We left the champagne region with a few bottles on board and headed to Alsace, but rather than revisit the Colmar area we headed up into the mountains and stayed in a very rustic auberge high above the village of St Amarin, just north of Mulhouse. The drive across beautiful rural France was a delight.Continue reading “Chalons en Champagne to St Amarin”
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To Dover, then on to Chalons en Champagne
An early start on a cold grey November, no sorry, May morning, with a ferry to catch from Dover at 1015. Alas it was not meant to be and we found ourselves gridlocked on the M26 just behind a blazing lorry full of burning bananas. We kid you not – the M26 was closed andContinue reading “To Dover, then on to Chalons en Champagne”
Rabbit catching training session does not go to plan
Dick reported Billy 1, Daisy 2 in the mouse catching league but was clearly disappointed with a nil score on rabbits. Nigel urged Dick to praise them for their efforts to date and suggested a big game training programme, ie to catch rabbits. Dick decided on a team training session and recently sent the followingContinue reading “Rabbit catching training session does not go to plan”
Billy and Daisy go to Pembrokeshire
What a journey! Daisy morphed out of her cat basket at the end of our road. We had to go back home, get cable ties and seal her in the basket much more securely. Daisy, aged 6, is not known for making any noise, in fact, we had barely heard her speak before this journey.Continue reading “Billy and Daisy go to Pembrokeshire”
Hello!
Welcome to our sailing world. We set off in May this year returning at the end of July. During this time we travelled over 1300 sea miles from Croatia down to Corfu and Paxos and back, via Montenegro and Albania. It was a great trip. Having spent August back in the UK, taming the gardenContinue reading “Hello!”
Deja Vu 