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This is the main (only) restaurant in Villefranche de Lonchat which is about 3km from our house. Thank you Paula for this photo. It’s a restaurant that is well worth visiting. If you are into French food then this is the place to go. Régine and Patric are the current proprietors and if you let […]
The pool has been on its last legs for a few years. This year we’ve bitten the bullet and got it sorted out. We’ve also got the lights sorted so the in-pool light actually works all the time and the light from the house is no longer on a passive and stays on all evening! […]
Saint-Martin-de-Gurson has been hit by serious storms in the last few days and there are more on the way tonight (Tuesday). Hopefully the worst of the latest storms will be to the south of the house. Satellite forecast. Here’s the report from Sud Ouest: Storms in Saint-Martin-de-Gurson. The worst of the storms were very local […]
I fancy visiting the Ecole du Vin.
The opening of the all new Lac de Gurson is imminent. Here’s the latest news, loosely translated from Sud Ouest (www.sudouest.fr – 10 July). (Original article.) “From 1 January 2013, the Department has owned the Lac de Gurson, located near the towns of Villefranche-de-Lonchat and Carsac de Gurson. For seven months, the business and technical […]
This is a very liberal translation of recent coverage in Sud Ouest, the local newspaper, about the completely rejuvenated Lac de Gurson. It is being reopened on Bastille Day, 14 July, although based on what we’ve seen this will probably be confined to the beach side. The restaurant side looked like a mess when we […]
The 2013 flights from North West England have finally been confirmed. Liverpool-Bergerac Ryanair Flights are on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 2 April to 26 October. Liverpool to Bergerac – depart 06:40; arrive 09:30 Bergerac to Liverpool – depart 9:55; arrive 10:45 Liverpool to Limoges Ryanair Four weekly flights from 31 March to 26 October. Mondays […]
Here’s a handy guide to Bergerac wine: Bergerac Wines They also have decent guides about where to visit. Here are the guides to Rocamadour: Rocamadour Here’s a picture: and Les Gouffres de Padirac: Gouffres de Padirac And here’s another picture: This year I’m going to retrace some of my favourite days out and North of […]
We can pass on the apparent recent tenants of Le Petit Gurson because they seem to have gone! We visited the village last weekend and the Christmas decorations were still present. There is work going on in the square to extend and develop the Salle des Fetes which will presumably include sorting out the tired […]
I’ve added a new links category for downloads – see the right hand sidebar. There are links to Bergerac Magazine, a restaurant guide and driving tours. Highly recommended! I suggest downloading them before you travel for easy reference.
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