Thursday 7th August 2008

18.5°C Grey skies, occasional sunny spells, cooler after the overnight storm. Mike said the show was on again tonight so we’d watch it and then set off next day. He started work on a Handy Mains inverter which needed a repair. We had words when he brought a filthy old towel which stank of diesel to put on the table as he would be doing some soldering. (It wasn’t that dirty and it had only a slight smell of eau d’diesel. It does live in the engine room after all.Ed). I found him an old clean skirt out of the rag bag to use instead. We watched the French weather forecast (no rain). We sat out on the back deck at 9.45 p.m. to watch the show “Au Fil de l’Eau – Une Histoire”. The singer was warming up the audience, the juggler was juggling and the place was packed. The whole show went off without a hitch as it was only slightly windy. A hundred years of history told by a storyteller and acted out by a cast of 350 volunteers. It was magical and we had seats in the wings. Though the view from the stalls would have been better! We worked out later that there were almost 2,500 seats and at 18€ per seat each performance was netting over 44,500€! There were six performances. Not a bad money spinner for the town! It finished at midnight and we retreated indoors.