Eating more again - and helping the wounded - and Perpignan timetables

My  brother Matt is here! And so of course we are lunching at the Pont - where Erica (below), is telling Bob he can't have pudding until he finishes his meal -

Again and as usual, an extraordinarily good meal.

Started with sea food baked in cheese sauce. Bob had asparagus in vinaigrette. Moved on to faux fillet (in mushroom sauce) and Bob had an omelette. We all ate the coupe Jackson... Matt is well impressed.

And last night we ate at Healthy Life, the takeaway in Rue Gambetta, who excelled themselves too - white fish, delicate and flakey, covered in a light crunch of herbs and stuff. Their plat du jour is always worth a go.

Talking of Rue Gambetta...lifted this from La Vie Vintage on Facebook (hence change of background colour which I cant find out how to control...):

 The Marie in Quillan is the collection point in our valley of medical supplies that will be sent to the hospital in Kviv next week by Alliance Occitanie Ukraine.

If you would like to donate but can't get to Quillan we are collecting at

La Vie Vintage

2 rue Gambetta

11260 Espéraza

Mon and Wed 14.00 to 18.00

Fri 10.00 to 12.00

Or by RDV at other times, please ring Bev on 06 02 08 96 16 or Gill on 06 72 30 10 17

We will be delivering the supplies to Quillan on Friday afternoon

Items required include:-

All purpose dressings

Sterilised compressions

Betadine

Burns kits

Stretch bandages

Survival blankets

Saline

Basically anything for cleaning and dressing wounds

If you prefer to donate money we will then go and buy supplies

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Since we went to Quillan this morning, desperate to get a timetable for the Perpignan bus (their site is a disaster), we dropped off sterile dressings and all that stuff to the little town hall, who were delighted. Get that old first aid pack out from under the stairs and take it over, or drop off tomorrow afto at La Vie Vintage or on Friday morning. Every bit can only help.

The Information centre in Quillan has the timetables and Nel was right (thanks Nel) they have been changed so now we can catch the 7.55 from Esperaza to Quillan and get to the Perpignan bus in good time. In previous days you had to get a driver to take you to the Quillan stop for 7,45 - now they are coordinated hurrah!

Unless the weather takes a bizarre turn, that's me and Matt out for the day on this memorable bus. It drives through the gorges terrorising cars and drops you in the Centre du Monde, for 1 euro.