New Year 2011

From December 2011

Enjoying a few quiet days here. Weather not great but managed to get a few pics with our new camera. Have tried out Carbus today and took the bus from Semussac to Royan. We had a beautiful lunch in 'Les Filets Bleus' a small restaurant off of the main street - what a find. Lovely bus driver dropped us off at the semussac roundabout to save us a walk on the way home. Much appreciated after two good bottles of wine and a cognac!!

Atlantic Sky

It has been a truly atlantic sky day today with dark rain clouds, hot sun & blue skies all in the same view. We went to the Cote sauvage which is not sheltered like the gironde estuary and the waves pound you to the shore. We had a picnic in the pine woods that skirt the coast (planted by the government to stabalise the dunes) before heading to the beach for body surfing, wave jumping and body boarding. Girls are now playing French monolopy and the dispute is breaking out over Musée d'Orsay, Gare St Lazare and Beaubourg!!

August 24, 2011

Ros & Haz arrive

The youth have arrived - Rosanna & Harriet here with Suzanne & Pete - first job of their holiday coffee in St Georges and then an afternoon on the beach

From August 23, 2011

From August 23, 2011

Taillebourg & Port d'Envaux (discoveries on a canoe)

Another beautiful day on the river. Our excursion took us north of Saintes to the pretty villages of Port d'Envaux where we enjoyed our picnic by the river and Taillebourg from where we set out with the canoe. The river was wide and peaceful we saw what we think to be a grass snake at least 80 cms long swim the width of the river in front of us and climb up through a tree at the water's edge. We also got close to a bird we have yet to identify but we have Suzanne working on a positive id.
Unfortunately Chris has to go home tomorrow but Suzanne et famille arrive on Monday.

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Vélo et Train!

We cycled to La Tremblade today stopping at Mornac sur Seudre for coffee and wound our way through the vines and oyster claires on the quiet lanes. We stopped for a dozen oysters and a chilled charentais wine before catching the Train des Mouettes to Saujon. It was a steady cycle back through the sunflowers to Le Pré d'Are.

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