Saturday, 5th May/Wednesday, 23rd May 2018 – Home, Hull, Rotterdam, Epernay, Etoges, Troyes, Bordeaux, Pau, Pugnac, Blaye, Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, Pau, Saint Jean Pied de Port, Bilbao Gotta love a road trip! Here’s an approximate map of where we went… I had more to say that has since been added, but there was laundry to…
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Travel/Food 2018 – French Road Trip, Days 18 and 19, Larrabetzu, Bilbao, Portsmouth, Home
Tuesday, May 22nd/Wednesday, May 23rd – Days 18 and 19, Larrabetzu, Bilbao, Portsmouth, Home Up early, we found the drive to the ferry port was very easy, and very quick, from the hotel. We hadn’t booked breakfast, because we figured on getting something on the ferry, and so check out was quick and easy, even…
Travel/Food 2018 – French Road Trip, Day 17, Pau, Gan, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Larrabetzu, Amorebieta
Monday, May 21st – Day 17, Pau, Gan, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Larrabetzu, Amorebieta I was woken up early by the sound of the street cleaning machines trundling around the Place Gourmande site on Place Georges Clemenceau, so between the noisy revellers the night before and the local council’s street cleaning department, I’d managed about 5 hours sleep….
Travel/Food 2018 – French Road Trip, Day 16, Pau
Sunday, May 20th – Day 16, Pau And so we came to our final day of racing. Some lunatic had decided to schedule the first of the Formula Ford races at stupid o’clock, or at least 08:00 on Sunday morning. I mean, who does that to people? We decided that we really, really couldn’t miss…
Travel/Food 2018 – French Road Trip, Day 14, Pugnac, Bordeaux, Saint Emilion, Pau
Friday, May 18th – Day 14, Pugnac, Bordeaux, Saint Emilion, Pau A comprehensive repacking of the car was needed, because today we would be moving on, back to Pau for the Historic Grand Prix, by way of the vineyards we’d visited on Wednesday, but with a stop off in Bordeaux so we could see more…
Travel/Food 2018 – French Road Trip, Day 13, Pugnac, Bordeaux, Bourg, Blaye
Thursday, May 17th – Day 13, Pugnac, Bordeaux, Bourg, Blaye My day once again started with a run through the vineyards, this time running down every single side road I could find, before returning, hot and sweaty, to the house. A brisk shower and breakfast, and we were off in the general direction of Bordeaux…
Travel/Food 2018 – French Road Trip, Day 12, Bordeaux
Wednesday, May 16th – Day 12, Bordeaux After completing our wine tour, we had time to kill before the departure of the dinner cruise. Our first stop was Baillardran, for an iced coffee each and the inevitable canele. After all that wine tasting, caffeine seemed like a very good idea. At the same time I…
Travel/Food 2018 – French Road Trip, Day 12, Pugnac, Bordeaux, Saint Emilion
Wednesday, May 16th – Day 12, Pugnac, Bordeaux, Saint Emilion It was a stupidly early start for us (well, not for E and W) because we were off on an excursion into the vineyards of Bordeaux. Our restaurant owning friends at Rascills had recommended that we take a long look at Winerist for getting the…
Travel/Food 2018 – French Road Trip, Day 11, Pugnac, Blaye
Tuesday, May 15th – Day 11, Pugnac, Blaye And so, up and about to find the sun shining, so I took a short-ish run into and through Pugnac (it’s not very big), establishing that it has a very attractive main street, is surrounded by vines, and there’s a small brasserie just beyond the mairie. Also,…
Travel/Food 2018 – French Road Trip, Day 9, Pau
Sunday, May 13th – Day 9, Pau The day started off reasonably well and it looked as if we might get some decent weather. How wrong can you be? However, the initial races of the day were run in relatively dry conditions, and we got to sit in the grandstand and be entertained! There was…
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