Updated 1st April 2010
St. Marcel 1st April:
Le Manoir, (The house itself), now has 3 "bathrooms"
1 - with bath, & shower, + W.C. wash hand basin & bidet.
2 - with Shower, W.C.& W.H.B
Please see new photos describing Le Manoir House.
- Since our regular customers liked it so much they have bought a barn from me, - You have the opportunity to rent it this summer!
Guest's photos:-
The entrance to our village: - St. Marcel du Périgord.
La Roque Gageac - One of the beautiful sites you pass canoeing down the Dordogne.
- Thanks to Sarah & Steve Vaughan-Turner for both these photos.
Snow In St Marcel!
We do not have snow most years, & what we do have I rush out and photograph.
This year has been an exception!
Anyone for a cool dip?
The village
The top pool, - Thick with ice.
The wicked witch of the east hasn't had a child to eat all this year!
Need Harry, Rose, Seb, & Willie to help light this!
Le Manoir, from our house.
The church, - From our house.
The leafy lane.
Make Music in 2010!
In August 2009, with thanks for Hal Fowler, Le Manoir De St. Marcel staged the first
Le Manoir Stock 1 - music festival.
Although small, performances varied from the recorder, through the blues, jazz, to opera!
Next year it will be bigger! - Want to make music? - You can join. - Book your stay now.
Click to see Highlights Of Le Manoir Stock 1
Hal presents Le Manoir Stock 1
Trouble in the woods.
A nice picture from our younger guests:-
Thoughts on travel:
Now that SpeedFerries have gone &LD Lines have taken away Norman Arrow, we are struggling to recommend a ferry operator.
We have tried Norfolk Lines. Lovely ships, & cheap fares. (Food rubbish & over priced!): -The problem with them is that Dunkerque is further North, & you have to go through a “rat run” of small roads, & roundabouts to get out of the port.
We avoid the Calais route: - Too many strikes & blockades.
We've experienced long delays on the tunnel: - Too many fires, breakdowns, & strikes possible.
Flying? - Bergerac is by far your best airport for Le Manoir De St Marcel.
Despite their terrible P.R. Ryan Air offer new aircraft (Shame they're Boeing & not Airbus), into nearby Bergerac, & a very efficient, on time, service.
B.A fly into Bordeaux, again, strikes permitting.