the crumblette group is at Le Colombier. The rented Zafira is at Le Colombier. Jean is en route to Marseille. Clare's Kangoo is in the car rental parking at Nimes airport. Clare is 150 euros lighter from taxi fare for Anne and luggage. Clare is cooking dinner - and very frazzled.
I ring Nimes - and am told that - as long as Jean can arrive by 10.30pm, the car park will remain open. There is an extra flight coming in.
Jean arrives at the Hertz car hire desk at Marseilles at 8.00pm. And thank goodness for computers - they can pull up the car hire details for the Zafira and add her details to it (because a photocopy of a driving licence for an additional driver on a car hire policy isn't acceptable - so I couldn't do it an Nimes).
I serve dinner while Jean is belting across to Nimes. She arrives in plenty of time ... but the car park is locked and the airport is closed up. I had obviously been misinformed. Undeterred, Jean spies a light, and starts to make a lot of noise, beating on the door. The security man comes out - and with wit, charm and a lot of body language, the keys to the car park are produced, the hire dropped off and the Kangoo - with Jean - is en route to Le Colombier.
It's going to be a long long week!
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