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Lawrie and Cheryl

We are in Le Bugue…..X marks the spot. We set off from Bergerac following the Dordogne, lunched at the aire in Lalinde, then moved on to stay at Les Trois Caupains campsite in Le Bugue. Le Bugue is a little

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Bergerac….A nose for wine

We are in Bergerac, home of the legendary comic hero Cyrano de Bergerac and important wine trading port on the Dordogne. Bergerac grew rich over 7 centuries of shipping wine down to Bordeaux. We stayed at camping La Pelouse which

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Saint Emilion….Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1928 on Offer

This is the lovely campsite Yelloh! St Emilion, close to St Emilion. We arrived two days before the site closed for the autumn; enough time to explore the village and navigate the lake on the pedalo’s and kayaks that visitors

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Aquitaine, Saint Emilion

Andernos-les-Bains via Cap Ferret

First stop Cap Ferret after leaving La Huga, and a walk on the beach between the remnants of the Atlantic Wall. We moved on to Camping La  Fontaine Vieille, at Andernos-les-Bains Our Pitch in the Woods Andernos is an old

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Lucien and Other Weird Local Fauna

I cycled in to town for the days grub….French bread is superb but does need to be bought fresh each day. As well as the usual baguette I bought a ‘viking’ loaf…dark, almost black, malt and rye flour we thought…delicious.

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Aquitaine, Lac Lacanau

Miss Gladys and a Chopper

I took the dogs down to Lac d’Hourtin before we set off. Colin likes to sit down as much as possible on the walks. Then we moved on to an aire at Le Huga, a small village on the road

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Aquitaine, Lac d'Hourtin

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