15 Août – Dienville

In the afternoon we were heading out to some friends for a barbecue. I had taken them a few of the first plums from our trees, although I wasn’t too happy with them, they were a bit damaged by the rain, and a little underripe, but she was pleased with them and said she’d ripen them off before using them.

Each year at the lake in Dienville they have a little regatta, where the local boat owners decorate their boats, and enter into a judged competition. So we took a stroll down to the port to take a look.

We were pleasantly surprised at how much effort and creativity had gone into them. They all had their own theme.

There were two categories, cruisers and motor boats, and jet skis. The cruisers were all very colourful, and floated slowly by with music playing on each of the boats.

The jet skis were a bit more active, and with limited space to tell their story were a bit more creative.

The young lad playing 007 loved doing tricks in front of the crowds

The D-day anniversary boat preferred to cool us all down with his water cannon.

It was all great fun.