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Climate Change(s)

Posted on April 14, 2018 by

Chris came across some discussion on the web this week about whether it was better to talk about Global Warming or Climate Change. He cautiously prefers the term “climate change” because it carries with it the idea that global warming … Continue reading →

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Mortality and a March miscellany

Posted on March 31, 2018 by

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 →

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Winter Walks by the Argens

Posted on February 17, 2018 by

We’ve had a busy week but it’s been filled with things that don’t lend themselves to photos – being invited round for a meal, editing work, going to the cinema. So we thought we’d post some photos taken from three walks … Continue reading →

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Food and festivities

Posted on January 6, 2018 by

First of all, we know we have already said this, but for the first post of 2018 can we wish everybody a happy New Year where ever you are. We had family down for Christmas – Mark, Alice, Thomas and … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on December 31, 2017 by

We’ve very much appreciated the positive comments about our blog which many of you have sent over this Christmas period. Thank you! To all our readers, all best wishes for the new year, or as they say round here: Meilleurs … Continue reading →

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Joyeux Noël !

Posted on December 23, 2017 by

We thought we’d post some Christmas pictures, in no particular order. There’s a long tradition in France of local fire units coming round and giving you a rather amateur calendar in return for a donation: fair enough, the death and … Continue reading →

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Christmas preparations, a death and a president

Posted on December 16, 2017 by

Rather to our surprise we suddenly find ourselves less than a dozen days to Christmas. No less surprising is the fact that, at the end of December, we will have been in our house here in Taradeau for three years. … Continue reading →

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