Renaud Lavillenie is the world's best pole vaulter. World record holder; Olympic and European champion; but never world champion.
Beaten into third place in Beijing, Lavillonie admitted he was disappointed and although a medal is good, it was the "wrong colour".
Other great athletes have for some reason or other failed to make their ultimate goal, such as Paula Radcliffe at the Olympics, so you just have to accept as the Frenchman said "it's just not my event".
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Tuesday, 25 August 2015
Mixed grazing, not something you see very often
An idyllic scene with horses, cows and sheep, a picture from a smallholder in France.
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Nous sommes le mardi vingt cinq août
We have managed to keep TAG vibrant and newsy with difficulty having different family members here for well over a month. We will be sad when our daughter and girls leave today but we may sleep for a week to recover.
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Monday, 24 August 2015
Contact me if you want a dog, I generally have an idea what is available.
Dogs big, dogs small, dogs young and dogs not so young. They can all be seen at La Mere Aux Betes, or Poorpaws. If your French is not good contact Sue at Poorpaws who works closely with Danielle at La Mere aux Betes. If you want advice on a dog you can always contact me. No need to buy a pedigree dog when beauties like this are waiting for you. All are chipped and vaccinated. Dogs found in St. Antonin and area are also sadly always plentiful.
On rehoming animals in Midi Pyrenees on Facebook there is a lovely border collie, 8 mths old chipped and vaccinated being given away as he does not want to work the sheep.
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On rehoming animals in Midi Pyrenees on Facebook there is a lovely border collie, 8 mths old chipped and vaccinated being given away as he does not want to work the sheep.
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Violent storms, two deaths
Violents storms at Montpellier yesterday afternoon caused the death of two elderly people when their car was carried away by an overflwing river.
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The life of a grandparent !
What have we got ourselves into? The last day of the holiday for the girls and their Mum here in France. Inspired by Jessica Ennis Hill winning Gold at the Beijing Athletic World Championships we are organising a mini athletics day here.
We have so far on the list, swimming, running, jumping, table tennis, croquet, badminton and freestyle movement. We apparently can chose 3 disciplines to excel in. Saying my back has just about recovered holds no sway and so we will be whole heartedly entering the spirit of the event. We will apparently be racing against our personal bests. Malc and I are smiling as we do not think we have a PB.
Pray for rain and a tiddlywinks game.
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We have so far on the list, swimming, running, jumping, table tennis, croquet, badminton and freestyle movement. We apparently can chose 3 disciplines to excel in. Saying my back has just about recovered holds no sway and so we will be whole heartedly entering the spirit of the event. We will apparently be racing against our personal bests. Malc and I are smiling as we do not think we have a PB.
Pray for rain and a tiddlywinks game.
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Heroes honoured
The three American and the British man who tackled and disarmed the suspected terrorist on a train from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday are today being honoured by President Hollande.
Invited to the Elysee palace this morning (Monday) the four men will be invested with the Legion d'Honneur.
The men are being called the "Thalys heroes" after the train they were on: "Thalys" is a company formed jointly by SNCF, Belgian, Dutch and Deutschebahn (German) railways to run high speed trains between northern France and its neighbours.
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Invited to the Elysee palace this morning (Monday) the four men will be invested with the Legion d'Honneur.
The men are being called the "Thalys heroes" after the train they were on: "Thalys" is a company formed jointly by SNCF, Belgian, Dutch and Deutschebahn (German) railways to run high speed trains between northern France and its neighbours.
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Killed by beer
A young Comite des Fetes volunteer in Varaire, a small village in the Lot, was killed when unloading beer kegs from a lorry at the village fete. A second man was also injured. Police are investigating the cause of the accident, with a broken restraining chain being favoured.
Sadly one wonders if untrained volunteers doing what always seems a dangerous task are at greater risk as kegs of beer are seriously heavy.
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Sadly one wonders if untrained volunteers doing what always seems a dangerous task are at greater risk as kegs of beer are seriously heavy.
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Nous sommes le lundi, vingt quatre août
President Hollande will greet the train heroes at the Elysee Palace on Monday morning, a source close to his office told AFP.
Armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, an automatic pistol, nine cartridge clips and a box-cutter, the attacker opened fire on board a high-speed Thalys train just after it crossed from Belgium into northern France on Friday evening.
But the attack was quickly stopped when two off-duty US servicemen and their friend charged the gunman and restrained him. A British passenger also assisted in subduing the man.
One passenger received a gunshot wound in the attack, while one of the US servicemen was injured with a knife.
