Category Archives: Tina’s turn

Midsummer’s Festival of Fire!

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Heather

Diny and Ben were a valuable source of information when it came to giving us the low-down on what was happening around the area fete-wise. There seemed to be celebrations of some kind or other popping up all the time … Continue reading →

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Castelnaud, the fortress

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Heather

After leaving Josephine Baker and Milandes, seeing we were in the area, we decided to check out Chateau de Castelnaud (the original seat of the Caumont family responsible for building Chateau de Milandes.) Overlooking the Dordogne River and guarding the … Continue reading →

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Bike riding around the Lot

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Heather

Within the first few days Sharon and I were off on a bike ride along the Lot River. Absolutely gorgeous scenery and so quiet. We even happened upon a field of sunflowers which I’d been dying to see. (As the … Continue reading →

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Ghost train ride

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Heather

Each of our 5 days of sightseeing began with a ride on the driverless Metro – very appropriately named as there was no driver. It was quite disconcerting at first to get into the front carriage of a train and … Continue reading →

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Maison Magnolia

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Heather

Our abode for the next five days was at this lovely B&B run by an ex-pat British couple Kevin and Carole. An added bonus was their dog, Jim, with an interesting mark on the top of his head and with … Continue reading →

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