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Herault Family Life: Fire ! Fire !
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The ups and downs of family life and retirement in the South of France. Monday, 30 March 2009. We live surrounded by the garrigue. And with the constant fear, during most months of the year, of fire. However, such a natural habitat has also to be 'managed' and looked after in basic ways. Also, the more undergrowth that is got rid of, the lower the risk of 'unmanaged' fires spreading - from a carelessly discarded cigarette for example. And Richard was there to take pictures for me, since I was away! Anoth...
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Herault Family Life: July 2008
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The ups and downs of family life and retirement in the South of France. Tuesday, 29 July 2008. In the South of France. Friends arrived in La Sesquière from England this evening. And guess what they brought us? Nectar in a glass - London Pride! Don't pop round though - there is not enough for anyone else except Richard and I. We love you Marion and Andy! Please come VERY often! Jacqui and Richard U. Links to this post. Monday, 28 July 2008. But not very successfully. A total failure in fact! Martine and J...
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Herault Family Life: Just How Friendly Are You?!
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The ups and downs of family life and retirement in the South of France. Thursday, 26 March 2009. Just How Friendly Are You? I hear you ask. Yep, we had some more friends around this evening for a meal. English and Scottish tonight. It was fun actually talking in just one language for a change. Thank-you Carole, John and Colin for travelling all this way south to see us and for making it such a great evening! Jacqui and Richard U. 10 April 2009 at 11:53. 25 May 2009 at 23:38. View From Our Ruin!
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Herault Family Life: Private Thoughts .........
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The ups and downs of family life and retirement in the South of France. Tuesday, 12 May 2009. It was almost exactly two years to the day that I started this blog. For two reasons really:. I was interested in the idea of blogs, the wizards available and what you could do with them. That is, how far you could manipulate and tailor the behind the scenes code (although retired, I still retained an interest in IT! And I knew from experience that the best way to understand a programme, was to actually use it.
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Herault Family Life: April 2009
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The ups and downs of family life and retirement in the South of France. Thursday, 9 April 2009. My recent visits to the UK, surviving without alcohol, have all had a noticable effect on me. I have lost weight. Now I am not saying I was obese before, but compared to a local population who are on average substantially slimmer than their UK counterparts, I was carrying some surplus. So today, I drove to my checkup on a high. Ready and waiting to be congratulated that my BMI had dropped quite noticably.
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Herault Family Life: Not Fair !
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The ups and downs of family life and retirement in the South of France. Thursday, 9 April 2009. My recent visits to the UK, surviving without alcohol, have all had a noticable effect on me. I have lost weight. Now I am not saying I was obese before, but compared to a local population who are on average substantially slimmer than their UK counterparts, I was carrying some surplus. So today, I drove to my checkup on a high. Ready and waiting to be congratulated that my BMI had dropped quite noticably.
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Herault Family Life: Student life - French Style
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The ups and downs of family life and retirement in the South of France. Wednesday, 8 April 2009. Student life - French Style. Unbeknownst to LeeLee, I am compiling a cookery book for her to take to university this September. It contains all the usual recipes that you would expect (rice, pasta, potatoes, etc) - chosen for not only their nutritional value and ability to fill you up, but mainly for their cheapness! And she found a French cookery book, written by local students for students. I kid you not wh...
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Herault Family Life: After The Fire
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The ups and downs of family life and retirement in the South of France. Tuesday, 7 April 2009. Recently I mentioned the deliberate 'clearing by fire' that was taking place around our village. And I thought you might like an update. Less than two weeks has passed, and there is very little evidence of the fire unless you look very closely. You can hardly see that it ever took place from the main road now. It is astonishing to me the amount of new green sprouts appearing amongst the burned ash. In 2002, tog...
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The Languedoc Page - articles & Blogs
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Your articles and blogs. A blog is an online journal. Those selected include accounts of everyday events in France. Many include tales of hardship as the writers struggle to settle in a foreign country. And many are very amusing. Blog writing requires discipline, which I don't have, so I don't have one. I edit the blog list on an irregular basis - I favour regular updates and local blogs. Some who have abandoned their blogs vanish! An American family discovering a new life near Montpellier ( via Ireland ).
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Herault Family Life: June 2008
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The ups and downs of family life and retirement in the South of France. Saturday, 28 June 2008. Richard is ready to give up on his runner beans, and threatening to dig them up. So I went out and had a good look at them. They are just adapting to the climate and hiding under the tiles! I found about 6-8 but, just on principle, Richard says he is NOT going to eat them. He does not consider this a productive enough return.never satisfied, the girls and I say! Jacqui and Richard U. Links to this post. Brings...