Lost en France

• A Weekend in Bordeaux 10 - 12 Sept 2 years ago The weather wasn't great on Friday in Uzerche, but a break allowed us to walk to the station rather than taking the car there. The train journey was long (around 4.5 hours each way), with two connections - but the trains were all punctual (both going and coming back) so, despite some connection...
• Painting the Balustrade (Again!) and a Relaxing Day. 7 - 9 Sept. 2 years ago Tuesday - First job of the day was booking a train and hotel - we've decided to spend the weekend in Bordeaux. We have visited the city once before, a couple of years back, but saw nothing but the Ikea store. Its a 5 hour round trip so, with time in Ikea, not really a day-trip. Hence booking the...
• The Rewiring Commences in Earnest - 06 July 2 years ago Today started with Isaac, the plumber, arriving on schedule (08:30) unlike his first visit and repairing the boiler. An hour later we had the main event - the arrival of Alex, the electrician who'll be rewiring the house. You may remember the original intention had been to rewire it myself (guided...
• A Night at the Chateau. 4-5 July 2 years ago  Up at 05:30 and on the road, as planned, shortly after 06:00. Nice clear run to the Eurotunnel terminal, as a result of which we were offered the 10:20 crossing (we were booked on the 11:50). Great result! Except we then queued and queued as traffic crawled through the customs and security...
• Last Few Uzerche Days & Paris Nights. 20-26 July 2 years ago  Tuesday - After we both had a reasonable night’s sleep (we slept downstairs as it is much cooler than the second floor), Sally made bread (in the Air Fryer) and fudge (the latter is a gift for Simon and Katie when we go for drinks tomorrow) and did yet more stripping of the stairs. I gave the...

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