A day in Utopia - Saturday 10 Sept.

The road outside the villa, on our walk

Photo of the forest

Good morning all! Well its Saturday and today the temperature is to reach 35 deg. unbelievable for this time of year. We were up early this morning 7:30 conscious we had to take the dogs out for their daily walk before it got too hot.  Isn't it funny that Saturday morning still seems like a special day in the week. Must be years of working and associating Saturday as a day off and of course Saturday Kitchen. Of course we have to feed the dogs before we leave. Anyway by 8:30am before we even had breakfast, we were on our way with the four dogs. When we leave the house we always put their leads on, as we like to get past about 2 or 3 houses before we set them free. I love it when we take their leads off, it feels like releasing a bird from its cage. They run like they are liberated from everything and it always lifts my heart every time I see this. This time of year there are apple trees everywhere and the apples are just laying on the ground. So these four dogs don't fetch sticks, no they fetch apples. Needless to say they are eaten quickly, and of course its good exercise as the apple can travel a good distance when thrown.  Isn't it ironic that all these apples are laying on the ground rotting and there are so many people dying of starvation. I always think this when I see all the apples on the ground. When we get further down the road we go into a more forest environment. Our walk is usually just under an hour. Of course by the time we get home we are starving and ready for our breakfast. So breakfast, the most important meal of the day, and for me, my favourite.  Homemade muesli, off I go into the gardent to see what I can pick to put into it. This morning it was ripe figs, so that was my breakfast.

Then I parked my bum down for 90 mins of Saturday Kitchen, which I love. With a cup of coffee of course. After Saturday Kitchen, I had to gut and clean four mackerel and prepare for the bbq, I saw this great recipe on Saturday Kitchen, so I tried that. Into the garden again to get some lettuce and tomatoes for a salade. While I was doing all this Freddy, my husband was cleaning the pool. We had some duck sausages before, just as a nibble. Then we had our mackerel and salade and a lovely bottle of Bordeaux superior by the pool.  So that was my day, how was yours?  a la prochaine as they say in France. Until the next time.  

Signs showing direction to: Walk to lake which takes 2hrs 45mins
Walk to two lakes which takes 5hrs 30 mins
and Walk to the parking at the two lakes

In the forest with the dogs