Monday morning looks brighter, Culli and I have an early start as BeBop has to go to the vets for an operation on his eye, so after a long walk Culli takes him in for a day at the vets.
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| Imogen's lace scarf |
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| Imogen's patchwork bag |
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| Joan's chunky cable cardi |
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| Betina's socks & beading sample |
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| Betina's crochet shawls |
I spend the morning helping Imogen with her patchwork squares, not that she needs much help as she is romping through the pattern. Joan is knitting more of her chunky cardi and Betina is swopping between socks and her crochet shawl.
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| edge of Le Vieux Port |
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| meringues |
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| the lovely streets of La Rochelle |
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| gift packed sardines |
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| hand made soaps |
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| sadly not the real Jack Sparrow |
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| Ice creams |
We have an early lunch and go off to La Rochelle for a wander around the beautiful town with its designer clothes and colourful gift shops, followed by a coffee and ice creams in Le Vieux Port.
When we get back BeBop is home after his op which went well, but we have some worrying news from the vet as she has found a tumour in his mouth, so we now have to wait two weeks for the biopsy results and then possibly an agonising decision on what to do next. In spite of a general anaesthetic he is back to his usual chirpy self by bedtime, so it is hard to believe that there might be something seriously wrong.
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| BeBop and Buddy |
Today is the last day of the retreat, after a leisurely breakfast Culli takes Joan to the airport in La Rochelle and I take Imogen and Betina to Bordeaux, we drop Imogen off at the airport for her flight and Betina and I go into Bordeaux so that she can visit La Droguerie and the book shop. She buys some lovely blue/grey alpaca yarn and a crochet book at La Droguerie and some more crochet books in the bookshop, her bag must weigh a ton as she has bought at least 9 or 10 crochet books over the last few days. I drop her off at the airport and set off for home.
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| cake shop in Bordeaux |
It has been a lovely few days, I think we have all learnt a lot and really enjoyed each others company.
I now have a few days for housework, shopping and cooking before the Mystery Blanket workshop starts on Sunday, fingers crossed for a bit more sunshine.
Hi Sue. I think your retreats are amazing. I wrote about it today as part of a blog post about knitting and crochet themed holidays and retreats. You can read it here http://crochetime.net/2014/04/30/crochet-holidays-cruises-and-weekends/
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