Tag Archives: South of France

Carcassonne 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on April 7, 2026 by admin

Some cities get lucky. Carcassonne got strategic positioning. The result was two thousand years of invasions, crusades, and general unpleasantness—interrupted only by brief periods of prosperity and the occasional flying pig. Click here to find out more…

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Canal du Midi 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on April 7, 2026 by admin

Before the TGV, before the motorway, before even the steam engine, one obsessed Frenchman carved a 241-kilometre waterway through the south of France using nothing but a battered compass, 15,000 workers, and his entire family fortune. The Canal du Midi … Continue reading →

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The great wine & Guinness experiment 🇫🇷🇬🇧

Posted on October 18, 2025 by admin

When your evening starts in France and ends in Dublin — without ever leaving town. Read more

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The week wot was – 41/2025 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on October 12, 2025 by admin

A sunny Indian Summer week in the South of France — good food, a Narbonne buffet adventure, upcoming travels, and the joys of proving I’m still alive. Lovely jubbly!

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The week that was 32-2025 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on August 10, 2025 by admin

Quiet… Too Quiet?A week of long lunches, firefighting planes, accidental website deletion, and mountain detours—because even “quiet” weeks in my world come with Bourbon temptations, Top Gun moments, and the occasional digital catastrophe.

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