Mike
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Life in France update

Well it is now getting on for eight Months since we moved here in Brittany.Although it was obviously a gamble in selling up completely in the UK I can honestly say that it is a decision I don't regret for one moment.

I fell it has given us a new lease of life so to speak, we are experiencing a whole new way of life and see and do different things nearly every week. Of course it is not for everyone and many people would, I am sure feel uncomfortable about moving to a new Country and

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Oh Deer

I feel I am very lucky in that we have over two acres of ground surrounding our house. Most evening just before dusk I pour myself a drink and have a wander around the ground. It is very calm and peaceful at that time of day and there is nothing I like better than to take a walk down by the stream and here the water tinkling and the birds settling down for the night. On a couple of occasions I have also seen a deer as well.

Tonight I had been for my usual walk and as it was getting

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Life in France

As many of you will know, we moved to Brittany in France during early August, we have now been here about 6/7 weeks and can really say we are loving living here and the way of life.
I have been keeping a sort of diary/blog if anyone is interested please take a look at www.living-in-brittany.co.uk

Trip to the CES in Las Vegas

I have just come back from visiting the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

It is a show I've wanted to see for the last couple of years and this year finally got around to seeing. It is a huge show spread over about 3 million square feet taking up the whole of the Las Vegas Convention Centre, part of the Hilton Hotel and part of the Venetion Hotel.

It is certainly not for the faint hearted as it takes a lot of walking, my legs were pretty sore after 4 days!

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Life's a bowl of cherries

July is a great time of the year in our garden, we have a huge amount of produce coming out every day.

We have just finished cutting the asparagus for the year and are now digging up new potatoes, carrots onions and picking broad beans and peas, all of which taste so much different that what you buy in the supermarkets

Fruit is the other thing, over the years, we have planted out all sorts of fruits, to the point where we now eat some sort of fruit from

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