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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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Category Archives: Summer 2018
Feathered Friends and Showers
When we got back we had squatters in one of the bird boxes. These have now flown and are eating our nuts. This spurred us on to develop some more accommodation for feathered friends. We have now opened two more … Continue reading
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Yorkshire Visitors
Well it’s been 12 years coming but chuffed to bits that Liz (My Mum’s god daughter and my friend from day dot) plus hubby Mike and Mike’s son Harry could squeeze in an action packed few days with us. The … Continue reading
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Col de la Core Mont Valier Refuge and back to the barn!
This trek had been on the back of our minds for a while and seemed an ideal training yomp for Stok Kangri with a night up high at the Estagnous Refuge just below Mont Valier. After keeping an eye on … Continue reading
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Ruth and Pete’s Visit
We had been so so so looking forward to seeing our great friends Ruth and Pete, friends initially from Chamonix now living in Australia. Have not seen them for 5 years so just great that they could squeeze in 3 … Continue reading
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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
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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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