Bee keepers are full of surprises.
The other day our friend Michel turned up to show us his latest project completed.
His offer to go for a spin was promptly taken up by my husband and son-in-law Tim.
The dress code was casual!
I have no interest in cars myself but I was completely seduced by the beautiful cream Renault.
A perfect day for a drive in the country, even without your shirt!
Tim gives the royal wave, quickly falling into spirit of the occasion.
Michel has been working on the engine of this ninety year old Renault for the last six months.
Aren’t bee keepers clever?
a french garden 
It’s amazing how many French people have wonderful old cars in the garage. One of my pieces of advice for people moving to France is buy an old car (especially if it is French) and join a car club if you want to integrate and make friends. Everywhere we go in ours complete strangers come up and tell us about their experiences with the old car in their life.
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Good advice! It doesn’t even have to be that old, they love jeeps and all sorts. I’m afraid I don’t know very much about cars though.
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I heartily agree with Susan about an old car makes friends…
Simon just left here in their SECOND 50s Citroën Traction Avant
[having wanted to try some T-Cut before buying some]…
everyone wants to tell you their stories…
and it is the same with our ’56 2CV!!
And membership of our local car [and tractor and bike… and Solex, Mobylette, etc] has made us local, knowledgeable friends…
and the events that we’ve attended are fun!
I saw a bright yellow carder bee leaving a male pumpkin flower two days ago…
it was covered in so much pollen that it looked like a flying stamen!!
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Funny you should say that about the bee. I was just laughing about one like that in one of our courgette flowers yesterday.
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What a wonderful car! The side view looks like a child’s boxy drawing of a car… RH
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Just what a real car should look like.
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I don’t know anything about cars either but that is quite beautiful!
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That’s a great old car. I’d guess that it must be fun to drive.
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I wouldn’t be brave enough to try!
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Beautiful car. Beekeepers are certainly amazing.
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Such unexpected talents.
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Elle est magnifique! What a labour of love, that can now be fully enjoyed.
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It must feel good to be able to restore something like that to its former self.
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Dress code was you don’t even need a dress apparently! I smiled at the royal wave by the way! That car is really something, your bee keeper is clever (and a bit mad too, I guess).
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I would say rather he is a man of many talents. He built a lot of his house himself including digging out his own wine cellar as a later addition.
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Gosh, he is very versatile!
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PS and the car is gorgeous. We have just bought a classic vehicle too (more details in a blog next week. But not as old as this one,
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