Helicopters.....

...were what I heard when I opened my doors this morning. I reckoned I knew what it meant, and knew that it wasn't good news for someone/some people in the surrounding area. Sure enough, I looked across the valley to  see

a helicopter with a water-'bucket' attached...there was obviously a fire in the campo (fields/forests) somewhere not too far away. 

At the edge of our village is the reservoir that is used for filling these huge water-buckets, and at this time of year it's not unusual to have the helicopters come over about once a week. There are very strict rules about lighting fires in the summer months, but some people don't seem able to abide by them,and there are always incidents of one sort or another.

From our terrace, you can see the helicopters drop down to the reservoir (though we can't actually see the reservoir itself)

then rise up again, leaving a trail of water in their wake, and heading off to the scene of the fire. Last year there was a fire very close to the village, and the helicopter actually flew overhead...it felt as though it was raining!

Today, the helicopters headed off to the NE so I'm not sure where the fire actually was.....there were however, two helicopters and they came back-and-forth for about three hours so I can only presume it was a serious fire, and hope and pray that there were no fatalities.


Thanks for dropping by!
Take care of you
Alison xx