Dreich days

We are very fortunate living where we do here in the Loire Valley. Our location in Southern Touraine south of the river Loire provides us with our own little micro climate that for most of the year is actually comparable to that of Nice.

	Av. max. in May	Av. max. in June	Av .max. in July	Av .max. in Aug	Av. max. in Sept.
Tours	19	26	28	28	24
Nice	19	28	30	30	26

It is only when we slip into winter that this changes and we sometimes experience what we Scots describe as dreich weather. The 'Urban Dictionary' gives the following description; "A combination of dull, overcast, drizzly, cold, misty and miserable weather. At least 4 of the above adjectives must apply before the weather is truly dreich" Well yesterday we had that. 

We find it hard to get motivated on days like these and a little guilty that we don't really need to - the 'choice thing' is probably what we appreciate most of our  lifestyle here. The short winter will come and go before we know it.