Day 14 - A 'B' of a day - Birthday Bob. Barbeque and Boules

Today is Bob's birthday and much discussion had been had about contributions to the birthday barbeque.  It was an all-hands-on-deck situation and we supplied the dessert - lemon meringue pie from the local patisserie.  Kathy (with my help) made a beautiful hot duck salad - sauteed duck, lettuce, walnuts, petit pois in french mayo, capers and homemade french dressing - yummy.   Then for the barbeque - burgers, cheese filled sausages and chicken skewers.   During this we were joined by some new campers - Hilary & John from Staffordshire.  Of course, much wine and champagne was consumed and out came the boules!  - I hasten to add here that the girls won!!!!!!!!!

It really was a lovely day and despite the weather being the hottest yet - 37C we had a great time with really good friends.  However, as they say good things must come to an end and we had to start to pack up so we were ready to hit the road early the next morning. BUT! La Fosse saved it's best sunset for our last evening - this is the nearest thing to paradise that I could imagine - sitting here in my lounger, glass of wine, not a sound to be heard and this....

Paradise - sunset over La Fosse de Tigne

Day 15 - The long and winding road, home

And I bet your singing the song now????   With much much sadness we bade farewell to Kathy & Dave, Bob & Tracey and Hilary & John, it was a beautiful morning, hot, 28C even at 9am, with promises of a return as soon as possible and just a few cases of wine and champagne - at 2euros a bottle it's rude not too!

We'd decided to stick to the side roads (dual carriageway except through the villages) - I think we're both convinced that this is the way to see France.   Every village you travel through is adorned with the most beautiful flowers along the roadside - it seems that the French do like to show how proud they are of their village.  We've not come across any rudeness or even "she's having a bad day" - everyone friendly, welcoming and grateful that we were still willing to visit their country despite all the atrocities and of course the dreaded 'B' word - Brexit!

The only 'oh dear' moment was with trusty Satnav who took us round a village twice before we realised that we'd been there before.  With threats of 'right that's it, I'm getting rid of it' (and a few expletives thrown in) we then decided to use trusty Google maps who got us to www.campingdelaloge.e-monsite.com with no problems.

Now the first thing you like to see after a very long, very hot drive is a.....bar!   And yes they have one.  The campsite is just 10euros a night (all in) and is inhabited by mostly pensioners who have their static homes, allotments, gardens and dogs - everyone was pleased to see some new faces and gave us a welcoming wave as we drove through. Great little site, will definitely go back.

My son tells me this is blurred.... seems perfectly okay to me!

So when we return from a holiday we always have a 'debrief' and these are our answers:

Best Campsite - Del & June agreed - Cessenon - alongside the river and walking distance to the village, whereas for peace and quiet, solitude and excellent hosting - Kathy & Dave's at La Fosse de Tigne.

Best Place Visited - Del & June agreed - Carcasonne.

Best San Facs - Both agreed - Moulin de David at Monpazier and Kathy & Dave's.

Best Food - Both agreed - Moulin de David.

Best entertainment - Both agreed - Fireworks at Cessenon and Kathy & Dave's (no competition there!)


Day 16 - Grumpy and Grouchy Go Home!

We don't want to go!  

Merci, merci, merci - au revoir et a bientot!