Mooning in Uranus?

I love astronomy. One of my cohorts at Limone had a fascinating (for him) application on his I-Pad that enabled him to point the infernal machine at the stars, and identify which star is which. He seemed less than impressed when I asked him which star sign he was and whether this application could help. I think he said something about mooning in Uranus, but you now these public schoolboys and their weird plum in the mouth accents, so I could have been mistaken.

Yesterday was the last day of skiing at Limone (another picture below) and after a last lunch at Arrucado we headed back to Valbonne, but not before that nice lady decorator had filled the car to the top with parmesan, wine, olive oil and what I think was dead fish, dried thankfully.

View from the terrace of our room at Arracudo on the slopes of Limone. Nor sure of the relevance of that cross though

One last mention of the Limone skiing trip. One of our party who shall remain nameless, but Mark Gurdon will know of whom I speak, continued his habit of buying inappropriate or terrible kitsch items whilst drunk, and this time it was a flat wooden ornament shaped like a moose, of which he was very proud and refused to allow it our of his sight all evening. He was asked at breakfast if he actually slept with the moose, but sadly this was overheard and the comment utterly misinterpreted by his beautiful wife Ashley.

And today, lo and behold that nice lady decorator has flown back to England. In an aeroplane of course, any suggestion that she may have used something out of Harry Potter or from Hogworts would be most unkind, although I know she is a dedicated quidditch fan. Actually, I feel sorry for her as she is going to Yorkshire. Most people when they want to punish themselves, test their resolve or find their inner selves, go to monasteries or meditate somewhere awful and walk on hot coals or the like, but she, to her credit, has chosen that most difficult of options, a week in the frozen north of Britain in February. You have to admire the fortitude even if one does not always follow the thought process. The sunny south of France to Halifax; nope, I don’t get it either.

Just one event may disturb my quiet week. There is a literary lunch at Le Temps des Mets in Valbonne on this coming Monday, Valentines day. Until I was an author, I would have avoided such events but now that I am putting the finishing touches to me book, I feel I should attend (if I am allowed). The subject? “How to write about sex in novels” with author Deanna Maclaren, but if you think this influenced me in any way you would be right. Tickets may still be available at The English Book Centre who have wisely inserted a Currencies Direct currency converter on their website in Valbonne or by email at englishbooks@wanadoo.fr

Chris France
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