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Dossier Médical Partagé – what is it? UPDATE

Laura McLellan 17/02/2025 2 Comments

The Dossier Medical Partagé (DMP) is a free, confidential and secure health record that stores your information in one centralised, digital location.

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Snowshoe Walk Bac de Vallserra Les Angles

Kate 16/02/2025 0 Comments

This circular snowshoe walk passes through the vast Scots Pine forest above Les Angles and discovers the ruined village and church of Vallserra, deserted after the Plague.

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Walk: l’Hermitage de Notre Dame de la Consolation

Kate 16/02/2025 0 Comments

The track steadily rises and the full impact of nature’s realm becomes apparent as every conceivable moth and butterfly species from blue to swallow tail flit freely in abundance.

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Over the border…Puigcerdà

Kate 16/02/2025 0 Comments

If you arrive like I did, on a winter’s night iduring, you are in for quite a surprise.

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La Retirada – a memorial walk

Laura McLellan 15/02/2025 0 Comments

Following our recent articles on la Retirada, a P-O Life reader very kindly contacted us with photos and memories of a hike that they undertook back in 2017.

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Walk: La garrigue de Caves

Kate 15/02/2025 0 Comments

Exploring the rocky plateaux of the Corbières at Caves, a circular walk at low level with 200m of gentle ascent on rocky paths.

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Reports Required when Selling French Property

Madeleine McMullin 13/02/2025 1 Comment

You are required by law to produce the following reports when your French property is sold.  The DPE (Energy Performance Certificate) has to be provided when the property is advertised for sale. 

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Picnic: Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes

Kate 13/02/2025 0 Comments

Any time is a good time to pack a picnic and head for the majestic Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes that overlooks Port de la Selva in Spain.

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TEST YOUR FRENCH: SING IT! Ne me Quitte Pas

Kate 13/02/2025 3 Comments

Meaning ‘if you go away’, the original French lyrics are simple and lovely.

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Chimney fires, fire damage and Insurance

Kate 12/02/2025 0 Comments

Fire damage resulting from a chimney fire is one of the most common insurance claims in France.

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