Day: March 9, 2015

My younger stepson, Justin, was working in Paris last week and will also be this, so had to stay over in France for the week-end. After a bit of uncertainty as to whether he should come down to Plazac or not on account of my house’s blocked waste pipe problems, in the event he did and arrived by train at Brive early on Saturday afternoon.

It was great to have him here because he was working in Princeton, New Jersey for 10 years or so where he and his wife, Sharon, had their two children, returning to live in Edinburgh only quite recently, and I hadn’t seen him for quite some time. He couldn’t have chosen a better week-end because the weather both days was balmy and more than spring-like with temperatures of around 19/20 degrees Celsius and we were able to sit outside catching up with a few beers and even enjoying an al-fresco lunch yesterday.

He could only stay for one night but with his train back to Paris leaving from Brive at 6.00 pm, we had time to get in a flight over the local area yesterday afternoon. Wim flew into Galinat for it and we flew part of it together, and although we didn’t follow it exactly, this is what my planned route looked like.

As well as having the chance to see what the Dordogne is like from the air, Justin was also able to see all of the places that I’d shown him by car in the limited time that we’d had on Saturday, including the restaurant in Les Eyzies where we had dined on Saturday evening with Wim and Sophie. Wim and I were also able to overfly the site of the proposed airfield that Victor and we want to re-establish after its having been closed for the past 20 years or so, although not too low as we hadn’t told the owner that we would be doing so.

The weather was beautiful, not too cold and with the air totally calm, so it was a flight that Justin will probably remember for some time to come. I also enjoyed having the opportunity to show him the area where I am now making my new life and I’m greatly looking forward to the first time when he is able to come back again together with all of his young family.