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Saturday, September 16, 2017

16/09/2017 All Nigel's photos today

Maximum temperature 16C, minimum 8C. 5 km/h NW wind with 19 km/h gusts. 3 mm of rain overnight. Rain on and off this afternoon, not measured yet.

A trip to our Saturday morning market - fresh oysters for lunch :-)

The little cafe opposite the market,

Checking the cinema times - we are going to see Dunkirk tonight.

Then a trip up the road to watch a few of the cars in the the Circuit des Remparts Charente International Rally.

Austin 7 followed by a Bugatti.

Citroen 2CV Van.

Audi R8.

Ford Mustang.

Ford Mustang

Lotus Elan Sprint Coupe.

Lotus Elise.

MG TC.

Morgan 4/4

Porsche 911.

Renault Alpine.

Renault 8 Gordini with an MGA behind.

Simca Ariane.

Triumph TR.

and last but certainly not least a Porsche carrera.

Thursday, January 8, 2015

08/01/2015 Photos in the garden, and a trip to Soyaux.

Maximum temperature 10C,minimum 6C. Heavy rain driving home late afternoon.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

10/12/2014 Dismal weather but it was great meeting up with friends today.

Maximum temperature supposedly 8C but the car reading was only 5C!! Drizzle and rain all day not measured yet.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

22/07/2014 A walk with the local club at Le Chatelars. Continuation of our holiday in Portugal with a visit to Cape St Vincent 22/06/2014

Maximum temperature 25C, cloudy but dry.

Today's walk is worthy of a complete blog, so I will get around to it on My Life in the Charente in the near future.

Here are few highlights of other 'things' seen along the way.

Photos from our holiday, a trip to Cape St Vincent in Portugal 25/06/14. See previous posts.

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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