• Wind Chill – Froid Ressenti – and Ice Walks

    Snow covered frozen lake The phrase froid ressenti is appearing on the weather forecasts a lot these days. It translates literally as ‘cold felt/experienced’ but is pretty much the same as refroidissement éolien (wind chill factor) – nothing to do with windmills (éoliennes) this time!) Frequently the froid ressenti is...


  • Winter Woes!

    Well, it’s all happening here. Our coldest ever weather is proving to be quite a handful. Our thermomenter showed  its lowest ever reading of minus 12.7 degrees C yesterday morning, and there were a good few more degrees of wind chill out there. We anticipated at least some pipes freezing...


  • Le Grand Froid à la Ferme i.e. It’s Freezing at Les Fragnes!

    We’ve been on vigilance orange (amber alert) for froid (cold) all day today in Creuse, and it’s set to continue and get worse, at least overnight. So we’re taking some special measures around the farm to cope with the extreme conditions. First up, we’ve brought the generator indoors so it’s...


  • Wednesday Warm Up

    It’s minus 4.3 degrees C and falling fast out there, so time for something warming. And what better than pumpkin soup! Regular readers will know of my love/hate relationship with pumpkins. Only veggies beginning with p seem to grow well at Les Fragnes so we end up with pommes de...


  • Snow On Tuesday – It’s Cold In Creuse

    I’m cancelling Cheese on Tuesday this week because of the snow. We’ve waited all winter for it, so now that it’s here, it’s time for a snowy blog. Boursin can wait yet another week! Nessie surveys the scene It’s not the snowiest it’s ever been here at Les Fragnes, but...