Monthly Archives: November 2013

L’Isle sur la Sorgue, Arles, Avignon and Mont Ventoux (nearly… again.)

L’Isle sur la Sorgue We left Vence late morning and had a lovely drive to L’Isle sur la Sorgue.  It was cold but with plenty of  sunshine and a lovely autumnal sky. L’Isle sur la Sorgue We arrived in L’Isle … Continue reading

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Vence, France. Was Robert Burns referring to the New Partridge Family?

We’re now back in the south of France with Charlotte’s mum, Janet.  Thankfully, Charlotte’s father, Geoffrey, has recovered a little, he is out of hospital and now back at the nursing home.  It’s good that we’re close by and can … Continue reading

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Manchester to Bristol via Sherston

A sunny, frosty Monday morning (the last frost we saw was in August at “Three Waters” in Queensland).  Sara and John were off to work early, and James left for college shortly afterwards.  We packed up our things, scraped the … Continue reading

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Manchester

On Friday we drove north to Manchester to see Charlotte’s sister Sara, husband John and their son James.  We hadn’t seen them since their trip to Western Australia in 2012.  The drive up the M5 and M6 was horrible – … Continue reading

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