Tag Archives: Dublin Fingal Rotary Club Members

Happy New Year to All at home in Ireland or Geneva and here in Chalon.

Posted on December 31, 2014 by agclontarf

On this Gap Year we have learned to go with the flow. Because of our car problems we will now be celebrating New Year with Rodger Collins and his friends on his barge Silhouette in Chalon, not as planned in … Continue reading →

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Our Christmas in France

Posted on December 19, 2014 by agclontarf

Suddenly Christmas seems to be upon us. So far it’s been a very different Christmas for us this year. In the past we would have been very busy at work in the run up to Christmas but this year there … Continue reading →

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Hospices de Beaune and The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul

Posted on December 10, 2014 by agclontarf

Yesterday we went to visit Hospices du Beaune, a free hospital for the poor of Burgundy founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin. We ourselves are supporters of Saint Vincent de Paul, a charitable organisation also founded in France by Fredric … Continue reading →

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Not sure what to tell you this Friday

Posted on July 18, 2014 by agclontarf

We continue to stay at Boothaus Roll on the Zeuthern See and the weather has been very mixed. We have had glorious sunshine one day and thunderstorms and hail stones the next. We have spent the time cleaning the boat and … Continue reading →

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Presentation to my Rotary Club – Tomorrow is the Departure Day

Posted on March 24, 2014 by agclontarf

Today, the day before the Gap Year begins, I gave a presentation on our plans to my Rotary Club, Dublin Fingal. This is rather like explaining to your family what you have decided to go and do… I have been a member … Continue reading →

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