Nevertheless Le Defilé took place at 10 0'clock in the morning proudly marching through Lavelanet in commemoration of those that had gone before.
With the funfair still in full swing and the rain easing off for a while I walked up to town at about 10 in the evening to be part of the celebrations culminating in the fireworks at 11 o'clock. As usual a splendid display was witnessed by many Lavelanet townsfolk of all ages.
The weather in this area seems to have developed into a pattern at the moment. A few days of blue skies, with the temperature gradually climbing, followed by thunder and lightning storms and some cloudy days – and then the pattern repeated. At least we only caught the edge of last Thursday's storm – apparently warnings had been posted by the French Met Office in 55 departments across France.
A very tuneful bird has been singing around the garden but I have yet to catch sight of it. I am better at visual recognition than their song – so I'll let you know if I catch sight of it.
My guess is that your bird is a blackcap. It's pretty much the only one left singing at this time of year. We've got three or four who babble away for hours at a time. Thank heavens for them, I say. I always find The Great Bird Quiet a bit sad ...
ReplyDeleteThanks for that – a blackcap was one of my suspects from a recent glimpse of it.
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