Close up of the war memorial at Penne d'Agenais. As you can see the light wasn't very helpful.

Jackie and my dad in the creperie.

Me and Claire in the creperie

An arch leads from the main square in Penne d'Agenais up towards the church.

Penne d'Agenais is one of the many "Bastide" towns in this part of France.

Further up the hill in Penne d'Agenais heading to the church. You can see my dad walking back down.

The view from Penne d'Agenais out across the valley.

Detail of a brick wall (Penne d'Agenais)

Detail of lichen (Penne d'Agenais)

Almost at the top of the hill and therefore the church in Penne d'Agenais

The church at Penne d'Agenais.

Under the hill at Penne there was a cave or maybe you'd call it a grotto.

Shot of inside the grotto at Penne d'Agenais.

Close up of the statue which guards the grotto, under the hill at Penne d'Agenais.

Inside the church at Penne (I hadn't taken my tripod and forgot to turn the ISO up on the camera - doh!)

Looking back across the main square at Pujols.

I meet a four legged friend in Pujols.

Jackie, in Pujols, looking very gallic.

A shot up one of the side streets in Pujols.

One of Pujols larger houses.

The "entrance" to Pujols (remember the Bastide towns were fortified with a curtain wall to keep the Brits out)

Sculptural detail from the church at Monpazier (the prettiest Bastide town we visited)

View across the square at Monpazier.

View across the square at Monpazier.

More the square in Monpazier.

This bit of Monpazier looked more like Coronation Street than France!

Close up of Christ on the Cross at Chateau de Biron.

For a brief moment when we were at Chateau de Biron the sun came out!

Chateau de Biron with a very blue looking sky (not a good pic but I thought I'd better include it to prove it wasn't grey all the time!)

Chateau de Biron as seen from afar; pity about the repair work you can see.

Jackie meets a new pal 'Memphis' (the ?1000 cat!) in Penne d'Agenais whilst out for dinner.

Me and Memphis the wonder cat.

Claire, Jackie and dad when we were out for a meal in Penne.

Jackie and 'Vik' AKA the smallest dog in the world. We me him (and his owners) in the Platan.

The lounge area of my dads new house.

The kitchen of my dad and Claire's new house with Claire hard at work (bravo!)

shot of my dad and Claires new house taken looking back from the garden.

Did somebody phone for the pool guy?

My dad's new house as seen from the "road" at the front.

The farmers next door had this cool red tractor.

My dad.

The "chateau" on the opposite side of the river.