{"id":632,"date":"2012-06-05T16:33:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T15:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=632"},"modified":"2025-11-23T05:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T05:42:09","slug":"the-big-day-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2012\/06\/05\/the-big-day-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Day\u2026.\u2026.Maybe?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Monday 4th<\/sup> June, so someone is turning 60 today and he\u2019s decided that it is now time to stop turning tricks on his bike in skateboard parks\u2026..<\/p>\n

We were woken early by the mobile phone ringing at 5:30am.\u00a0 In our sleepy state neither of us got to the phone in time to answer the call, which must have been someone calling from Australia at that time in the morning! \u00a0We\u2019ve searched the number and can\u2019t find who it was, so apologies to whoever it was that tried to call. We went back to sleep for a while and then Rodney opened his\u00a0 cards and few presents before walking into the pretty village of Beynac-et-Cazenac.\u00a0 We couldn\u2019t find the Monday market; \u201csorry it doesn\u2019t start until June 15th<\/sup>, it\u2019s a printing error\u201d, so we strolled up the cobbled streets very slowly to the Chateau de Beynac, as always at the very top of the village.\u00a0 There are fabulous views from the top, well worth the exhausting walk up there.<\/p>\n

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Beynac-et-Cazenac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We had a three course lunch at the Hotel du Chateau, back down at the bottom of the village and then strolled, with very full bellies,\u00a0along the river back to the campsite. We read our books, looked at our photos and then strapped everything down in Eileen for a drive down to the Chateau de Montrecour at 5:30pm.<\/p>\n

Our big moment of the trip had arrived.\u00a0 To celebrate our 20th<\/sup> wedding anniversary and also Rodney\u2019s 60th<\/sup> we had booked a trip with Perigord Montgolfieres for a flight over the Dordogne in a hot air balloon.\u00a0 (www.perigord-dordogne-montgolfieres.com<\/a> ) We watched the preparations and kept our eyes on the windsock.<\/p>\n

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Balloon starting to inflate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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At 8:20pm Rodney and one of the other passengers got in to the basket ready for take off.\u00a0 I was so excited and ready to hop in too, but unfortunately more gusts of wind picked up and Patrick, our pilot, decided to bail out.\u00a0 It was getting too late to keep waiting for the breeze to settle, so our money was returned and they said they would call us at 5:50 in the morning, if there was a possibility of flying on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Feeling very disappointed, we went back to the campsite and wandered over to the bar for a drink.\u00a0 It had closed at 8pm and, like\u00a0today’s market, it\u00a0doesn\u2019t stay open\u00a0later until mid June.\u00a0 So we toasted Rodney’s big day inside Eileen instead and tried to get a good night\u2019s sleep as we didn\u2019t want to miss our 5:50am phone call.<\/p>\n

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Rodney’s birthday celebrations with a bottle of Old Nick rum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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