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Water
We bought a really interesting water"filter" which is connected where the water enters the property. It consists of a resinous substance originating from trees and filters anything bigger than 20 microns.It not only makes the water much cleaner but removes that toxic chlorine s... Read more ...
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French education is the best
For various reasons most our children ended up in the Catholic school system which is semi-private ( the fee is 150€ a term and the school meals are more expensive ) but our youngest Xav has done most of his time in the state school. I don't think there is any difference in educational sta... Read more ...
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Trouble in band
Its been quite interesting in the town band ( l'harmony ) at Lannion, they have had a good recruitment and Jean Marc has about 12 students of differing ages from 10-60yrs as they offer free tuition and the local "ecole de musque " charge €900 for lessons.Its very international ,a Rom... Read more ...
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A winter snap
We had been watching the weather in the UK and were thinking we had missed the cold snap, we didn't get our first frost till the week after Christmas, but then last Saturday we had a 6inch dump on us overnight.Driving was impossible and as Paulien was suffering from nicotine deprivation we had t... Read more ...
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Hot sax at Plufur
Its very quiet here now since the autumn half term the place is empty of visitors for the first time since the beginning of April so we can shout and scream and no one hears us except perhaps the neighbours.The weather has changed like a switch as soon as the last visitors left at the end of Oct... Read more ...
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15th Calvary
The winner of this years pool competition was a double triumph for the Cutler family as both Emma and Teddy won the junior and senior cups so extra shelving will be needed in their household to go along side Frances's cup, I'll have to have a senior (over 50s cup next year so Jonnie has a ... Read more ...
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Flat hunting in Rennes
I had to go flat hunting in Rennes with Max as he and Bas are studying there at the university next month. I left the arrangements up to Max and he had 2 rendez-vous organised. The first was on a purpose built block modern Ok if you like fitted carpets on the walls and one of the bedrooms ... Read more ...
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Interesting local story
We have recently come in contact with our immediate neighbour's ( Etienne ) sister during the EDF chainsaw massacre ( 24/05 post ) as she was doing a dossier on the damage they had done. She is a very formidable short woman with incredible energy when you think she is 84y... Read more ...
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Toxic smells ,toxic news
There was a bizarre story in the press 3 weeks ago of a horse rider who's horse fell in a hole next to the a river and it died allegedly with its head in the seaweed of a toxic gas given off by the seaweed decomposing in the sun. The weed is known as sea lettuce and would be the equivalent of ta... Read more ...
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Sad news
We had some sad news yesterday my mother in law, Hildegarde passed away Friday night. She hasn't been well for the last two years but had been well looked after by Beep ( Paulien's sister who is married to my brother ) in Cornwall. She was a colourful character well know to our client/fri... Read more ...