Vive les Pompiers!

Janet and I took out a pair of bicycles today and rode a few miles down the Canal du Midi for lunch and a beer at La Redorte.

On the way back we came across the local Sappeur-Pompier dealing with a fire on the far bank. Happily there was a surfeit or available water, and the fire was brought under control quite quickly.

If I was a betting man (and I’m not) I would hazard a guess that someone on a passing pleasure cruiser had tossed a cigarette butt ashore. It’s very dry out here. Having said that, as I type the sky is building and there are thunderstorms forecast for this evening. Yay.