Sunday 12 September - Saturday 18 September
Sunday was mainly a day to tidy up, clean the patio and the terrace and so on. Delia painted the wooden terrace table and the middle floor shutters. We again went for a walk before dinner, starting in the same way as the day before but going up the path round the back of the house in the country and up to the ridge, then down the nice wooded path to the mine shaft and into Neffiès that way.
Just for a change we went for a walk in the morning on Monday, up to the crossroads, along the Vailhan road and down the old Vailhan road, just about an hour's walking. Delia invited Thérèse from next door to come and chat at 4 pm. We had hoped to go for another little walk in the evening but ran out of time, so we went to the cave cooperative for some wine and then drove to the fig tree just off the Fontès road for Delia to go scrumping.
On Tuesday we went to the prayer group at St Joseph's at 10.30 am, then to the Intermarché at Magalas to shop for the Rays' visit. Then we came home and after lunch did housework and preparation. Delia went to her French class at Roujan at 4 pm while Roger cleaned the house. On Wednesday we went to Serignan Plage. Apart from finishing our preparations for our visitors nothing much else happened.
We got up early on Thursday so we could leave for Nîmes at 7:30 am, to fetch Andrew and Janet. We arrived a few minutes before 9:00 am and their plane landed as we were walking into the terminal (it was due at 9:00 am). We came straight to Neffiès, had coffee and A and J had a nap. After a late lunch we did the same walk as on Sunday (Chemin des Guessières, past the house in the vineyards with a swimming pool, up to the ridge, then down the nice wooded path to the mine shaft and into Neffiès). We had lamb tagine for dinner.
The main entertainment on Friday was walking, up the old Vailhan road and rocky path, up to the ridge and the capitelle at the top, where we had lunch.
Then we carried on around the back of the ridge and back down via the crossroads. Janet's boots were too small so she was having trouble at the end.
As with many first-time guests, we went to Pézenas market on Saturday morning. Andrew was going to be cooking on Sunday evening so we also went to the Intermarché for what we couldn't get on the market. In the afternoon we drove to Marseillan and our visitors went on the Noilly Prat tour. There was a village event, mainly the next day, but on this day there was an open-air art exhibition, which appeared to be redecorated wrecked cars, loudish music (1960s English/American but not by the original artists) and a man on stilts, who was quite amusing.
In the evening we went out to dinner at Auberge du Presbytère at Vailhan. This was very nice.
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