Summary – July to September 2024

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Since beginning of this year I have been trying to do a posts every three months to summarise what happened in our life. So this blog post is a summary of what happened in our life from July to September 2024.

Depuis le début de cette année j’essaie d’écrire un article tout les trois mois pour résumer ce qui c’est passé dans notre vie. Cet article résume donc ce qui c’est passé dans notre vie entre Juillet et Septembre 2024.

Read January to March 2024 summary here. Read April to June 2024 summary here.

Glasgow Botanic garden – inside one of the glasshouses

Personal Life:

Vie Personnelle:

The weather during this summer hasn’t been great here in Cumbria so we haven’t managed to go for some wild swimming. We did some walks and barbecues at our friends but we haven’t been able to really enjoy evenings in the garden as the previous years. We fortunately went to France end of July for two weeks and half to enjoy some needed sun.

Le temps cet été n’a pas été très beau ici en Cumbria donc nous n’avons pas pu aller nager dans les lacs. Nous avons fait quelques randonnées et barbecues chez des amis mais n’avons pas vraiment pu profiter du jardin le soir  comparé aux années précédentes. Heureusement nous sommes rentrés en France fin juillet pendant deux semaines et demi et avons pu profiter du soleil dont nous avions besoin.

Skye enjoying a run on Bardsea beach, Cumbria, England

Walking:

Randonnées:

We have done some nice walks in France and in UK during the summer months some of which are already on the blog and others that I need to write. They are mainly the walks we did during our holiday in France.

Nous avons fait quelques belles randonnées en France et au Royaume-Uni pendant ces mois d’été et certaines sont déjà sur le blog et d’autres que je dois écrire. C’est principalement les randonnées que nous avons faites pendant nos vacances en France que je dois écrire.

Walk to Elterwater

Travelling:

Voyages:

After travelling a bit during spring months and visiting Windsor, St Andrews and York areas, we enjoyed more travelling during summer with a weekend in Glasgow and two weeks and half in France. We also went for small little road trips within our county.

Après avoir pas mal voyagé pendant le printemps et avoir visité les alentours de Windsor, St Andrews et York, nous avons continué à voyagé pendant l’été avec un weekend à Glasgow et deux semaines et demi en France. Nous avons aussi fait quelques petits road trips dans notre département.

Fresnier’s marshes, near Savenay, Pays de la Loire, France

Blogging:

Blogging:

I am proud of myself as I have been able to publish a blog post nearly every week during summer months. This is mainly because Marcus is now napping in the afternoon so I can have a bit of time for myself. I have managed to write all about our spring adventures and most of our summer ones. I only need to write about our French holidays. I have also published all my walks (in french and english version) on Visorando website. Now I just need to finish updating my blog.

Je suis assez fière de moi car j’ai réussi à publier un article pratiquement toutes les semaines pendant l’été. Cela aide que Marcus fasse la sieste l’après-midi donc j’arrive à avoir un peu de temps pour moi. J’ai réussi aussi à écrire toutes nos aventures faites au printemps et pratiquement tout ce que nous avons fait cet été. Il me reste juste à écrire sur nos vacances en France. J’ai fini de publier toutes mes randonnées (en version française et anglaise) sur le site de Visorando. Et maintenant je n’ai plus qu’à continuer à mettre à jour mon blog.

See my Visorando profile here.

Roa Island, Cumbria, England

Books and TV:

Livres et TV:

I have been mainly listening to audiobooks. I have managed to listen to two books. Here the list in reading order.

Je n’ai fait qu’écouter des livres audios cet été. J’ai réussi à en écouter deux. Voici la liste.

  • Abroad in Japan: ten years in the land of the rising sun by Chris Broad
  • The Dark Tide by Simon McCleave
St Andrews’ castle in the mist

Blog discoveries:

Découverte de blogs:

Finally I am sharing some great blog posts written by fellow bloggers in the past three months.

