Monthly Archives: September 2009

Circuit des Remparts, Angoulême

Ideal ‘long-weekend’ event for classic car enthusiasts in SW France!
If you are into street car racing or classic cars you would have loved today’s event… the streets of the ancient city of Angoulême were closed off to normal traffic today to allow hundreds of classic cars owners the chance to rev their engines, don their [...]

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Vide Grenier at Tocane St Apre

Our first and last Vide Grenier (Car Boot Sale)

We’ve been living here at La Treille in the Dordogne for over 5 years now and still have many ‘un-packed’ boxes of ornaments and ‘who knows what” sitting in our barn.  I’ve been threatening to do a ‘Vide Grenier’ now for about 2 years and clear out [...]

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Limeuil Village – A day out from our Dordogne Gites

It’s the 8th of September, our gites are still busy and the temperatures are still hitting an average of 30ºC this week.  Our guests are making the most of their late summer holidays here in the Dordogne by relaxing around the pool so we decided to leave them to it and have a day out [...]

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Chateau Puyguilhem & Go Karting

Things to do in the Dordogne for all the family
The title of this blog may seem a little strange… that is to say who would put a Chateau and Go-Karting in the same sentence?
Here’s the logic behind my madness… During the summer we have quite a number of families holidaying in our gites and we [...]

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Dordogne gites For Summer 2010

Vacancies for summer school holiday dates 2010!
La Treille Gites is proving as popular as ever with holiday makers securing their next years summer holidays by booking 12 months in advance.  We are filling up fast so to make sure you do not miss out on your preferred weeks contact us and book your gite now!

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