Bordeaux Blat is a trip to Montignac hosted by fellow se7eners, Hugh & Kay Dent, who retired to France a few years ago. Hugh, Kay and fellow villagers, including the mayor, kindly accommodate us free of charge. Our personal thanks also go to Philippe & Cathy Fiorotto for their excellent hospitality over the past two years.
An immense amount of time and effort is spent by Hugh & Kay organising events such as visiting chateaux, tasting fine wines, river trips, visiting markets, BBQs and endless blatting on wonderful roads (not to mention the use of their swimming pool for cooling purposes). The highlight of the trip is a fete at the village hall commencing at 2.30pm with 'circuit rides' provided by us for the villagers around local roads which are closed for the event. This all culminated some 12 hours later after paella, copious quantities of wine and dancing to the blues band 'Cadijo'.
An article on the inaugural trip in July 2002 (7 pages, strangely enough), was written for the Club's magazine, Low Flying, describing the wonderful time we had and the great people we met. It appeared in the March 2003 issue and can be seen here.
2002
Boarding the ferry
2003
(This photo taken by Maggie May made it into the Caterham Calendar for November 2005)
Famille Fiorotto et amis