I have blogged before about the delights of running in rural France. The plan was to do more after the Paris Marathon. A week in north Burgundy this time – the Tonnerrois area. Plenty of rest and recuperation, with a few recovery runs thrown in.
Oh, and some wine tasting too.
The injury I aggravated during the Paris Marathon meant that any running was out of the question, though that didn’t stop the rest and recuperation, nor the wine tasting.
We stayed in the sleepy village (aren’t they always) of Stigny at an excellent gite called Sous Moncelot, which we found through Chez Nous. The owners Graham and Helen have done a superb job in restoring this old building to a really good standard.
We focused on independent wine producers. In the Tonnerrois area were looked after by Celine at Domaine Celine Cote and Dominique Gruhier at Domaine de L’Abbaye du Petit Quincy.
Stigny is also less than 40 minutes from Chablis and here you are spolied for choice for wine tasting. Laurent made us feel very welcome at Domaine Francine et Olivier Savary, as did Isabelle at Domaine Isabelle and Denis Pommier.
A really lovely week, even if there was no running.
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