Category Archives: Dordogne 2014

Living on Garbage Truck Alley

One of the less appealing things about the Chateaubriand Hotel is the corner it stands on. Every morning, starting way too early for holiday sleep-ins, hundreds of garbage trucks drive around it. It’s like living on Garbage Truck Alley. Apart … Continue reading

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Heading down the road

Today was all about driving from Chinon to St Malo the easiest, quickest and pleasantest way. We managed it, with a rest, in about four hours. We returned the car without a problem and then headed across to St Malo … Continue reading

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Castles

The Hotel Diderot is big on jam. There’s a massive great cupboard full in the breakfast room and guests are encouraged to try some of the stranger flavours. I’m not the biggest jam fan in the world so I tried … Continue reading

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Shrunken pears

There’s a process here in the Loire called Poire Tapee. Basically, it’s dehydrated pears but the process is rather long and involved and what it produces is delicious. It’s odd that we’ve never come across it before, given we’ve visited … Continue reading

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Kirsty Alley in Domme

The day started wet and misty. Bob went for his usual morning walk and wound up discovering some unchartered territory in the vicinity. He’s been threatening to walk to the water tower for some time and he finally made it. … Continue reading

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Bananas

Since we’ve been here, Mirinda and Bob had been going on regular walks together and, this morning, I was invited. They showed me the sunflower fields and the houses they both want to buy, the strange children signs without signs … Continue reading

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Sarlat-le-Caneda

Following a night of pain, caused by my wretched knee (somewhat alleviated in the middle of the night by Mirinda’s emergency painkiller), I woke up to rain. This meant we lazed around the house for the morning. Apart from enjoying … Continue reading

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Life on the ledge

Our first stop today was the weekly Cenac market. We’d decided last night that we would buy the makings of a picnic and stop somewhere nice to eat it at around lunch. So we bought some pretty good cheese, tomatoes, … Continue reading

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Hedges and boats

Up bright and early this morning then, realising my mistake, I went back to bed. Up at a proper holiday hour and a leisurely start to the day, we headed out for a garden visit. Following a long and arduous … Continue reading

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A pretty Domme

We had a couple of starts to today. The first one was pretty unsuccessful. Mirinda’s iPhone had warned us that it would rain with thunder and lightning. While I wouldn’t generally believe what Mirinda’s little friend predicts, we only had … Continue reading

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