by admin | Oct 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
Just back from the final 5 Star for the season. (Any eventing enthusiasts will know what I’m talking about 😊) Now late October down in Pau, south west France is normally warm and gloriously sunny but not this year ! Although we arrived in time to see some sun on the...
by admin | Oct 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Time flies when you’re having fun, so the decision to be made was how were we going to celebrate our Golden Wedding Anniversary on the 5th of September?? An exotic cruise, bungee jumping or maybe sky diving ??? No, we headed back to where it all began to celebrate...
by admin | Oct 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Well it’s been a busy few months with some cross Channel traveling and France coming alive for the Summer season ( although unfortunately no one told the weather Gods, as we’ve not seen heaps of sun this year!) At the beginning of the month we took our familiar route...
by admin | Jun 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
Looking back it’s over 3 months since the last blog post! That might be because we haven’t been out and about much but at last it looks like Summer may have arrived ☀️😊 April was spent in the UK giving us the opportunity to catch up with family and friends. May was...
by admin | Feb 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Apologies to those that may have read my last Camargue post but here’s another one 😂 It’s two years since we first visited this fascinating area of France and last weekend we headed back again. The purpose this time was to look more closely at everything Camarguaise...
by admin | Dec 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Wow, another Christmas has come around and another year end approaches. But turn back time to November (before our weeks of rain!) and it was garden harvest time. We may only have a handful of fruit trees and a couple of olive trees but this year was a bumper harvest....
by admin | Oct 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
And with it a definite change of temperature here in our little corner of France. We were still swimming at the end of September but now the central heating is on and the chimneys are being swept (an annual requirement here in France for house insurance!) However...
by admin | Sep 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
Mid September in our neck of the woods means it’s time for the Angouleme Circuit des Remparts,a 3 day motoring extravaganza. We had no intention of going but with big bro’ Dave visiting it needed checking out! So glad that we did. On the Friday we headed down to...
by admin | Aug 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
This week Summer has finally arrived, with a canicule (heat wave) warning for the majority of France. Temperatures in our little area likely to get to 39 degrees mid week before a break and a band of storms blowing through – just in time for our next visitors ☹️...
by admin | Jul 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Already half way through the year and with Summer Holidays in full swing France is alive with a huge range of events- festivals, brocantes, markets, displays even a “Rolling Stones” gig (more about that next month😊) However a trip to the UK kicked off the month to...
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