We decided to visit Lagrasse in the Corbieres region famous for its wines on Saturday. First impressions were good....a very pretty little village. Very tranquil and picturesque. It was a glorious sunny day...just the sort of day you would think 'lets have a fire, burn some of the grass along the banks of the river'!! NO!!
Picturesque sights.
Small but charming cemetery. I do like a nice cemetery.
As we came towards the river we could here the crackling of a fire and then we could smell smoke! And then we could SEE smoke!
Yes...someone had thought 'it is a good day to start a fire. Everything nice and dry..a bit of a wind to get it going!!' Looked a bit ominous to us..in fact looked a bit out of control!!
The house directly behind the fire was a bit too close for comfort! Hope she didn't have any washing out!
Then we passed the local priest on his mobile... we thought perhaps he had a direct line to you know who or was he is calling the fire brigade?
Yep...obviously not with direct line..he was phoning les pompiers! Thank the lord for that! I bet they were just having a nice cup of tea!
Because it did get a bit out of control.... the wind changed direction..as it does when you light a fire!
and caused a bit of a stink and a smoke screen across the village.......glad we came early otherwise we wouldn't have seen it at its best! In fact we wouldn't have seen it at all!!
From the safety of the bridge the locals cannot believe it! We will visit again...hopefully when it is a smoke free zone! And who set the fire away.....was it:a) A man b) Un Homme c) Message from God (a man by all accounts)!
Somehow I don't think a water pistol will help but good thought little boy:-).
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