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The lesser spotted Thomasus Quietus...

May 14th 2011
We decided to take a cruise up the Rhone on a paddle steamer to make it interesting for the boys. The Camargue is a vast marsh like land where the Rhone meets the Mediterranean, where black bulls are herded by gaucho like herdsmen called Guardians and where semi wild white horses roam. The Tiki III paddle steamer was a pleasant meander through the brackish waters looking at grey heron, flamingos ... read more

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Away in The Major Five years and five weeks ago we wandered wide eyed into the Heathrow arrivals hall in the manner of Hugh Grant in “Love Actually”, direct from Lima and our year out in South America to be met by Simon’s Dad - seee all our previous blogs. Bitten by the travel bug we had promised ourselves over numerous wine and steak dinners in the Southern Cone that life on the road was so good that we would aim for a “mini sabbatical” every 5 years or so to while away the ever increasing years until our retirements… Needless to say with work and the arrival of twin boys... full info

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