Category Archives: Environment

The Turbines Go Live

A couple of days ago, we looked out of the kitchen window to watch the dawn leaking across the sky from the horizon, and noticed movement. Lots of movement. Fourteen of the newly built wind turbines were functioning. Having followed the development of the ‘parc … Continue reading

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Wind turbines

You’ll perhaps (I hope!) have noticed some changes to the appearance of this blog. We thought that it was time to update the original, and liked the idea of a photo in the header. This meant I was hunting for … Continue reading

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Each, Peach, Pear, Plum….

This is a blog about plums. Plum is a nice-sounding word. Like ‘plump’, round and cosy without being fat. And if you say it lots of times quite fast, it sounds like a small, naughty elephant running down a mossy … Continue reading

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Another month. Another field to conquer.

Last Friday dawned dull and drizzly. At 11.00am, after our morning visit to the llamas, we called at Mme Burgat’s house as arranged. Despite the less-than-perfect weather, Mme Burgat insisted that we should still go to look at her land, … Continue reading

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A Nightingale sang…..

….but not in Berkeley Square. Here is just a little (aural) glimpse of some of the loveliness of the valley below Roquetaillade that we are lucky enough to experience every day. Sometimes, when we have stopped our daily travail for … Continue reading

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Short-lived beauty

I have commented before on the range of ‘nature’ that surrounds us here. We also often admire the efficiency of French public services from which we benefit. Today, I experienced a conflict between these two good aspects of our new … Continue reading

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