The search for the Holy Grail of showers It is now a month since we began our sabbatical. France has provided everything that we expected of it. Honfleur, Trouville and Deauville were superb, old fashioned seaside towns. Carnac and its standing stones were a joy,and the Perigord or Dordogne area is rural and simply beautiful. The Dordogne area has everything required to keep me interested and busy; sunshine, historical sites, and miles of quiet rural roads for cycling. The "Le Paradis" site is the best yet in terms of facilities. I have searched tirelessly for it and have now found it: "The Holy Grail of showers". A heated shower block and red hot shower in France? I thought it was unheard of. At last, no more freezing- cold showers and a visibly shrinking appendage . The
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