01.01 Day 107 . . . New Years Day 2023

Due to our senior years we are not that used to getting into bed at 6am any more . . . nor the partying all of the night before that.
Getting up at midday after this was even more of a wrench, but we needed to get back to Demu to clear up, although we had done quite a bit before we left last night.
We left to get to Demu for 3.30pm, aiming to be there a little before some others arrived at 4.00pm. Once there it was just a case of glasses being washed up and put away, candles and holders collected up, other bits and pieces sorted and then the surplus drink and food sorted and split into parcels for some of the guests and those that had worked so hard to get the night together. It wasn’t long before Christian and Pascale arrived to add their efforts. So in no real time most was sorted and a fair amount of standing chatting and wine drinking took place . . . again! Teresa had a quick 20 minutes of French conversation with the guys to add to her ever increasing skill level, whilst I as usual grabbed the main thrust of the conversation, hearing the odd word or two that I could understand. David and Mira popped in from next door with the mad dog, just to say hello, as they appeared to have only just got up.
All done we packed up the car and said our good byes to Christian and Pascale. On route home Craig and Kate dropped some goodies to Ping, the other parcels had gone with Christian and Pascale for guys living closer to them.
I guess we got back to Castelnavet about 6.00pm, where we took up residence in the kitchen at the table once more. All a little jaded we sat and had some of the left over nibbles from the night before and other bits and pieces . . . obviously with even more wine. Trying to work out the best way to sharpen Craig’s new knife set was possibly not the best of ideas in this jaded state 😂
We sat chatting until 2.00am at which point we called it a night, although I quite honestly had lost track of all time.
So the 1st day of the New Year had passed in a blur . . . we are in 2023 . . . will we see our own house this year?
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