Au Fil De L'Eau

Last Saturday we had lunch at Au Fil De L'Eau - a restaurant in Port-St-Foy, just over the river from St Foy La Grande.  Out on the conservatory covered terrace, we had a fantastic view of the river and St Foy on the other side.

We had been to this restaurant before in the evening and had enjoyed it, so I feel a bit guilty for not going more often.  There were three set menus - two of them fish based, and the other very much perigordine.  We both went for one of the fish menus - the food was just superb.  We will definitely use this place more often, and thoroughly recommend it to visitors who want a "good" meal out.

January Trip

Last weekend we had a flying trip out to La Matha - we could only do one night due to work commitments, flying out early on Saturday and returning on Sunday.  It was a lazy sort of weekend - a good lunch on each day: Au Fil de L'Eau on Saturday and Chai Pascal in St Émilion on Sunday and a nice dinner at the house.

There was one thing that we sorted out - the problem with the fire.  When we were over for a few days in December, we realised that a lot of the heat generated by the central heating was just going up the chimney.  Also when we had the open fire working, most of that heat was going up the chimney as well, and not much came out into the room.  This clearly won't be an issue for our summer guests, but clearly it is something we need to sort out if we are going to be spending more time there.

As a result, we've organised for a wood-burning stove to be installed, and that will happen at Easter when we're over for the long weekend.  I had been resisting this for a while, but I had bowed to the inevitable.

Pip took this photo to mark the end of the open fire.