Talloires framed

In the Hotel de Lac, this window was opened for a couple of hours, framing a view over Lake Annecy.

We spent a lazy day in the village and around the hotel pool, and later did a drive around the lake.

Just past 6pm local time, my phone buzzed in my pocket, but as I was driving I couldn't immediately answer. When we got back to Talloires about ten minutes later, I responded to the call, which had come from Clarendon Court, my Dad's residential home in Nantwich. I was told my Dad had died in his sleep at around 7.10pm. I spent some of the evening afterwards telephoning family members to share the news. Sad.