Pie Crisis Averted!

Wed 6th September 2023. Cussac.

Another change of plan. I checked the Butter Pies in the freezer box and realised that the fridge was struggling to deal with the temperatures over 30 degrees and never dipping below 20. Well, what should I do?

I put the blue lights on the motorhome and set off with sirens blaring to get to Tim’s house without delay. I have been nursing these pies for a week and I’m not about to let them perish. I called Tim and announced my early arrival.

On route I called at Oradour sur Glane which is the site of a Nazi slaughter of a village in the Second World War. A whole village was slaughters including women and children. The village was preserved from that moment as national monument to the atrocity.

I have previously visited the village so didn’t do the whole tour this time but it is certainly a sobering and disturbing thought. Quite eerie.

I still had to get the pies to the intensive care of Tim’s house.

I arrived at Tim’s just in time. He was ready with stretchers and oxygen ready. As I arrived we took each pie from the freezer and after a triage we diagnosed that two pies were still frozen and they went straight to the freezer. However, two pies were beyond help and have been earmarked for cremation in an oven, ie cooked and eaten with peas and consumed by Tim and me.

The van was parked up and …

….took the bike off the back of the van for a week or so. The van will stay here till Janice arrives and sets off to find me.

Tim’s house is amazing. It’s very much in the countryside and is so quiet.

I got my washing done straight away. It doesn’t take long to dry.

Tim and I had a lovely evening sampling wine, cognac and armagnac. no more laws that aren’t laws! A great night in good company.

The good news is that the pies have survived and are making a good recovery.