Movie ratings

Graham and I have built a fairly comprehensive DVD library for our guests at Les Terraces.  We’ve a good range of the best of modern British cinema with Calendar Girls, Brassed Off and The Full Monty to name a few.  And then we’ve a whole raft of American-made films, such as The Devil Wears Prada, As Good As It Gets, The Bucket List and so on.  One of our favourites is “A Good Year“.  It isn’t a ‘chick flick’ and it isn’t a Terminator-style action-movie either.  All credit due to Peter Mayle for writing an excellent story and to the producers for turning it into an excellent film.  So why this post?  It’s simple – in 2 years of owning the house A Good Year is the only film that we’ve had to replace twice.  In fact, it’s the only film that we’ve ever had to replace, period.  If there were to be an Oscar for the most stolen film, A Good Year would win it hands down.  Maybe next year the Academy can start a new award, what do you think? I agree, I don’t think they’ll go for it either.

I’m off to London to meet a client next week.  I’m wondering if I should buy it one last time ….. Maybe, maybe not.

So, our first weekend back in France was glorious.  It was chilly in the mornings, but sunny, and the afternoons were wonderful.  However, the tail end of the week has been somewhat less than we have become accustomed to.  I feel like Nanouk of the North wrapped in countless layers of singularly less than attractive, but warm and practical, clothes (including one rather holey sock!).  On a positive note we’ve checked out all of the fires and they’re all working well.  So is the new shower that Robin installed in February (when it was really cold here).  It looks great and has inspired us to start giving serious consideration to the next tranche of improvements that we’d like to make to the house ….. watch this space for details!

Oh, well, time for me to resume my “Milly the maid” role and fold the laundry and make a bed.  It’s a really glamourous life here in Sainte-Foy-La-Grande!

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