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Author Interview: Birds of a Feather Press
Podcast (Part 1) Author Interview
Carol Duval
May 16, 20201 min read
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Trying Lives: A House Sitter's Tale
Trying Lives: A House Sitter's Tale.
This book tells the stories of house sits and swaps across four years and five countries.
Carol Duval
May 10, 20192 min read
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Celebrating Sydney
We're lucky to live so close to Sydney's beautiful harbour. Down the road at Balls Head, we have the Coal Loader, now reinvented as a...
Carol Duval
Apr 23, 20191 min read
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Christmas Cheer
To get us right into the winter holiday spirit, we spent an unexpectedly joyful day at the Weald and Downland Living Museum which...
Carol Duval
Dec 30, 20182 min read
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Yorkshire - Leeds and Harrogate
23rd November 2018 Harrogate—A bit like a northern Arundel but with department stores. Lovely Christmas lights and festive shop windows....
Carol Duval
Dec 1, 20181 min read
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Cities, Towns and Villages of the South Downs
Chichester — Nearest to 'home' and so our local shopping town. Cathedral, ancient walls, Roman Museum, buzzing shops—what’s not to love?...
Carol Duval
Nov 28, 20183 min read
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Walking the Downs
Elaine left a very handy and accurately written booklet called Octagon Walks outlining with eight walks that we’re working through and...
Carol Duval
Nov 1, 20182 min read
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Falling for the South Downs
What a change! From precarious mountain roads, thick forests and misty views of the Pyrenees to the hedged country lanes and green/golds...
Carol Duval
Oct 31, 20183 min read
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Farewell to France—With a Couple of Friends
After nearly seven weeks in La Forge del Mitg, friends Avis and Peter Gunn shared our final few days and gave us a chance to revisit some...
Carol Duval
Oct 16, 20184 min read
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Coping with Catalonia
A recent email from my school friend Jenny (North Sydney Girls) brought a sigh of relief with her recounting of the time she was...
Carol Duval
Oct 4, 20183 min read
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Girona and the Catalunya Hinterland
Elaine had told us that if we were beginning to get cabin fever in La Forge del Mitg we should spend a couple of days in Girona—Spain’s...
Carol Duval
Sep 30, 20183 min read
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Céret and Picasso
After a few days' driving from Paris to our new exchange home in the Pyrenees Orientale we've started to explore this fascinating area....
Carol Duval
Sep 13, 20181 min read
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La Forge del Mitg
Our home for seven weeks in early autumn is in this small but deceptively lively mountain village in the heart of north Catalonia. The...
Carol Duval
Sep 2, 20181 min read
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Waterways of the Tsars
The story of our trip, courtesy of Viking River Cruise, from St Petersburg to Moscow.
Carol Duval
Jul 31, 20151 min read
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