By 08:00 G headed south for a day on the Beach. Annie left with Adrian and Ed at 09:00 on their homeward journey. Weather appeared to be a repeat of Friday ie a bit of a struggle so Merv decided to have a rest day too and headed into the mountains with Morag. On the way back Morag spotted a glider climbing away from just above the ridge of Trainon, shortly after that there was a light shower of rain. On the way down while negotiating one of the tight haipin bends we met a motorcyclist going the other way well cranked over and as he tried to increase his angle of bank the front wheel started to skip towards us. Fortunately, he managed to maintain control with a slight wobble and continued round the corner, it was very close to having the motorbike sliding into the side of the van and the motorcyclist under the wheels. Later on while in Sisteron eating Lavender and Bueno flavoured icecreams, Roger Barber called Merv saying that he and Julian had landed 775 at Seyne and required a road retrieve as aerotowing was not allowed. So Roger had beaten Merv to be able to say 'I'm in Seyne"
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The trailer was collected and we arrived just after 19:00 leaving Seyne by 20:00. Rejoining the main road at Tallard we spotted a large hotel/restaurant with a glider trailer already in the car park so we pulled in behind it as Roger and Julian insisted on entertaining us. There was a large function going on with a table of 25 enjoying canapes outside. The restaurant was very upmarket and chic, the location was just of the end of Gap airfield's runway so we were treated to a number of low fly bys by the parachute aircraft and a variety of microlights. The menu was varied and the quality of the food was excellent and it was also very good value for money. The only downside was we had a long wait for two of the main courses while the large group were served.
Pilots and crew enjoying their evening meal in
Le Mas D'Estello it is well worth a visit especially if passing or even the 25 minuite drive from Sisteron.
Some rest day!
Square plates so it must be chic. Has the Pizzeria L'Arizona gone upmarket, or is that next door? For future reference can you remember the menu price?
ReplyDeleteThe restaurant is located on the outskirts of Tallard (25 min drive away), the link above opens their website which is of limited value in terms of further info.
DeleteMy (huge) Tandoori chiken pizza was 14
Morags Foie Gras on a mass of gannochi was 9
Morag and I shared a huge Italian starter at 11
Julian and Roger had the 3 course 20 euro menu which were also enormous! Very good VFM