Chaise Dieu du Theil

Off to Chaise Dieu du Theil, for some fishing brocante shopping and a drink or two

Ooops - proof that it was not a dry trip!



We stay with Anick and Micheal and have done for the past 8 years. Over the years, they have become friends and Anick spoils us, firstly with a big welcoming hug and then with her fabulous cooking.  She has promised to share some recipes with me and I might include these on future blogs.

Each morning when we head off on our travels Anick arms us with two hampers for our day. One with a blue ribbon (for the boys) and containing three bottles of red along with lunch.  The other is identified with a pink ribbon (for the girls) and contains two bottles of white along with our lunch.

The boys fish and one of their stops is in Chaise Dieu.

This is one of M's favourite spots.  It is near to us and the hampers when we turn up for lunch and very comfortable for an afternoon snooze to sleep off the van rouge.



M congratulates J on his catch in true french style. It made some beautiful fillets, which we took home and hot smoked them.











We girls travelled out in the mornings for a little brocante shop, join the guys for lunch and enjoy an afternoon snooze on a blanket with our books. On one of our trips I picked up these charming silver (not real silver) knife rests - I got a et of 12 and am very pleased with them.