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A new chapter begins (edit: its all on hold)
Edit: we arrived home in France after the overnight ferry and a long all-day drive tired but elated. We’d made it. Just 24hours later an email arrived which changed everything; there had been a massive mix-up in the work visa application process and the upshot was that R had to return immediately to the U.K. This was, as you can imagine, a cruel blow to… Read more Continue reading A new chapter begins (edit: its all on hold)
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One year to the day
Don’t you just love Facebook memories? I’m firmly of the Facebook generation (unlike my grandchildren!) and one of the things I love is the way it reminds me of what I was doing on the same day in previous years. This morning I was reminded that one year ago I arrived in France, ahead of lockdown, to ensure that one of us could establish residency… Read more Continue reading One year to the day
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The great rivers of France, terrace furniture, and the story of a resident’s permit
One is never far from the great rivers of France. Today two of them featured in my adventures, the Garonne and the Dordogne, the Garonne because I crossed over it twice on my return journey to Bordeaux this morning, and the Dordogne because I drove alongside it on arrival in the centre of the city. The two rivers meet at Bordeaux and then flow out… Read more Continue reading The great rivers of France, terrace furniture, and the story of a resident’s permit
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First Monday in April 2021
I need hardly state the obvious: these are strange and difficult times. Everyone in their differing circumstances has a different set of challenges. However empathetic we try to be we can only really talk with any authority about our own challenges. Our own biggest challenge at the moment is the enforced separation caused by the “perfect storm” of Covid and Brexit. I’m here in France… Read more Continue reading First Monday in April 2021