At the end of news broadcasts there’s usually a lighter item preceded with the words “and finally..” and I suppose this is it for our holiday in France 2013 (although we still have the 8 hour drive to Roscoff tomorrow and the sailing). We rented a gite in Bedénac in Charente owned by Sue and Paul Wright in 2011 and again in 2013 for three weeks each time. The village itself is very pretty and to a great extent typical of villages all across France. It’s a 30 minute drive north of Bordeaux and 55 minutes or so south of Cognac. The gite itself is lovely and big enough for the two of us. I really like the layout of the converted space – it was originally three tiny cottages. Sue and Paul have plans to move…