New
relais routier at Verdille seems to be doing well: excellent
value lunchtime offers
We
have new neighbours, Joel and Naima Panaud, and four small children
Nothing
to rival the Great La Bréchoire Earth Tremor (Richter 4.2),
now a fading memory
At
Camping Le Cote Sauvage ***, enjoying a fabulous
plâteau de fruits de mer for a paltry 27€. The highlight
of July 2009's visit, with very hot weather in the Charente
(and a lot better than in England).
Bob
James, ex-progrocker from Skin Alley, plays an unplugged
session at Julie bar in Gourville.
Matthias
Rabillet at a wet Irish barbecue with host John Conway
in summer 2006. Always a pleasure to see people from La Bréchoire
at London.
Colin
Wight chewing on the bones at the Chasse Sunday lunch (June 2006) at the Salle Polyvalente. The afternoon was enlivened
by a riveting game of 'guess the height of the ham'.
Patrick
Bonot has finally restored this ruin (outside our front
gates) as a ceramic workshop with kiln. It all helps.
Anne
Young (centre), with Monique (right
of picture) and Annick (her sister) for New
Year's Eve dinner 2005/6.
Photo: Yannick Bonabas
An
unprepossessing shed on the D75 shields Roger Marchive's
secret Bottle Museum from prying eyes. Nearly all recovered
from the silt of the Charente river, the innumerable bottles are
accompanied by a collection of objets trouvés such
as prehistoric antler picks.
Fabien
Gimon making a spectacle of himself at his 40th birthday
party on 3 September 2005.
John
Conway and Annelise Jespersen cut
a dash, arriving from London on a Triumph in late August
2005. It was roasting hot the whole way.
