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65. My Life in the PO – September 2010

Kate 06/03/2010 0 Comments

Tuesday 28th September Arrrgggghhhhh ! I know. September is nearly over! I think aliens must have frozen my head into a time warp which forced it to nod up and down sagely every day and…

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66. My Life in the P-O – October 2010

Kate 05/03/2010 0 Comments

Friday 1st October “En octobre, qui n’a pas de manteau, doit en trouver un bientôt.”. A little saying that I’ve picked up and stored away amongst the enormous heaps of useless information stockpiled in my…

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59. My Life in the P-O – March 2010

Kate 03/03/2010 0 Comments

Wednesday 3rd March Well, I was intending to start March by informing the world that spring has sprung in the PO but it’s totally wazzing down today and along with the rain, we have had…

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46. My Life in the P-O – February 2009

Kate 10/12/2009 0 Comments

Sunday 1st February It’s raining! It rained yesterday too! It’s not quite depressing but nearly so, because it’s rare that we get more that a day or two on the trot without ‘le soleil’ showing…

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45. My Life in the P-O – January 2009

Kate 10/12/2009 0 Comments

Wednesday 14th January Happy New Year!! Better late than never! I just don’t seem to have got round to writing up my diary this year. It is still my great passion, alongside P-O Life but…

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55. My Life in the P-O – November 2009

Kate 05/11/2009 0 Comments

Wednesday 4th November I snacked on a snail today (spit, hawk, beurk !!) I was so in awe of the fact that Jane and I were being entertained by the owner in dead posh style…

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56. My Life in the P-O – December 2009

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Wednesday 9th December Whoops ! I nearly missed December completely. Decided to do a bit of accidental ‘close up and personal’ research into French hospitals when a cyst turned septic, and I had to be…

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54. My Life in the P-O – October 2009

Kate 06/10/2009 0 Comments

Monday 5th October Life must be a doddle if you’re a cow! Taking a walk this morning past the gorgeous gals grazing in the field along the road, it struck me that that ‘it’s a…

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53. My Life in the P-O – September 2009

Kate 04/09/2009 0 Comments

Tuesday 8th September I absolutely LOVE September. It is my favourite time of the year – hot dry days and cooler mornings and evenings. Almonds and figs just begging to be picked and scoffed as…

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52. My Life in the P-O – August 2009

Kate 28/08/2009 0 Comments

Saturday 1st August Just fell of my bike! I skidded on some gravel and couldn’t unclick my feet from my pedals fast enough. Hit the ground with a CLRUMP of 50-something year old bones on…

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