Martel is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France. It is a small medieval town in a region well known for its walnuts and truffles. The name of the town means “hammer”, and three of these are to be seen on the town’s coat of arms. Charles Martel, who earned the nickname “hammer”…

After our visit to Oradour-sur-Glane we were off to a place called Chancelade which is just outside of Perigueux. The only thing that Chancelade has is a Chateau and guess where we were staying….. And boy did our “Mutt Mobile” fit in perfectly when we rolled in and parked outside the hall door 😝 This…

Our life-long friend and neighbour in Dublin Eamon Keating, also a living encyclopaedia of WWII, recommended we visit the village of Oradour-sur-Glane as we travelled down through France and what an incredible shrine to the memory of those who were massacred on 10th June 1944. The village of Oradour-sur-Glane, located 22 kilometers north-west of Limoges,…

Montreuil-Bellay is in the Department of Maine-et-Loire in western France and was our first stop on this trip. It is 15 km to the south of Saumur, and is famous for the Château de Montreuil-Bellay, which is situated in the centre of this Gallo-Roman village high on a hill on the banks of the Thouet…

Arrived safe and sound in Montreuil-Bellay. Here is the view from the bedroom And here is the view from the terrace 😝😘😎

the rain, but hola the sunshine 🌞

Where did the last three months go?  Hard to believe we are off again in our new Mutt-Mobile 😎. It was lovely to catch up with you all and those that we didn’t see, we’ll defo catch up over the Christmas. So we are heading off this evening and it will take us a week…

You can nearly see Lady Liberty from the 1st Tee 😎 Sheila and Jim took a break from touring the wilds of Donegal to play Cruit Golf Course (it is pronounced Crutch by the locals) and the scenery around the course was spectacular.