Category Archives: 2018

June 25, 2014
3:59 pm
by: Butty

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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June 24, 2014
5:05 pm
by: Butty

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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June 23, 2014
6:11 pm
by: Butty

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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June 22, 2014
2:48 pm
by: Butty

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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June 22, 2014
1:41 pm
by: Butty

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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June 22, 2014
1:28 pm
by: Butty

March 2014

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

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June 22, 2014
1:16 pm
by: Butty

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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December 11, 2013
9:59 am
by: Butty

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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December 10, 2013
8:27 am
by: Butty

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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December 8, 2013
10:33 am
by: Butty

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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December 7, 2013
9:39 am
by: Butty

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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December 6, 2013
10:09 am
by: Butty

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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December 5, 2013
2:49 pm
by: Butty

Thursday 5th December

Walked to an area called the Portuguese Settlement which is designated to the preservation of decendants of the early Portuguese settlers of Melaka. An area of about 30 acres with a few streets of single storey houses by the shoreline … Continue reading →

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December 5, 2013
12:23 am
by: Butty

Wednesday 4th December

Spent a long tiring day walking the Unesco world Heritage area of Melaka City, a very popular destination for Malaysion tourists. Because of its past history there is a large range of cultures. Portugese, Dutch, British, Indian, Chinese and Malay. … Continue reading →

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December 4, 2013
12:36 am
by: Butty

Tuesday 3rd December

Flight to KL not until 1.30 so had nice leisurely breakfast. Left for airport at 11.00. Flight half hour late. The bus schedule and travelling time to Melaka from the airport is not great so we pr-booked a car rental, … Continue reading →

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