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Wild Swimming France – one long aquasmic adventure

Posted on July 22, 2012 by catherinemack

Wild Swimming France is full of warnings about health and safety, and how wild swimming must be treated with caution and care. However, what it did not warn me about was the extreme pain I was going to get when … Continue reading →

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Ile de Batz, Brittany, France

Posted on July 3, 2012 by catherinemack

I don’t really get the island daytrip thing. Why would you go for a day when, in most cases, you can stay for a few, explore every corner, get to know some of the people who live there, and not … Continue reading →

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Walking holiday along the pink granite coast of Brittany

Posted on July 13, 2011 by catherinemack

“Don’t forget to pack your umbrella!” a French friend laughed, somewhat smugly, down the phone from his apartment on the Cote d’Azur, when I told him I was going on a walking holiday along the coast of Brittany. But he … Continue reading →

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Climb every Mountain

Posted on May 30, 2011 by catherinemack

I always secretly wanted to be Julie Andrews. Leading children merrily across Alpine pastures, with songs to fix every dilemma, and Christopher Plummer hanging on my every note. So, walking in the Alps in late May, (albeit French, not Austrian), … Continue reading →

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