Goodness, we've had a lot of rain! And it's taken away the river bank down the road from us. So, if you're travelling from Castillon to collect a pizza or takeaway from Au Four de la Rive, you'll need to take the Mouliets main road, then the first left after the end of Mouliets.
Whatever you do this week in your 100km radius, keep safe and well.
Best wishes,
Helen
notjustfortheholidays@orange.fr
Week 20
Lockdown has lifted for the moment, with restrictions in place, including the wearing of masks. Each person is entitled to one free mask. How they are distributed is up to each Mairie, we have to take identification equal - or possibly more - to the purchase of a house and present ourselves at the Mairie, others have had them hand delivered to each household. (Curiously, the letter which informed us of the procedure was hand delivered by the Mairie!)
Here's an article from the Connection : France deconfinement May 11: What is allowed or not?
If you're wondering how to calculate the 100km, here's a great link from French Property News:
We can get to the city of Bordeaux, and just to the Basin d'Arcachon, but not to the coast. So the beach will have to wait.
Sauveterre is well within limits...
13 - 14 May : Au Four de la Rive are continuing their pizza take away on Saturday nights and also adding Asian food to their repertoire. Head Chef at Chateau Rigaud, Nick Street Brown is starting the first of a planned five week series of menus inspired by his travel in the Far East. This week it's Chicken Satay which is of course Indonesian. It's a fixed menu at 18 euros per person with a free bottle of Le Canon rosé on orders of 4 persons or more. You need to book a collection time in advance, between 6pm and 9pm. Delivery is possible, to Gensac Clock Tower on Wednesday night and Castillon Market Square on Thursday. 3 euros per delivery.
And finally...
Always a relief to open the kiln room and see the firing has completed successfully. Now I have to wait for it to cool so that I can open it. Firing takes up to 10, sometimes 12 hours, and the cool down takes just as long.
Fingers crossed that the kiln gods have been kind 🤞
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