On holiday in France in 1931, Virginia Woolf and her husband Leonard experienced the worst April weather for 50 years. Crossing at night on the car ferry from Newhaven to Dieppe on 16 April they would return on 30 April. In her diary, Woolf describes spinning along the wet roads, breaking…
Just as Munro bagging has become the ultimate challenge for hill-walkers in Scotland, why not have a go at bastide bagging? Complete a round of bastides and learn more about France’s cultural heritage at the same time. While there are only 282 Munros, there are more than 300 bastides to fill…
We make our first road trip off the beaten track to five Dordogne bastides. It is a one day round trip beginning in Sainte-Foy-La-Grande, a Girondine bastide, situated on the Dordogne river, at the crossing for the Voie de Vézelay (Chemin de Compostelle). We call Sainte-Foy our 360 degree bastide because…
