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a very grand pressigny: October 2014
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A very grand pressigny. October 22, 2014. Today is a BIG DAY for Nick. One of the main criteria when looking for a bigger house in France was that it had a garden big enough to require a sit-on mower! On Monday Nick cut the grass using the ancient heap of a petrol mower left behind for us by the previous owners. It was kind of them to leave it but it was hard work to use. After an hour of heaving the thing around Nick had sore wrists, a sore back and I had sore ears! More of the same Garden. As the conve...
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a very grand pressigny: July 2014
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A very grand pressigny. July 25, 2014. TWO WEEKS TOO LATE. The next house we saw had nothing much to either recommend it or not. It was an ordinary bungalow in an ordinary suburb. There was nothing much wrong with it, nor anything very exciting about it. It’s the sort of bungalow my dad would like and that we might like ourselves when we’re much older and want a house that’s easy to look after and maintain. You could even walk to the shops for a baguette. It was just a few thousand euros above our price ...
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a very grand pressigny: April 2015
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A very grand pressigny. April 18, 2015. As soon as the kitchen floor was finished we moved back in amongst the dust and chaos to begin the next phase, which was to board over the remaining walls and fit plumbing, gas and an electricity supply, ready for the imminent arrival of the kitchen units from the UK. At last the delivery arrived but when the lorry driver started unloading the pallets containing our beautiful brand new Magnet units I had a feeling that something was wrong and my heart sank. Insuran...
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It's a Cat's Life!!: November 2012
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Monday, 5 November 2012. My brother Bagger thinks he's a tomato. Monday, November 05, 2012. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Me, Me, Me, Miaou! Le Moulin de la Forge. De la bonne bouffe. Days on the Claise. A Very Grand Pressigny. In and around Braye-sous-Faye. Social History in the Touraine. L'Union Bar de Paulmy. Ethereal template. Powered by Blogger.
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Chez Charnizay: Spring Intermezzo
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Life in Sud Touraine. Sunday, 8 March 2015. A brief intermezzo before we post the second part of the Sculptures in Touraine exhibition. After seemingly endless grey skies and rain we've suddenly been given some super springtime weather and for the last 3 days the temperature outside has been hovering around the 18C mark. Glorious! A slight cut above the usual stuff on offer. Snowdrops on their way out, double daffs in bud. Early daffs by the drive. On Friday Niall dusted off the two chairs and table we h...
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Chez Charnizay: March 2014
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Life in Sud Touraine. Thursday, 27 March 2014. The land we live on is old, and there is quite a lot of evidence of very early habitation. A farming friend has a substantial collection of flints which he has acquired by simply collecting them from his fields. The castle at Le Grand Pressigny houses an impressive museum of pre-history. At Abilly there's an archeological dig museum, Archéolab. Charnizay from the dolmen parking lot. The dolmen here at Charnizay is a simple one of three very large disc-like s...
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Chez Charnizay: December 2014
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Life in Sud Touraine. Wednesday, 31 December 2014. White bright fireworks.jpg, wikimedia commons. Tuesday, 30 December 2014. Christmas Day dinner on Christmas Eve. Our normal Christmas tradition here has become a seafood platter on Christmas Eve and our main festive meal eaten on Christmas Day. This year we reversed the order as we went to visit Chateau Chenonceau on the 25th with friends Susan and Simon. Walking up to the approach to the chateau. Classic' view of Chenonceau in full winter sun. In Bolton...
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Chez Charnizay: February 2014
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Life in Sud Touraine. Sunday, 23 February 2014. Our village also has a colombier. Now part of a farm, appropriately called 'Le Colombier', it lies at the end of one of the little chemins which run up the small valleys just outside the bourg. Last vestiges of the mediaeval donjon. The pigeons are long gone, the current inhabitant is a barn owl. The current owners of Le Colombier farm goats and run a lovely eco-friendly gite; you can find out more if you like here on the Gites de France. This piece of legi...
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Chez Charnizay: September 2014
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Life in Sud Touraine. Sunday, 28 September 2014. Last month when we visited the Chateau de Candé one of the things that impressed us was it's "live-able" feel. The rooms were of a size you could imagine using and given it isn't too enormous you could envisage living there - if you had won a lottery jackpot and so had the squillions needed for the upkeep of course! One of 8 bathrooms: green mosaic above moving to a blue palette below. Fern Bedaux's ballroom sized bathroom. All the bathrooms are tiled with...
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Chez Charnizay: April 2014
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Life in Sud Touraine. Saturday, 19 April 2014. Last Tuesday was our silver wedding anniversary. Despite life being rather full of grade sheets, evaluations, presentations and final classes we managed to go out for lunch as Antoinette dashed straight out at the end of her class in Tours which finished at 12:30. We'd asked friends Susan and Simon. For a recommendation close to Tours. They suggested Le Val Joli. Aqueduct: looking south towards Luynes. Aqueduct: looking north in the direction of the source.