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La Couloir de la Mort | Martin's French Blog
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Martin's French Blog. Life in the French countryside. La Couloir de la Mort. Posted by Martin Pooley. In Life in France. Asymp; 8 Comments. The Corridor of Death. The Corridor of Death. Is the sort of road sign that tends to get your attention, isn’t it. This one is not a comment on the speed of modern drivers but refers to events during the battle for Normandy in August 1944. The valley of the Dives from Montormel through which the Corridor of Death ran. Looks very peaceful today! How tractors used to b...
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The Germanwings Tragedy | Martin's French Blog
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Martin's French Blog. Life in the French countryside. Posted by Martin Pooley. In Just a thought. Asymp; 3 Comments. A good friend of mine in California who used to be a senior flight attendant with a charter airline and who is familiar with my career in aviation, a career that included 20 years as a Loadmaster with an American cargo airline where I had a close-up view of cockpit dynamics, asked me the other day what is it that I thought could drive a pilot to commit suicide and take all on board with him.
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Martin's French Blog | Life in the French countryside | Page 2
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Martin's French Blog. Life in the French countryside. Posted by Martin Pooley. In Life in France. Asymp; 7 Comments. The countryside has now moved on from the white of wood anemones and has embarked upon a yellow phase. Fields of mustard rape are everywhere as are dandelions, buttercups and lesser celandines. The orchard at our local chateau was mown only a few days ago but it is once again carpeted with dandelions. Here are a few more photos:. 8220;A host of golden…dandelions”. Is ski of course while.
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Give us this day…… | Martin's French Blog
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Martin's French Blog. Life in the French countryside. Give us this day……. Posted by Martin Pooley. In Life in France. Asymp; 8 Comments. 8230;Our daily bread. The French love the stuff, but it has to be fresh. Leave it overnight and you can use it as aggregate for a new driveway. But what to do if your local. Why, hotfoot it down to your local baguette-o-mat! In France alone. The one signposted here is GR22. Les Chemins de Mont Saint Michel. I mention footpaths because it leads me back to the subject of ...
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The Darling Buds of April…. | Martin's French Blog
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Martin's French Blog. Life in the French countryside. The Darling Buds of April…. Posted by Martin Pooley. In Life in France. Asymp; 12 Comments. Wood Anemones at the chateau at Carrouges. 8230;are here to cheer, and, big excitement (? Our lawn has had its first cut of the season. 8220;The First Cut Is The Deepest”…(No sign of nesting life in the bird box yet, though). In favour of the likes of. Meanwhile, there are other harbingers of spring . It was a damn’d close run thing. Somehow I doubt the French ...
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Martin's French Blog. Life in the French countryside. 8220;Aux Armes Citoyens! Posted by Martin Pooley. In Life in France. Asymp; 2 Comments. You will have seen and read so much coverage of the attacks in Paris that you won’t be interested in much more from me, but I’ll just offer you this:. End of sermon….for now. And the French national motto of. 8216;Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité. On a brighter note. And on an even brighter note,. 8220;Im Abendrot”. A final word on the Rugby World Cup. It occurred to m...
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Mellow Yellow | Martin's French Blog
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Martin's French Blog. Life in the French countryside. Posted by Martin Pooley. In Life in France. Asymp; 7 Comments. The countryside has now moved on from the white of wood anemones and has embarked upon a yellow phase. Fields of mustard rape are everywhere as are dandelions, buttercups and lesser celandines. The orchard at our local chateau was mown only a few days ago but it is once again carpeted with dandelions. Here are a few more photos:. 8220;A host of golden…dandelions”. Is ski of course while.
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Cafe and Studio La Terrasse… | Martin's French Blog
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Martin's French Blog. Life in the French countryside. Cafe and Studio La Terrasse…. Posted by Martin Pooley. In Life in France. Asymp; 9 Comments. Cafe and Studio La Terrasse. 8230;is, again, open for business! I asked our neighbour, Yannick , who lives in the house that you. See, to take his chain saw to them and he duly obliged. Now we will get more sunlight into our garden. Instead of relying on groundhogs, the British have an old saying:if March comes in like a lion it’ll go out like a lamb (an...
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