We have spent the last few months isolated up in the mountains
looking after cows and pigs with the lovely Justin, Emily and Daniele of Las Laous.
Not a bad place for sitting out a global pandemic. We have been very lucky!
Sometimes, if we’re not in the clouds we get some beautiful views.
Very difficult cycling though! It is steep!
We have a little house to ourselves and are protected by the skull and scythes.
The cute little Galloway calves and the rest of the herd have gone into the communal grazing land,
to spend the summer high up in the mountain.
The piggies are still with us, always hungry and mostly quite funny.
Sometimes we get to go to St.Girons market now that it’s open again, selling delicious slow cooked pork.
Happy pigs make for happy eating!
We haven’t been performing any shows , everything got cancelled.
We didn’t make it to the Ciemmona in Turin this year on account of cette funeste pandemie !
So we’re still not in Italy!
And le Festival du Roc Castel has been cancelled for this year. Boo Hoo ! it was their 10th anniversary !
We were really looking forward to going again this year, performing, playing, participating, having fun!
“Toutefois le programme de cette année est donc reporté en 2021. Et il sera
augmenté de quelques éléments supplémentaires pour compenser le manque
occasionné ou simplement pour faire une belle fête et célébrer « le monde
d’après », pour employer un mot à la mode. En espérant que cette idée de
« monde d’après » ne se soit pas un feu de paille. Paraît-il que le
développement de la pratique de la bicyclette en sera amplifié et
constituera l’un des éléments de cet après. Souhaitons-le “
pour le CA de LVE et l'équipe du festival, Hubert Martin
https://festival-roc-castel.eu/.
However we are using our time well and are making great progress on our new show,
Jonny Jeegante and the Bici Benshi which could be ready to roll out by the end of the summer.
We’ll be staying here at Las Laous until the end of August and then take to the road again towards the south east of France.
Life is slowly coming back to normal and at last we now have some dates to play our show at the local summer Marche Nocturne in Massat on the 23rd of July and the 13th of August!
We’ll continue to enjoy the views and will go up and over for a walk one day to swim in the Etang Bleu on the other side of the mountain!
