France back in France at last

July 28, 2010

tags: Chateau de Cocove, Cote D Azur, Currencies Direct, Living In France, Moving To France, Sunny France

A full house! It has now rained on every day we have been in England. The final insult was a downpour as we packed the car but we are on our way back to sunshine.

The car, having smelled briefly of buddliegh after I massacred an overgrown specimen at my house in Weston Turville, and took to the tip, now smells of dog again, one nice doggy smell, one rather unpleasant doggy smell. I will leave it you to guess which canine has the nice aroma.

Calais is a pit, but just 15 minutes drive to an oasis if tranquillity is a hidden gem I have mentioned before. Chateau de Cocove is, as my picture will show tomorrow is superior to anything I have found within 50 miles of Calais.

The wonderful and the woeful hounds enjoy a run around on what remains some kind of rudimentary golf course, which I feel could better suit the skills of Messrs North and Gurdon, being very rough, ill prepared and very green.

According to the leather-bound Cocove information volume, the course is a Swan Golf amenity. I have no ideal what that is but am determined to find out, given the facilities I have seen I think most of the “golfers” I play with should consider switching codes. Paul North in particular was rightly infamous for “swanning” around on his Paki Gold Hyundai, and I just feel the quality of his golf might be more in tune with Swan Golf.

But we are now back in civilisation. Chateau De Cocove is the most sublime setting. The restaurant, which was only good on our visit in the way to England has regained its former place in my heart. Chateau Briand, signeur, for me, following exceptional terrine, a cheese board to die for, red berries soup for desert, a 2001 Marguax for myself and a decent Sancerre for that nice lady decorator, were all excellent, and you know you are back in civilisation. Sadly for technical reasons? I cannot show the picture I intended, perhaps tomorrow. those same technical reasons mean that the logo page beneath is today in French!

Yesterday for instance by way of contrast, at the Chiltern Forest Golf Club for a late lunch, I was the lucky recipient of sausages, beans and chips. My case rests.

I hear from old school friend Alan Brydon who admits to buying a round in 1971, but only due to sun stroke or some other debilitating disease. He agrees that the weather has been inclement, a fact that Simon “who ate all the pies” Barrett was still refusing to accept when we met at the weekend.

Alan had also been unlucky enough to spend 2 weeks in Cornwall, and whilst we, well rather ¨we ern enjoyed a brief respite from sunshine, the Brydons were hoping for something slightly less inclement, but were disappointed. Far be it from me to suggest that a slight loosening of the purse strings in the early 1970’s may have paid dividends on the sunshine front for the Cornish holiday, but god has his way of exacting his revenge on miscreants.

Today we head ever further south, with temperatures rising steadily, I will be suppressed if we don’t see 30 degrees by the time we are south of Lyon. This evening we are aiming for Le Manoir at Mornas, A village set atop an escarpment, which comes highly recommended. I will deliver my judgement tomorrow

Chris France

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