sueyh Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Yesterday we had lunch in a lovely cafe/bar in Boubers-sur-Canche in the beautiful 7 valleys region. Pretty close to the Somme region. A three course mid-day meal 11.50 euros, the best chips in the Pas de Calais. Lovely welcome. They also have a gite to rent out. http://www.bouberssurcanche-villagefleuri.com/bar_restaurant_gite_la_cremaillere_493.htmSuey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Suey,You're making me jealous. We do day trips to Calais via the tunnel and are members of The Wine Society which has it French hq in Montreuil. We also stayed at a campsite at Drancourt near St Valery-sur-Somme. I imagine the area will be quite crowded this summer. We enjoy going to small PMU bar/cafes for lunch.My grandfather is buried in an American WWI cemetery near Verdun and we have visited it.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 That sounds lovely, Suey. I'll make a note of it, as I am planning to go over there myself soon. Boubers is such a pretty village, always with flowers spilling out of every corner.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Thanks for the recommendation, it's only about 35Km from me but in a direction I never normally go but it looks well worth a visit the next time I'm going to Hesdin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Pierre,We were in Hesdin to visit the HQ of The Wine Society before it moved to Montreuil.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Can anybody explain to me why somebody starts a topic and then disappears from the face of the earth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I dont see any reason for them to add anything to what they have posted, it was a recommendation not a request for help, in the latter case I do agree that its bad form when people do not acknowledge replies.Were this was their first and only posting then you would be justified to suspect that it was an advert but they have had 673 previous posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Chancer,Maybe they were673 adverts.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Well David, living amongst the Somme battlefields I can tell you that any restaurant within 250kms of here that does a 4 course menu de jour with wine for less than €15 is Worth shouting from the rooftops.A couple did them for €11 nine years ago but they are all minimum €15 now and with less courses than before, perhaps no drink or coffee and the quality has gone right down, the new Flunch is packed every day even though if you wanted the same offering it would cost a lot more than €15I for one will be checking out this place, I know a good meal can still be had for that price, plenty of people in the South speak of their favorites, it will be a pleasant surprise to see that there is still one up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Chancer,We ate at a couple of places at St Valery-sur-Somme that, I'm sure, cost less than that. Of course we get a carafe of the house red or white wine.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 [quote user="dwmcn"]Chancer,Maybe they were673 adverts.David[/quote]David, over the years I have seen quite a lot of sueyh's posts and they were not adverts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 I'll second that. sueyh's posts are usually very helpful and informative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Rabbie,But does she ever reply to anything or just disappear?David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 For goodness' sake, dw, sueyh is obviously busy doing her tax form today and has no time for idle chit-chat!Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Loiseau,Are you hacking my computer? Idle chit chat if the name of another forum I use.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 I still fail to see what it is you think she should be replying to or why it bothers you so [8-)]Is there some history between you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Chancer, I thought that's what forums are for.Yes, but my wife doesn't know.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Can anybody tell me why Estreboeuf, a small village in the Somme area, is named that? Other that the fact that, like Milton Keynes, it has some concrete cows in a field beside the road. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 I had always understood that anything with Estrée--- in the name was likely to be on a Roman road, but this one looks to be on a pretty wiggly road so seems a tad unlikely.The explanation on a local website reads:Le saviez-vous ? le nom du village pourrait venir du mot «estran », la plage : ceci expliquerait pourquoi une pirogue datant de l’époque romaine a été retrouvée dans les tourbières du village en 1834 ! I suppose "estran" would be the equivalent of the English "strand" to denote the shore.Maybe it was a cattle drovers' route, a place to ford/cross a river or stream, since it seems to be among peat bog today.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Angela,Thanks for that. I have copied and printed it for my wife to look at as she speaks French.The D48, the nearest road to Estreboeuf, is a bit wiggly, but might have been a Roman road at some point. Maybe I'll check...David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Angela,At a quick glance, the present D940, which runs roughly east-west near Sr Valery, is the closest Roman road that I could find.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 There are many Roman roads innorthern France, specially radiating from places like Amiens, Arras and Cassel.You have Estrées-lès-Crécy, just off the Abbeville to Hesdin road, which claims that the name derives from the Latin "strada", for road.Also, on the lovely D341 from Arras to Thérouanne, Estrée-Cauchy and Estrée-Blanche;And, on the road from Amiens to Saint-Quentin, Estrée-Danicourt and Estrée-Mons;to name but a few...Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Thanks for that Angela, there are lots of Estrée's around me and I hadnt realised the significance, the one Arrow straight Roman road that I use to Amiens I dont think has any though although I have just found estrées en chaussé on the N29, now that is a straight road if ever there was one!oh yes, Estrée sDeniecourt also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 If you are ever heading to Boulogne off-autoroute, I can thoroughly recommend taking the D341 Arras-Thérouanne and then following its kink left to Boulogne. It's a beautiful drive, up hill and down dale, no traffic, lovely countryside...Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Angela,This is the map of Roman roads I found on google.http://itineraires-romains-en-france.pagesperso-orange.fr/templates/carte.htmI suppose I should have known this about St Valery, but didn't. Hey, I'm an American! http://www.normaninvasion.info/duke-william-river-dives.htmDavid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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