Author Archives: Butty

About Butty

Me and Er live in Devon in a small village with a Thatched Pub

Saturday 18th October to Thursday 6th November – Nice

Arrived in Nice to very sunny and warm weather at the start of a three week stay This little chappy stayed at home Sunday 19th October Lounged about, Lazeret in the evening with Chris and Martin, Ron and Ingrid Monday … Continue reading

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27th June

We booked for lunch at the Michelin rated Les Fontaines restaurant in Reole. Had a wander around the town first, visited the Abbaye and had a beer near the river. Very nice three course lunch washed down with a nice … Continue reading

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27th June

Took a trip to Monsegur and walked around the Ramparts and visited the church. After some minor shopping returned to the a Gites for lunch. Met our host who invited us for drinkies at hers. Slobbing about around the pool … Continue reading

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25th June

Visited Pellegrue for the market, load of rubbish. Pretty square with partially ruined church. Then to Ste Ferme and visited the Abbey. Great acoustics so Slim gave a short rendition, lovely. Back for lunch and lazy pm around the pool. … Continue reading

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24th June

Trip to Ste-Foy-La-Grande 30 mins away. Wandered around the centre, had a beer and a snacky lunch. On the way back stopped off at Leclerc for goodies. BBQ in the evening to sample goodies and wine bought yesterday at Le … Continue reading

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23rd June

Boys went off early to buy the croissants for brekkie. Morning trip to Duras and the market. Bought goodies for various meals. Afternoon around the pool. Boys visited Chateau La Tuilerie du Puy, just down the road. Lovely lady gave … Continue reading

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21st & 22nd June France/Lot

Left from Bristol flying to Bordeaux for week in the Lot en France. Fred and Wendy, Slim and Stevie flew from Exeter to Bergerac. Arrived within half an hour of each other. Baking hot around 34 degs. Nice alfresco dinner … Continue reading

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April 28th – 1st May – Rotary Trip to Berlin

Trip to Berlin for a few days with the Rotary crowd, 17 in all. Weather great, good choice of restaurants we went to. Open top tourist bus for two days. Visited the Holocaust Memorial and Museum, Berlin Wall Exhibition, Reichstag, … Continue reading

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March 2014

The boys week-end in Madrid to watch Real Madrid footie.

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January 11th to 18th – Skiing

Back to Fusch for the annual ski. No Irene this year, stayed behind for Jacob’s 1st birthday. Good crowd from France, Liz & Thiery, Peter and Chantelle etc.Julia and William enjoyed their walking. No snow in the valley at all … Continue reading

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Tuesday 10th December

National express bus from Heathrow back to Devon arrived at 2.50 at Exeter bus station to be greeted by Slim with a placard welcoming the Buzz’s ( been away so long he says that he forgot how to spell our … Continue reading

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Monday 9th December

Left for the long treck home at 8am local KL time from the Concorde Hotel. Plane a bit late leaving but with 3 hour stopover in Dubai this was not a problem. Arrived Dubai about an hour late but were … Continue reading

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Sunday 8th December

Arranged for a 2pm check – out so had a last minute wander around the local malls. Chilled out back at hotel before we transferred to the Concorde Inn hotel 5 mins from airport. Last Asian fodder tonight. No rush … Continue reading

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Saturday 7th December

Started early on the last of our hop on hop off ticket, and travelled to China Town. Weather looked a bit threatening, so I took my little brolly and Paul got one from the concierge as his had fallen apart … Continue reading

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Friday 6th December

Took a “hop-on hop-off” bus as all good tourists do to get us to some of the spots we wanted to visit. It is a 24 hour ticket so we can use it for some of tomorrow to get to … Continue reading

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