Last night

St Adrien
Yesterday's weather: Sunny and warm

It seems the gods are smiling on our village this weekend as we are en fête. There are marquees and dodgem cars, petanque matches are being played and there will be, for the second night running an orchestra and a disco - tomorrow night we just have the orchestra.

I am quite glad that we don't live in the centre of the village because with all these things going on until the small hours it will be very noisy down there. It amazes me that a village of 293 inhabitants where we rarely see anyone out and about can warrant such a three day festival, but there is lots going on here this weekend.

We are leaving my sling back stilettos and Jon's best teddy boy outfit in the wardrobe tonight as we plan to watch (it's traditional in this household) the last night promenade concert from the Albert Hall. I did suggest we watch the Prom in the Park for a change but the word 'Philistine' hung unspoken in the air, so we will be watching the whole thing.

Actually, I am quite glad about that because, apart from the usual sea songs arr. Henry Wood, Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory, I don't know many of the works being played tonight so I'm looking forward to hearing something new. Nicholas Kenyon gives up the directorship of the proms now after 10 years. I wonder what breath of fresh air his successor will breath over the concerts.

Meanwhile, lets see if I can find those Union flag hats and red white and blue banners.

BTW - that was a joke!