race around our lac

  

       

Trail du Magnoac....runs of 8, 14 and 26 km, taking in the lake, there are different coloured spray arrows, three to be precise for the different routes round the town and countryside. It was a fantastic morning and although it looks hot, a very nice day without being blistering hot. It's nice to have fun events in the town, lots of people turned up for the event and a good fifty odd people participated. The event was opened by our mayor, Bernard verdier and probably ended in Joe's bar, i say probably as sadly we had to slink off to a prior engagement before it all finished.

the gathering outside the library

looking lean and mean on his velo

in front of the Dupont and ready for the off

late or just very casual

a few more bikes turn up....

and the men's running is off

25 km here we come

a second batch released

a few onlookers

the water stop at the end of our road

running past our house and through the presbytery gates

coming up from the lac magnoac

water stop, refuelled by joe across the road in the bar

one of the officials, checking the traffic flow

our house at the end, where marc is watching, and christianne is from
 respective balconies

new balls please!

this is Milou, proving she really is daddies girl, she bought back almost three quarters of a basket of balls, that is a lot of balls. Every time they went into the net she would go and pick them up and bring them back to the same place by the basket next to the bench. If you asked her nicely she would even bring them to you and give them up without a fight, very impressive. This was a trick that she learnt on her own, maybe it was to impress her master and mistress after all the wee (being the operative word) accidents.

"they are silly, they keep hitting it in the net"

Thinking about it even though green tennis balls obviously bare no resemblance to sheep, her natural instincts for gathering things up, including the kittens is instilled within her from birth by her mother.

a full basket of balls, job done

"I will just take this one off for safe keeping"

and see if my missus wants this one?

it's a hard life being a kitten

sorry, but they are irresistible...

...especially when they are asleep

first steps

new nets please!!

Porthos plus jangly squeaky mice skills

Milou with Darcie, just checking you don't go to far

where am i ??

Aramis, ears back...looks good so far

much more fun with three

it's all extraordinary

my first kitten pose for the paparazzi outdoors

a second pose for the cameras, by my little bro

a composed pose for the cameras

just jumping on the bandwagon from the above and i have sat on your kittens ....

the two girls stick together

Aramis looks scary

love fest!! BIG bonding

bonding?!

Aramis and Darcie well and truly s(ch)aton

i  know i can add to the washing

Porthos and the yog pot

• mummies  boy...aramis

happy families

ginger tinker up a tree

two ginger tinkers up a tree

Milou, hide and seek

Milou avec bal

my blue eyed ginger boy