Day Twelve 26.03.05 Today was Gordon's birthday which meant that we had to be nice to him all day. This was a real challenge (only joking) Gordon and Bill travelled in the back of the van and entertained us with singing and 'What Links' games. We went to La Tranche Sur Mer and the weather was lovely all the time we were eating which at Gordon's request was at a beach side restaurant with excellent sea food called Equinoxe. We had been primed that lun...

Day Eleven 25.03.05 We went for lunch today at Coulon and James tried snails for the first time. They are curious little things that don't taste like anything but the sauce they are in. Apparently they are often done in garlic, parsley and butter but these were poached in red wine and onions. To be honest they weren't worth the effort. I'm sure Gordon and Bill will disagree! There are may waterways in this region and Coulon is a popular place to hi...

Day Ten 24.03.05 Today Gordon, Neil, Bill and David arrived at the house. We had a super lunch al fresco and then took a visit to the supermarket to stock up all the necessary food and alcohol for the next few days. Going to the supermarket with this many people was quite a performance. It started with deciding to just take the van, with Bill and Gordon sitting on the floor on the way. Whilst in the supermarket we decided that we would have a couple of ...

Day Nine 23.03.05 William got up before James (no surprise there) James awoke shortly after to the noise of the vacuum cleaner. Not much happened today, we went looking for the village nearby but we must have taken a wrong turn. We did a big circle and ended up at Hyper U in Chantonnay (About fifteen kilometres away) We got some food and flowers and then we decided to wash the van which was looking very dirty. On the way home we stumbled across...

Day Nine 23.03.05 William got up before James (no surprise there) James awoke shortly after to the noise of the vacuum cleaner. Not much happened today, we went looking for the village nearby but we must have taken a wrong turn. We did a big circle and ended up at Hyper U in Chantonnay (About fifteen kilometres away) We got some food and flowers and then we decided to wash the van which was looking very dirty. On the way home we stumbled across...