The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque

France's best-kept secret

Showing posts with label cocker spaniel. Show all posts
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Friday, 1 September 2017

247. September showers

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30th September. I was down at the beach earlier today with the pup and to my surprise the sea was white with crashing foam and towering bre...
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Wednesday, 6 July 2016

232. Chibby

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6th July . We lost our dear golden boy at 1am yesterday morning. I refer, of course, to Chibby, our golden English cocker spaniel. He would...
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Friday, 25 October 2013

207. Recent happenings in the Pays Basque

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14th October 2013 .  Just give me a minute while I blow the dust off the blog.. That's better..  (cough cough!)  It appears there's...
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Wednesday, 15 August 2012

192. Escaping the heat..

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12th August 2012 . At the end of July, we took our now-customary break from the madding crowds of the Fêtes de Bayonne to escape to the co...
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Tuesday, 2 August 2011

159. From the Pays Basque to the high Pyrenees

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2nd August 2011 . Arrived back home yesterday after a long weekend (Fri-Mon) up in the high Pyrenees to the south east of the Pays Basque...
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Madame and I experienced a 'coup de foudre' the first time we visited the Pays Basque (aka the French Basque Country) together - so much so that we started planning our next holiday there as we were driving away. After a few more visits, we concluded that this was where we were going to live one day, once the necessity of having to earn a living was a thing of the past. In mid-2007, we sold up in the UK and we finally realised our long-held dream to move to the Pays Basque. It's everything we ever hoped it would be and it's probably the best decision we've ever made - we've absolutely no regrets. As I can't see myself ever returning to England, I thought I should become part of society here (eg, the right to vote in local and national elections) and so I applied for French citizenship about 5-6 years ago. I was delighted to receive it as it meant my long term stay here was secure.
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