Monthly Archives: September 2017

Walking the Gorges du Verdon

Posted on 30 September, 2017 by

We posted a number of photos of the spectacular Martel walk along the floor of Gorges du Verdon last year (see that blog by clicking this link). Doing just a bit of it gave us a taste to do more. … Continue reading →

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Of grapes and the environment

Posted on 23 September, 2017 by

The high point of the agricultural year in our part of France is the vendage, the grape harvest. Other than a few olive trees, not much else is grown. So from late August into September it’s not uncommon to be … Continue reading →

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Late summer miscellany

Posted on 16 September, 2017 by

We often find that we start to think of a new blog and realise we’ve got lots of good photos which don’t really fit into one particular theme. So here are some sights of the later summer. The level of terrorist … Continue reading →

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Celebrating all things organic in Correns

Posted on 9 September, 2017 by

We blogged on a visit to Correns last November. It’s not only a charming village in a lovely setting, but a “village bio” (i.e. it tries to be organic as possible). So when we discovered they were holding an organic … Continue reading →

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Les Médiévales des Arcs (part 3)

Posted on 2 September, 2017 by

What’s a medieval festival without knights? In fact this year’s festival at Les Arcs described itself as “four days of adventure in the time of the knights”. To be precise, it was the 12th century and the location was supposed … Continue reading →

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