Since 1989 when we bought a house in the Languedoc we have tended to spend July and August there. But we suddenly realised this year, none too soon, that we are no longer slaves to school holidays. Our children are now parents themselves. So, in an effort to avoid the heat of July in the Languedoc, we have just spent our first July in London since 1988. It has not been as quiet as I imagined.
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