Tag Archives: forest fires

The beach and the Burnt Zone

Posted on 2 October, 2021 by candawalley

We’ve just come back from a very nice week in Aquitaine, so for the next few weeks we will be showing some pretty pictures from western France. However before we drove over there, we decided to go to the beach. … Continue reading →

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The fire and the aftermath

Posted on 28 August, 2021 by candawalley

We are drafting his a few days before it gets posted but at the time of writing it looks as though the Var fire is out although there are a number of hot areas that are being carefully monitored. The … Continue reading →

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The fire

Posted on 18 August, 2021 by candawalley

We were, of course, expecting it. It’s been a long, dry summer and with the recent forest fires around the Mediterranean we knew we were pretty high on the list of potential candidates. And so it happened. We have a … Continue reading →

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Incendies

Posted on 29 July, 2017 by candawalley

We were going to post a series of photographs from the bi-annual Fête médiévale at our neighbouring village of Les Arcs, a spectacular, colourful and well-attended event. All being well, we will blog on this over the next couple of … Continue reading →

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And life still goes on…

Posted on 30 July, 2016 by candawalley

Because everybody knows France and everybody loves it, bad news about France is big news. And we have not been short of bad news. But contrary to some fantastic and irresponsible reporting France is not on ‘the brink of civil … Continue reading →

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