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I was not getting to sleep at night, neither was Richard or Claire because "someone" put the dishwasher on all night so no one could got to sleep (except father who *snored all night long*). Everyone was tired the next morning except Dad. The boys had their usual breakfast before heading off to take the girls off to Nimes to shop.
After dropping the girls off in Nimes city centre, the boys had lunch at a very entertaining bar. Dad had his usual carafe of Rose because he occasionally has a drink or two before any sporting event (*RUGBY*). After Dad finished his cheek of a cow we headed off to wait for an hour or two for the Tour to arrive. We had a bit of a run-in with the law when Dad insisted we crossed the road about an hour before the peleton arrived. Then the Gendarme walked over to us to have a chat and he said that it was *forbidden* so that was a lesson learnt!
The cars started to come with the bikes on their rooves as the excitement raised the adrenalin levels, pumping like there is no tomorrow. As the peleton surged past, around us everyone was cheering. We didn't see the yellow jersey unfortunately but I did see Cadel Evans as he sped past on the outside. Then all the excitement was over so the boys packed up and left after a good day.
We drove back to Nimes to pick up the girls and headed home for another super-Mum dinner - roast chicken.
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Weaze Wow - amazing experience and fantastic photo. Cold winds due to hit later today (snowing in the snowies and 100km winds in Canberra) - but at least sun is out. Guessing you'll find somewhere to watch the test match tomorrow night - hope you've got your green and gold shirts with you. W xo
Elizabeth Nettleton Iknow that my last comment didn't go so hope that this one does. What excitement to see the Tour de France tho'it's a lot of waiting for a quick glance of the riders! When we went to Charles Copeman's funeral we saw John Kransky who was a colleague of Charles years ago. He said that your house is fine and that he is looking after two others as well. Jamie's lot are coming to dinner on Tuesday inbetween going to Ann's today and to Hayman on Thursday. Wonder whether to order in pizza which seems to be the only thing French lad likes to eat? Do hope that Rory and Claire have "made up" and that you are having a happy holiday - can hardly wait to taste all the French recipes that Mere is cooking. The sun still shining so hope it keeps up till you come home in 9 days time. We look forward to seeing you all and send lots of love. M. E. or Grannie.
Elizabeth Nettleton Gone again - you might have to wait till you come home to hear from us......
Richard Nettleton We watched the Tour de France on TV last night as it sped through Beaucaire. We didn't see you, but perhaps you had been arrested by a Gendarme and were in a French prison! Incidentally the reporter on TV said that Beaucaire was founded in the 4th century B.C. Yes, B.C. It is on the site of the old Roman Road from Rome to its colony in Spain. You can always tell which roads were on the site of Roman ones because they are as straight as possible. As the earlier comments state, whilst the days are sunny and cloudless and hence quite warm, as soon as the sun drops, it gets very cold. Keep out your vests and jumpers to wear when you arrive. You will need them. We had lunch on the deck today until a kookaburra swopped down from the deck and stole one of my sandwiches! We continued lunch inside. Excitement is at fever pitch here because of the big test tonight. The Lions' supporters wearing their red clothes and lots of lions heads, 30,000 of them, are everywhere, and showing the Aust supporters how to sing. It's a great pity that there is no military band playing before the match and at half time as there always is in England. There was a crowd of 12,000 at N. Sydney Oval on Thursday evening to watch former Wallabies play former Lions. I hope you manage to watch the game somewhere. We look forward to seeing you soon after you get back. With love from P, F, R.