After some time in London and some good writing, I enjoy now one of the best Autumn in Périgord ever! Sunny and mild with a nature full of nice surprises such as chestnut (yummy grilled in the fireplace in the evening) and beautiful red rose hips for jam (delicious but a lot of work). The 3 dogs and I enjoy long walks before it gets dark and the owl takes over in the next forest near the house… We share often simple but delicious diners with friends from around the region, with a lot of laughs and local specialities. In the morning, some long fog clouds down in the valley remind me of HOO and the cold and wet weather coming soon! But all these help so much for some good inspiration and new stories.

As I decided to leave Munich, I took the opportunity of a trip to Amsterdam to do so with my bike. A bit lazy and not willing to do the first 1.200km on motorway, I put my motorbike on the train until Cologne to then drive to Amsterdam. It was great and driving through the Venice of the north, between all the bikes and canals, is a dream. Then just 100km to Hook von Holland, near Den Haag, to take a ferry until Harwich. Fantastic, apart from a very old ticket the nice dutch policeman found on his computer before I could embark… A last present to the Queen Beatrix?! And finally another 100km to London, always pinching myself to rember to drive on the left and arriving very late in the night to be ”speed flashed” just before the house of parliament and learning how to hide the motorbike under a lid to avoid the parking tickets… A good trip indeed!