{"id":591,"date":"2011-02-21T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=591"},"modified":"2017-07-01T15:48:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T15:48:21","slug":"now-talk-about-a-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=591","title":{"rendered":"Monday 21st February 2011 &#8211; Now talk about a change &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; here I am sitting in the Auvergne. But not in my little attic but in front of a rip-roaring fire at Terry and Liz&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, having fuelled up Caliburn, we went to load\u00a0him up with another pile of stuff and to load up the trailer to\u00a0with stuff to take back here. But Caliburn is a little poorly right now &#8211; the\u00a0pump-timing has slipped out one notch so he&#8217;s not pulling as well as he might\u00a0&#8211; and in any case with the new plan which involves throwing away most of the stuff in the\u00a0garage, there didn&#8217;t seem to be much point in dragging a quarter-full trailer 750 kilometres to here and then dragging an empty one 750 kilometres back.<\/p>\n<p>Without the trailer, Caliburn bounced along quite happily. Leaving Brussels at about 09:40 and stopping for lunch and for afternoon coffee, we were back here (through the snow in the Ardennes and the rain from Auxerre southwards) by 19:45.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1102\/1102007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/1102\/1102007.jpg\" alt=\"clamecy twinned with grandes piles quebec canada france\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a>There are some beautiful spots along the old road south of Auxerre so I took a little time out to show Liz some of the scenery.<\/p>\n<p>Clamecy is a particularly beautiful little town and one of these days I&#8217;ll spend some time there to have a really good look around. In the meantime though, I shall just tantalise you by letting you look at the town in Quebec, Canada, with which Clamecy is twinned. My imagination is boggling &#8211; I dunno about yours.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\"><\/p>\n<p>Back here at Liz&#8217;s, it&#8217;s really cold and in a stone house that has been empty and unheated for a month in midwinter, it&#8217;s even cold inside. But with a huge blaze going it&#8217;s quickly warming up. Mind you, after driving all this way\u00a0it won&#8217;t be long before I&#8217;ll be climbing the little wooden hill to\u00a0Bedfordshire.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-591 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='591' data-nonce='b021f9bc56' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-591 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-591 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='591' data-nonce='b021f9bc56' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-591 unlc'>-1<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-591 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; here I am sitting in the Auvergne. But not in my little attic but in front of a rip-roaring fire at Terry and Liz&#8217;s. This morning, having fuelled up Caliburn, we went to load\u00a0him up with another pile of stuff and to load up the trailer to\u00a0with stuff to take back here. 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