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Just an old fashioned boy......but ALIVE!

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...Well, I'm just an old-fashioned boy who spends most of his time worrying about eating old-fashioned things like too fatty meats, roasted potatoes which are less fatty but still fatty, too much cheese, not enough vegetables and far away from enough fresh stuff like "super healthy" salads, tomatoes ......  and...........Sprouting sprouts......! I know them, of course, but they've never formed an important nor often consumed item on my plan, I'm more a Brussel Sprouts guy (that way I know where they come from...!) so I was quite surprised to hear just how much of the stuff is actually consumed all over the place...  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouting Well - it seems that all those things that should be making me healthy are actually more likely to kill me, and I'm not in favour of that! Lovely little things, ain't they! ...and  - to get rid of them isn't always so easy.... On the whole, I think I'll just stay with my normal, tasty cooked, we...

Off we go again......Lunel to Nimes....slowly!

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S  Yes, this sort of sky does present itself sometimes, even here, but normally it's more like this, even in the winter months.....   We've just passed through 3 days with thunderstorms and heavy showers, making the farmers happy as Larry, and the Tourists livid with rage! It happens, but it is quite seldom - just be prepared for an occasional flash flood   which can happen, mainly in September when the seasons are slowly changing over. Normally you will only be presented with  ... and that not too sparingly! It's important to know, since our travels (our last one before your holidays) this time really are going into my local Region of France....The Departement du GARD....    shown here in yellow. We've already covered from Beziers (in the Herault) all the way up to Lunel (still in the Herault) passing by some of the lesser known places, and I've given you a few indications of places to see, and things to do, that will make your holiday.....