Regrouping

Fans of Joan Jorda will be happy to know that he's showing in Carcassonne at the Maisons des Memoirs . He was born in September 1929 and is still with us (living in Toulouse), still working - a very decent selection of new work on show. (terrible photo, sorry)
https://www.tourism-carcassonne.co.uk/what-to-do-0/parks-and-outdoor-spaces/maison-des-memoires-centre-joe-bousquet-358597

Allenna and I were in Carcassonne because Toulouse turned out to be a bit dull. So much for big cities. Everything was closed; end-of-season, pause before xmas madness. We had a good time at the Museum of Archeology next to St Serrin and checked out some excellent churches - Notre Dame du Taur especially charming for having bullfighters - or people fighting a bull at any rate - over the high altar. St Serrin was matyred by being dragged through that same street by a bull.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_du_Taur

It rained - not continually but enough for us to be dodging showers in cafes and restaurants which in Toulouse are wonderful, so it wasn't all bad :)

Got back yesterday. Bob had returned from London in one piece.
Allenna here for the weekend,  then back to Toronto.

Alls well

Forgot the camera yesterday so here's a snap of Bugarch taken from the track to Fa - weather for the last two days blisteringly hot with cool breezes, everyone smiling :)

Bob got back yesterday and thanks to dear Roy got a lift home from the airport. We ate at the restaurant Aux Trois Quilles just outside Quillan, alone in their pretty courtyard under the trees; a great pleasure. Food was mysteriously mixed. We began with home made pate de fois gras on carmalized apples (on toast) with fig jam and confit d'onions - amazing, fabulous. Then our next courses we pretty awful - mine (the fish selection) had seen better days and was alarmingly dried out, Bobs was not what he'd ordered and was undercooked. I've a feeling one should stick to the menu on the board. Puds were standard goodish. Staff are charming and attentive so of course we didn't complain and will certainly go back and try again.