Canoeing around Brantome
With one of Alex’s friends visiting us we took a trip to Brantome and spent a fun hour canoeing around the lovely town. On previous visits we had watched with … Read More
Category: Region
Bastille Day
14 July – Bastille day and the French celebrate in style, especially in Pompadour with a spectacular firework display over the chateau best viewed by walking down onto the racecourse.
Fête des Mères
May 25th was French Mother’s Day! We weren’t aware of this fact when we travelled down to Objat for the regular Sunday market but on the way we spotted a … Read More
France – the best place to live….
International Living carry out an annual survey of countries ranking them in several categories to generate a quality of life Index. Yet again France has come out as the … Read More
Local places to visit
It's about time we started exploring the surrounding areas a little more, while we know several lovelt palces to visit locally there are lots more to explore/ A bit of … Read More
la papeterie de Vaux-Malherbeaux
One of our local ‘attractions’ is la papeterie de Vaux-Malherbeaux an old paper-mill. While we have frequently driven past it we have never stopped to investigate. There is a small … Read More
A walk in the woods….
We are very lucky to be able to walk down to the local river through the woods of our neighbours. Whatever time of the year it is always enjoyable, even … Read More
October 2007 Visit
We made a trip over to the house in October for a week and it was nearly all a real holiday! This strange and unusual occurence was caused by enforced … Read More
Chateau de Hautefort
Despite low temperatures (c 20) and light rain we decided to visit the Chateau at Hautefort today, and it was well worth it. The chateau is privately owned and opened … Read More
Segur le Chateau
Every Monday evening in July and August there is a small farmers market and BBQ in the lovely village of Segur Le Chateau. The way it works is … Read More