Here's the latest update on the arson situation, which had gotten rather quiet for a while: There was a major fire on a farm at noon today. The barn burned completely to the ground and the house was badly damaged. The farmhouse was 400 years old and had only recently been completely restored. The family who lived there was home at the time and were unable to contain it, but were not hurt. The fire department worked on it all afternoon. They're not ruling out arson and the police are investigating. If it is ruled arson, it would be the first one to occur during daylight hours.
I saw this fire today as I was driving back from the doctor, but honestly I thought it was a farmer burning leaves or a cut up dead tree or something. I won't be convinced this one was arson until they can prove it or the police rule it that way. However, I have noticed as I read the articles about each fire that in many cases the buildings or boats that are being burned have recently been renovated, or the owners have spent lots and lots of money to update them and had only just finished. That's always sad to hear.
In other exciting news Gerard Depardieu was due to come to our tiny village to film scenes for a French movie. He was supposed to be here this week, however we saw news articles online indicating that his filming scenes would be moved to January due to a broken leg. We're not sure about this, though. It could be a fake story to prevent people from mobbing the village and interrupting the shoot. Who knows.
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