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Up sharpish this morning as Eurostar seemed divided about how early we should present ourselves at check-in, anywhere between 45 and 120 minutes before departure on the various bits of paper/emails. We skipped breakfast and left for Gare du Nord … Continue reading →

I was born late and have been tardy ever since. For big events that require me to be ready at a certain time it involves alarm clocks/calls and a nagging fear I shall sleep through them all and be late…too … Continue reading →

We started this blog when we went overland to China for our ruby wedding anniversary, although ultimately it fell to me to write up our story depending on dodgy WiFi and other restrictions. It continued as a record of our … Continue reading →

This year the spring was wet, wet, wet so the thought of some time by the sea, wriggling my toes in the sand with the sun warming our backs became impossible to ignore. After cancelling last June’s seaside trip due … Continue reading →

I decided a while ago that if we both stayed healthy through the winter I would love to go to Paris to celebrate my birthday. After last year’s events and the hideous memory of confinement due to COVID I have … Continue reading →

In January we are usually discussing where to spend Mr McGregor’s February birthday which we have traditionally celebrated by clumping around some snowy (sometimes green) landscape be it Pyrenees, Jura, Alpes or Auvergne. Due to his continuing balance problems, heaps … Continue reading →

As mentioned in my last post there was a Giacometti (not Magritte) exhibition at Les Abbatoirs in Toulouse that I hoped we would visit before it closed. And yes, the gallery is housed in the old slaughterhouse of Toulouse and … Continue reading →

When we were just starting to let our little holiday house as a gite we were asked to house some holidaying friends of friends who had been flooded out lower down in the village. They stayed for a week and … Continue reading →

After the positive experience of the Angouleme visit I was keen to build on our success so booked us in for another little jaunt, just two nights this time down in the department of the Gers. For many years I … Continue reading →

It was with great relief that we contemplated a lazy Sunday after our two busy, albiet very interesting, days. The hotel prided itself on its Sunday buffet BBQ brunch and had gone to the trouble of emailing me a few … Continue reading →