Bill's Lumbago and phone calls
Arose late as usual - Bill has Lumbago - or similar, but other bits have improved a bit! We did the washing - at least I did - and Bill put out a line for it - makes one appreciate the washing M/C! Went to see Sue Honiken (?) after lunch, we drove right by the barn without noticing it! However, all was well and we saw all the work that they’d put into it. It’s a lovely barn, thick stone walls and beams. There are lots of super châteaux around, which we may visit. Visited a supermarche for food on the way back. We saw a local two Bach rail car, railway runs by the road and the river. One can hire canoes & kayaks and make one’s way down the river, and get picked up further on, then ferried back by small coach. Telephoned Chris & Maxine, Dave & Edwina had come on Friday and they’d gone to Brighton, M & C were getting ready to go down to Brighton - cost us about £2 odd to ‘phone, but it was nice to speak to ‘la famille’ - in the person of Maxine.
FRANCE 05 JULY - 05 AUGUST 1987 holiday overview
- Tennis and Journey to France
- Optician and Chartres
- Brou, Nogent, and Fishing
- Grottos and Château at Châteaudun
- Meeting Dutch people in the heat
- Buying new chair for Bill
- La Vallee de Creuse and le Château de la Prune au Pot
- Getting lost in Medieval towns
- Flea market and Feu D'Artifice
- Limoges and Ladignac-le-Long
- Expensive meal at Montignac near Lascaux Caves
- The grotto to end all grottos at Domme
- Bill's Lumbago and phone calls
- Castelnaud at Beynac
- Rocamadour and Moulin de Cougnaguet
- Trilobite in Sarlat
- Lots of rain at Cognac
- Boozy day in Hennessy cave and playing cards
- Rochefort and camping on pavement
- Hot lazy day looking at boats at the port
- La Rochelle & Tour des Quatre Sergents
- Naval Museum in Rochefort
- Road to Saumur & Ancient Town of Airvault
- Hunting for Fossils
- Leaving Airvault for Durtal
- Château de Durtal
- La Flèche and St.Germain du Val
- West of Durtal, a toad, and a féte
- Last round of tennis in Falaise
- Arriving back home