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CarolM

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I’ve realized unclicking all the things I don’t want to share my information with gets easier after the first half-hour. Maybe I should switch to Chrome too!

I’ll be on the ship as of tomorrow afternoon and back sometime on Tuesday. I should have decent cell phone and Internet coverage, so keep an eye out for Postcards!
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Now you know how it feels! :( Why are you working this weekend?
Trying to sort out invoices with a supplier who is meeting up with me on monday. We have been trying to get them to fix the issues with their invoices for the last 8 months. And we are finally going to sit down and go through each one on Monday. So must have my ducks in a row.
 

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Thank you :) She got a medal for it.



Because nobody does anything worth mentioning about the climate change, and the kids say they may not have any future if nothing is done today. Check out Greta Thunberg, who was recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Well done to your daughter.
 

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Now I could have sworn I posted last night, but the post seems to have vanished so I’ll try again.

We flew to Montpellier on the French Mediterranean coast, picked up a hire car and drove to Uzès where we holiday frequently in the summer.

The weather on arrival was a comfortable 21C/70F and the sun was out. You fly into the airport low over the salt marsh and there were flamingoes pretty much at the end of the runway :)

Uzès (pronounced Ooz-ez) is a very old town with narrow stone streets.

Here’s JoesDad on the terrace of our room in the hotel as we sat to enjoy a glass of local rosé before heading for dinner
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The tower behind is called the belfry
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We have a little bat detector module that will connect to a phone and we had fun with that last night. We picked up two species we get in the UK (common Pipistrelle and Noctule) and one we don’t Kuhl’s Pipistrelle which daughter was quite excited about.
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Today we shall be exploring the town and the market and perhaps finding some things we haven’t seen before... it’s easier to explore in March temperatures!
Somehow I missed this post earlier. Now I know where you are. Have loads of fun and remember don't leave your passports on the car roof.
 

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It will take a while. You didn’t miss anything
I have missed it. And the power is out again for the second time today. So wifi is down and only have mobile phone 3g. So sick of this countries incompetence. First it is the electricity, then water, and now electricity again.[emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85]
 

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We have walked a long way today. The river is at the bottom of a cliff and hiking down to it, and especially back up, is too much in the height of summer due to the heat.

The river was the source of water for the city of Nimes in Roman times (2000 years ago)...

The Romans built an 50km/32 mile long aqueduct to get the water there and the remains of that can still be seen in the valley
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The most famous bit of the aqueduct is 20km/12 miles from here... the Pont du Gard. (Photo from Google, but we have been there many times and walked over it
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It is amazing how long it has lasted. Yet today with better technology things never last that long.
 

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We have walked a long way today. The river is at the bottom of a cliff and hiking down to it, and especially back up, is too much in the height of summer due to the heat.

The river was the source of water for the city of Nimes in Roman times (2000 years ago)...

The Romans built an 50km/32 mile long aqueduct to get the water there and the remains of that can still be seen in the valley
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The most famous bit of the aqueduct is 20km/12 miles from here... the Pont du Gard. (Photo from Google, but we have been there many times and walked over it
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Those Romans were clever weren't they? Considering they didn't have the tools our engineers have today their buildings were spectacular and built to last!
 

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I have missed it. And the power is out again for the second time today. So wifi is down and only have mobile phone 3g. So sick of this countries incompetence. First it is the electricity, then water, and now electricity again.[emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85]
You must have the patience of a saint Carol!
Hope it doesn't stop you getting your work done.
 

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Good afternoon evening all.
A great day for the Welsh rugby team who beat Ireland this afternoon 25 -7 this afternoon to win the Triple Crown and Grand Slam titles.:)
Cardiff will be lively tonight especially with it being St Patricks Day tomorrow.
Scotland also drew with England in a brilliant game.
Weather still diabolical but supposed to be improving.
Hope everyone here is having a good, or at least tolerable, weekend so far!
 
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