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Month: September 2018

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Life in France, Two Years On

  • Emma
  • September 26, 2018
  • 1 Comment
  •  a year in france, life in france, progress report

The two-year anniversary of our arrival in France came earlier this month and passed without the slightest hint of a bang. A day I’d hoped we’d mark with some kind of celebration – or at least acknowledge – became a day of stress with us viewing two more unsuitable pieces of land (north facing, etc., […]

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Our First Camp in the Mountains: Orlu, Ariege

  • Emma
  • September 19, 2018
  • 2 Comments
  •  ariege, camping, campsites in the pyrenees

Camping. We all had a lovely time on our first camping trip so promised the smalls another couple of camping adventures before the end of the summer and rentrée. A friend had spoken highly of Orlu, just south of Ax-les-Thermes, where there’s a beautiful nature reserve. I’d read a blog post of hers describing it […]

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DD’s First Big Ride! Esperaza-Campagne and Back

  • Emma
  • September 12, 2018
  • 1 Comment
  •  family-friendly, life in france, traffic-free cycling, trailer rides

She started pedalling at the beginning of the holidays. I was impressed with how easily she migrated to pedals and attribute that to her riding the same bike without pedals for the prior 9 months. It meant she got her confidence on it, grew into it, and was as confident on the bigger bike as […]

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What, no Carte de Sejour?

  • Emma
  • September 8, 2018
  • 7 Comments
  •  admin, bureaucracy, carte de sejour, french life

We left the UK almost two years ago to the day, running from the island I had called home for my entire life. With the cataclysmic din of the Brexit vote still ringing in our ears our departure was not entirely the celebration we had hoped it would be. Instead of starting a new chapter […]

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A view from above, looking down on a child's hands holding a yellow pencil and coloring in christmas scenes.

La Rentrée 2018

  • Emma
  • September 5, 2018
  • 3 Comments
  •  crèche, la rentrée, maternelle

It’s that time of year for the second time in our lives as parents. Yesterday we watched our DD, now nearly 5, skipping down the road to go off to her school. She loves it there and was so happy to be back. I don’t think we’ve bored her silly over the holiday but at […]

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A map with large blue lake at the bottom and the line of the trail marked in red

Riding the Voie Verte from Lavelanet-Mirepoix (Part 2)

  • Emma
  • September 1, 2018
  • 4 Comments
  •  chalabre, mirepoix, trailer rides, voie verte

With the last week of the holidays looming, I really wanted to get out and finish the remaining 20km of Lavelanet-Mirepoix voie vert (greenway). I rode the first “half” (from Lavelanet to Chalabre) with DD and DS a few weeks before and it worked out well. It was much easier than I thought it would […]

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