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Benny’s rules

I absolutely love staying where we’re staying. Patrick and Eric are wonderful and very, very welcoming. They also ‘do’ dinner for guests who book in specially. Which we did for tonight, along with the other guests in the house. There … Continue reading

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Abbey, Chateau & stupid Linda

I have no idea what Linda’s problem is. For some reason she keeps losing satellite coverage. This makes no sense at all, unless all the satellites have been set to avoid France at the moment. My best guess is that … Continue reading

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The last resting place of Eleanor of Aquitaine

After the best, uninterrupted sleep I can ever remember having, I woke to rain. I think it followed us from the north. It was just a gentle rain and the temperature hadn’t dropped. The beds where we stayed were quite … Continue reading

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Le Boulangerie de la Butt

The morning was spent lazing around St Malo, walking the walls, having coffee. We checked out of the highly recommended Hotel Chateaubriand at 11 and caught a bus to the station where we were to pick up the hire car. … Continue reading

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