[Kidd McFluff]

Before we started heading out to Florida almost every year we spent many a happy summer and Easter holiday in the Dordogne area of France. It's not near the coast (well, 50k or so) but there are loads of lovely rivers for canoeing, lakes for swimming etc and even lakes with beaches. Amazing food, wonderful scenery, lakes of wine, mountains of cheese and bread, pastries and meats.

Lots to do in this area too. Caves to explore, farmers markets, great canoeing on the rivers and loads of places to hire from.

We spent lots of time by the pool drinking and eating. Very low light pollution means that you can often see amazing night skies. We watched a meteor shower back in 2016 lying on the pool loungers...wonderful.