Some You Win, Some You Lose

Since we moved to France,we have been following the fortunes of ASC XIII, our local Carcassonne Rugby League team and in the last 2 weeks they have had 2 local derbies. The first match, was at Limoux which, as you can see from the scoreboard, was a win for ASC. Unfortunately, the second match against Lezignan who are top of the league, was not as successful. The final score was 14 - 28. To be honest, the better team won. They created more opportunities and capitalised on Carcassonne's mistakes. ASC are still third in the league and if they continue to play well and keep this place, they will be in next year's English Cup. There were large crowds at both matches and the atmosphere was great.

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We went for a walk across The Razes this afternoon and saw this snake. I am sure it is a viper. It was just crossing the footpath and not interested in us at all, fortunately.

Garden Visitors

We have just seen a red squirrel running around the garden. It went off the pool-house roof, down the BBQ, up the palm trees then into the hedge. We have known it was about because of the tell-tale eaten walnuts and scrunching sounds coming from the hedge but haven’t seen it for over 2 years since the cat chased it. They are so much sweeter than the common grey one sees in the UK.

We’re off to Ikea to buy a mirror. It seems to be a common thing to do at the moment.