judybos Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Hi to dept 16ners, we shall be moving to a small hamlet very close to a small village called Benest 10 klms from Champagne Mouton, one dog, one horse and need new friends who love animals ,food and wine and have a good sense of humour, and even perhaps like painting !! house to partly renovate !! only joking ! moving March next year. Tone& Jude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boiling a frog Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 If you go into the bar in Benest you will think you are back in the UK owned by British and most of the customers are British,they even have quiz nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judybos Posted October 14, 2004 Author Share Posted October 14, 2004 Thank you for reply, we did talk to lady owner at the restaurant in Benest ,we stopped for lunch on the day of DECISION !! I think the wine and food swayed us !! Hope fully we shall make lots of new friends and a new way of life, after working 36yrs in our own business ( Bicycle shop) so if any body in the area wants a cycle repairing we shall be in residence March next year ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 I've got an Airborne titanium road bike that has ALWAYS had a bottom bracket noise. or maybe a seatpost noise, or maybe crank/pedal noise. Bloody annoying anyway.In UK I did a lot of Audax, cyclotouring and I did Paris-Brest-Paris last year. North Charente is very lumpy, cycling wise, you can't settle down into any kind of cycling rythmn.I'm still trying to find a local cyclotouring club. There are lots of them, but I'm trying to find a mob that suits my pace. So far they're all comprised of very strong cyclists who cycle a fairly quick pace on the flat but DON'T SLOW DOWN AT ALL when going up hills.I'm about 20k away from you towards down the N141Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul16 Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Plenty of Brits in Benest..and surrounding areas so you won't be alone..Good luck with your move.Just up the road from in Aizecq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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