Nice weather isn't it

We've been having some really nice days - warm and sunny although it gets a bit chilly at night and we've lit the logburner most evenings. We went off to Royan yesterday mainly to see a tax expert who operates from there, but it was such a nice day - the beach looked inviting but it was not really quite warm enough to dive in. Nearly 20 C though, which is pretty good for November.

After we'd had our consultation we had a good look around the town and caught this sunset over the Atlantic.
Then we headed home via Pons, where we had a delicious meal at the Hotel/Restaurant 'de Bordeaux' and had an enjoyable evening with some interesting new people.
Back to work now though - it's a public holiday here tomorrow so our builders will be away and we'll be doing three days of painting in our annexe.

Visits and Progress

After previous visits to us we had a trip to the UK, staying with David, Lynne and Charlie and then up to Manchester for a few days. We'd have liked longer and to see more people but we crammed as much in as we could, and we're planning to go back again in a month or two. Then we went over to see Samantha, Mike and Elizabeth in Alsace, and had a nice few days with them, away from the stuff going on at the house. Then Peter, Lianne, Jack and Tommy came over to us for a week and we had the swimming pool filled just in time, but the water was too cold even for Jack.
Work has progressed well on the house, with the pool more-or-less completed and the apartment has been transformed. New walls and ceilings up, electrics mostly in, new windows. Nothing quite ready yet but getting close and we'll put some pictures up when its all presentable.
Another milestone today when we've got our cars re-registered here, so they'll have French number plates tomorrow. The procedures were a bit horrendous but we got there in the end.