Sisteron

 Easter Sunday

We've had a rare non-driving day relaxing around the campsite.  The weather was gorgeous this morning after a stormy night, so we took a walk to a nearby hilltop chapel.

The views more than compensated for the steepish walk up

We've been out and about getting to know the area and, on Thursday we had meeting with a local estate agent.  This was conducted entirely in French, much to the amusement of the rest of the office, judging by all the smiles we got when we left.  She was incredibly patient with us - what we did manage to confirm was that the rental market in this extremely popular area moves incredibly quickly and properties are snapped up as soon as they are posted (which we had also experienced while doing some online searches earlier this year, before we left LBC).

On the very far right you can see the lavender field right behind our campsite.

The geology of the area is very interesting - apparently limestone

She took our details and promised to let us know as soon as new properties come onto the market which will hopefully start to happen as the weather warms up.

We're still monitoring all the online searches and widening our area of interest but we are only at the start of our search and remain positive and optimistic.

The nearby village of Salignac derives its name from a nearby salt water spring.

We've had some lovely sunshine today and managed to cook, eat lunch and generally bask in it until the rain returned at 4pm, driving us back indoors.  I think tomorrow will be another slow day and then we'll see what the week brings.

Bonus pic:

The wild Irises are opening and are simply beautiful