Unicorn door knocker on the chateau...very funny to us having watched Jimmy Carr the previous night.

Les Roches des Condrieu/Condrieu

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February 2nd 2011
The next day we went off exploring. We could see a vineyard all up a big hill opposite and the little guide book the guy in the marina office had given us said there was a woodland walk to a wine producers. We set off to do that. It was a lovely walk through woods, past streams and vineyards and amongst nature. It was almost all uphill so was a good way to blow out the cobwebs from the night befor ... read more

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