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| Tuesday, 20-Sep-2005 00:00 |
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Societe Jersiaise History section trip to southern Brittany
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Every year the History section has a trip to France, this year it was to the area around Carnac and Vannes, the tour was again expertly guided by Professor Merion Jones of Reading University. We were also fortunate enough to have been guided by several local historians.
Vannes
http://www.mairie-vannes.fr/
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fr-56-va.html
The name of the town originates from a tribe of daredevil Gaulish sailors, the Veneti, who ruled the seas around here until the 1st century BC
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15271b.htm
Diocese of Vannes
http://www.catholicculture.org/lit/calendar/day.cfm?id=96
St Vincent 1350 - 1415
General Louis Lazare Hoche 1768 - 1797
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Lazare_Hoche
"Hoche showed himself equal to the crisis and inflicted a crushing blow on the Royalist cause by defeating and capturing de Sombreuil's expedition at Quiberon and Penthièvre (16 - 21 July 1795). Thereafter, by means of mobile columns (which he kept under good discipline) he succeeded before the summer of 1796 in pacifying the whole of the west.
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| Thursday, 8-Sep-2005 00:00 |
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19th century prints of Les Ecrehous
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These prints were made around the same time as P.J. Ouless published a book on Les Ecrehous in 1884 which is online at:
http://planefacts.co.uk/ecrehous/preface/index.htm
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| Monday, 5-Sep-2005 00:00 |
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Grey seals, Les Ecrehous
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| Monday, 29-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Ecrehous views
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Some people can now afford to have their drinks delivered by air to their doorstep now !
I still catch the odd fish, me and Charles with two Bass.
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| Wednesday, 24-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Sunflowers part III
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| Tuesday, 23-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Sunflowers part II
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| Sunday, 21-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Sunflowers of Jersey
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| Thursday, 18-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Carteret by night
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| Monday, 15-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Bottlenose Dolphins at Les Ecrehous
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| Sunday, 14-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Grey Seals of Les Ecrehous
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I did observe the seal with net at the start of my holidays but not in the last week. I observed from 1 to 7 seals in a day, observing more on the neap tides, this may be due to less disturbance as most visiting boats come from tidal ports and spring tides are ideal for day trippers.
Cheers Nick
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very nice set 
