Today we took a drive through Moissac which is famous for the cloisters in the old Abbey and on to a little town called Castelsarrasin, before driving very quickly onto Cahors. The reason for this itinerary will be obvious to anyone to anyone who is following the Tour de France. After encountering a police road block on our way into Castelsarrasin, we snuck in through some back roads and we were able to park and run down to the road with minutes to spare before t...

We have had some really lovely warm weather over the past few days with temperatures in the low to mid 30s. We have spent a large part of our day in the pool or lounging on the terrace. Last night we went into the night market at Saint Maurin, which is a hawkers food market selling local specialities and the usual favorites. We gave the snails a miss, and after looking though the choices I ended up with chicken and tomatoes and Geoff had a curry, the boys had piz...

We have had a lovely relaxing couple of days, with some short strolls through the 10 acres surrounding the Gite, and lots of playing in the pool. Every morning Geoff has been into one of the local towns to buy bread and pastries for breakfast. On Monday we went to St Maurin (an 11th century town), yesterday he went into Puymirol a 12th century Bastide. Today we all went into the markets at Valence D'Agen to buy some fresh local fruit and veges. On the way home w...

Yesterday we spent the morning looking through the Amphitheatre in Nimes and then we set off for our next location near Agen in the Lot et Garronne area of South Eastern France. After some initial difficulties getting onto the freeway, we found our way onto the motorway and drove for 4 hours past the amazing walled town of Carcassonne and around the outskirts of Toulouse. We turned off the highway at Moissac and made our way through the narrow country roads foll...