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Les Étoiles de Pau sont trés beau
Saturday did not look like it promised much at first glance. The bitter cold rain from the night before left a fog that surrounded us all morning. Charlotte, her sister, boyfriend and I packed our bags and squished into the car. We embarked on our two hour ride to the Pyrénées, the land of breathtaking mountains, snow, and world-famous horses and horseback riders competing that weekend.
The compact (and compacted) car sludged its way through the mud that was supposed to be ...
Cushings Disease a le Casino? Mais oui.
Charlotte and I were allowed to leave the clinic early on thursday to attend a lecture (slash marketing promotion for vets) on Cushings Disease in Horses. Despite having this privilege we were still late for the conference.
My iPhone's GPS stopped working (looks like the AT&T staff did not keep their promise... again) and Charlotte's GPS is so old that it did not recognize newly constructed roads and thus directed us ...
Bonnie and Clyde -simples!
... drop so we could get more for our money. The agent is mightily impressed by what we have done here and has said that more than anything demonstrating that we have a successful business in the valley, is apparently worth more. Everything we do here, we challenge as to whether it is adding value, otherwise you can get carried away and we are realistic about how long we will be able to work at this pace and know that we will not end our days in this house; maybe ...
The Pyrenees
Having left Sharon & Alan to get on with their packing we arrived at Camping Soeil du Pibeste in Agos-Vidalos which is a small village 6kms south of Lourdes.
The site has slowly been emptying since we arrived (that doesn't sound too good!) and there are now 2 units left on site. It’s a peaceful site nestling in a valley of the Pyrenees. The view from our caravan is wonderful and we have decided that the big birds soaring ...
Cock-a-doodle do or cock-a-doodle don"t
... with high winds and a not so young and daring painter ( ! ) we are going to have to get hold of some sort of scaffolding to do the high bits. It doesn’t help that everything needs sanding down and at least 3 coats due to being left for so long. I am sure we will get there – one thing we do have is time! Fortunately the weather has been great,if a little too hot with temperatures into the 30s, so progress is steady but thorough.
Our neighbour ...