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Realities of a Low Emission Life in the French Pyrenees

Amy’s video observations closely parallel those of the UK’s Rebecca Laughton. Rebecca holds a Masters of Science in Sustainable Agriculture, and worked four years on a 40 acre community farm without the use of fossil fuels. She later toured around the UK and France (including the Pyrenees) to glean material for her recent book

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Itxassou Cherries

Along the whole length of the mountain chain of the Pyrenees the cherry orchards flourish in the lower foothills, where the alluvial soil and sheltered micro climate offer the perfect growing conditions. From Ceret in Languedoc Roussillon to Itxassou in the Pays Basque cherries are big business. Ceret is famed in particular for the Burlat variety which was introduced by Joseph Guitard in 1952,...

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Spain: The Bigfoot of the Pyrenees

Inexplicata has written elsewhere about the "simiots" of Spain's Catalunya and Upper Aragon - creatures that may well find their U.S. counterparts in our very own Bigfoot. Today, Raul Nuñez of the IIEE sends us an interesting article on another supersized inhabitant of the Pyrenees -- the towering "Basajaun", a regular feature of Basque folklore. The article, written...

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Basajaun: Bigfoot of the Pyrenees

An eyewitness account mentions a sighting of a young Basajaun basking in the sun at the opening to the Mailuxe cave, and the added description of this creature as being blond. Read more from the original source: Basajaun: Bigfoot of the Pyrenees Tags: Free Psychic , Free Psychic Reading , Horoscopes , Free Tarot Reading , Psychic Reading , Chakra Readings , Runes Reading , Psychics , Free Psychics...

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ES Collection Fall/Winter 2009-2010

BETWEEN THE BORDERS OF FRANCE AND SPAIN, SURROUNDED BY THE RUGGED PEAKS OF THE PYRENEES MOUNTAINS LIES THE SIXTH SMALLEST NATION OF EUROPE: ANDORRA. BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION IT OFFERS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY SNOW RELATED ACTIVITY. FOR SOME REASON...

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Back from Barcelona: New Library Titles from Supreme Court of Canada Library

Mr. and Mrs. Library Boy got back yesterday from our 3 week vacation to Catalonia in Northeastern Spain (with a side trip to the neighbouring province of Aragon for hikes in the Monte Perdido region of the Pyrénées and a visit to the Somontano wine producing area, which also hosts caves with fascinating paleolithic and neolithic paintings). It all felt oddly familiar: Catalonia, within...

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Basajaun: Spain’s Bigfoot

There exist creatures of considerable height, completely covered in hair, that wander the Pyrenees. Images.

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Reins in Spain

The man they call the 'horse whisperer of the Pyrenees' uses a natural approach to equine taming. And he is just as intuitive about his riders, says Hugh Thomson Bertrand Cauchy is a well-known figure in northern Spain: dubbed the "horse-whisperer of the Pyrenees", he is celebrated for his ability to placate even the most difficult of steeds. But it was his reputation for placating...

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Reins in Spain

The man they call the 'horse whisperer of the Pyrenees' uses a natural approach to equine taming. And he is just as intuitive about his riders, says Hugh Thomson Bertrand Cauchy is a well-known figure in northern Spain: dubbed the "horse-whisperer of the Pyrenees", he is celebrated for his ability...