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Very expensive knives. Mora and opinel good enough.

My jungle blanket is not a sleeping bag so does not need special treatment. Your girlfriend should tell you to wash it with soap powder.

Great report. Really enjoyed that. Brought back happy memories. Thank you

Welcome. Our son has lived in the mountains between Granada and Motril for many years. Our nine year old granddaughter is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Frustrating not to be able to see pics!

You might get some end of seasons bargains by shopping now. Now is the winter of our discount tents. (William Shakespeare RICHARD III)

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In the south of France this summer we had the worst wildfire for 75 years. It destroyed an area the size of Paris. Wildfires are a regular occurrence unfortunately and dry conditions in summer result in bans of open fires and closure of wilderness areas. Despite national media campaigns...

For French legal purposes, women keep their maiden name (nom de jeune fille) which is used in documents and contracts but are usually addressed by their husband's family name (nom de famille). As a French lawyer explained to us, "A woman may be married several times but is only born once."...

Me too

We get spam calls at our place in France. Telling them we only speak English gets rid of them. In England we tell them we only speak French.

Go for it. The OU changed my life. I did my BA in the 1980s, made a lot of friends, increased my self confidence and was sponsored for an Advanced Diploma at Cambridge on the back of it.

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We've been watching the progress of the swallow family who nest most years on our loggia. From a distance of about one and a half metres as we sit at our table we've seen their repairs and upgrades to their ancestral home, brooding, hatching and now feeding of three chicks. Now anxious to see...

I stopped smoking forty years ago. Because the nature of my job I could not smoke at work so the before and after work smokes were precious. The craving at these times of day were the most difficult to overcome. I dealt with these times by finding some displacement activity. After a year all...

To answer the original question: older, wrinklier and poorer!

Our elder son always knew what he wanted to when he grew up. Through hard work and ability he rose from unpaid volunteer to a senior position in one of the largest international charities, travelling all over the world. He is now a charity consultant. He's not rich but well respected in his...