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Fête du Travail

Since 1947, the Fête du Travail, on 1st May, has been a paid public holiday in France. It is a legal requirement that on this day, all employees are entitled to a paid holiday. Traditionally a day on which trade unions protest in large cities, it is also la fête du muguet (Lily-of-the-Valley Day), on which it is customary to exchange lily-of-the-valley flowers for good luck.

Certainly the market in the village was busy, as were the bars and restaurants.

And so it seemed rude not to join our fellow Frenchman and take a days 'unpaid holiday' and lunch at our favourite restaurant in the village .

Any one who has stayed in our gites is likely to have eaten at L'Estrade as we always recommend it.

Gaille and Ann Laurence provide a warm friendly welcome as well as a forever changing menu as well as an excellent wine list and of course home made desserts to die for!