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I’ve just been updating my last post ‘The Perigueux Walk’ and whilst researching information regarding a strange building near the River l’Isle (the Vieille Moulin) I came across an interesting website that mentions the Museum ‘Trompe-l’Oeil‘ (literal translation ‘to fool the eye’) in Perigueux. I believe it’s an art museum with a difference.
It sounds [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Visit to the Musée Trompe-l’œil, Perigueux
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Thursday 28th May
Getting the place ship shape ready for guests arrival on Saturday. Jobs to do are…
Mow lawns and do some major strimming.
Take photo’s of childrens toys for website.
Type-up electric box ‘fuse labels’ for gites 1 & 2.
Update ‘Welcome Notes’ for gites.
Call Gite Guru to help with new website.
Oh, and take Ruben [...]
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Is there going to be a storm today?
Woke this morning to the big news of the day… all the local weather forecasts are predicting an ‘Orage’ this afternoon and Meteo France were even giving out a ‘Red Alert’… mon dieu!!! Well, it’s 2.45pm now and it’s still 26ºC in the shade with blue skies. Will let you know if it happens tonight. [...]
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Perigueux – 12 May
Promenade du Canal & The River Isle
We’d had a busy morning, Jeff painting the house windows & shutters and I’d been jet-washing the terraces we decided we needed to go for a walk. We didn’t really fancy a ‘countryside walk’ but something different so we headed into the city of Perigueux.
Not following a map [...]
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Lisle – 2nd Attempt – 3rd May
Right, Jeff’s foot is recovering well after his ‘bunion’ operation (don’t tell him I called it a bunion – technically it wasn’t but it’s easier than explaining what it really was) and so we ventured out for a little walk around Lisle. I say ‘little’ with tongue in cheek, it was about 12 km [...]
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Riberac Walk 15th Feb
15th February – This was our 1st attempt at a walk around Riberac but had to be cut short due to Jeff being in agony with a foot problem. He’s since been for an operation to ‘fix his foot’.
The town of Riberac can be quite sleepy, especially in the winter except on Friday Mornings [...]
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