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Thursday, November 19, 2015

19/11/2015 Taking you on a very wet drive today!

Maximum temperature 17C, minimum 11C. 39 km/h SW wind. 5mm rain measured this morning, still raining.

Just after leaving home...

we soon came across this road hazard! Note the bull standing on the right.

Hay bales in plastic wrapping down the right hand side of the road.

The narrow roads of L'Arbre.

Passing a barn.....

a church and a war memorial.

We went to see a tiling job and this is part of it.

Autumn coloured fern taken through an open side window on the way home...

Boue = Mud!

and again with the side window opened, the same bull as we saw going.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

23/07/2014 A few random photos at home. A holiday visit to Fort Almadena just outside Burgau and a Lake; Portugal 27/06/2014

Maximum temperature 28C. 1 mm of rain.

Photos from our holiday, Fort Almadena and Barragem da Bravura in Portugal 26/06/14. See previous posts.

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.

Monday, July 21, 2014

21/07/2014 A few shots in the garden, some in La Rochefoucauld. Continuation of the holiday in Portugal, a visit to Lagos in the morning 25/06/2014

Maximum temperature 22C. 1 mm of rain overnight.

Photos from our holiday, a trip to Lagos in Portugal 24/06/14. 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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