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Parting shot 1
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Cep City 1
Home day with fires on 4
Pujada 06
Pujada 15
Retaining wall 2
End of the wall 3
Lunch on the terrace
ski chair
pantry window 10
pantry window finished 2
pantry window finished 7
making shutters 1
pointing progress
Etang de la Hilette 3
Etang de la Hilette 5
Ascent Certascan from Refugi Certascan 5
walnut lighting 4
walnut lighting 4
walnut lighting 2
walnut lighting 3
Paella
Stove ready for the chimney
Fire plate in place
All in place
Charlie squeezes through
Sweaty Charlie
Oak tree revealed
Chinese Checkers
Autumn crocus
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Parasol mushroomCategories
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Home Improvements
The scorching weather is lovely but slightly too hot to get anything big or heavy done outside. So small indoor projects have been ticked off. The biggest of which has been to freshen up the stairs. Having salvaged the staircase … Continue reading
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Greece Climbing and Islands
Armed with the latest climbing guide for Greece we flew to Athens, hired a car and headed north to Meteora. An area of conglomerate pillars with half a dozen monasteries on top, this is bedlam in the summer months with … Continue reading
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End of another summer
The colours have changed in the leaves giving that golden mosaic on the hills. The nights have drawn in and the indoor shower has seen some action. The garden is all set for winter. We have had an amazing summer … Continue reading
Posted in Summer 2018, The Project
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Birthday in the Mountains
As is the custom, each year at the end of September we hope to celebrate my birthday by a mountain walk. This time, I had a plan and it involved 3 days of hiking and a couple of nights in … Continue reading
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Bumper mushrooms
There was a time when foraging for mushrooms was a little like cruising the isles of the supermarket looking to see what you would find that looks vaguely appetising. You would gather some specimens, some of which you knew and … Continue reading
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Hillary and Ralph got married
We were fortunate enough to be invited to their wedding in a field near Manchester. The dates coincided with Dave and Helen from being in the country so we were also lucky to catch up with them too. So Friday … Continue reading
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Parasols and Pintxos
Iain, Breezy’s Father, and Jo came to spend 3 nights with us as part of their Southern Europe tour. Iain had not been over here last year and so there were some considerable changes. An indoor shower definitely met with … Continue reading
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Etang Soulcen – Pic de La Rouge – Pic des Lavans
Just us and the tent, plus some fodder, something to cook on, something to sleep in… Parked up at Orris du Carla and headed up the steep track to Etangs de la Gardelle, on to Etang de Canalbonne and up … Continue reading
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Flamisella Frolics, Fun and “That looks like a path!!!”
Lee and Sooze kindly asked us to join them for 2 days hiking with the tent and with 2 of their lovely friends Sheri (USA) and Michael (Dutch) who live just out of Seix. Great to get some hill time … Continue reading
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Raiders and Freeloaders
Not a fair title for a post as Freeloaders are uninvited. It is true that we have been having issues with Raiders though. They come at night usually and eat the lettuce hearts, the spinach, the beatroot leaves and worst … Continue reading
Posted in Summer 2018
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