Monthly Archives: March 2009

Today we said cheerio to our super friends, Jill and Les, who have put up with us twice during this trip. Guess they may be getting their own back when we get to France, we will be so much nearer. They have discovered that a long weekend return to Bergerac costs only

Couple of wet days in UK and today I attended the surgery for my second check up. This was one of the reasons for coming over here and unfortunately the nurse wants to see me again she says. Oops, that is a problem as we are on our way back on Sunday. It would appear … Continue reading »

We made it back last night courtesy of Ryanair and Budget Car Hire at Stansted. Because we were getting back quite late Joan and I stopped off at The Bell in Ivychurch, just in time to get a food order in, then when we got back to New Romney we of course had to stay … Continue reading »

Tomorrow we travel back to UK to stay with Les and Jill again, as I have to go back to the quack on Friday. We had arranged to go back to the farmhouse and agreed with Gerry that we could take the place from November 1st, so come on Estate Agents, sell our place. There … Continue reading »

About one hour drive away, in a village called Issegeras, there is a Sunday tourist market, so after breakfast we headed off there. Lovely old village and the market was just all around the streets. We spent a very happy hour wandering around and then bought ourselves a ready cooked chicken, which when we got … Continue reading »

Today we went to the nearest main town, Villeneuve sur Lot. Saturday is market day so we wandered round there first and then went to do some supermarket shopping to carry us over the next few days. Everything closes here on Sundays and most things also Monday morning so we needed to make sure we … Continue reading »

Before we left Cyprus we had received e-mails from Roger and Jenny, who have an apartment in Dogankoy and also a house here in the Dordogne area. We had agreed to contact them when we were over here and so today drove to meet up with them. They live in a very small village some … Continue reading »

Found it. This absolutely lovely farmhouse is available from the end of this summer and we can get a 6 year rental contract. Just what we have been looking for. The farmhouse is not part of an operating farm anymore but has been restored together with the barn next door, where the owners live. The … Continue reading »

Today we drove some way north of our gite area, still in the Dordogne, but at the very northern end. We had been in contact with an agent up there who reckoned to have some property that might interest us and some good rentals. We are beginning to get a feel for renting as we … Continue reading »

This morning saw us going off to Eymet (don