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Why does P-O Life sometimes send sponsored emails?

Kate 15/08/2026 0 Comments

Your email address hasn’t been sold or passed on. Here’s why occasional sponsored messages help keep P-O Life free.

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WALK THE REGION: Pic Carlit via Puig de Sobirans

Kate 15/08/2026 0 Comments

A long mountain day, a difficult hike.

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Evaporation or a leaky pool?

Kate 14/08/2026 0 Comments

Evaporation or a leaky pool? It can come as quite a surprise just how much water is lost from a swimming pool via evaporation, due to heat, humidity and wind.

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Matisse, Dérain and Collioure

Kate 14/08/2026 1 Comment

Henri Matisse arrived in Collioure in May 1905 at the age of 36, depressed, full of self doubts and very short of money. André Derain soon followed.

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VISA – no credit card required

Laura McLellan 14/08/2026 0 Comments

If you happen to be in Perpignan at the end of the summer and notice an unusually large number of people wandering around with large cameras dangling from their torsos, it is because you have stumbled across « Visa Pour L’Image ».

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P-O Naturally – Test your Knowledge!

Laura McLellan 14/08/2026 0 Comments

Nature quiz

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Kings of Mallorca: Perpignan Palace & Collioure Castle

Kate 12/08/2026 0 Comments

A royal palace in Perpignan and a castle above the sea at Collioure

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French Life: the 2CV

Laura McLellan 12/08/2026 1 Comment

How about a day out in an iconic Citroën 2CV?

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Paëlla – the real thing?

Laura McLellan 12/08/2026 2 Comments

Did you know that most of us probably haven’t been eating ‘real’ pukka paella on our Spanish sorties?

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P-O Naturally- What’s that bird of prey?

Laura McLellan 12/08/2026 3 Comments

What’s that bird? Pointers to help sort buzzards from the harriers and eagles that breed in the P-O. 

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