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…
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Travel/Food 2018 – French Road Trip, Day 15, Pau
Saturday, May 19th – Day 15, Pau We started the day with minis, but sadly, despite the “Mini Crunch” being much touted, there were just a few cars on track. I counted 6 at this stage, which is not enough for a race round Pau, especially if you hope to get enough back for a…
Travel/Wine 2018 РFrench Road Trip, Day 14, la Cit̩ du Vin, Bordeaux
Friday, 18th May 2018 – la Cité du Vin, Bordeaux, Wines From All Over the World So during our French trip, while we were in Bordeaux, we discovered that the Latitude20 wine shop in La Cité du Vin, which claims to have wines from 70 countries. I was initially sceptical, but we soon found they…
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 2018 – French Road Trip, Day 10, Pau, Gan, Aydie, Pugnac
Monday, May 14th – Day 10, Pau, Gan, Aydie, Pugnac A serious repack of the car was needed, so I spent some time in the underground car park moving stuff about and reconfiguring the seats. This was essential if we wanted to get any wine into the boot, as well as if we wanted to…
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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