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13th Jul 2012
(Jour 43) Barcus

André and Maïté arrived today and we all spent the afternoon decorating the local Salle des Fêtes for the extended family get together planned for the following day. In the evening a kitchen singalong rehearsed songs in both french and basque in readiness for the next day. One rollicking number is called Les fêtes de Mauléon and I was jokingly assured it is known around the world. (From subsequent research on Google, it was written in the sixties by a prolific basque local song writer, Pierre Bordaçarre Etxahun-Iruri, and from YouTube it seems it’s very popular at local fetes, with brass bands, and especially with rugby crowds.)

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Diary Photos

View still fascinates	Taking a walk around the farm	Did we mention the view?
Cows sure can turn a track into mud	The girls demonstrate their skills with the crutches	Is this an alien space ship?
Lunch in the shade	André gets in the mood after arrival from Paris by TGV, bus and car	Cows hardly have time to enjoy the view
Daunting place to decorate for a party	Set up starts	Well, at least there will be somewhere to eat
This is a good sitting down job	More of the family arrives to lend a hand	How does this look?
No, it has to be higher	Cooler tonight, so dinner in the farmhouse kitchen	And a big hello for Alanna & Kieran

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