In the town square there was a dinosaur charging around. I took a photo and it came straight for me! After a chase and a quick nuzzle (very French) I saw a very funny incident. A man was walking his dog quite unaware of the dinosaur but his dog was going ballistic. He was shouting at it to behave when the dino tapped him on the shoulder from behind - the look on his face when he turned around..........

We left Bordeaux a week ago (after a quick visit to the wine museum) to go down river to Royan where Lagoon had a few bits and pieces to fix up on the boat, including a mysterious leak - of course! All of that has gone well and we are now waitingj for a weather window to cross the notorious Bay of Biscay. We all had our first experience of handling a new boat and navigation system along the river - very different to Chat Eau Bleu. Peter made an excellent job or d...

Peter and I were organised off on a wine tour by the agents here. They had planned it for the day after our arrival but nother of us thought that would be a good idea after the long flights so we went yeaterday. A driver picked us up and we went to the Sainte-Emilion growing area.The first stop was to a grower and merchant so we were able to see not only their production but also taste many other wines. La Mazelle have just 17 hectares and do much of their work b...

We are finally on board and unpacking! It is a lot to do. We had shipped about 12 packing boxes in March 2020 expecting to be here then and followed up last month with another at least 12 from Chat Eau Bleu! We have nearly found a place for everything. Luckily the weekend befoe we got on board we went to Bordeaux centre and looked around and went tothe Aquitaine Museum otherwise we might not have got the chance! Ivan and Chrissy arrived last Sunday and have been...

Well, we finally got an exemption to travel from Border force Australia. Both double vaccinated with covid negative tests. We had no trouble transiting through Singapore, or arriving in Paris and then Bordeaux though the airports were spookily quiet with more security and staff then passengers. Quite surreal. I didn't realise how much I hated crowded airports till there were none. We haven't been able to go aboard Entre Nous yet as the handover is not completed ...