Ready for France

Yes we are off again, to the south of France.  The Cote d'Azur, blue seas and skies.   Destination Camping Manjastre.  But not towing a caravan this time as we have one in storage at the campsite.  So it will be cruising down the motorway in our lovely comfortable car.  Keeping to the speed limit of course.  

This last week has been frantic.   A quick turnaround, from one trip to the next.   It went like this, mow lawns, trim back shrubs, weed garden, check watering system, clean caravan, organise for caravan fridge and hot water unit to be fixed, yearly boiler check, take car for service and then back to garage twice for boot repairs, unpack and repack again, clean house, do the finances, and catch up with family and friends here plus family in the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.  

Thank goodness I still had time to have these two lovely dogs stay for a couple of days.

And as we head off to France, we are still in a state of shock about events in Britain.

For those who do not live in the UK I will recap.  Current events in this country are frightening, however farcical it all appears to people in other countries.   First there was a referendum which should never have happened, but the Prime Minister called it to appease some right wing factions in his party and UKIP.    Of course he never expected a majority of people would vote to leave the European Union. Silly man.  But it happened, although not in Scotland or Northern Ireland.  However their collective views do not matter, it would appear.   Counting overall was 52% to leave the EU and 48% to remain. Lots of false promises were made by the leaders who were pushing to leave the EU, but they have turned out to be false promises.   And a lot of hot air.  There were no exit plans.  At all.  So the Prime Minister resigned, the Chanchellor will go, as they do not want anything to do with implementing an exit plan, which was non existent anyway.   The people who were the leaders of the Leave the EU campaign have disappeared, cowards that they are, as they know full well that the difficulties ahead may be insurmountable.  The Labour party disintergrated, with a vote of no confidence towards its leader.   Which basically leaves this country up the creek, without a paddle, right at this moment.

Although slightly on a more promising note, a new prime minister is being voted for, by the Conservative party members, and there are two candidates, both female, so things could be looking up a bit.  It is going to take a very strong woman to even begin to deal with the current mess

And the pound is still dropping, which will make our trip to France considerably more expensive.   Plus the embarrassment of driving a GB registered car.  At the moment I am not very proud of my British citizenship.