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Isolation and fraternité
Roquetaillade is only about five miles from the edge of Limoux, the market town which serves as a commercial centre for a large number of villages. Limoux only has a population of just over 10 000, but it has four … Continue reading
Moving Blues
This is a strange time, dominated by thoughts and feelings about houses. Thoughts of buying and selling them, and moving out of and into them. Feelings of sadness and loss, and feelings of excitement and anticipation. But it is not … Continue reading
Going, going, gone . . . . . subject to contract
Let me say first of all that I really have little respect for estate agents. It strikes me that they must be one of the least trustworthy ‘professions’. The manager of our estate agent in Derby claims to be working … Continue reading
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Letting Go
Just when we thought all our endless hours waiting on phone calls from estate agents were over…..we now find ourselves at the end of another long day of waiting to hear from the agent who is handling the sale of … Continue reading
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One Hundred Hours of Solitude
Well more like seventy-five actually. Simon is in Blighty for a few days visiting his parents in Dover. He just managed to fly into Stansted airport before the snow rolled in and closed the south east of England. So I am … Continue reading
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The Parachute Opens
The day following the storm dawned clear and very still. It was an unusual stillness, as if the whole landscape was under sedation, sleeping off the cuts and bruises inflicted by the big windy bully the day before. There was a … Continue reading