Arcades Lourdes
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Joyeux Noel!!
... and I am a bit nervous as I want the cooking to be good. However, having had the practice during the summer with the B & B, I have a good idea of what they like. In many ways they are easier than the British because they eat everything and are quite happy for the children aged 5 to 14 to all sleep together and eat with the adults. Before Jeanne and Denis left to go back to Bordeaux, I had the whole family round for bangers and mash followed by ...
What a difference a day makes
... taken up since the animals were brought down from the mountains and all of them are enclosed by electric fences. I suppose it was only a matter of time before Dodge had to test these out, but we never expected such a dramatic reaction. Each day we walk him in the woods near the house and which border prime grazing pasture and along the path at the edge an electric fence has been erected to keep the sheep in and presumably predators out. One day this week Dodge touched the fence with ...
Back to the Pyrenees
... de la Glere the first night and the tiny unmanned Refuge Packe the second night. Day three I came down a different valley a very long down hill trek which I can still feel in my legs. Of course I swam in mountain lakes next to both hostels and at Packe I had one companion - Thibaud a doctoral student Social Psychology of mixed Togo and French parents. We both ate sardine sandwiches and he made the fire. You will see how sweet the refuge was and how fantastic the ...
The Pyrenees
... legend has it that he was cradled in an upturned tortoise shell that is still on display inside.
Once we got to the Chateau, we chose to tour its extensive gardens and trails instead of the inside. Even with the draw of the tortoise shell, on such a lovely day, a nice hike at the base of the Pyrenees was certainly in order and our preferred choice. Leaving the chateau’s gardens we stumbled across a very small but very neat old town. It is only a ...
Heat wave and first snow
... consultation! Well he won’t forget me in a hurry, the English woman with a boil on her bum and a sore boob!
We already know that this is where we want to be for the foreseeable future. Each day the view takes our breath away and we experience something new. Like so many people, though, we are asset rich and cash poor. When I had the money I didn’t have the time, now I have time and no money! Just need to sell some property in the UK and all will be ...



