The natives are friendly

Up at w
2am for taxi and bus to Edinburgh for a 6am flight to Paris. Busy but plenty of food time.
In Paris the fancy passport recognition system wasn't working properly and I had to wait in another queue for a person and Mr Rat was less held up but thought I was ahead! We managed to find each other and then had some breakfast while waiting for the next flight. (It was a very long walk between terminals.
Arrived Toulouse on time, collected the hire car, which was upgraded for free and managed to get to the motorway fairly easily.
A stop for shopping and another for a late lunch, and a slow drive up the valley to our gite. We managed to communicate with the owner has a good sense of humour and the friendly wee dog. She also has a beautiful garden.
Had tea and a walk round the village and an early night.