Are you still en France avec the fragrant Madame Grumpy? Now the rain and snow has gone it's safe to come home.

Wee, wee monsewer! Now the coast is clear we start for home & civilisation tomorrow. Sorry to leave the land of vin & pate but we can only take so much sunshine, good (non-dehydrated) food and cheap wine. withdrawal symptoms were not too bad this year as we could watch the weather reports!
See you in October? By which time we should just about be looking toward our first routes; don't the year flash past?

Thanks for your input gentlemen, i,m just back as 1/3 of a working party feeling fairly knackered and now even less of a mind to risk life and limb again next May. A biennial until the weather makes it's mind up might be the thing !. Harl have to think about it with care.