A family gettogether in Glasgow.

We got together at 'Doppio Melto' in Glasgow yesterday for a hearty family lunch as part of Michael's birthday celebrations. 

Glasgow was looking great under a fine blue sky.

After lunch Ada wanted to revisit the 'three men holding hands' in the small park by Strathclyde University and we were happy to oblige.

Always like to capture the iconic image below when in the city.

Bit of the Loire in Ayr and searching for a sunset...

 

We are in Ayr where Pauline's sister Eileen brought a little (?) of the Loire Valley out last night on a lovely summer's evening for our aperos - some fine 'Crémant de Loire'.

After dinner we headed done to the beach to try and catch a lovely sunset but being in Scotland the beautiful clear skies of the afternoon had now been filled with clouds and the temperature had dropped quite a few degrees.

As we got closer to the water's edge we caught the surprising site of a couple of swimmers - 10.00 pm in Scotland...brrrr ! 

An evening stroll last night amongst the sunflowers...

Monday's walk at Etableau in pictures...

 

More 'back to brocanting', at Vicq-sur-Gartempe

Sunday stroll, we like this annual brocante at Vicq-sur-Gartempe, nice location by the river and good mix of stall holders. 

Dog either has trouble with its eyes or it's a celebrity! 

'Wot we bot' a wee jug!

Illuminating, Nuit des Mille Feux at Chateau Villandry

Last night Pauline and I took in the 'Nuit des Mille Feux' at Chateau Villandry, something we always wanted to experience but as it is only on for two weekends of the summer, due to past work commitments we couldn't. Glad we did!

Coffee table by design!

Those of you who know us, know of our love of all things Charles  Rennie Mackintosh so when we were looking for a new coffee table we wanted something on the same theme. This proved a little difficult to find so we had to come up with something ourselves. This entailed buying a table and adding a taste of CRM. I bought some square and flat steel bar from Brico and modified the ends - with a little help from our talented friend Rodger and his welding plant!

Our replica CRM dining set.

It has not gone away...

 

Had a lovely evening with friends on Wednesday to celebrate the birthdays of Maureen and Angela. Sadly Angela & Dennis couldn't join us due to Angela testing positive for Covid, so it was a case of 'toast to absent friends'.

Back to brocanting...

  

Sunday saw us joining friends Mike & Liz to kick start what for a long time has been missing here in our part of the world - brocante visits. 

We took in the small brocante at Beaumont before heading over to Chatellerault to the large 'Brocante des Trois Pigeons'. Which is a mix of local people's and dealer's 'treasure'.

As many will know Pauline and I are trying to downsize our 'stuff' but for my brocante fix I bought a couple of small glitter balls - and why not?