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February Weather

It has been an exceptionally dry and warm winter this year. When we arrived on 5th February we got the sun-loungers out straight away and relaxed in the sunshine, and most unusually, we had to put the irrigation system on while we were there and I’ve put specialist citrus fertiliser on the lemon tree already. The garden is more advanced than it really should be at this time of year – the new almon...[More]

Travelling to Laroque des Alberes using Luton-Nimes flights

During the summer there are lots of flight options from the UK to the area. Perpignan nearest, then Carcassonne or Girona, Beziers, Montpellier, Barcelona, Toulouse…. Unfortunately there are fewer flights in the winter:  this winter there haven’t been any flights from the UK to Perpignan. We’ve used the flights to Carcassonne, but for our most recent trip (last weekend) we tried out the Luton to N...[More]