Yes, still here! We had expected Nigel, the electrician to come soon after nine o'clock but he didn't turn up till almost eleven. A very nice chap - he said that he had Denmans in his family....interesting! He got to work straight away and fixed the grey water pump in about 15 minutes. For some reason, the pump had jammed and Nigel was able to manfully 'unjam' it. He very helpfully gave us the whereabouts of a good dentist in Toulouse for Crew. So two problems out of three solved - the Internet and the pump. Next, the dentist in Auvillar, the name of whom was given to us via an e-mail to Kaz, the former incumbent of the marina here. She and Ian are now growing chillies in Dominica!! It took about half an hour to get to the quaint town although some of that time was taken up in combatting the one way system and the road works - everywhere in France seems to be digging things up! Here in Moissac they are making a new roundabout at the end of our road. They also seem to be building something in the middle of the roundabout - must find out from Jim what it is! Finally got to the dentist and showed the dental nurse on Reception my little crown. She frowned quite a bit and when a male dentist arrived and she showed it to him, he frowned even more, drew in his breath and said 'difficile'! As I had thought, the crown had not just fallen out but had broken off leaving bits still attached. It seems that the bits have to come out and a pin inserted to attach the crown to. Hopefully, he can re- attach the same crown, otherwise it will take too long to wait for a new one! They didn't have time to treat me today so an appointment was made for tomorrow at 11 a.m. - upwards and onwards!!
We stopped at the hypermarket on the way back, ostensibly to get vodka and tonics - coming away with a bill of 70 euros! How did that happen? We decided to treat ourselves to lunch in the square and tried the 'menu' in the Lyonnaise restaurant - very reasonable but not as good as last year!
Another lazy afternoon and evening - will probably dream of getting underway soon!!
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