We have arrived on the one site we booked before we left the UK. It is a small 8 van paradise, 4 miles from Montignac in the Perigord region, and we were lucky enough to get here in time for their annual celebration of all things Perigordian!
The town has been completely shut off to traffic to enable the towns folk and surrounding villagers to gather in national dress through the last 100 years to celebrate their culture and produce, and what a variety it is…..all mixed together with lots of walnuts in one form or another.
The decorations throughout the town are very colourful, and the warmth and friendliness of the people is everywhere.
We are staying on this site now until the French school children go back to school—in six weeks time, when we will start to move off again, though not before being visited by Dave and Katie for the first week in August.
We have actually booked our crossing back home too. We leave this lovely country to arrive back in the UK on 7th September, where we will be heading straight to Essex to spend some time with Peter’s mum for a few days.
But we’ve lots to see and do before then…below are a few photos of Montignac in all it’s finery. (We’re also lucky enough to still be here when they celebrate ‘Des Hommes Pareils’ in the last week of July, for want of a better translation, it means ‘equal men’ and it’s a festival celebrating music and dance from around the world. Peter and I will certainly be attending some of the festivities then.)
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