Friday, 4 April 2008
Aix en Provence
Left the Luberon yesterday and drove south to Aix, stopping during the day at Roqufavour Aqueduct. This is not Roman, only built in early 19th century, but it is an amazing construction with 3 tiers of arches spanning a huge valley. It was built to carry drinking water to Aix. Not only did we view it from below, but we followed instructions in our Green Guide on a walk to the top level. Turned out to be 2.5 miles up to a very very windy cliff top overlooking one end. An enjoyable walk but it was a bit scary on the top! Today we are exploring the town - came in by bike from the campsite then parked them as things started to get busy around us. Been for a trip on the petit train to have all the interesting buildings and fountains pointed out. A lovely place on a very busy sunny day. We ate our picnic in a little park (Parc Rambot!) along with hundreds of students doing what students do in their lunch hour! Now we are making our way back to our bikes - hope to find them again and in one piece, to ride by the river with the possibility of another geocache hunt - if we have the energy. Aiming for the coast again tomorrow. Good to receive some comments - many thanks.
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Thanks for the text - just been viewing images of the cache in Bonnieux - looks a lovely village and very sunny in the photos. Actually a good day here too - but with the promise of possible snow flurries tomorrow !
The singing went well last week with about 25 people present - which wasn't bad. Hannah says that Beavers went as planned.
Keep us posted on your blog - we enjoy catching up on your progress around France.
Chris & Anne
Hi Ann and John
Happy birthday to Ann! Hope you are having a great day.
You will be pleased to hear that Spring has finally arrived in Horsham - I was mowing the grass in a t-shirt on Friday! Sadly it all went downhill yesterday when we woke to find the snow falling steadily! ( I assume 'snow' is not a banned word on this blog?!) Andy was delighted and quickly disappeared ( in fact we had to put out a search party for him before we could leave for Church...) The Youth Group made a very impressive 'Reverend Snowman' outside the front of the Church ( new style evangelism?) and the back garden still contains the remains of Andy and Dean's after lunch endeavours.
It's nearly all gone now ( the snow, that is) but apparently may be coming back later in the week. I would strongly advise you to stay where you are for the forseeable future!
You will be pleased to hear that I have adopted a new approach with the defective car - let Fred take it up to Epsom every day....It seems to function well enough for him ( and Craig and all the garage mechanics). Clearly this says something about my driving ...let's not go there!
Al and Andy are now on their 'Easter break' and taking a well-earned rest. Al had a hectic time last week, finishing his chair ( coursework for his Design and Technology A'level). Although it apparently contains one or two dodgy joints, it has been road-tested by the DT staff and pronounced stable! So sighs of relief, all round.
We've decided to head off on Friday for a weekend away, to Wells, Somerset in search of medieval buildings.. Clearly no point in looking for any warm sunshine at the same time!
We'll keep you posted!
love Carolyn
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