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Not too hot and a bit of rain has lowered the humidity making it easier to sleep. Actually this place is quite boring. All the white houses and tiny streets but then what? Today's painting spots. This little green thing on a tree I thought was a neat little feeding station for insects only to be told it was for the boules players' cigarette butts. Life drawing. She is tall with long arms.

Painte d the eglise. Drove down to the sea via the salt pans. Then took a drive to Arts de re. Very pictiresque and hence touristy. This shows the flat farm land.

In lovely little cottage with private parking courtyard under shade and a quiet street. These flowers in courtyard which very difficult to paint. The colour changes all the time. Apparently cant park here so down the road. A lot of gadgets which I shant use.

Set off 4th for Portsmouth at 11.30 arrived at Holuday Inn Express by 2.  Price £77 though the one at Gunwharf Quays was a hundred pounds more of course more to do there. This is more like a motel, but clean and nice big walk in shower. But nowhere really to eat and huge accident up the road so no chance of getting out so having chicken wings and macaroni, had hoped for a steak. Early at the ferry. Somehow others are even earlier. Then bit of breakfast and onboard for about 6 hours, need to buy  a book. Did then found a lens had fallen out of my glasses! Took this while waiting to go through passport. All the security to keep out chaps wanting to hitch a lift? My hotel in Chateau Gontier. Everything very French and the buildings creamy with slate rooves. No UK cars around. Saw this amazing motorbike outside the cafe where I ate.  Wandered along small roads until lunch in Montaigue at quite a posh plac...

No real plans and work at Tom's house is pretty much finished. Tenant supposedly moving on Sept 1. Hottest July and the sunniest. 34 as I write this on 3rd. It's quite scary where this is going. This is the painting. This view is as you come down to meet the main road at Aldsworth. Heard two days later tenant couldn"t get guarantors. New ones ok. For those of us who can remember 1976 it was a glorious summer and now 50 years later we are having another to remember. Will it be another 50 years, probably not. The lovely creamy grasses nod at you along the country roads. I love it. And this field of corn could be France. Look at all those clouds and not a drop of rain. A track I always pass. Dead tree with owl box. Nearby semi abandoned building. The road to Meysey Hampton Feelie and I drive every week to flute. Brave little daisies in the drought. The track through the...