Monthly Archives: September 2008

We left the boat moored outside the pub, which is now closed for a couple of days anyway and walked up the hill, to the village of St Simeux, where the views down to the river were absolutely stunning. On returning to the boat we started to make our way back downstream, as we have … Continue reading »

Further up stream we came to the town of Chateauneuf du Charente where we went in search of a supermarket. Having followed the signs for a Super U hypermarket we found ourselves walking about 3 kilometres out of town. Having successfully completed our shopping we decided on an alternative route back to the river and … Continue reading »

So much for the early start idea, we didn

Today we said goodbye to our hosts at the super gite in Vibrac and drove to Jarnac to collect our boat for the next five days. After getting all our gear on board and doing a little essential shopping for food and wine, we set off northwards to stay overnight in the town of Cognac, … Continue reading »

This morning we drove further to the north of the Charente Maritime region to take a look around the medieval towns of Partheney and Secondigny. Quite deliberate really as we went to look at an old barn, that a friend is considering renovating. Let

The actual date today is 12th October. We have been back for 24 hours and I am trying to catch up, midst the joy of the odd power cut. No rush, we are on holiday, so after a lazy breakfast in the sun we explored some of the local places. First place was Jonzac. A … Continue reading »

Today we left New Romney around 10.30, for Stanstead and then Poitiers in France. We eventually arrived at our French Gite about 9 in the evening having stopped at a supermarket en-route to get essentials.We were welcomed by Lisa Elsey, with who we had booked this accommodation and I have to say that it is … Continue reading »

Well it is good to be back in UK. Today just for a change it is pouring down with rain. The so called Indian summer lasted just four days, lets hope that we don’t get too much of this when we get to France on Wednesday.

Sort of a lazy day for Jill and I. We were not expecting the others back until early evening, the sun was shining and it was lovely and warm outside, so the order of the day was English Sunday newspapers and mugs of coffee out on the terrace. Later on at around 3.30, we wandered … Continue reading »

Yesterday evening, Joan and Les had gone round to visit our old neighbours and long standing friends in Nieuwkoop, Holland, Co and Henny, who are in fact Arie’s parents. Henny and Joan have been friends since 1976 but of course don’t see as much of each other as they would like these days. They tell … Continue reading »