Andor arrived by bike on Thursday afternoon, bang on time, even though it was quite hot and he had to stop three times en route for a drink and a rest. After the success of the wood cutting effort the day before (see wood store!) we busied ourselves with making jam on the day of Andor's arrival. It was rather long and exhausting and the result could have been better, but another batch since turned out better. I think on the first day we have not put in enough sugar or the pectin we bought was too old and had gone off. It didn't want to set for ages and even now it is a bit runny. Still it tastes great, so who cares?
On Friday the forecast was for rain, but it wasn't too bad. We made an attempt at a short hike, but only got to the end of the village when the skies opened, so we ran home. It is so long since I had a good chinwag with Andor, that we were perfectly happy to stay at home and talk.
On Saturday we finally did manage a short 4km walk around the village and its wodland, which was very refreshing. It looked like rain again, so we didn't dare to walk too far from home. The picture is of a large group of swallows mustering on the electricity wires. We were wondering if they were getting ready to leave or just having a meeting.
I also took some further pictures of my roses, which are not a patch on last year, but still producing some blooms. Andor finally left on Sunday morning after a large English breakfast of sausages, bacon, fried egg, mushrooms, tomatoes and fried bread. He put it away in no time at all and was fully armed for the cycle trip home. As the weather was absolutely perfect for cycling (cool, calm but without rain) he rang to say that he only stopped once, and then only for 10 minutes to have a drink and was home in 3 and half hours.
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