Tag Archives: Lac Sainte Croix

June miscellany

Posted on 25 June, 2022 by candawalley

Here are various bits and pieces which don’t merit their own blog. One encouraging – or possibly discouraging – phenomenon is that the cruise ships are back at Cannes. They sail in, dominate the horizon and stay a couple of … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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Lavender and the lake

Posted on 24 July, 2021 by candawalley

After last week’s blog we thought we’d go back to photos of the natural world. In our part of France a key period is the end of June and beginning of July. This is the season where in the hinterland, … Continue reading →

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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 →

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2020 retrospective

Posted on 2 January, 2021 by candawalley

Happy New Year! This time last year we cycled along the bay of St Tropez from where we could see snow on the far mountains. But 2021 has started cloudy and cold with rain so we simply take the opportunity … Continue reading →

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Moustiers Sainte Marie Part 1

Posted on 3 October, 2020 by candawalley

We first visited Moustiers Sainte Marie over ten years ago when passing through the area on holiday. It was very nearly our first and last visit. Moustiers is in all the tourist guides, is officially one of the “most beautiful” … Continue reading →

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Sainte Croix du Verdon

Posted on 29 August, 2020 by candawalley

The Covid pandemic, which sadly is far from over, has had all sorts of implications and results. One of these has curiously been in the area of bathing. Most of the coastal beaches near to us are fairly narrow, with … Continue reading →

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An almost normal day No. 2

Posted on 20 June, 2020 by candawalley

We mentioned last week that we ‘celebrated’ the ending of confinement by a cycling trip out to Lac Sainte Croix, and promised some photos. The rainy weather had resulted in wonderfully clear air and on the way out of Aups … Continue reading →

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January in the rear-view mirror

Posted on 8 February, 2020 by candawalley

After last week’s necessarily text-heavy blog, here’s a compensation. January has been and gone, and so here are some winter photos. Not that there has been much of a winter. And finally…

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