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Thursday, May 29, 2014

29/05/2014 Took Anne to the station then went to see some friends new house North of us.

Maximum temperature 20C.

Photos taken from car in Sepia as they were a bit hazy!

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

28/05/2014 A short trip out with Anne this morning and a few photos in the garden.

Maximum temperature 19C. Sunny this morning but rain expected later this evening.

Monday, May 26, 2014

26/05/2014 Visiting St Adjutory, La Rochefoucauld and Agris, all in the rain!!!

Maximum temperature 17C, 2 mm measured this morning but it has pretty much rained all day!

Le Maire visited this morning to try and arrange better drainage from the road so we have less problems (hopefully) with the new fosse.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

25/05/2014 Visiting Confolens, and surrounding areas.

Maximum temperature 17C, 2 mm of rain measured, rain in the morning, dry in the afternoon.

Friday, May 23, 2014

23/05/2014 Trip to the Dordogne,

Maximum temperature 16C but it felt much colder. 2 mm of rain measured this morning but it has been raining on and off for most of the day, not measured as yet.

Shadows Along the Zambezi by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I so enjoyed this book and towards the end I could not put it down only finishing at 2am! Having lived most of my early life in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, so many places had a lot of meaning to me. Diana’s knowledge of every detail in this book is incredible.
Sadly, so much of this story is fact and very true. It made me cry and at times it made me smile. I hope that it might awaken the world as to what is going on in many African countries, and instead of so many people burying their heads in the sand, perhaps they might stand up and do something. Smuggling and hunting are very soon going to leave the world a very sad place when there are no animals left.
Now I am off to read Shadows over an African Heart.

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Shadows Over an African Heart: a novel by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Shadows over an African Heart is the perfect name for this book. The shadows are even bigger than I ever dreamt, and this book is a real eye-opener to the truth of what is going on. I was in tears in many places in this book. The fictional side story I so enjoyed, but the true and very sad story of the elephants and other animals; the Zimbabwe government has so much to answer for.
The world needs to read both of Diana’s books and action needs to be taken before the children of today never see wildlife as we have had the joy to grow up with around us.
There are many African words in the story which to me were great to be reminded of, but many are explained as you read and there is a good glossary of the words in the back of the book.

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