Tag Archives: Gorges du Verdon

Gorges du Verdon in winter

Posted on 26 February, 2022 by candawalley

We had an American visitor staying for a few days, so we thought it was obligatory to take her to the Gorges du Verdon, France’s answer to the Grand Canyon. It was a cold and cloudless day but after a … Continue reading →

Posted in Provence, Var | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Down to the lake and back

Posted on 1 May, 2021 by candawalley

We are very much looking forward to Monday. That’s the day when travel restrictions within France will be lifted – we can go more than 10km from our house, travel across departmental boundaries and no longer need to fill out … Continue reading →

Posted in Provence, Var | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The unmissables 2: Gorges du Verdon

Posted on 15 June, 2019 by candawalley

OK so we know we have mentioned the spectacular Gorges du Verdon before in these blogs (just check the tags on the right), but when we’re talking about ‘unmissables’, this is surely one of the top ones. We’ve visited the … Continue reading →

Posted in Var | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Walking the Gorges du Verdon

Posted on 30 September, 2017 by candawalley

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 →

Posted in Var | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Dunkirk etc…

Posted on 21 July, 2017 by candawalley

We have just been to see Dunkirk or more precisely Dunkerque on the big IMAX screen at Toulon. It was in French of course and we confess to failing to follow some of the dialogue. Despite an over-clever structure it … Continue reading →

Posted in Var | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

2016 miscellany

Posted on 24 December, 2016 by candawalley

We thought that we’d take the opportunity in our last blog for 2016 to include a few photos that didn’t make it into previous posts, usually because something more topical or interesting turned up. So, although we’ve posted various picture … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Var | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Gorges du Verdon

Posted on 11 June, 2016 by candawalley

We’ve been very busy with a number of different things this week, involving staying at Courmettes and going to Monaco – of which more in the next couple of weeks when we get time to write it up. So in … Continue reading →

Posted in Var | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

The changing of the seasons

Posted on 7 March, 2015 by candawalley

There can be no doubt now that we are into spring, at least down here in Taradeau. The blossom is coming out on the almond and the plum trees, the temperature is nudging up towards 20°C, the supermarkets are starting … Continue reading →

Posted in Var | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment