11st - Spring had certainly sprung. The tulips kept flowering until they faded by month's end.
23rd - There was still residual mud on the house after February's floods.
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4For the Easter break Keno & James decided to leave Oxford for a break in Denmark
5Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen
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7Back in the La Cachette garden various plants started to flower such as the Cherry Tree
8And cherries started to bud. How to keep the birds away?
94th - A misty moring to wake up to
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11Gentle winds, and warm air... spot the paraglider. Higher than we've ever seen them
12Back in Adelaide Cam & Olivia are dog sitting a pal's dalmation called Luna. Clearly starving.
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14Paulie & Stephen headed off for a pedal
15The basement (la Cave) still had to dry out more before painting was possible. The insurers sent an outfit with 4 large fans and an industrial dehumidifier that complimented the one Paulie & Stephen had.
165th - Yolande asked the guys to lunch at her farm
17Rubers and Arthur wanted to have a catch up. The guys hadn't been in France since the end of August the year before
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196th - The view from a pedal up to La Corniche on Stephen's morning ride.
20Paulie meditated in the garden whilst planning an Easter (Pâques) early dinner
21Menu done. The inside chef was ahead of the game
22And then the outside chef starting his bit
23Friends have a drink before the meal
24Dinner was served.
259th - Paulie and Stephen walked up the newly paved portion of Rue Droite to stay a week at Port Bleue as La Cachette was rented to Australian guests
26Michael & Storm's patio offered different views
27And a spacious room and it's own adjoining kitchen.
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29A level up Storm was in her room working on a new piece
30And the paving crew outside continued their months-long work on the paving
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32The lovely La Cachette visitors, Lance & Melinda, were given a quick tour of the village including the view of the village from Roc d'Anglars
3310th - Back in Adelaide Olivia and Cam waited for their flight to the half marathon in Hobart, Tasmania
34Back in France, the duo went for hikes. Once more they tackled the lovely Roc Deymié walk (what they call "the Hundred Foot Journey" walk as it featured in the film of that name).
3511th- Paulie headed to the village of Varen where the local friperie (2nd hand store) held a fashion parade to raise money for the local Pompier (fire fighters)
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37Stephen & Paulie prepared apero in the Porte Bleue upstairs kitchen to share with Michael and Storm.
38Back in Noosaville Australia, Paulie's sister Jan takes "Boo" for a walk.
3912th -The day has come. The day to run
40And run they did
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43That evening Hobart called St Antonin Noble Val for a half marathon debrief
4414th - Paulie and Stephen went for a spin to nearby Caylus to see the Cascade Pétrifiante (fossilised waterfall). A potential swimming hole as the year gets warmer?
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4815th - the guys in Tasmania drove up Mt Wellington which at varous times during the year snows. Chilly!
49It was a warm Spring day 17,000 km away from Hobart when Stephen and Paulie took their guests and a tour of local sights. In this case the Chateau at Penne, 16km away home.
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51They also drove a further 23 km to the bastide village of Puycelci
5216th - back home, the garden was changing as new growth appeared
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54The guys decided not to mow as the flowers (yes, mostly weeds) both looked pretty and supported inspect pollination
55It also brought various guests
5617th - Storm joined the guys for a shopping trip & lunch at Caussade
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58Paulie then went for a cycle and chatted to her equine pals in a nearby field
5918th - home chores in the garden
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61Stephen meditated on home chores in the garden
62In Adelaide Olivia was visited by Melbourne pal Lauren. They last caught up at Olivia's birthday (see 2025 December)
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64200 metres away from Paulie & Stephen's house.
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68It was then back to their garden where the "Snowball tree" was flowering.
69Pals Sue, Steve, and Storm dropped in for drinks and to peek at the snowballs.
7020th - Paulie headed off on a 24km cycle through the farm fields to Le Ségalar Haut past the wee church in Montrosier
71Which took her up what they call "One Tree Hill"
7221st - Stephen's turn for a pedal. He pointed to the goal - the comms tower 273 metres atop Roc d'Anglar. Only 12km, but half of that was uphill.
73Made it.
74The work on paving part of the village (but not Paulie & Stephen's area!) continued at a good pace right at the front fence.
75And out the back.
76The square at the back takes shape
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79One stone at a time
80The paving team left planting spaces in various areas.
81As for the basement repairs, part of the plaster ceiling still needed replacing.
82And the walls had dried out and paint peeled
83The repair chores were on hold until after visits early May from Cam & Olivia from Adelaide, James from Oxford, and briefly from Olivia's pal Maddie (based in Cambridge) .
8422nd - neighbour Hans asks the guys around for apéro
8524th - The floods left a mess stuck on the bridge foundations but a few weeks later a boat towed the trees ashore to be removed.
86Paulie cycled over the bridge and along the river
87She quietly passed a fly fisherman
88And then Stephen welcomed Paulie home
89The duo hosted an evening apéro in the garden with Yolande.
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91In Adelaide Cam was treated to his own Olivia mug.
92And an outing
93The snowball tree started to snow back in the la Cachette garden
9428th - The duo checked on the work progress on Rue Droite
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96That afternoon the duo went on the beautiful 25 km cycle to Cazals via La Corniche
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98The pedestrian bridge over l'aveyron to Cazals
99The lovely roses in Cazals.
100That afternoon Michael was invited to lunch in the garden.
