I woke up this morning to a temperature of 12 degrees in here - just like winter in fact - and set of for chez Liz and Terry. The driving rain that we had had last night was still continuing and all in all it was very unpleasant but we managed to accomplish all our tasks. We obtained the tax certificate for Terry's van and then doorstepped the lady at the Chambre de Metiers who, despite her surprise, received us and gave us all of the information we needed.
After lunch (thanks, Terry) we went to the URSSAF to enquire about why our applications for this auto-entrepreneur registrations for Liz's and my business plans had never been processed. It turns out that we had missed out a vital step in the process so the woman there (probably the most helpful and friendly French Civil Servant I have ever met) completed mine on the spot (so now I am a properly registered French businessman), gave Liz the advice she needed to complete hers, and told Terry what he needed to do to make his application.
What was funny about the visit to URSSAF was that we couldn't quite find the building on this Industrial estate so Terry helpfully suggested "it's a Government organisation so look for the poshest building". And he was right!
At the Tribunal de Commerce the reception staff were much less helpful - hurling abuse at us as we tried to find out where to go but one of the administrators who we doorstepped in his little office put us on the right track.
On the way down to Clermont Ferrand we noticed in the rain that at times it was looking like snow. And in Clermont we saw one or two cars that had a covering of snow. But coming back over the top near Orcival we were greeted by the sight in the pic above. This is just absurd.
But back here, even though it's cold and miserable and wet (I have the fire on here right now) there is only a scattering of snow. But we have had TWENTY EIGHT mm of rain today and it is still pouring down. You really cannot believe this weather.
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