Review of 2014 #2
Just a short trip down memory lane for my readers and subscribers. I published links to my first eight pieces from 2024 last week and here's the remaining seven pieces. I hope you enjoy reading them.
Where we visit the Atlantic for some surfing fun
On the Cote Sauvage
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I always thought that if you wanted to surf you had to go somewhere like Maui in the Hawaiian islands, or at least look like you’d auditioned for Baywatch in a previous life.
The one where we were on holiday in Greece
On holiday in Porto Germeno
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Enjoying a short 10 day holiday in Porto Germeno, on the coast Nr Athens and sharing some pictures I hope you like. Publication as normal from next Sunday 10th November.
Visiting the Somme
St-Valery-sur-Somme
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Our journey from Calais to St-Valery-sur-Somme couldn’t have had a more auspicious beginning, although with the benefit of hindsight, Valery turned out to be very fishy indeed.
A magical boat trip down the French Amazon
Le Courant d'Huchet
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If you ever feel like you haven’t had enough adventure in your life, and your thoughts turn to that trip down the Amazon that you wish you’d done in your twenties, it could still be within your grasp, and a lot nearer than you think.
A travellers guide to Haut de France
We visit the biggest pile of sand in Europe
Dune du Pilat
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Sitting watching the setting sun, we hear a whooshing noise getting louder by the second and a voice shouting angrily “ôte-toi du chemin, pourquoi es-tu assis là où les deltaplanes atterrissent”.
A French socialist experiment
Cap d'Agde
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If Cardinal Richelieu was alive today, I’m not sure he would be very happy seeing his grand vision of a port at Cap d’Agde realised as a 20th century ‘Super Cannes’ clone.
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