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A larger market than Auvillars, where we bought food and some clothes and sat in (or outside) a cafe, as you do in France. The produce all looked very healthy and fresh. Michael tried a few hats, We met Annette, Michael's landlady and her niece, Marie. Annette had
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Moussiac is another ancient town with a huge Abbey and cloisters dating from the Roman occupation and before. It was Monday so almost everything was shut all day, (because they work Saturdays) including food shops and the streets were deserted. Where were they all? Weird. The Abbey had walls that
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Sunday is a farmers' market day, which uses a circular market centre, near a very ancient church, parts of which go back almost 1000 years. Iupgraded my camera at Luton airport , so checked it's underwater capabilities in the pool, with Michael. There is also a pic of
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After a long but uneventful (fortunately)journey we arrived at our gite quite late and began a frantic search for an open supermarket--thank you 'intermarche!' ! Son Michael had meanwhile arrived,separately, at a nearby B & B and arrived at 9.00pm, complete with his chauffeuse -Annette-
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We set the Satnav to 'fastest' route to Nottingham and endured 3 hours of motorway 'truck terror' and on return next day, set it to 'direct' route and enjoyed three hours of calm, beautiful country driving without a motorway in sight! Friends Roger and
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We walked from the house along many woodland footpaths, to Little Hampden, where there is a splendid mansion (private) in huge grounds, home of Lord Ian Hampden Hollingden. There were signs on many stiles advertising legislative changes to the rules governing the grounds, which makes one suspicious. The language was
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Mary's new Merrell shoes, bought in Sydney a week before we left have sprung a tear and she is very annoyed. Pic here! Home of the Varney family even today, Claydon house is open to the public and we met Australian friends John and Judy there, for a
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Round the M25 (always a delight!) lies the town of Ashtead, where longtime friends Ann and John live. Ann was in a choral concert on Saturday night, that we attended in their local church. Sunday we visited the service at another local church, over 900 years old and exquisitely preserved,
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Michael invited us to join him for a bike ride today and our GPS (christened Agatha) took us there via the M4 and M25. Michael hired the bikes and off we set past the deer, some magnificent trees, lakeside artists and signs authorised by the Secretary of State. Royal Parks
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A day spent pleasantly with a Nottingham neighbour, June, who has retired to a complex in Oxford, built to resemble a period college hall of residence--and very nicely appointed too. June has two grandsons at Keeble College and her husband studied Chemistry at the Dyson Perrins reseach facility before
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There are some ancient and beautiful old houses, in flint or brick or both, in Prestwood, some medieval and Tudor. However, you wonder what goes on inside them, when you see this sort of sign! "Can I have a bottle of mixed blonde and brunette, please?" "Will
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Yesterday we visited Combe hill, peak of the Chilterns at 900 feet and the Boer War monument. In the forest, some wag had placed a paper 'eye' on a lochness monster shaped piece of forest timber. Michael came from london last night for meal and styaed the night.