A day of general maintenance around the house and of course lots of eating and drinking as well as watching the tennis. The Deacon's neighbours came over for a drink on their way to the local pub. An executive decision was made after the tennis that we would make the trek to the pub. Differing opinions from Chrissie and Rick as to the length of the walk, ranging from 20 mins to 1 hr. unfortunately Rick was right ,53 mins and 2.97 MILES! A decent walk just for a d...

Miserable weather so a nice long sleep in. Went for a drive to Gourdon, a lovely medieval town and did the walking tour ourselves. Wonderful old church and tiny cobblestone streets with remnants of the city wall. Fantastic views from the top of what was the original fort. Back to L'ermitage for yet more wine and food. I can't believe how much food and drink has been consumed since we arrived here, we really must control ourselves once we get on the road or our li...

Spent the morning catching a bit of sunshine before the weather changed. Caroline and Ritchie left today to drive back to Copenhagen. Went for a drive to Cahors to do some shopping and have a look around. Lovely old towns in this area. Weather gone to pot but still not cold just rain but not too heavy

First full day with Chrissie and Rick, had a great surprise when they took us for lunch with Richie and Caroline to the Chateau du Mesuriers. Beautiful French cuisine on the terrace. Outside the chateau with great view of the river Lot. Fantastic french cuisine, this is living the life. Really can't say too much other than what the photos show. Had apertif's with Chrissie and Ricks neighbours who are French, wonderful evening with lots of wine and tasty munchers...

Very early morning as had to catch 6am bus to airport for flight to Geneva. Sitting at Geneva airport brought back memories of 30 years ago as we didn't want to get too many Swiss francs so just changed left over Croatian money, only leaving us enough for a sandwich and a shared drink. No problems with connecting flight to Toulouse and Chrissie was just arriving as we came out so perfect timing. Drove to La Bastidette to the Deacon residence called L'ermitage. Be...