Friday was also painting all day, but it started for me in a hedge, listening to what I am sure was a nightingale. I also heard a golden oriole briefly and a hoopoe in the distance. I worked on my paintings of the bridge from Bourdeilles, and Steven did a demo for me. It took several goes before I felt I was pleased with my work. In the evening I spent an hour and a half walking very slowly round the village hunting for the hoopoe, it was worth it!
On Thursday, we all decided we would paint all day rather than go to the market at St Astier. So we did. In the evening, it was Sally's night off from cooking and so we were taken to Le Kayola, a family run restaurant a 15 minute drive from the village. We had vegetable soup and then salads from the buffet, followed by fish, gammon, steak or duck. I thought the o melette à la norvégienne sounded interesting, but it turned out to be baked Alaska!