by loirevalleychateau | Sep 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
A confession that should not come as much as shock to the gentle reader – this writer’s expertise on fine wines is on a par with his comprehension of the internal combustion engine or why the BBC continues to broadcast Casualty. Yet, I do take an interest in this vast...
by loirevalleychateau | Aug 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
One day, preferably after I have won the Lottery, I will sweep up to the gates of Chateau de Bois Giraud in an ivory-coloured Renault Caravelle. Ever since I first saw one of these splendid machines (it was in the comedy film That Riviera Touch) they have represented...
by loirevalleychateau | Aug 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
At this time of the year, many Britons will be all too familiar with three of the most depressing words in the English language. ‘Replacement Bus Service” can still cast fear into the hearts of the most stout-hearted individual but when during one’s distant youth, it...
by loirevalleychateau | Aug 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
During the late 1970s, when the world was young and the highlight of a Thursday evening was George and Mildred on ITV, “Harvest” had two meanings for this scribe. Firstly, it meant a stream of Ford Cortina Mk. IVs and Hillman Avengers along the A32 headed by a...
by loirevalleychateau | Jul 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Some people associate August with seemingly endless afternoons on the lawn with the Chateau grounds bathed in golden light. Others will think of the last minute shopping before the start of the new school year. But for the past fourteen years nearly every citizen of...
by loirevalleychateau | Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Britons of a certain age – i.e. old enough to recall Demis Roussos discs and “Fab” lollies – will almost certainly remember the summer of 1976. My own memories of how temperatures in Southampton reached 35.6 °C on the 28th June, the sheer profusion of ladybirds, the...
