Sunday 9th June - Esquibien.  We left home Saturday morning, lovely and warm, but when we arrived here in the afternoon, it was a bit cool and windy.  Parked next to Jo and Francine Marc and checked over their new super duper new Rapido van.  Then our problems started!  The TV didn't work - major disaster.  Problems getting the fridge lit .. finally managed that! Others chums arrived later and parked alongside. Evening was starting to get very cold - and I'd put the summer bedding in the van! Woke up on Sunday morning to a very grey, cold  and windy morning.  However, signed on, and got started.  I was the first to start doing a picture of this street - and then another 8 turned up!  The above picture is me having my teabreak and chocolate cake, while waiting for the first part of my painting to dry. There was a lady working on my right and when we had a particularly nasty  gust of wind her board lifted off her easel and landed in some dog pooh!  Yuk!  Unfortunatley I managed to tread in it later!

My favourite picture - Si Phol and Jo off to find somewhere to paint - yes, they were a couple of the 8 who did the same street!

Daniel Gifard got first prize in the Morisot Class for his picture of  - the same street! 

Francine (Jo's wife), got first prize for her drawing of - you've guessed it, same street.

Jo got first prize for his coloured drawing of - the same street.

And me - guess what, I got first prize in the watercolour class.  Wow!  I was so, so pleased.  Even better, I got a whole pile of goodies to eat. All sorts of Biscuits and toffees and caramel stuff, all in an absolutely huge box.  I was so pleased because I thought it was not a very good picture at all.

I was so confident I wouldn't win anything, that this time we hadn't taken a picture in advance, so I had to take one of the picture on exhibition.  I was being pushed and shoved a bit, so the end result is a bit lop sided.  Long journey home, but we stopped for the night at Josselin.  Arrived home Monday morning.  Perry started working on the van to fix the problems - which have now been sorted.  The problem with the TV was that a church spire was in the way.  The problem with the fridge, was a bit of soot in the gas flame.  So now everything isback to normal.