pauses and protracted bouts of hand waving. A hip flask is passed round every three or four minutes. Finally, the job is accomplished. The hip flask is passed round one final time.

Location, location, location . In France all the companies have their headquarters in Paris.  In Germany they're more widely spread but preponderantly in the West of the country :
https://twitter.com/JaLeino/status/1273206938742992896


Didn't realize that this was DeGaulles first trip to London : https://twitter.com/EdLlewellynFCO/status/1273375353352978432