Jane and I went to Lourdes today for an hour as it is just 10 mins down the road from St Pe. the boys not keen so we left after lunch be back for the 3.30 full runs second session of the day. It was quite disconcerting.... lots of old and sick people in wheelchairs hoping for a miracle cure, supermarkets of tacky momentos of Catholism to the extent that images of Mary with flashing lights around her were able to be bought.
They say 7 million people per year visit so a booming tourist industry. We both felt sad when we left.
After dinner we visited the little town of St Pe, it always looks desserted but there were posters for a fete starting today. Unfortunatley the music didnt start until 10.30 so we had a ride on dodgems, toffee apples and came home.
There were a big group of youngish people from Paris who were on their last night of a week of activities and they cajoled the boys into teachy the haka... Callum was a star...
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