Homeward bound, so long as the wind doesn’t affect flights out of Bastia. Should be back in Cardiff by early pm. Looking forward to Monday in a sort of day zero way, which might makes things interesting.

Posted: June 15th, 2008 under Out of Office.
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Last day Decided to stack all the outside furniture before we left, but forgot to do the loungers down by the pool – fatal mistake. Wind was easily gale force in bursts last night, and so woke this AM to find a smashed-up lounger in the garden. Sacre bleu!

Looks like we’ll need a trip to a Geant this morning if we’re to replace it. J has taken A and O out for breakfast to the local boulangerie. Their last chance to partake of real hot chocolate before heading back to the ‘diff tomorrow.

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Posted: June 14th, 2008 under Out of Office.
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Il fait du vent! Spent the day at the villa with the kids today as G&G took off with the car to do the tour of the Cape. Decided better of joining them, as a few hours of touring in second gear in a hot car isn’t what I’d class as ‘fun’.

You can’t really class the relief of Corsica as ‘High Mountain Environments’, but its island form and the fact that there is significant massif makes for interesting local weather conditions. yesterday we spent most of the day outside in the grounds in high winds and sunshine, even though less than a mile away, the tops of the hills were covered in pretty angry looking clouds.

Today we marked the passing of the inflatable ring, as it was last seen heading for the ravine at great speed. It will be sorely missed by A and O (until such time as it is replaced by a trip to ASDA or some such consumer palace for a 99p replacement).

Out for dinner during the evening, much to A’s delight (she’s a real socialite at 4.5yrs old).

Posted: June 13th, 2008 under Out of Office.
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O was up even earlier today – about 5am, and so having entertained him for a few hours whilst the rest of the family slept, I have been granted leaved to crash around the house today instead of taking a trip out. The rest of the clan have headed to St Florent again for a day trip to the beach and probably to enjoy a nice lunch somewhere.

Being on the leeward side off the Cape means that the current weather is a little gloomy this side. We are assured by the locals that St Florent will be basking in sunchine, and given that it sits on a plain between two mountain ranges, this is almost certainly going to be the case. Occasional patched of blue sky keep breaking over the house now and again.

So today’s agenda is: sleep, coffee and then reading and Enterprise Architecture work until the family come back from their adventures.

Posted: June 12th, 2008 under Out of Office.
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Another day at home. O decided 5.45 was a good time to get up today – so I had to keep him entertained with various snippets of cartoons until people started to get up at 7AM. Unsurprisingly, he crashed again not much later in the morning, but not before heading out to the boulangerie to pick up breakfast and bread for the day. The slight change to the programme today, however, meant that A and O were afforded an extra breakfast at the boulangerie itself.

Having been sworn to secrecy, it took no more than a nanosecond to realise what had gone on upon their return, given that A can’t keep a secret without nearly BURSTING and O was covered from head to foot in chocolate.

The rest of the morning was spent in and around the pool. It’s now afternoon and very quiet as everyone takes a quiet nap before picking up on afternoon activities.

Rest of the day was a pool day. O became more adventurous with walking around the first step of the pool.

Posted: June 11th, 2008 under Out of Office.
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