New years eve walk

New Year’s Eve, and the temperature was an unseasonal 17°c. As it was such a beautiful day, we decided we would venture out on a walk over to Loches-sur-Ource, where we planned to enjoy a little picnic by the river, before walking along to Landreville, and back home along the valley path. It would normally take about 3 hours, although as we had planned the mini picnic stop on route, so were prepared for it to take a bit longer.

I’d made some sausage rolls, and some gluten-free ones for my friend Sam. I had also prepared some jambon beurres (ham baguettes), along with flasks of coffee. We were all set.

The time was spent chatting and catching up on what we had all been up to over the recent months, and how things were different for us all now after the events of recent years.

It was lovely to idly chat, stopping to take photos or admire the views across the stunning, ever-changing landscape. When we reached Landreville, the village café was open, so we couldn’t resist but to pop in for an early celebratory new year bottle of Champagne.

From there it was not long before we were home again, and with the fire lit we were ready to start our evening. A wonderful bottle of ‘Transparence’ blanc de blanc, by Charles Jolly - one of our local producers - and our evening had begun.