Monthly Archives: June 2025

A footnote ..regarding the heat

The forecast for Friday was that it would be ‘orribly ‘ot.. just the kind of weather for driving four or five hours, not! The diagram I pinched from la Depeche showed it wasn’t going to get much cooler as we … Continue reading

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Too darn hot….

Lots of weather warnings about the chaleur in most of France at the moment and due to get hotter (tomorrow’s journey could be sticky!) but we still went to la Rochelle as planned. A calm start as we were going … Continue reading

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Blame it on my age? Or the heat?

A warm morning on a day that got hotter and hotter. Yellow warnings in the paper about a canicule (heatwave) in the days to come…but we started calmly, taking breakfast on the front terrace making the most of the offerings … Continue reading

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A change is as good as a rest so they say but we’re having trouble keeping up!

Car all packed, Kitty’s food and water left out for her, neighbours aware so all we needed to do was lock up and go and fill up with diesel. But easier said than done! Down at our local Leclerc there … Continue reading

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‘Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside…’

It’s June, it’s hot and sunny, the schools are nearly out… it’s time to hit the beach before the kids do! So we’re off tomorrow to Chatelaillon Plage to the hotel we stayed in last year which I loved. Homemade … Continue reading

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