I'm just back from another run around the city centre and 3 times round the Park in front of the Palace - the GPS shows a total time of 41 mins 33 seconds for 7.65kms which is disappointing as I have run that course in 38 minutes... Only 1 week to go before the big 20km race!
I went to a wine tasting yesterday with a few friends from the Hash at a wine merchants in a village close to Waterloo (www.espacevin.com). The wines were very good and for their quality ridiculously cheap. I ended up buying a dozen bottles of mixed French wine for €69. I got chatting to one chap who owns a vineyard in the Loire on the Cher River (Alain Marcadet of the Domain des Chezelles) and he said his Sauvignon sells for £30 a bottle in restaurants in England - I bought 2 bottles from him for a total of £7.50.
What turned my head was that he said he was planning to sell his vineyard for €800,000, but would be willing stay on to show the new owner the ropes if necessary. It sounded wonderful until he said he works 70 hours a week!
As it was mid afternoon I made good use of the spitoon though it was a tragedy to spit out some of the wines. Despite that I couldn't remember my PIN number when I came to pay!
From Domain des Chezelles - Touraine:
2 x 2005 Sauvignon Blanc @ €5.50 each
2 x 2005 Rose de Touraine @ €5.00 each
4 x Gamay de Touraine Marcadet @€4.90 each
and from a new vineyard:
4 x Mas de Fadan @€6.90 each (Cotes de Ventous, Rhone)
The Mas de Fadan was a nice fruity red wine and I just couldn't resist it because its name looked so much like a misprint of mine!
A nice way to spend a blustery and wet Saturday afternoon.
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