Tag Archives: Tourtour

Farewell to winter

Posted on 27 February, 2021 by candawalley

In some ways we have moved on from winter here in Lorgues. We have had temperatures of over 20C in the last couple of days and have even opened to pool to clear out the accumulated leaves. However, there is … Continue reading →

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Tourtour without tourists

Posted on 12 December, 2020 by candawalley

We have blogged or shown pictures of Tourtour many times before in these blogs. Funnily enough, most of our photos show the village out of season, when it looks very different to its usual summer aspect. And just to show … Continue reading →

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Déconfinement 2: out and about, locally

Posted on 23 May, 2020 by candawalley

It might have been assumed that with the loosening of confinement that we would immediately head over the hills and far away. Well, we didn’t do that. There were two reasons: the first was that we had a ‘must buy’ … 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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The ghost of Tourtour

Posted on 20 January, 2018 by candawalley

Almost everybody who comes to stay with us gets taken up to the village of Tourtour about half an hour away to the north of us. No one ever complains: indeed almost everybody falls in love with the place. It … Continue reading →

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Tourtour and Brexit

Posted on 8 October, 2016 by candawalley

Tourtour Although we discovered the little village of Tourtour just a few months after arriving in Taradeau, it has rapidly become one of the places we take visitors to. It’s only 20 minutes away but it’s easy to overlook: it’s … Continue reading →

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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 →

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