So pleased - finished the tiling in the shower room today. Now thereās every chance that weāll be able to use it while our visitors are here rather than traipsing through their bedroom to get to the en-suite 
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Coming back from Rodez this lunchtime I passed sixteen Ferraris
Mind you, they were going in the opposite directionā¦
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We have just come back from the most amazing 70th birthday party of our friend Marie-Claude.
Amazing food and wine, music and dancing.
We were the only non french.
How lucky we were to find Trivy.
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Iāve just completed another zine - A corner of France - see here if youād like to preview it:
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āmi duckā is common in Notts. āallreetā is more Yorkshire I think.
Weāre working our way through homemade mincemeat slicesā¦ which reminds us of Christmas 
If and when we get some consistent hot weather I might concede itās actually summerā¦ 
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My son applied for french nationality over four years ago so he could have dual british/french. Last week he received a voting card for the european elections yesterday and went along and explained to the councillors in charge that he was not entitled to vote but they said as he had an official card, he could. This afternoon he called into his local mairie and asked how come he could vote yesterday, after checking online, the secretary said well you do know you have had french nationality since March donāt you?? He said NO, nothing has been sent, phoned or any contact made by the regional prefecture at all! Anyway it looks like he finally has his reward for waiting so long, providing so much paperwork, doing the police and prefecture interviews etc.
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Yes a clear sign that one has been granted nationality!
Got to see Furiosa on a big cinema screen this afternoon, despite my wife refusing to go (too down market)
Spectacular - donāt try deep critical analysis or be deterred by the length (150 minutes)- just be let yourself be overwhelmed by the succession of spectacles and unremitting action. totally visually astonishing.
And afterward stepping out into the silence and tranquility of a small French townā¦
I did happen to take a look at the trailer yesterday and was even overwhelmed with that, let alone 150 mins 
interested to know if thereās much of a storyline or is it just a continuous sequence of action, then āThe Endā pops up???
Itās worth seeing not just for the action - in some senses itās a very old, classical tale of retribution.itās a visually stunning spectacle , but thereās more to it than just that. Not one to watch on a PC, or heaven forbid a phone! Needs a cinema screen.
The ending unexpectedly brings the wheel full circleā¦ he added enigmatically!
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Thanks for the reco
With two strong recommendations I thought Iād give the trailer a go since I love big screen films. The cheerful news is Iāve saved myself ā¬4.50. Could only manage 3 minutes. Make up was good thoughā¦
I remember how pleased we were to receive ours years ago as European Citizens and going down to vote. I was a little confused though to also receive voting papers from Nottingham.
So I shrugged, and voted twice. 
Made up for all the years of not being able to vote in both County Council and Departemental ones.
Having seen the whole film, Iād add that its visual styling was superb in every respect,
And despite the length, not a minute too long (not always the case with more āseriousā films).
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Iām going to go a little Facebook.
When he came to see us from Switzerland our son brought us a fondue. We realised today that it needed eating, so I got out one of the bottles of piesporter michelsberg left from my mother and tonight weāre enjoying fondue. 
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Bon app
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French texto for u
bonne fon2 et verre 2-20 
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Our baker neighbour brought us a huge basket of mangetout peas this morning.
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Saw a juvenile greater spotted woodpecker being fed by a parent this morning. The juve was nearly as large as the adult. We often see then, usually on peanuts or fat balls in the bird feeder, but itās unusual to see young being fed.
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