Sunday, 7 May 2017

Deep into wine country as France goes to the polls

We are currently nicely set up on a lovely little garden campsite on the banks of the Dordogne a ten minute stroll from the centre of Bergerac. This after a couple of fairly leisurely days driving and an overnight stop at Chatelaillon Plage, a lovely seaside town south of La Rochelle.
We left Longeville after a bracing post-breakfast beach walk. Ted's cat hunt at Longeville necessitated a stop for the purchase of a new collar yesterday as he had damaged his old one! Then we had a stroll around La Rochelle, including lunch and fresh strawberries off the market, before  reaching Chatelaillon where we had a lovely evening stroll along the stylish promenade. We were delighted to see a Hoopoe flying around the campsite, too. (The first time Lyn had seen one.) That might mean nothing to most people but we Watsons are actually quite keen observers of nature and so  added to our red squirrel sighting earlier in the week this was quite a spot!
Today's lunch break was in St.Emilion. What a beautiful place on a sunny afternoon! We wandered the narrow cobbled streets and imagined we were wealthy enough to buy the finest wines on offer outside the many shops.

Happily we seem to have left the rain behind and though it's not yet tropical the weather now is warm and sunny.

France has gone to the polls today. Macron is favourite but ......

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