The Beziers Blog

October gone, November half way through. They say time passes quickly when you get older but that is not really an excuse. So what have we been doing since mother left ? Well before she actually departed some friends from England called in for a cup of tea !!! That was on a Thursday they left on the Sunday. Well it took a long time for the kettle to boil. Whilst they were here we visited one of our favourite restaurants in Beziers called the Cep d’Or No, not the golden mushroom as we thought, but the golden grape. Presumably from the word cepage which is the grape harvest. Anyway back to the restaurant, it is small but the food is always (in our opinion )very good. It is in the centre of Beziers so involves a quite steep walk to get to it.

After the meal and ample glasses of wine the walk back down the hill is not only easy but good for the digestion. Of course during their stay a quantity of wine consumed at home slightly reduced supplies so a visit to St. Genies de Fontedit to replenish the stock was necessary. Reynardiere is the name of the cave that we visit normally so we took Nigel and Sue there. Good job they had a car because they would not have got their purchases back to the U.K on the plane. Can you blame them when they bought 10 litres of white and 10 litres of rose’ for about 35 euros. That works out at approximately GBP 1.40 a litre. Before they left they both said what a relaxing few days they had had and will hopefully return for a longer stay.

So the end of the visitor season (or is it ?) What did we do with our time? At the end of October there are many reasons for festivals of all sorts. One that we enjoy is the Fete de Noix or in english the nut festival.

 There are several but the one we went to this year was at St. Pons de Thomieres. It certainly attracts the crowds and the smell of roasting chestnuts fills the air. Many artisans take the opportunity to display and sell their wares. Homemade goodies, jams, cakes, sweets etc, as well as local cheeses and wines. Shame I was driving but I was assured the wines were nice ( thank you ) There was also an exhibition of patchwork, some of the designs were truly incredible. There was also the odd bear on display so my day was complete. After leaving St Pons we drove home via a place called Roquebrun. The evening sunshine enabled us to take some interesting photos. There is a mediterranean garden there but as yet we have not visited it but we have all the time in the world so that is on the to do list.

Well dear reader that brings us into November and I will endeavour to keep you informed in a more up to date manner.