Obviously heard about our place and were desperate to get in while there was still some availability!
Each Spring the French Army carry out various manoeuvres around here, among them a series of parachute drops where the soldiers basically land on and around the glider aerodrome a few fields behind our garden. There’s also a number of other exercises in the surrounding area for a few days and it’s really not unusual to come around a mountain bend to be confronted by an armoured car sitting by the side of the road!