CABRO
D’OR.
‘Lorgues is a commune in the Var department
in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Lorgues is
located in the middle of wineries and fields of olive trees. It's in the centre
of the department of the Var between the Mediterranean Sea and the Gorges du
Verdon’.
That
is the all-inclusive Wikipedia entry for this hidden away part of France fifty
miles due north of St Tropez.
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| Cabro d’Or near Lorgues snuggles up to a shallow hill, |
We
were here to stay with our friends Marc and Louise and their friends for a long
weekend at
Cabro d’Or. Four days of
sunshine and in late November and twenty-two degrees of warmth throughout the
day. Ostensibly we are there to pick olives.
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| Fresh Fig Jam and saucisson |
Cabro
d’Or is a farmhouse near Lorgues. It snuggles up to a shallow hill, on the opposite rise is
woodland where wild boar are abundant. Between the house and the wood, in the
small valley a field of vines and a little further a grove of olive trees.
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| The prelude to a feast |
As
we all prepare ourselves for the first night of feasting I steal down to the edge
of the vine plantation and look up at the house. Now dusk, bird song, insects
chatter and conversation drifts down from the terrace.
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| Saturday morning and the coffee is strong |
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