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Category Archives: Charente
Summer is on its way!
In a rather uneven fashion, spring here is slipping into summer. We’ve finally opened our pool but it’s going to be some days before it’s warm enough to enjoyably swim in. After the prolonged wet winter and spring, our robotic … Continue reading
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An early summer walk 2
This is the continuation of last week’s blog about the walk we did from Rochebeaucourt. Much of the second part was across pleasant if unspectacular countryside. One notable feature was the presence of a number of tiny communes/hamlets (hameaux) of … Continue reading
An early summer walk 1
As with much of Europe, the weather has been very curious here in Charente. We’ve had two short spells of very warm weather (touching nearly 30C), but also extended cold patches, and indeed with something of a frost yesterday. We … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentine plateau, Rochebeaucourt, Rochebeaucourt-et-Argentine
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A premature summer?
We went to the UK for six days recently to visit some of the family. A high point was seeing our second grandson Joseph playing clarinet in his wind band. (His brother used to be in the same band but … Continue reading
An announcement etc etc
One of the bulwarks of the French state is the Journal Officiel. It comes out on line every three or four days and lists in precise detail new governmental decrees, rules and a seemingly infinite amount of detailed bureaucracy. It … Continue reading
February miscellany
This is a somewhat curious season, seemingly oscillating between winter and spring. We’ve had some lovely days with the temperature heading up to 18C but also cold, grey and miserable episodes. We have however been busy with various things. We’ve … Continue reading
‘Comic books’, farmers and cranes
The big event last week was the Festival de la Bande-Dessinée in Angouleme. As we have pointed out before, it’s a little insulting to translate bande-dessinée (BD) as ‘comic book’. Yes, some are indeed glorified comic strips, but some are … Continue reading
A blog on Pranzac
Yes finally, after having promised more (see our blog of 4 November), we are actually going to blog on Pranzac. Pranzac is a fascinating village about 15 minutes away which in many ways is a microcosm of France. There is … Continue reading
Grassac
Somehow it’s already very close to the middle of January and we have been busy with a vengeance. We had a rather feeble amount of snow on Wednesday, but since then several splendidly sunny days. Given the sodden character of … Continue reading
Seasons and septic tanks
Let’s start positively. The weather has been a bit drier and we have had some lovely skies and splendid sunsets. The rivers and streams have continued to be at a very high level, suggesting that the water table is reassuringly … Continue reading
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