September Visit

Well, we finally managed to get out to La Matha for a weekend.  This was the annual pilgrimage with Bill (of the fence building project), Shirley, Freddie and Ali, the precedent for which was set last year.  Slightly different route this time - Easyjet to Bordeaux and a Europcar rental.  I've decided now that, even if Europcar is the cheapest quote, I will go elsewhere: the Europcar desk was the only one with a queue, and that moved very slowly.

Anyway, Pip and I had a trip to Leroy Merlin to look at bathroom stuff for the en-suite whilst the others did provision shopping in Auchan at Bordeaux Lac.  We then headed straight to the house for a late lunch, followed later by dinner at La Terrasse.  Saturday was St Foy market to get fresh food for a BBQ in the evening, following which we just chilled out in the garden, by the pool, on the terrace..... The barbecue was fantastic - we had bought some meats from one of the butcher's stalls ready prepared - some duck kebabs which had duck liver on, as well as devils on horseback, and some butterflied and marinated chicken breasts..

I managed to get the shutters painted - they had held up remarkably well considering they were only undercoated.  Photos were taken and will be uploaded later.

On Sunday on the way back to Bordeaux, we stopped off in St Emilion to have lunch in Chai Pascal http://www.chai-pascal.com/, which was superb.  A really good Lalande Pomerol for €22 and some delicious veal as the plat du jour.

I suppose it sounds as though we were just eating all the time.  That's not quite true - we did drink copious amounts of wine as well!!!

Next time, I will NOT be the designated driver!

Here are some photos