Paulie and Stephen spent the week in Venterol on hikes (including a 6 hour jaunt over a few mountains), on local visits, reading, and (for Paulie) writing. And Stephen's plans to do some scholarly reading and writing? Well, he finished his third Hemingway and is now reading some Ishiguro short stories. Oops. Historically, the hikes over French Resistance (Le Marquis) paths has been very interesting. As expected in Cotes du Rhone turf, vinyard visits were also of interest.
Meanwhile, Olivia was trekking around Southern Spain- Cordoba, Sevilla and so on.
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To know thy village, climb it's hill
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.. and walk it's olive groves
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Up to Mt Ventroux
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Which was closed to cars beyond the hamlet… so we walked
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Mt Blanc on the right
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Only 500 metres from the top ice made us call it quits
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A trip to Seguret
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Stephen' colleague John Webb told us about Domaine de Mourchon. The rose was yet to be bottled
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… so Hugo gave a pre-taste
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The syrah really pleased Stephen
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A morning run on a path used by Le Maquis - the French Resistance
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In Nyons the last "Scourtinerie" in France
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Using traditional machines to make bags and rugs
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Winter pruning
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"Betsy Ford" can go no further
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La Ferme de la Lance
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Where Les maquisards met
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Caillet la lance meeting here in 1943
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Home - #4 Rue de Goulet
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Reviewing the day's hair-raising events
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Nyons
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Thursday morning market
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