Well here I am back in East Cowes and getting ready for voting on Thursday.  It has been too difficult to put anything on the blog while in France, so I am hoping with the membory stick stuck in the side of the home computer that I may be able to put in some things of what we've been up to. Spent quite a bit of time getting house ready for the forthcoming sale. Then went away.  We started off by having a few days near Cap Frehel.  Cold wet and windy.  After four days it was a bit more settled.  Stayed in a place near to an inlet which completely dried when the tide went out and was just sand and mud!

Tide's out!

 Went to St Malo on the way back.  Long time since we sailed there!

Inner port where we originally stayed.  Not as appealing as it was.

Entrance to walled city.

The two boys enjoying the mild! weather.

 Went back home, got in touch with an Agent to get the sale of the house started.  Had to wait in for an Energy Assessor - who didn't turn up!  Went off again for a few days, this time to St Jean Le Thomas.  Been there before, but it's nice.  Wet and windy again!

Lots of beach huts very close to sea and in view of Mont St Michel

 Then went up to Granville - wet and windy!  Not really that exciting.

Huge tides in Granville, only every stayed there once before and didn't like it then either.

 Went home, and energy man eventually turned up. House is now officially up for sale. Decided to go away again.  However, because the weather was still cold, wet and windy, I didn't feel enthusiastic about painting. Thus so far I have done absolutely no painting at all! This time we went to St Jean sur Mayenne, between Mayenne and Laval, which means we didn't travel very far at all.  Had a couple of days there, again cold, wet and windy.  But for a couple of hours on the second days the sun came out and it was very picturesque.

Along the Mayenne river.

So not really a lot to report so far.  On the return ferry crossing the sun came out half way across, and by the time I got here it was very sunny and warm! Let's hope it stays that way from now on.