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Innocent Abroad by Nora Bradshaw.
The Down Democrat's European Correspondent writes exclusively each week on the trials and tribulations of life in rural France, whilst living out the dream of retirement relocation. |
Innocent Abroad
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
I’VE been caught out before on a Sunday evening in France.
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Innocent Abroad
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
THERE are numerous websites devoted to giving out information and advice to those desiring to de-camp to France and to those of us who are already here.
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Innocent Abroad
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
THEY’RE moaning about the snow up in the ski resorts in this part of the Pyrenees. It’s not that there’s too little of it. There’s too much. Too much to justify shutting up shop and sloping off.
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Empty nest
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
THE nest is empty. Three children and one grandchild departed last weekend, heading for a cousin’s wedding in Norwich. The house feels strangely silent. And very peaceful. Washing the loads of laundry left in their wake hasn’t been a problem. Drying it all has been a nightmare. We’ve had non-stop rain for days.
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Who to vote for?
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
FOR people in France living in more populated places than this, the local elections didn’t end until 16th March. But here, in small-town Sauveterre, with an electorate of just over 1,000, it was all over by about half-nine on the night of the 9th.
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Innocent Abroad
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
I GOT a phone call the other day from my son in England. It was 8am, which is early for me but even earlier for him, with the hour’s time difference between there and here.
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Innocent Abroad
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
I GOT a phone call the other day from my son in England. It was 8am, which is early for me but even earlier for him, with the hour’s time difference between there and here.
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Innocent abroad
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
IT’S thirty-five years since my first child was a baby. Little snippets of images of his early infancy occasionally come into my mind but I’ve forgotten much of the detail.
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Gathering wood
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
IT’S not many who call at 6.30pm. Earlier or later is more like it. So I was surprised the other evening when my son, who is my ears for unexpected sounds because of my deafness, heard someone knocking at the front door.
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Innocent abroad
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
IT’S election time coming up and there’s a whiff of change in the air in Sauveterre. In early March the town will go to the polls to vote for the members of its municipal council.
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