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Monthly Archives: March 2018
Mortality and a March miscellany
As we have explained before, we make a point in these blogs of not revealing travelling plans and thus absences In fact for much of the past three weeks we have actually been in the UK. After a year in … Continue reading
Cannes and the curse of the Image
There is a problem in being Cannes. Because Cannes’ very existence depends on being known as bright, glitzy and exclusive that image must, at all costs, be maintained. The mayor must lie awake at night worried that he will read … Continue reading
Agay and Dramont
As we mentioned in our last blog, continuing along the coast from Théoule sur Mer we kept going. There aren’t actually that many places to stop around the headland of the Esterel, and unless you get there early, you won’t … Continue reading
Théoule sur Mer and a sombre reminder
As we’ve commented before, we have two ways back from church in Cannes. One is the fast motorway route that winds smoothly over the hills. The other is to take the spectacular, cliff-hugging road along the coast (the Corniche d’Or), … Continue reading
Posted in Alpes Maritimes, Côte d’Azur
Tagged Corniche d'Or, October 1983, Théoule sur Mer
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Snow in Taradeau
As promised, we did indeed have an encounter with the “Beast from the East” or as it is more clunkily named here la vague de froid Moscou-Paris: the “Moscow-Paris cold wave”. That’s a term that probably reflects the long shadow … Continue reading