Every year on 15 August my village Mirabel-aux-Baronnies turns into a big flea market cum party – it is the day of the Fête du village! The greatest concentration of people is always around the …
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Mirror mirror on the ground
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Don’t irritate the lion!
Many of the lovely villages in my corner of Provence have pretty and evocative place names: Villedieu (God’s town), Faucon (Falcon) and my own village, Mirabel-aux-Baronnies (Beautiful view) are just a few examples. But Villedieu …
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Water and vine
My last post was about the enormous water masses at Victoria Falls. Well, the little river Eygues that flows near my village Mirabel-aux-Baronnies in southern France can’t really compete with the mighty Zambezi. There is …
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And life goes on
The ferocious fire stopped just a couple of metres, yes, a few metres, from Seillons-Source d’Argens, a peaceful village in Provence. I passed two weeks after the flames had licked its outskirts and you could …
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How to maximise the number of insect bites
Over the past few weeks I have found the perfect recipe for maximising the number of insect bites. Here are my handy tips: In the dark Dress in shorts (or a skirt). At dusk, go …
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Blinded by the lavender
The young driver wanted to make a u-turn with his huge truck on a narrow road with lavender fields left and right. He succeeded, but at a cost (although not for him): he overturned a …
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