Finalement je partage avec vous des articles de blogs que d’autres bloggers ont écrit ces trois derniers mois.

Let’s see what Autumn will bring !!!

Voyons ce que l’automne va nous amener !!!

The kelpies, falkirk, scotland

Find all our adventures in UK here

41 thoughts on “Summary – July to September 2024”

    1. We didn’t manage to do a lot of things. Always nice to write it down to really appreciate what we did.
      Thank you to you too but I am sure we will discuss via our blog before the end of the year 🙂.

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  4. That’s a nice summary Mél and thank you for the mention. You do well to write every week, I try for every other week but don’t always manage that. And I’ve got website envy looking at your site ! 😀 I keep thinking of having an overhaul of mine but I’m constrained by my own lack of knowledge and the thought of spending weeks trying to get it how I would want puts me off. I may use some of your ideas though 😀

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    1. Thank you Jim. I still have a bit of work to do to update all the maps, pages, links and posts hopefully it will be done by next summer. I don’t put to much pressure on myself as it is not my job and like yourself I am not an expert in WordPress. It does take a long time to update everything. My problem was that I kept changing layout so now that I think I have a good layout for my posts, I need to make all of them consistent. I could leave it like that but my brain is telling that I need all the posts with the same layout 😂😂.

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      1. Yes I know what you mean, it all takes time and there always seems to be something to update or needs changing 😂 I do like the post grids on your home page, I’ve tried some different themes but it’s such a steep learning curve I think sometimes it’s best to leave things as they are and just concentrate on trying to provide good content.

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  6. Definitely a busy month. You do well getting out and about with a young lad. Make the most of him being young 🙂 . I’m looking forward to reading about your holiday in France. It’s been far too long since we were there. For many years we had our main holiday in Western France – Normandy, Brittany, the Charente , Perigord and the south west coast near Perpignan. And we sometimes used to go to Northern France for an autumn break too!

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    1. He loves being outdoors if we are a bit late in the morning to go out he shows us the front door to tell us that it is time to go out of the house 😂. And Skye is also very happy with that.
      You know more of France than me ☺️. I used to spend all my summers as a child camping near Perpignan. My dad now lives in Cap d’agde which is not too far.
      I hope you will enjoy my post about France.

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      1. And I think you’ve seen more of GB than me – and I’ve been around a LOT longer than you 😂 (I went watching a Rugby League match in Perpignan (also once in Montpelier) – when Wigan played the Catalan Dragons (yet I’ve never watched one in West Cumbria)

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  9. Ahhh thank you so much for the mention! That was a lovely surprise 🙂 It’s nice to share your new finds because it gives us all a chance to find new people too! I’ve loved reading your blog and seeing your walks – it has indeed been a naff summer, but at least you were able to get to France for a bit 🙂

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      1. It is great isn’t it! And it gives lots of nice ideas on other places to go yourself that you may not have known about! I agree with your break in France, it’s been such a terrible year for nice weather. I’m hoping if I can buy a van then maybe we could do the same, pop over the channel and get some sunshine! 🙂

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  11. It’s too bad the weather wasn’t the greatest over the summer, but it sounds like you made the most of it. And how fun that you were able to get away as well. Isn’t it amazing how much you’re able to do when your baby actually naps!?!

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  12. Just like you, I am blogging when my youngest one naps in the afternoon for a few hours! We had a very wet and cold summer and that’s why this year I didn’t get to enjoy much wild swimming. While my husband braved the elements there was no way I could follow his lead as it was too cold! Now, after such a long break, I have to find the courage to jump into the Atlantic Ocean next year! Thanks for sharing, and have a good day 🙂 Aiva xx

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  15. Props to you for taking time to write still. I remember trying to run our shooting school while our kids were still young, and I could barely find time to just sit down and watch a 30 minute sitcom. Love reading about your adventures, and glad to see you read the Dark Tide! I love the Angelesey series and can’t wait to read Dead in the Water.

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