We'd been watching the men in lycra, almost at the end of the race, 1 km, 500 to go, 300 to go, 5 riders battling it out, the finishing line was in sight.............
At Bb's flat, because of the proximity to the sea, and the weather, it happened a fair bit - or we'd get English Tv pictures, but with a different, French Tv channel's audio That was fun Then we actually got - after a lot of fading picture/snow 'And the winner is...'
I can't understand why one of our neighbours, despite having an otherwise perfectly neat frontage, lovely little patch of grass, nice shiny windows etc... etc...... has left several huuuuge chickweeds growing in the gravel!! It would take about ten seconds to pull them out - every time I walk past I itch to do it
The first was a misunderstanding between this very pleasant young man and Grumpy. He really wanted to rent. Loved the house, but is struggling to get a mortgage, as he's self-empolyed, so needs to rent.
The other was a lady who also loved the house, but couldn't afford it