1.5l of Vin Rosé at 2€, should be slow drinking. On a hot afternoon it is not! Took Topsy to the vet hete in Thouars this morning who diagnosed a right shoulder stiffness and a slightly reddened paw. So she is prescribed a steroid cream for the paw; a boot has been ordered for Friday […]

An ant running up your leg is not normally a problem. However anyone  who has read my gear list will realise that once it gets to my pants, there is not much to stop it going anywhere it pleases! Otherwise a lunchtime picnique by the banks of the River Thouet is very idyllic. The river […]

Vet: 4 Days rest for Topsy!

I am sat in the courtyard of the Hôtel Splendide in Montreauil-Bellay, having the plât du jour of smokeď ham, mushroom wirh salad. Rather than fall asleep at the table, I have ordered a LARGE café au lait! We covered 8.5k in 2.5 hours under overcast skies. We stopped by the River Thoet for a […]

A review of week 5. TOURS; Sarah & Alex interviewed; Geraldine at campsite; Rosemary & Gregoire at Saumur

Marigny-Lailé to Monteuail-Bellay

Was up at dawn and provided room service with a coffee to Rosemary, who was struggling with the power of speach! The GR36 took me back to where we had eaten the previous night, to St Pierre’s Square, where insude the restaurant the back piece had oak beams 18 ins square and dated from the […]

Leaving Saumur, watching carrit harvesting, and ending up by a canal drinking cemetery water!