Tag Archives: Lorgues

Lorgues part 1

Posted on 14 December, 2019 by candawalley

We realise that in discussing how we have moved to Lorgues that we haven’t really written a lot about it. So this is the first of what will be a couple of blogs with pretty pictures. There are many good … Continue reading →

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Arriving

Posted on 26 October, 2019 by candawalley

We have successfully arrived and are busy unpacking. At the moment we haven’t been able to set up the Internet so here are just a few photos.

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Leaving

Posted on 19 October, 2019 by candawalley

As we have mentioned a couple of times in previous blogs, we are moving. Not very far, about 5 miles away (if you still use miles) and a couple of hundred metres higher, to Lorgues. The rationale for the move … Continue reading →

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Cardboard boxes, churches and constitutional crises

Posted on 31 August, 2019 by candawalley

Well, after an eventful and somewhat stressful couple of days where it seemed as if the sale was off, it looks as though we have sold our house and, as such, made another giant leap towards moving in October. The … Continue reading →

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Courmettes and moving

Posted on 6 July, 2019 by candawalley

June was a busy month. We had a visit to the UK for our younger son Mark’s ordination in York Minster (more about that next week) and have been busy with visitors, doing various things and surviving the heatwave. (The … Continue reading →

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Church events

Posted on 12 May, 2018 by candawalley

We don’t usually devote a whole post to church events, even though we are heavily involved in Holy Trinity Church Cannes, but this week is the exception. Why? Well first, Chris was officially licensed as a lay reader last Sunday. … Continue reading →

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Winter Walks by the Argens

Posted on 17 February, 2018 by candawalley

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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Bon voyage!

Posted on 28 October, 2017 by candawalley

Bon voyage! It’s a good phrase isn’t it? But if you were to take a journey in rural France in the Middle Ages, you’d definitely want something more than good wishes for a long journey along roads where the rules … Continue reading →

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Harvest services

Posted on 11 October, 2017 by candawalley

Last week we explained at length how we managed to get a high-voltage surge through the house. The repercussions of that have continued throughout the week with the completion of seemingly endless insurance forms and the acquisition of estimates for … Continue reading →

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Some explorations (2)

Posted on 16 April, 2016 by candawalley

As we mentioned last week, we had a friend visiting recently and used her as an excuse to go to visit various local sights. Something that always gets into the tourist brochures and articles about Provence (and other parts of France … Continue reading →

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