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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: January 2015
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque. France's best kept secret. Friday, 2 January 2015. 218 2015 - off and running! Friday, 2nd January 201 5. A lot of something or other (most of it around 13.5° BV) has flowed. Under the bridge since I was last here. We've just returned from a very enjoyable few days away over the New Year visiting family at Andernos-les-Bains. On the north-eastern shore of the Arcachon basin ( right. On New Year's day, we had lunch at La Parqueuse. That cut out all. For some fresh ai...
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: 219. Bye bye winter blues..
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque. France's best kept secret. Tuesday, 10 March 2015. 219 Bye bye winter blues. I think I may have been out in the sun too long! Here's yet another reminder (as if you needed it) of just why the Pays Basque is such a special place. Thursday, 19th March. Yes, I know the RBS 6 Nations rugby tournament has been rumbling on over the past few weeks and this weekend will see the title being decided. (I've been busy! How the bookies see it. To stir even the most jaded of armc...
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: March 2015
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque. France's best kept secret. Tuesday, 10 March 2015. 219 Bye bye winter blues. I think I may have been out in the sun too long! Here's yet another reminder (as if you needed it) of just why the Pays Basque is such a special place. Thursday, 19th March. Yes, I know the RBS 6 Nations rugby tournament has been rumbling on over the past few weeks and this weekend will see the title being decided. (I've been busy! How the bookies see it. To stir even the most jaded of armc...
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: 3. St Jean de Luz & Biarritz
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque. France's best kept secret. Wednesday, 2 September 2009. 3 St Jean de Luz and Biarritz. I think France has much to thank Napoleon for in laying down the basis of a well-ordered society. There appears to be a procedure, form, rule or a law for everything. If not, then Système Débrouille. Comes into play. Système D. However, I would make two recommendations to anyone trying to do what we did:. 1 Make sure that at least one in your party speaks French. For several reaso...
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: 66. Provence & the Jura
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque. France's best kept secret. Monday, 28 June 2010. 66 Provence and the Jura. Back home on Sunday evening after what seems like weeks away. Phew. We'd planned a four legged journey (a 3 stop strategy in Formula 1 terms! Around France to take in the Perpignan area, the Luberon and the Jura. We'd planned to stop off first for a night with Madame's brother, O and his wife F, who were taking a early summer break in a beachfront apartment at Le Barcares. Back at the apartme...
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: May 2015
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque. France's best kept secret. Sunday, 17 May 2015. 220 La Tantina de la Playa, Bidart. Thursday, 28th May. A few months back I was browsing YouTube looking for Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No 2 (2nd Movement) - a well-known piece that was one of my father's favourites - and I stumbled upon Yuja Wang. S interpretation of this most lyrical of piano concertos. I'll never complain about China's exports again! Monday, 25th May. During la Belle Epoque. There were over 400 m...
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: 220. La Tantina de la Playa, Bidart
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque. France's best kept secret. Sunday, 17 May 2015. 220 La Tantina de la Playa, Bidart. Thursday, 28th May. A few months back I was browsing YouTube looking for Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No 2 (2nd Movement) - a well-known piece that was one of my father's favourites - and I stumbled upon Yuja Wang. S interpretation of this most lyrical of piano concertos. I'll never complain about China's exports again! Monday, 25th May. During la Belle Epoque. There were over 400 m...
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: 136. Summer's here (maybe)
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque. France's best kept secret. Friday, 1 April 2011. 136 Summer's here (maybe). At last, we've reached the end of March and we can say finally goodbye to winter. No more endless days of dripping rain. or squalls that blow in from the Bay of Biscay. Now the windows are open wide, the heating is off and the padded jackets are back in storage. I've just given the table and chairs for the terrace their first wipe down with teak oil. Next up? We went up to Arès (just to the ...
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: December 2014
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque. France's best kept secret. Monday, 8 December 2014. 217 Seasons greetings to all! Or, as they say here, " Zorionak! I can't believe that Christmas is once again upon us and almost within touching distance. From us here in a dripping Pays Basque (at least it's still not freezing) I wish all of you "out there" our best wishes for a very Happy Christmas. A few posts ago ( here. Carrying on from where I left off last time, here we go:. 169; Jean Cazaux. I knew I'd forgo...
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: 52. Ramiro Arrue - his vision of the Pays Basque.
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque. France's best kept secret. Saturday, 27 March 2010. 52 Ramiro Arrue - his vision of the Pays Basque. Visitors to the Pays Basque with an eye for the graphic arts will soon become aware of the stylistic influence exerted on the self image of the region by the celebrated Spanish artist Ramiro Arrue. I shall defend the house of my father. Against wolves, against drought, against usury, against the Justice,. I shall defend the house of my father. Born May 20, 1892 in Bi...
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