holiday pix, France, Sept 09
Sep 15th, 2009 by islandhippy
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- grandparents comforting a sick Olive
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- a brisk morning walk to the medieval village of Penne
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- the 15-century houses and narrow streets in Penne are delightful
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- Penne lies in the Aveyron Gorge, a landscape dominated by dramatic steep-sided river valleys
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- nice in summer, could be dangerous in winter!
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- how annoying to have tourists shooting your windows all day long
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- “a lively village” says The Telegraph of Penne … er, I guess there is one café with bar
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- looking at our four-house hamlet of Roussergues over the valley from Penne
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- we ate most meals in the garden with the dramatic castle ruins of Penne over the valley
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- what a fabulous pool … the big one, I mean
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- grandpa, olive and sandy trying to cool off in temps hotter than Singapore
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- Olive recuperating from her terrible time in hospital in England
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- luckily there was no wireless here so i finally stopped work
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- if we didn’t go out for dinner it was a BBQ at home … idyllic
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- saturday market in St Antonin
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- Holly, Nel and Oscar ordering crepes at the St Antonin market
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- we weren’t the only people at the market
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- Sandy, Dad, Nel and I spent half a day canoeing 12km down the Aveyron
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- Holly and Ralph
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- Penne is celtic in origin and was invaded by Romans, Franks and Sarracins. In the middle ages, it was a Cathar stronghold.
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- Olive showing Holly and baby Ralph her belly button
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- small world: my schoolfriend’s parents popped in for lunch one day
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- Olive and Oscar always wanted the other’s food for breakfast
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- cafe au lait and chocolat chaud in Penne’s only café following another early morning walk
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- St Antonin Noble Val is so named after the Romans dubbed it Nobilis Valis (Noble Valley)
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- Mme Sandy
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- Olive kissing French boys … wait a minute, it’s only Oscar
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- two naughty monkeys trying to look innocent
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- omg, Olive’s at it again
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- Phil’s sister Holly
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- now that’s what i call a (burnt) sausage
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- rain forced us to eat inside for one meal
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- grandpa entertaining the kids
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- the house we stayed in is a lovely stone farmhouse and converted barn
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- Oscar et le flea-ridden chat
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- Olive hunting for pebbles, her fave hobby
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- Oscar helping Olive with her pebble collecting
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- can’t remember why i took this!
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- Olive looking for sheep before bedtime
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- captain grandpa and his vertically challenged crew sail their imaginary boat
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- Olive posing at the Château de Bruniquel
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- rosé seems to be coming back into fashion — did it ever go out of fashion in France?
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- Oscar and Olive on their motorbike … or was it a tractor?
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- the medieval town of St Antonin makes the perfect backdrop
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- Olive and Oscar sniffed out this playground in France
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- granny and Olive having a tea party
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- my tasty wife and some pretty sexy cheese
