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Veloroute beside the sea with shore on right with rocks on sand and rocky cliff face and rocks partly submerged inthe surf

The Glorious Vendée Department on the French Atlantic Coast

Mary Anne4th November 2020

The Vendée is a glorious department. The wind from the Atlantic sweeps in along a coastal landscape where long sandy beaches are backed by sand dunes. Estuari...

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Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas in Tour de France 2019 in red jersey and yellow jersey with one cyclist behind

Guide to the Tour de France 2020

Mary Anne6th September 2020

Tour de France 2020 updated September 20th. The world’s greatest cycling race, the Tour de France 2020, takes place this year in August, not the traditiona...

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Calais harbour with boats bobbing in water and long building behind with red rooves and lighthouse in distance

Guide to Calais – A Great City

Mary Anne21st August 2020

Guide to Calais? A great city? Yes, I love the place and it's had a hard time in the past persuading people to stay rather than leave the ferry port and get o...

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Old 3-storey houses up a street with half timering, stone rooves and greenery

The beautiful medieval village of Conques

Mary Anne16th June 2020

Conques Village with its lauzes stone rooves © Conques Tourism The beautiful medieval village of Conques is in the Aveyron department, part of the Midi-Pyré...

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The French Atlantic Coast

Mary Anne5th May 2020

The French Atlantic coast is magnificent, sweeping down the west side of France from Brittany to the Basque country and the Pyrenees on the Spanish border. It ...

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Delightful shot looking down a shaded sandy path with trees on one side and bicycles towards the sea on Ile de Ré

Ile de Ré Island off the French Atlantic Coast

Mary Anne21st April 2020

Ile de Ré by guest writer Fiona Quinn Why I love Ile de Ré The small island of Ile de Ré on the French Atlantic coast, was on my wish list since I was a...

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Aiguille in the Alps seen from afar; hugely tall piak with radio mast on top in snowy Alps

The 7 Main Mountain Ranges of France from the Alps to Morvan

Mary Anne9th April 2020

The seven main mountain ranges of France range from the Alps to the Pyrenees, from the Massif Central in the centre of France to nearby Morvan in Burgundy. ...

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red montgolfiere balloon way above old warm stone chateau on the banks of the Dordogne River

The Longest Rivers of France

Mary Anne2nd March 2020

The longest rivers of France are impressive and beautiful. They flow through the landscape, through cities, towns and villages. Think of France and you conjure...

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