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Category Archives: Local travels
Aubeterre, Bloody Fingers and Sunshine!
Back again for a roundup of my last trip in the Charente. As with my last post, this time I went to another place that I have passed by so many times. Aubeterre-sur-Dronne is classed as one of the Plus … Continue reading
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Avoiding the Crowds
If there is one good thing to emerge from the crazy petrol prices, it is that I am more than happy to visit new places much closer to home. I really do appreciate that I am very fortunate that I … Continue reading
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Shepherd’s Warning
Well, we have made it through the month and here we are at the end of autumn, meteorologically speaking. I was thrilled to be able to walk Maggie in the dry for a change and no doubt she was happy … Continue reading
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Misty Morning
Under a mantle of frost and mist, the countryside is looking radiant this morning as the low sun reminds us that winter will soon be upon us. The early morning mist and dew The faintest sunlight shining through, The branches … Continue reading
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Summer’s Last Hurrah?
Well here we are, mid-October and it is 26c. Much needed rains have fallen for the first half of this month and everywhere looks refreshed and invigorated. The weeds are making up for the heatwaves of summer and the grass … Continue reading
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Winterising!
I don’t know if it’s even a word but this is what I had done to the car yesterday. It was due a service and revision of the computer and so on (all too technical for me), and seeing as … Continue reading
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Eclipsing the pique-nique
Common at this time of year are the many small local events; picnic’s, music evenings, night markets, concerts, quizzes, brocantes, exhibitions, fairs…in fact almost any excuse you can think of to have a ‘get-together’ and for communities to just get … Continue reading
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On the doorstep
It seems that April has almost passed me by, and I haven’t posted anything. It isn’t that there hasn’t been anything happening. Au contraire, I don’t feel that I have stopped for breath. Being spring, the garden has taken plenty … Continue reading
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Close to Home
To say that I am exhausted would be an understatement. Now that we have some glorious mild temperatures and an extended period of dry weather, I am busy sanding and painting les volets (shutters) on the house. Being new, they … Continue reading
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Saintes
Mid-February and we are basking in very spring-like temperatures; 15 – 18c, and one corner of the garden, which is a real sun trap, recorded 20c the day before. It really is essential to make the most of this kind … Continue reading
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Family Visitors
I’m now in the process of playing ‘catch-up’, so the next number of posts will be from July when my daughter, Amy, and her husband, Damien, visited from New Zealand. Having made the long flight from New Zealand and Australia … Continue reading
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Verteuil-sur-Charente
The great thing about living in this region is that you really don’t have to travel very far to enjoy the delights of small towns and villages, relatively traffic-free roads, and at this time of year, few tourists. The wonderful … Continue reading
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La Petite Rue 