mint Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Thanks for posting the photo, Bugs: very nice.OUR turn to have Coops next![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Thanks for the photo Bugsy. For me, it makes up a bit for not being able to make it to the 'official' lunch. Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 I am the fat bat with the crutches, Rose, that is how you recognise me.[:)]Safely arrived in the Bergerac to find that my friend's bloke has upped and left so I am drowning her sorrows in a nice bottle of Bordeaux Blanc. St Emillion tomorrow if either of us is fit to drive.[Www]The weather is so stunning that you'd have to be bonkers not to enjoy La Belle France at her best plus a succession of some of the greatest hospitality on offer. Where else but the forum, wot? Thanks to the Wooly fruit and Mr and Mrs Bugs for three great nights so far. If anybody wants a good B&B in the Vendee, then the banana and I can well recommend one; what an entertaining evening we had with M. et Mme Chauvin. Lovely spot too.I'll try to download some of the pics of my tour over the next couple of days. Hic.[B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemonimo Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Enjoy St. Emilion tomorrow, Coops. It's going to be 21 degrees! Looking forward to Friday and meeting everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Had I realised it was a booze tour, I would have followed you Coops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Wooly - we all said it was a shame you never made the drive south to join us for lunch!Coops - it was so lovely to meet you, my son is now a great fan of yours!! I hope the rest of your tour continues to be fun and also hope we get to meet again in the not so distant future [kiss] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Coops, why don't you make it a yearly "event"? I mean yearly at the very least. Last Friday in March (or whatever date you decide) so that people can keep the date free and make plans to travel, combine it with a holiday, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 Great to meet everybody. Still catching up after a hectic week! The story so far:http://www.flickr.com/photos/97986095@N00/sets/72157626363818142/show/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Coops, I guess you've made loadsa fans.......!!!!Where are you and have you already gone back home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loirette Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Great pics Coops, glad the tour is going well and the weather has been kind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Just looked at the pictures.Can some clever person add names to faces on the group one? Beautiful blue sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 Sweets, I am still with my friend in the Gironde and move on to the Lot in the middle of next week (exactly which day will depend upon how I feel) but the final forum meet is in the Lot on Thursday with the Icenis. I still don't know if I will end up in Marseille for the race or not as my accommodation has fallen through - my BiL has to work so I cannot stay with him so I may go North afterwards instead.Nice to have all the options open! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 What a star you are, Coops!You'd just have to do all this again in order to satisfy the demands of all your fans?[:D][:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Thanks for an very enjoyable lunchtime on Friday. It was good to be able to put faces to names. The only downside was being in the company of retired people still, we are working on that.Great restaurant Rose - still cannot comprehend how some people could not find it - I presume everyone has left who came back to your place!Let's hope there is another 'do'.PaulPS to the person who commented that 'I do not post very much' just wait until I am retired and work does not get in the way of pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Hope you and Mrs T had a good journey back.Not finding the restaurant....what, don't you know that "getting lost" is something of an art form with me?[:P] Normally, I give myself lots of extra time but it wasn't so easy with OH insisting, in his "I know best" man's way that he'd find it no problem.BTW, have you and Mrs T ever paid the old quarter of Bergerac a visit? It looked enchanting last Friday when we called on the way back and I even managed to spend some of those high-exchange rate euros in a shop [:D]Until the next "do" then....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 [quote user="sweet 17"]Hope you and Mrs T had a good journey back.Not finding the restaurant....what, don't you know that "getting lost" is something of an art form with me?[:P] Normally, I give myself lots of extra time but it wasn't so easy with OH insisting, in his "I know best" man's way that he'd find it no problem.BTW, have you and Mrs T ever paid the old quarter of Bergerac a visit? It looked enchanting last Friday when we called on the way back and I even managed to spend some of those high-exchange rate euros in a shop [:D]Until the next "do" then.......[/quote]We had a very good journey back. Not knowing how long our dog has (hoping she will make the trip with us at the end of May) we visited one of her favourite aires between Brive and Limoges - it has two lakes and loves to wander around the one you can.And oh to explore. We saw what looked like lots of interesting places when we were looking for property but sadly we were normally rushing from one immo to another. Our retirement plans include touring around and visiting all sorts of places - afraid folks it will be towing a plastic shed behind the car. I will put Bergerac on the list.The other nice thing would be to slowly meander down to our house exploring on the way instead of going via the Autoroutes so that we get to the house as quickly as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Paul - so glad you had a good rest of your journey... it was fantastic that you managed to time the lunch as part of your very long trip! I'm feeling very lucky today as I left my handbag behind on Friday... or at least I really hoped I had. I realised it was missing on Saturday evening as we were going out... anyway I retrieved the bag today and it was complete with purse, diary, camera and carte vital... all present and correct... phew!(I'm also feeling lucky as we went to our village Chasse 'do' on Saturday evening and I managed to drink for the first time in years and years... got rather drunk for the first time in about 13 years... and I had no hangover yesterday... So if good luck runs in threes I reckon I need to buy a lottery ticket [:D] ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Definitely lucky, Rose!We arrived home late last night after our lovely weekend in Bergerac. The highlight had to be that lovely lunch - an amazing bargain, and a very pleasant occasion! It was lovely to meet everybody; we chatted through a 3-hour lunch, and another 3 hours back at Rose's ranch! She makes wonderful carrot cake too! [:D] Hope Coops' Itchy Feet Tour continues well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Hey, GG, isn't the old part of Bergerac just lovely?Rose, I guess you have "earned" your good luck, plus all our respect and gratitude![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Yes, Sweet, it is lovely. We stayed in a B&B one road back from the old port, on a beautiful square, and ate breakfast with the owners in their house overlooking the river. We loved wandering around the old town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 GG, I take it that you have enjoyed your weekend "oop north" then?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Loved it! [:D] It's such a beautiful area, so much more soft and gentle than where we are. And I've never seen so many cowslips in my life; driving around bends wherever we went and seeing thousands of them will stay with me for a long time - absolutely lovely!I can't remember the last time I saw cowslips in England, and even primroses aren't often seen these days, certainly in countryside around our area of the south-east. We have primroses growing wild in our garden there and in the woods behind us - ancient woodland, so they are unlikely to be lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 You really are a GardenGirl, aren't you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted March 29, 2011 Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 Part 2:http://www.flickr.com/photos/97986095@N00/sets/72157626378722202/show/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loirette Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Great pics Coops! Glad you are having a good time. I look forward to the next installment.Loirette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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