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A Sunday of contrasts

Posted on 25 May, 2019 by candawalley

One of the fascinating things about living where we do is a sense of being involved in two worlds: slow-moving, traditional, rural France and the frantic, glamorous twenty-first century urban world of the Cote d’Azur. That contrast was very much … Continue reading →

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Oppidum

Posted on 2 February, 2019 by candawalley

One interesting French word which has no obvious English translation is débroussaillage. It basically means clearing vegetation and probably isn’t far from the term “de-brushing” (as in brush wood). In our part of the world, with its abundant sunlight, general warmth and episodic … Continue reading →

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The Oppidum: the end of season

Posted on 2 June, 2018 by candawalley

So, we have finally finished the third season of our labours up at the Taradeau oppidum. (There’s a good summary of the site and last year’s work on the Taradeau website. It’s in French, but there’s also a nice aerial view … Continue reading →

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September miscellany

Posted on 1 October, 2016 by candawalley

We thought it would be worth covering some of the other things we did during September, a month that here seems to begin in summer and end in autumn. So, at the start of the month we made it to … Continue reading →

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Oppidum labours

Posted on 24 October, 2015 by candawalley

We have somewhere before mentioned the fact that our village of Taradeau has an oppidum. And for the benefit of the uninitiated or forgetful we remind you that an oppidum is really a fancy name for a walled settlement created … Continue reading →

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