Blog in France

Following our visit to the wolves on Saturday and a quick pit stop at McDo’s for caffeine and burgers, we headed up to the Hall d’agriculture in Guéret for the chicken festival i.e. the Exposition nationale d’aviculture which was going on. (An aviculteur is a poultry farmer.) And in reality...

A quick post today to say happy twenty-first birthday for today to Eldest Son, aka Benj. He was at home with us this weekend for some rest and recuperation. Rors was delighted to have his big brother here on the big day so we could have a proper party. Rors...

Advent has got off to a cracking start – a jaw-cracking minus 5 degrees C, and a cracking morning of interesting visits. We dealt with frozen taps and extra-hungry livestock as quickly as we could this morning and jumped in the car to head to the Gueret hills where the...

I was about to start making the cake and puds, a little bit late this year – again, when I realised I didn’t have most of the ingredients I needed. Despite France being famous for its grapes, you can only get sultanas at a sensible price. There are fiendishly expensive...

And any day now the pavements of French towns and villages will start being blocked by Christmas trees. It’s a lovely festive touch but rather pedestrian-unfriendly as you have to step out into the road to navigate round them! I moan about it every year, I know, but I’d miss...