Spending summer in the Riverland of South Australia means endless blue skies, lots of BBQ’s, lovely walks by the river. Unfortunately it also means multiple hot dry days, restless warm nights, dust and yukky flies! Not my favourite things. Always interesting to catch up with our friend Chris in Northern Ireland. He has the wood…
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Back again – more adventures, more photos. Went for another drive yesterday. Headed down the Simmental Valley – one of the valleys near Spiez. You can follow it all the way to Lake Geneva – not that we went that far. We turned off just after Boltigen and took the Jaunpass rather than stay on…
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Just chilling out at Chateau Valcreuse. Now doing breakfasts on our own – not so scary once you know the routine. Also cooking dinner for the guests one night this week – had a trial run on the staff the other night and they are still okay! One difficulty we face here is the 5…
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The B&B at Chateau Valcreuse is very up market. We turn down everyone’s bed at night, chocolates in the room, windows and curtains closed, bed light turned on. In the mornings we make the beds and tidy the bathrooms etc. Breakfasts are pretty elaborate – we have yet to do one on our own but it’s…
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Well here we are at Chateau Valcreuse in the Vienne department of France, near the village of La Roche-Posay. Check out (www.chateauvalcreuse.com). When we got back to Liernais from our camping holiday this house sit had been waiting in our “house sit notification box” for a week. Usually after a couple of days it’s not…
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