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Colin’s thoughts on Domme.

(Colin: “Oh No! Not another Bastide town to walk round”).   We parked at La Perpetuum, a campsite on the banks of the Dordogne about 2km from Domme, in the sunshine. Domme is an old fortified medieval town, or Bastide,

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Aquitaine, Domme

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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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Aquitaine, Le Bugue

Château Brézé……Troglodytes and Pigeon Holes

This is Chateau Breze, a 15th century castle built over a remarkable underground fortification and living area excavated from the living rock over a thousand years ago. The chateau is about 10 miles south-east of Saumur. We came here on

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Breze, Pays-de-la-Loire

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