Tag Archives: Taradeau

The Taradeau oppidum once more

Posted on 11 December, 2021 by candawalley

When we lived in Taradeau we posted many times on our labours with a local association to help uncover the old walls of the ancient hilltop fort or oppidum above the village so that it could be seen properly. Looking … Continue reading →

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February miscellany

Posted on 23 February, 2019 by candawalley

Near our house there are some open fields which have been getting rather overgrown with bushes as the sheep which graze them in winter and spring only eat the grass. We were interested to see the other day that tractors … Continue reading →

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Christmas Retrospective 1

Posted on 5 January, 2019 by candawalley

First, happy new year to all our readers! But we are still just in the Christmas season, so we thought we’d post a few pictures of things we did in the run-up. More next week! All the local wine-producing chateaus … Continue reading →

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The new wine

Posted on 1 December, 2018 by candawalley

Yes there have been continuing protests in France by the Gilets Jaunes about which more perhaps next week. There have also been developments – but no breakthroughs – in the wearisome long-running Brexit saga. Certainly the mood among the “expatriate community” … Continue reading →

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Taradeau’s big event

Posted on 24 November, 2018 by candawalley

As will have been apparent to anyone who reads these blogs – and there seem to be an increasing number of you – our village is still feels that it’s life is focused on the many vineyards. So it’s not … Continue reading →

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11 November

Posted on 17 November, 2018 by candawalley

Given that France was the major theatre of operations for  the First World War and enormously important for much of the Second, it was particularly appropriate to be here this 11th November.  We found ourselves involved in two things: first, … Continue reading →

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Cleaning up Taradeau

Posted on 9 June, 2018 by candawalley

Our Saturday labours on the oppidum having finished for the year, it turned out there was another volunteer event on Saturday, a clean-up of Taradeau. Now there are interesting issues here. In Britain voluntary organisations are universally welcomed because local … 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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Climate Change(s)

Posted on 14 April, 2018 by candawalley

Chris came across some discussion on the web this week about whether it was better to talk about Global Warming or Climate Change. He cautiously prefers the term “climate change” because it carries with it the idea that global warming … Continue reading →

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Snow in Taradeau

Posted on 3 March, 2018 by candawalley

As promised, we did indeed have an encounter with the “Beast from the East” or as it is more clunkily named here la vague de froid Moscou-Paris: the “Moscow-Paris cold wave”. That’s a term that probably reflects the long shadow … Continue reading →

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