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Walking the Gorge de la Frau

Thinking of walking the Gorge de la Frau in Ariege? Here’s how we get on with a three- and a five-year-old. In summary, a short sharp walk with an excellent picnic stop! Hard hats recommended!!

A tasty and filling soup, perfect for cool autumn lunch or dinner. Serve with crusty bread and butter. Print Recipe Squash/Pumpkin & Lentil Soup Servings Ingredients 1 or more pumpkin or squash Use whatever squash you have available (I used half a red kuri (hokkaido) squash and a piece long island cheese pumpkin.1 cup red […]

Creamy Onion Soup

Emma
August 18, 2019
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onion, soup

This recipe started off as a more traditional French onion soup, but when I looked at it and realised there was no way my children would eat it, what with all those bits floating in it, I decided to add a few ingredients, and the result was magic! Print Recipe Creamy Onion Soup Prep Time […]

Garlic Scape & Lemon Balm Pesto

Emma
August 18, 2019
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If your garlic plants look like they’ve bolted and your garden is bursting with lemon balm, try this tasty pesto as an alternative to the heavier basil, parmesan and pine nut variety. Print Recipe Garlic Scape & Lemon Balm Pesto Course Main Course, Pastes & Sauces Prep Time 20 minutes Cook Time 10 minutes Servings […]

Burley D’Lite

Coming soon!

A map of the Aude area of France with numbered orange dots showing the numbers of cycle routes for that area. There is a menu allowing you to narrow the criteria for your search and also a top bar with navigation to other information on the site, include lists of clubs and events.

Are you looking for a cycling route in France?

Finding a great (and often waymarked) cycle route in France is easy, if you know where too look. As we all know, cycling is big in France. You’ve heard of the Tour de France, right? The problem, of course, for non-French speakers, is finding this information in the first place, because naturally, it’s in French. […]

Mandala Madness in Chalabre

Up until this winter, if asked, I’d say I don’t really crochet. I’d tried and failed – repeatedly. Even when inspired by some of the beautiful work of friends at mother and baby/toddler groups I went to while living in the UK, I’d pick up my hook, ready to tackle it once and for all, […]

More Food Fresh from the Garden

Emma
July 11, 2019
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garlic scapes, homemade, lemonbalm, pesto, recipes

With everything that’s happened this year, we haven’t been able to make as much of the garden as we would have liked. Really, we’d hoped to have finalised the purchase of our land by now and have had access over the summer – to set up “camp” and start to get some vegetable beds ready […]

A 5-Year Reprieve

It’s been a while since I last posted here. After getting quite into the swing of writing blog posts on this and that, putting a lot of drafts together, even getting to the stage of having a plan, and working behind the scenes on a redesign of the site. Then life got in the way, […]

Walking the Sentier des Plâtriers

We did this walk over a year ago. As the pics I took were with my camera it took me a while to get round to downloading them. Now that’s done, here’s the write up I said I would do in my Exploring on Foot post. If you’re looking for a short and relatively easy walk within […]

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Author: Emma