So is the statue of "Mr. Galette" similar to the statue of Capt. Gregory in Mass. celebrating the birth of the doughnut.

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On Jul 8, 2009, at 5:44 PM, Jeff Gray wrote:

> At least two balls of string, and then even more, including ride > details.
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> As to riding, it just does not get any better. Low sixties, > interemittent light rain, and moderate to very gusty head winds. > Rode at half normal speed.
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> The first ball of string is the cheese shop. Not a Monty Phython > one. Two pictures included. Locally made including sample. > Naturally got the one pictured for consumption at tonite's picnic at > the Gite.
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> Hard to find accomodations for tonight. This Gite is isolated with > no nearby places to eat; we shopped about 10 km back.
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> The second ball.
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> When we arrived found the outside swarming with bees. Asked about > it and "not normal" just started. Turns out a local bee hive (makes > honey) escaped. Pics of the recapture process and for those > following on twitter a short video clip. Nice adventure for us and > interesting to watch. Owner not so pleased.
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> The Gite is situated next to a stream which runs to the mill > (Moulin). Not far away is the vendor selling honey (of our bee > adventure) and bleuet (blueberries).
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> Dinner: local cheese, local smoked salmon, local baguette, local > fruit, French Camenbert.
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