Flew in from Stansted yesterday, arriving on time and quick off the plane and into the Avis car rental desk to collect a Toyota Yaris as our transport for the weekend. Since today (Saturday May 1st) is a public holiday we first made sure we could get food supplies adequate for our needs from the local shops, we could, so then went to play golf.
Golf de la Pree has been badly hit by the storm. They only have the front nine open and you book to go round twice if you want to play 18. They are applying a 30% discount to the normal tariff and honestly they need to as some of the open holes are in very poor condition. We think it will take a year or two for it to be fully restored. Our guess is that they will work through the summer and autumn to get the back nine in good order and then close the front nine and do the same in the spring of next year.
Dinner was at Viviers, in their new dining room, but no moule as it is not yet the season for local moule - we think it might start in June or July. The menu does not seem to have changed except they had a saumon special, perhaps because they had no moule.
This morning, local supplies from local shops, a walk in the sun around Marsilly and a baugette and cheese at number 8 for lunch. Lovely stuff.
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