… it back home after my adventures of yesterday.
The last thing that I did before hitting the sack was to change the times of the alarms from 06:00 etc to 08:00 etc. And it worked because I awoke at 07:55.
Having a quick check, I found that there’s a file on the dictaphone but that’s going to be another job for again. I’ve not had time quite yet.
We had breakfast and then we decided to go for a walk.
The guy who runs the radio station where I work comes from Roncey and he had told me about a weird edifice on the edge of the town.
As it happens, Liz and Terry know about it. It’s not too far away from where they live as it happens and they know where it is so we agreed to go out there.
Terry lent me some wellingtons which was just as well because we needed them in the mud and water but eventually after much binding in the … errr … marsh – and when I say “marsh” I really DO mean “marsh” – we arrived at the Caveau Auguste Letenneur
The aforementioned was someone from Roncey who had made his fortune in St Lo with several grocery shops, taking advantage of the benefits offered by the railway line and the products that it could bring in.
He decided that he wanted something really splendid as a mausoleum so he had one built.
As well as being really wealthy he was also clearly very eccentric because the statue outside is, well, rather … err … suggestive.
Apparently it’s supposed to be symbolic of man’s inferiority to women in the process of creation of life, but we’ll have to take his word for that. It’s certainly very … errr … individual.
And so we went over to have a closer look at the building itself. we tried to go up onto the roof where there is a really good vantage point but the gate to the stairs was locked.
As for the building itself, what I can tell you is that the first stone was laid in 1900 but I haven’t been able to find out when it was finished.
Surprisingly, it has a dining room and a couple of bedrooms. And at least two dead bodies in it. Letenneur intended it to be used for himself, his wife and his descendants. He was killed in a farming accident in 1916 and was placed inside, and there’s at least another one.
We continued on our way into the village and stopped for a coffee for a while. We deserved it.
And then we headed back to Liz and Terry’s. They went for lunch and I went to the shops.
The shops in Coutances as so much better than in Granville, that’s for sure. Bigger and better and more choice too.
At LIDL I bought a good deal of stuff including three bottles of artisanal bio lemonade at €1:69. The lemonade will be nice but I’m more interested in the glass flip-top bottles that they come in. The bottles alone would cost me €2:49 in LeClerc.
Action had nothing but LeClerc came up trumps.
As well as the usual stuff, they had plenty of porcelain on offer and I bought a few things including two porcelain bowls, microwave-proof so that I can dispose of the old plastic stuff.
They had sheets on offer at half price too so I bought another blue one for the other set of bedding
There was a lovely electric kettle there, a glass one, but they didn’t have one in stock and they wouldn’t do a good deal on the demo one. Instead I ended up with a smaller cordless kettle and – touch wood – it seems to work
And on that note I came home, nearly wiping out some stupid old woman who drove out of a parking space into the traffic without stopping or looking.
First task was to make some coffee. And shock! horror! I’d run out. I had to open the last packet, so I mustn’t forget to but some more some time.
After lunch I went to check the mail and some more stuff has arrived. All I need now are the keyboard stickers and the 67mm UV filter. But the bracket on the microphone stand is the wrong size so I need to contact the makers to obtain another one.
There was football on the internet too. Newtown v Airbus UK Broughton in the JD Cymru League.
It’s the first time that I’ve seen Airbus this season. They are adrift at the foot of the tale and had shipped quite a few goals so i was expecting something of an exciting match.
And an exciting match we had too. It actually finished 0-0 but Airbus gave the lie to their league position as they looked the better team. And they hit the bar with the keeper beaten too.
Tea was, as usual, out of a tin and then I went for a walk.
On the way back, I noticed that the car park barrier here was broken so I’d had to park in the publics. I’m not sure what happened to it.
There were one or two other people out there but nevertheless I managed two runs to make up for the one that I missed yesterday.
And I’m glad that people take the effort to read my notes. having had a search of my site from Granville, a menu has now miraculously appeared in the window of La Contremarche.
Ordinarily I would have photographed it but it was far too dark and I couldn’t read it.
It’s now hopelessly late and I’ve not crashed out today. So I’m off to bed and no alarm at all with it being Sunday. So who’s going to anger me by awakening me tomorrow?
