Fun and joie de vivre

Reading a BBC review on France, ''France has lost its 'joie de vivre,''  by Hugh Schofield, made me think I still want fun and that is why I have created a new label. If you have anything funny to report or a funny photo that will give everyone a boost I will print it. It must have something to do with life in France as that was why TAG was conceived and I loosely  like to hold to my principles

Patrimoine 2004, The storming of the Castle at Laguepie

Looking back through the files of 2004 I went from being happy, seeing this picture, to feeling a bit sad that half of the pictures I looked at  had friends on who have since passed away.
The occasion was a patrimoine day and Betrand Dezes opened the doors of the Chateau of Laguepie to be once again stormed by marauding foreigners. In the group pictured, King Richard the Lion Heart on the left is Tudor Powell, brother in law, close up shows his shoes were  just not authentic! Mary Parkes, Arnoud  and Janine Budelman, Jeremy Rewse Davies in a monks habit which Iga had made from old curtains, Roger Bowen as a pilgrim, me as Robin Hood with a dead rabbit hanging from my belt,  which was actually a glove puppet called Marlow Lock Johnstone,  named as he was bought at  a charity shop in Marlow,  when we were moored at the Lock and Iga Rewse Davies just looking rather splendid , as she would! And listing nationality in order we have Welsh, Polish, Double Dutch, Welsh, Surrey, Yorkshire and Polish and there were French  defenders when we got to the castle.