Last night, Nimes Olympique, our nearest football team, played Sochaux in the quarter finals of the French Cup. This is real David and Goliath stuff, because Nimes play in the French Third Division and Sochaux in the French First Division. In fact, Sochaux made it to the latter stages of the Champions League last year, so they are quite some team. The match was televised live, on TF1, at 5.00 pm (to a full stadium, but that's another story) and very exciting it was too. It was a thrilling match played at great speed and from end to end. Nimes scored the winner in extra time. They might be worth going to watch next season. (That's enough football - Ed.)
Today we take Max for his annual vaccinations.
He dislikes the car, so it is quite a comical struggle to get him into the boot. When we get there, the first thing we do is weigh him, because some of his ongoing treatment is weight related. Getting him to sit still, on the scales, with all the other animals around, is not easy. Because he fidgets so much, the scale reading flickers between 38 and 42 kilos, so we settle at 40 kilos ( 88 pounds). A lap dog he is not!
Reading this article, http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=631593 makes me realise that we are not doing enough to support our local industry. Although, at times, that would be very hard to believe.
After much replanting and the introduction of modern techniques, this area now produces some very, very nice wines, at reasonable prices. The sun is well down over the yard arm now, so I'm off to help the local economy.
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