Yesterday was probably the most tedious day of the trip. We decided that instead of finding yet another Beau Village to overnight in we would travel all the way to the English Channel coast to give the dogs a last…
Autumn is officially upon Team Basil. Today’s 17 degrees with strong winds finally persuaded me to put on long trousers. My Mum used to make me wear shorts throughout the winter, so at last I’ve found some aspect of being…
The attitude to bread in France seems to be different from everywhere else in Europe. Britain stopped making bread using traditional methods decades ago and although there is a slow increase of interest in traditional bread, such bakeries are few…
This morning we had our first real taste of autumn. As we drove north through the wooded and undulating Gascon countryside, a thick mist shrouded everything. After an hour or so the mist began to burn off and we were…