I spent most of last week resting, but managed to have three lunches and two dinners with friends outside and two meetings at Zetland Hall, which was hardly vigorous. However, I was in the park only once and managed only one gym session. I need to work harder to prepare the body for the next…
I left off two weeks ago with an account of my battle with shingles. I had meant to post something else in between, something slightly more interesting, but there wasn’t a lot to write home about from where I was, unless I began to discuss China-US relationship which would take up a lot of time…
By now, some of you would have got wind that I had contracted shingles and had taken medical advice to avoid social activities and take as much rest as possible for a week, meaning to stay home and sleep as much as possible. My first close association with shingles was in July 2004 when Rosita…
I announced yesterday that I had posted four more blogs on my recent travels. Together with the previous posts, it meant that I had posted altogether nine blogs on this the first trip we had taken after a break of more than three years. I have never meant these blogs to be travelogues, and as…
I left off leaving Fontevraud Abbey for Saumur. Our first stop was Turquant. We left shortly after mid-day and were there in less than half an hour. This was where Su had first booked for an evening, but changed her plans later. It was billed as a city of cave dwellers, troglodyte caves, troglodytique in…
Proceeding onwards, we arrived Cherveny at 11:30am and began the chateau routines, walking from room to room as before. It wasn’t a big outfit, so that we finished and departed at 13:50pm after coffee and the mandatory visit to the gift shop. Out next target was Chaumont sur Loire Chateau and gardens. Once again, we…
I left off with the party making for Tours proper around 4:15pm after the visit to the chateau where Duke of Windsor had his wedding in 1937, arriving Tours just before 5pm. Rue du Halles was a main street. Su asked me to park somewhere so that she could go to get the key to…
I was in the Loire area the first time in June or July 2005. I had an entry from page 251 of my memoire, and here is an extract, “I was in the La Loire area surrounded by countless chateaux, often referred to and quite rightly so as the Valley of the Kings. For this…
Su has put the photos taken in our recent trip to UK and France into several albums. Here are the links for each. Enjoy. France Summary https://photos.app.goo.gl/m1VgbzcBC9RWBjjo9 Saumur https://photos.app.goo.gl/A8kCrE91hXLR5iDF9 Fontevraud Abbey https://photos.app.goo.gl/UW3CBEK8k3ZgL6TF7 Chaumont sur Loire https://photos.app.goo.gl/UW3CBEK8k3ZgL6TF7 Cherveny Ch Labordate st Martin https://photos.app.goo.gl/EPaENkB5GKA5Lcbh7 Tours Chenonceau https://photos.app.goo.gl/tRjfmXwV6bBY877S8 Blois Chambord https://photos.app.goo.gl/PFueLJfRiFxLJBTW9 Villa dry Azay l’slette Candé https://photos.app.goo.gl/q8Et3KEHhaTQqmuK8 Harrogate…
La Rochelle is a coastal city in southwestern France and capital of the Charente-Maritime department. It’s been a center for fishing and trade since the 12th century, a maritime tradition that’s reflected in its old harbour and huge, modern marina. The old town has half-timbered medieval houses and Renaissance architecture, including passageways covered by 17th-century…
