It was last Sunday afternoon that we had our annual visit from the local "Sapeur and Pompiers". Every year they do the rounds of the village selling their calendars to raise funds for the organisation.
Whilst you're here, let me explain what a Pompier is.
Every town in France has what could be loosely described as a fire station that houses the pompiers vehicles and personnel, le Bugue which is our nearest town has about 30 pompier, some full time, some part time and some volunteers. I suppose first and foremost they are firemen, but they are also first responders, they have ambulances, 4x4 vehicles, cars, vans, and of course fire engines, and respond to medical emergencies as well as road traffic accidents.
THEY ARE LIFE SAVERS.
There are some nice photos in this years calendar, a bit different than normal, so I will upload each months photo for you to have a look at.
Stay safe.
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