February is nearly over and a week ago I ‘celebrated’ a milestone birthday. How is it that your mind says  you are thirty years younger than your body!!😂

A ‘shake down’ trip for Tonto took us onto the Île de Re but we managed to pick the only bad weather day in a stunning blue sky week, so didn’t stay as long as planned and will return again no doubt later in the year.

We headed on to Chatelaillon-Plage for an overnight stop and a stroll along the seafront, being somewhat out of season we were limited with restaurant choices and decided to dine in our little house on wheels.😊

A few photos taken on our stroll

Bunny going for a beach stroll

Birthday seafood salad created by Chris x

The weather here is becoming milder as we head towards Spring, with a few changes to be made in the garden and trips to plan.

Hopefully we will have a full season of travelling in ‘Tonto’ (now that some issues have been sorted by a nearby auto electric magician).

We took another run out this time to Bellac to meet up with the Plein Air Charente group, a lovely bunch of artists who meet each month at different spots around our area.

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click on the blue link for a bit of French atmosphere 😊 may be a bit slow to load!

It’s all very well watching ‘Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year’ but getting out there and doing it is another matter!    ‘Not easy Jan’ 😂

Well, that’s it for this month xx