Val says the US soldiers on leave say it was not down to army training but just quick thinking. I disagree, their army training made them know a gun had jammed and the training they had received made them know how to tackle the man. The terrorist is now saying he is not a terrorist just an armed thief but he was already tagged as a possible terrorist suspect. However or whatever thank heavens those two American soldiers were on that train.
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Migrants France was happy to welcome
On the 15th of August 1944 thousands of migrants, Algerians, Moroccans, Senegalese, descended on Provence in the South of France to come and fight and help liberate France. How short are memories?
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Sunday, 23 August 2015
It is like an International aid centre here
So said our daughter as we packed boxes and sacks of children's clothes in the boot of Jean Marie Nosal's car. We had been donated sacks of childrens's clothes and Calais say they have enough of those at the moment. We discovered that Jean Marie had a friend driving all the way to Mali with an empty car and guess what he wanted to fill it with. Children's clothes. A supporter of Via Sahel
in the next couple of weeks will be going on the long drive, giving us more space for sacks for Calais.
We were pleased to also give Via Sahel Enfants d'Afrique 245 euros from various donations raised from family and TAG supporters.
Once holiday time is over here in the middle of the week, I will be sorting bags and preparing them for their trip to Calais.
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in the next couple of weeks will be going on the long drive, giving us more space for sacks for Calais.
We were pleased to also give Via Sahel Enfants d'Afrique 245 euros from various donations raised from family and TAG supporters.
Once holiday time is over here in the middle of the week, I will be sorting bags and preparing them for their trip to Calais.
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Down they come
The plane trees along the Canal du Midi many are being cut down because of a " maladie" There is a campaign to get the trees replaced but it takes years and years to replace avenues of trees like this.
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Fake emails relating to your carte vitale
A GROWING number of fraudulent emails are doing the rounds claiming to be from France's official public administration, users have been warned.
The latest batch of "phishing" attempts involves an email relating to the Carte Vitale, the card used to obtain healthcare refunds in France.
The email, which has the Service-Public.fr logo at the top, invites recipients to provide personal details including their bank or card details to receive a reimbursement.
Service-Public.fr says it never sends out emails asking for money or bank details, or offering a refund.
If you have already replied to the email, you should contact your bank immediately to block any fraudulent transactions being made.
Phishing emails that appear to come from government services can be reported using this online tool - www.internet-signalement.gouv.fr - See more at: http://www.connexionfrance.com/fake-emails-phishing-carte-vitale-refund-service-public-17199-view-article.html#sthash.HgV4czVr.dpuf
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The latest batch of "phishing" attempts involves an email relating to the Carte Vitale, the card used to obtain healthcare refunds in France.
The email, which has the Service-Public.fr logo at the top, invites recipients to provide personal details including their bank or card details to receive a reimbursement.
Service-Public.fr says it never sends out emails asking for money or bank details, or offering a refund.
If you have already replied to the email, you should contact your bank immediately to block any fraudulent transactions being made.
Phishing emails that appear to come from government services can be reported using this online tool - www.internet-signalement.gouv.fr - See more at: http://www.connexionfrance.com/fake-emails-phishing-carte-vitale-refund-service-public-17199-view-article.html#sthash.HgV4czVr.dpuf
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Photography exhibition at St. Antonin
Un sentiment de Paris - a solo exhibition by Corrina Tough photographer
Sept 2 nd at 10.30 am la Porte bleu, Rue droite St. Antonin.
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Sept 2 nd at 10.30 am la Porte bleu, Rue droite St. Antonin.
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Art Quercy Espace Bonnaïs, Caussade
Good morning Val,
As the weather has cooled down a bit and more rain is forecast, I am doing another shout out for the wonderful art exhibition I am part of. Paintings and sculptures, beautiful, uplifting or fun, take your pick. The exhibition is on until Wednesday afternoon, open daily from 10 am till 7 pm. I shall be there this pm and tomorrow (Monday) from 13-16 hours . Hope to see some of you there.
Love,
Chocolates with a difference
La coke / the cocain was hidden in the choclates which arrived at Toulouse. I did wonder if they were found by a sniffer dog. A kilo of drugs, which is a fair amount was found.
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Changing a light bulb in Rodez
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| Claude Leveque: Le bleu de l'oeil |
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Found on facebook, but I do not agree
I love Dr Seuss books normally so funny and I did like the cat in the hat spin off that some wag did on Nigel Farage. This one I feel just does not get my positive mood on ageing.
Malc and I are having a whale of a time, loving to laugh, laughing a lot through any health issues and have really positive attitudes.
Be positive and laugh and be grateful for what you have that works
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Malc and I are having a whale of a time, loving to laugh, laughing a lot through any health issues and have really positive attitudes.
Be positive and laugh and be grateful for what you have that works
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