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A story of red bricks, figs, honey and bagpipes
After saying goodbye to the family in Lubersac, we went south to visit Brive la Gaillarde and Collonges la Rouge. They are not far from Lubersac, but we hadn’t had time to visit during our stay, because we were so engrossed with “our” horses and the ones in Pompadour. Before leaving the area, we wanted…
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Photo exposition “Valorisons l’abeille et l’apiculture”
As we drove through the village on the day of our arrival, now 12 days ago, we noticed large photographs of bees in the village. Yesterday, we found out that there is currently an exposition about bees and bee keeping here in the village. It’s an initiative of several partners, Véto-pharma amongst them, to educate the…
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Buying honey from a beekeeper, or why we need to stop the use of insecticides
Last Monday, as we drove through Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon on our way to the airport, we passed a sign that said there was honey to be bought there. We went to investigate on Wednesday morning, but it was only opened from 15 to 19 h. Today, we paid a visit in the afternoon. Rant about non-Dutch bicycles…