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Mike K

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Spring is here
« on: March 13, 2017, 15:50:03 »
Spring's arrived in Southern France. I removed the hard top this weekend and stored away until November.

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Mike
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Re: Spring is here
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2017, 15:58:01 »
Striking Mike!!
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Re: Spring is here
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2017, 16:10:08 »
Mike, is that your vineyard or are you just parked there?  You should retake those same pictures in July.  The red would look striking against the lush green.
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Re: Spring is here
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2017, 16:57:02 »
 Southern France is one of our favorite places in the world. Looked like a beautiful day there in Provence for a drive in your equally beautiful car.

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Re: Spring is here
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2017, 21:33:48 »
Lucky you Mike, we are still freezing up here in Canada, a major storm system is developing down south for our American frends it is expected to dump 2 feet of the white stuff on New York City, according to our Weather forecast, then they have been wrong before ...

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Re: Spring is here
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2017, 22:03:23 »
Thanks everyone for commenting!

The vineyard belongs to a friend who I went to visit. Had to take a very easy drive back after tasting some of his 2015 red which by all accounts is going to be a great vintage!

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Mike

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Re: Spring is here
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2017, 14:07:58 »
Mike

Looks wonderful. Not a cloud. And your car is looking very smart.

I am looking out my office window onto a sunny but storm blown Charlotte Square in Edinburgh and cannot wait to get down to France at Easter. My car has not turned a wheel since the end of August which is not so good!

Is there any word as to when the Zone a Circulation Restreinte might be introduced in Cannes? I think it is the only PACA city or town on the list

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Re: Spring is here
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2017, 17:51:57 »
Thanks Andrew.
From what I've read in  the French press Cannes will not be implementing it. Lyons is next after Paris.

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Mike
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