“All I need is a good ship and a better view.”
For centuries the northern part of Aquitaine, Poitou was a border country and the site of such battles as that of Vouillé in 507, Charles Martel’s victory over the Muslims in 732, the Anglo-French Battle of Poitiers in 1356, and the Battle of Moncontour in 1569.
“Human nature doesn’t change – like a stick of Brighton rock you bite all the way down and still read ‘BRIGHTON’!”
“We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow’s nest of that ship.” John Lennon (1940-1980)
Some places on our planet never really seem to change. And why would they when they're nearly perfect to begin with. We won't rattle down a list of places here, but one location popped up a few days ago and this one really is a chestnut. We'll cut to the chase and…