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| Cold drinks at the wine bar in Trebes |
I just had my old school friends, Paddy and Bev and Bev's wife Elly staying with me here in France for a few days. Four days is not long enough really to adequately show people the area, but I did my best.
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| Queen Elly in the Tour Regine |
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| Bev and Paddy in Cabaret |
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| Some view |
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| Courtyard supper - note tub of ice cream in front of Paddy! |
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| Farewell photo. The old house will miss you. |
The favourite trip was to Las Tours but we also walked along the canal at Trebes, visited the old walled city of Carcassonne, looked at the climbing rocks at Notre Dame du Cros, picnicked, saw flamingoes at Bages, and rescued an injured dog at Peyriac sur Mer. Lots of eating and drinking too, of course. But still to come, for the next visit, the upper reaches of the Montagne Noire, the very different countryside of the garrigue, exploring the origins of the Canal du Midi, the amazing city of Minerve and ..................
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| Colourful last-minute shopping. |
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| What, more peppers? |
After they left I threw myself into the huge task of drastically pruning the fig tree which was taking over the courtyard, as the weather was expected to turn very stormy. It didn't materialise in fact but it made me get on with the job.
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