Adieu, auf wiedersehen......

Friday 29.6.18

 A day for wandering around the village....shopping,packing and generally saying goodbye.
Lunch in a favourite cafe.......coffee at a favourite bar and Ragged Robin at the little lake.
A final wave goodbye to the village red kites.....what a bird....not able to get any photographs of it sadly.
Will we be back......who knows. 

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