Last Saturday, Frimousse’s Mistress, and some friends of hers, went for a walk in the mountain, not far from here. Having parked their cars at the top of Col de Plan-bois [Plan-Bois pass] they were welcome by a splendid black kitten who jumped in their arms. He belongs to the couple who sells refreshments there.

It was chilly. They started their walk in a typical autumnal landscape, with trees in their blazing foliage. Most walkers make do with walking round this mountain but Frimousse’s Mistress and her friends climbed to the top.