Repose

Arriving at Jeremy's old stomping grounds in Castillon La Bataille we were greeted like long lost family by André, proprietor of a motorcycle and garden machinery workshop. André, who is somewhat Dutch, gave us the warmest welcome and use of his shower (a hosepipe in the garden) and washing machine.
We were invited to eat barbecued foodtuffs and music and beer flowed until the early hours. I had fizzy water I hasten to add...
The next day was earmarked for us too because we were also invited to eat with one of André`s neighbors who's African name I am unable to spell (Yahoun?) And who cooked us the most amazing slap-up meal.

I slept so well on a bed built of palettes and old sofa cushions. So much better thsn the cold ground.

André's son, Wim who is 13 years old showed me some of the computer animation work he had done. The surprise for me was Wim's use of camera angles and directorial tricks that made his work really stand out.  I think we'll see more of young Wim in the future. I have commissioned a manga style artwork of Jem and I from him. I hope he does it for me.

I weighed myself on André's big industrial scaled and have lost EIGHT KILOS in one week. I knew walking was hard work but that's crazy. Thirty kilos down in under four months and all while on a diet high in calories.

Walking food needs to be compact and calorific so we eat dried sausage, cheese, sardines and as many fruits, nuts and tomatoes as we can find. We drink a lot of orangina too.  Without exaggeration i probably eat a kilo of hedgerow fruits, apples, plums and blackberries a day.

Leaving Castillon today was a sad thing because we leave behind new friends and good memories.