Lavender

Home again after a long day of travelling. Morning packing, tending a sore shoulder, trip to a park, re-evaluating bags in light of sore shoulder... and finally off to Gatwick, leaving Mr B to deal with some work and -inevitably - buy a car.

The flight was delayed, but the lounge was welcoming. Easyjet stole our bags - which made me grumpy as they were well within size - but did have the advantage of avoiding the need to exercise my shoulder lifting them up. And against my best guess, they arrived safely in Toulouse.

And so home to the tropical taste of the air, the 'aromas' from the Canal du Midi, the sunflowers and red soil of the Tarn in summer. The gardener and builders have made great progress and it's all looking much further forward.