The ferry leaving Blaye for the short crossing to LamarqueDown in Pauillac for your now traditional August weekend staying with friends. A chance to see how the vines are looking down here taste a few of the local wines, although we have bought a supply of Loire wines with us.
Off to Bordeaux early in the morning to Le Marché des Capucins to buy food for the weekend. Drove down along the Bordeaux quayside looking at the sweep of the river and the Place de la Bourse in the soft morning light. Le Marché des Capucins had a wonderful selection of fish, meat vegetables, cheese and butter from a block something I haven't seen for some years – all in all many delicious things.
Capucins area: The Flying Pig restaurant – open until 4am
Shop assistant pretending to be a flying fish
Display of crabs
Bordelaise de Marée
Sign above the fish shop
Campet: lamb and foie gras specialist next to fish shop
Capucins: vegetable market (above and below)
La Table de Don Quichotte: Spanish specialist stall
Customer hesitates over the choice
We bought some very good oysters from Yves Papin
Au Pétrin Moissagais, very good boulangerie
The interior of the shop with the bread oven at the far end
Off to Bordeaux early in the morning to Le Marché des Capucins to buy food for the weekend. Drove down along the Bordeaux quayside looking at the sweep of the river and the Place de la Bourse in the soft morning light. Le Marché des Capucins had a wonderful selection of fish, meat vegetables, cheese and butter from a block something I haven't seen for some years – all in all many delicious things.
Capucins area: The Flying Pig restaurant – open until 4am 
Shop assistant pretending to be a flying fish 
Display of crabs
Bordelaise de Marée
Sign above the fish shop
Campet: lamb and foie gras specialist next to fish shop
Capucins: vegetable market (above and below)
La Table de Don Quichotte: Spanish specialist stall
Customer hesitates over the choice
We bought some very good oysters from Yves Papin
Au Pétrin Moissagais, very good boulangerie 
The interior of the shop with the bread oven at the far end
