Tag Archives: Cahors

Say it with Flowers: France’s Villages Fleuris

Posted on 24/03/2019 by

The garden is burgeoning and it’s that time of year when one’s thoughts turn to planning and planting. While driving around France, you might have noticed village signs declaring “Village – or ville – fleuri(e)” and sporting one to four … Continue reading →

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Return to Cahors

Posted on 26/08/2018 by

I do like Cahors, an ancient city and capital of the Lot Département. Why is it, then, that we visit so infrequently? It’s more appealing than our own Préfecture, Montauban, and it doesn’t take much longer to get there. The … Continue reading →

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A Village on the Causse – Varaire

Posted on 09/12/2015 by

Last week our walking group started from Varaire, a small village on the Causse de Limogne in the Lot. Like many of these villages, it’s picturesque, but blink and you’d miss it when driving through. In common with other places, … Continue reading →

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Les Chemins de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle

Posted on 01/04/2013 by

Happy Easter. I know it’s a bit late but I took advantage of rare and unexpected sunshine to work in the garden yesterday. The magnificent ceramic egg above, was nestling in last year’s Virginia creeper cuttings outside Catherine Smedley’s art … Continue reading →

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More of Cahors

Posted on 21/12/2012 by

The end of the world has been a bit of a damp squib. Presumably someone got the date wrong since it didn’t happen today – or not yet, anyway. I even had my hair done specially yesterday – well, you … Continue reading →

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Wine is bottled poetry

Posted on 11/09/2010 by

  Wine. One of the reasons we Brits come to France, either on holiday or to live. The title of this post is a quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson (I wish I could say I had thought it up). He … Continue reading →

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Black wine and secret gardens in Cahors

Posted on 22/07/2010 by

We recently went on an excursion to Cahors, medieval capital of the Quercy Region and now Préfecture of the Lot Département. Friends Kate and Nigel have a house near Cahors and came with us to point out some of the … Continue reading →

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