Not quite as expected!

I often find that days don’t go as I expect and that has certainly been the case today. Tomorrow I am hosting mindfulness and offering lunch, so given it was knit and natter this afternoon I needed to get that sorted this morning. I also needed to do some cleaning. All of that went to plan.

It was knit and natter where things went astray. My French friend had messaged me last night to say that she was collecting seaweed today. She has been on a, cooking with foraged items, course so I assumed that it was related to that. Several people messaged today to say that they weren’t coming. I knew that there were a couple of people who might come, so I decided that I had better go.

It quickly became obvious that I was on my own. I decided that I would sit outside and enjoy the sunshine. Whilst I was sat there doing some crochet a French woman suddenly walked up to me and asked whether I was the Knitting club. Not quite a club when you’re alone but yes! It turned out that she moved to Huelgoat three weeks ago. She knows no-one but enjoys knitting. At the moment all of her knitting and yarn is packed away. However she is keen to meet people.

There was no Franglais for me this afternoon. It was all in French. However I think that we mostly understood each other. I know where she has moved from. I know about her children, what she used to do for a living. I know where she lives now. I think she will be coming back next week.

So not what I was expecting this afternoon. The fact that I spoke French all afternoon impressed myself if no-one else. Now I’m off for a swim in the lake with the dogs to cool off!

Until tomorrow…