Day 602 (Thursday) 30th January 2019 I had the day off today and the weather was wonderful in the morning – the thermometer read 24 degrees in the direct sun and we enjoyed lunch in the sun wearing T-shirts. We were also pleased to see that the bird feeder is being used a lot – we counted nine at the same time and boy do they make a mess! We have to sweep up their mess to avoid being invaded by the ‘hoovers’ (doves) as we were last year. Huw took this lovely video of them Sadly the weather changed at around 3pm and we had some rain and it turned cold as we had the tail end of the storm that is raging all over Europe. We had our first private French lesson today with Sylvie and it was great; Pat and Dee recommended her to us and she is really good. Luckily she loves cats because Badger was being very playful and distracting. The hour flew by and we were both chuffed when she said we weren’t beginners and that our pronunciation wasn’t bad. Badger had a l
