A reluctant landlady leaves feedback for the travellers who stay in her domestic. This week she finally finds unexpected conversational common ground with a couple of hardy hikersThey have more than a whiff of Mike Leighs Candice Marie and Keith approximately them. But Gallic. They wear outdoor gear indoors. They have a mountain of rucksacks and hiking boots,as well as a truly horrible contraption that looks as though it belongs on a medical ward; a sort of reinforced plastic bag with tubes coming out of it that they fill with water every morning, which allows you to suck the liquid without using your hands.
Jean-Claude and Yvette are from Alsace and treat every day of their week-long stay as an endurance test. Each morning they acquire a packed lunch with grim determination not to spend a penny on anything as trivial as a bought sandwich. They fold up the used butter wrapper and put it back in the fridge, or for what possible use I can’t imagine.
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Source: theguardian.com