Jeremy Clarke Jeremy Clarke

A tale of many swimming pools

Oscar and Klynton are visiting us in Provence and a 40-degree heatwave has hit. There's only one place to be

Neither grandson can swim but that doesn’t stop them from cooling off in one of the many pools we are invited to use. Credit: Bjanka Kadic/Alamy 
issue 21 August 2021
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