We have added a few more photo's of the family and pictures of our
renovation project in France.
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The Dallaway Family Crest
Courtesy of Ian Dallaway www.dallaway.org
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The original Dallaway crest was bestowed on James Dallaway in the Late 1500's for services to the King in compiling various histories. |
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Dallaway and Hopton Crest
Courtesy of Ian Dallaway www.dallaway.org |
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This is a combination of Dallaway and Hopton, achieved when James married Mary Hopton in 1600.
The motto means "Take note of their manners" |
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The Dallaway's |
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Three generations of Dallaway's !! Nick, Sophie and Richard |
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Cazedarnes |
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Our first view of Cazerarnes in the South of France |
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The High Road to Cazedarnes |
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Another view from the top road into Cazedarnes |
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Internal Wall |
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New internal wall built on the ground floor to support the 1st floor beams and separate the property |
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Pot and Beam |
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This shows the state of the external walls. The beams have been set into the wall ready for the pots for the 1st floor |
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First Floor |
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Now that the pots are in, part of the first floor is accessible |
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Old Beams |
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The old beams were taken down to be treated and re-used as a decorative feature in the sitting rooms and bedrooms |
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Stripped Roof |
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The roof tiles were stripped off to alleviate the weight on the roof |
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Second Floor |
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Onwards and upwards.. Nick built a support wall on the first floor to support the pot & beams for the second floor |
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The River Orb |
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How beautiful is this? The river in summer. In the winter of 2003/04 the rocks and bank were completely immersed during the floods |
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Roquebrun |
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Village of Roquebrun in the vallee de l'orb. |
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Roquebrun View |
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View from the village of the river Orb. The nature reserve of Upper Languedoc |
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Kayaking |
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Gordon and Hazel's brother John getting ready to kayak down the River Orb |
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Gordon Kayaking |
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Gordon arriving back at the kayak centre |
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Wildlife |
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Just some of the wildlife seen at Roquebrun |
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Elaine at Valras Plage, France |
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Hazel's sister at Valras beach |
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Gordon at Vendres Plage, France |
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Our son Gordon enjoying the sun on the beach at Vendres |
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Trevor at the Beach |
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Our nephew Trevor at Vendres Plage, France |
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Vendres Plage Seascape |
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It really is as warm as it looks |
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Nick Sailing |
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Nick on the RYA Day Skipper course on the west coat of Scotland |
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Nick at the Helm |
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Nick steering the boat |
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