Somewhere over the rainbow!

Saturdays in the summer are always busy, extra busy when we have a complete changeover of the house and the other 4 gites all on the same day. An early start yesterday was necessary for just that so when getting up at 6.15am this was the view that greeted me as I drew back the curtains, something I'd never seen before at such an early hour, a rainbow that you can just see above Le Roque St Christophe, looking like an upward straight beam of light coming from above the rock face!
Needless to say, that was the last of the scenery gazing for that day as we were working non stop for the following 12 hours until most of our new guests had arrived for their stay.

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As seen on TV!

What a great experience, and we were on TV as the leaders went past Les Granges, Philippa waving (right) and me applauding with my Leicester City shirt on, unbelievable atmosphere as the 3 or 4 helicopters hovered over the area taking amazing shots of the area.
As I write they are still racing through St Cyprien on their way to Bergerac.
Outside Les Granges, it's as though nothing has happened, all the barriers have gone, everyone has gone, life returns to normal again!
Great day!

Caravan been and gone!

Well that was a good laugh, 35 minutes of decorated vehicles throwing out freebies!

 The competition was who could collect the most....counting to be confirmed later!

Just over one hour to go to the race coming through!

11a.m. update!

The roads are all closed, but there seems to be very little happening!
We've got the gazebo up in case shade is needed (hopefully!) from the sun, quite a few cyclists taking advantage of the empty roads and lots of people sitting waiting for 12.50 when the publicity caravan comes through!

The St. Leon/Le Moustier circuit!

Thought we'd go for an early bike ride this morning before all the roads are closed, a cloudy and cool start but will be brighter later.
A couple of pics I took on route is the what the riders will see (ok not with Philippa in front of them!) as they approach the bend to enter the straight road that runs past us, waiting for 10am now to see what happens next!

Ready and waiting!

The first caravans have appeared and are in place at the parking area next to the Le Moustier cemetery ready for the 2017 Le Tour race coming by tomorrow. The Belgian flag flying proudly above one of the supporters vehicles, sure there'll be a bit of a party going on there tonight!

Going to be an early wake up for me in the morning as I don't want to miss any of the build up to the great event!

First signs of things to come!

Preparations are under way now for the big day next Tuesday when the Tour de France speeds past Les Granges. The road that passes us is closed to all traffic from 10am to 6pm on the day so it will be very interesting to see what happens and when as the day progresses.
I will try to do some more posts on the day to let you know what's happening!