French life

Dossiering About - January 30, 2022
Different Sorts of Cliffs - January 18, 2022
A Bad Day in Brenne - December 31, 2021
Haughty Haute Loire - November 22, 2021
Lofty Lozère - November 13, 2021
Dieppe, Den Haag and Lac du Der - October 20, 2021
A Tour to Touraine - August 29, 2021
Geysers, crosses and quartz - June 1, 2021
Natural Dyes - May 25, 2021
Vaccination Drama - April 26, 2021
Interesting Discoveries - April 11, 2021
Animal Foam - March 19, 2021
Château Rocher - March 9, 2021
DIY Dye - February 28, 2021
February So Far - February 15, 2021
Another January Ticked Off - January 31, 2021
Pluviôse - January 22, 2021
Jour du Van - January 15, 2021
Irish Aran sweaters - January 10, 2021
Chateauneuf-sur-Cher - January 5, 2021
Washing, Past and Present - January 4, 2021
New Years Day - January 1, 2021
Hot Process Soap - November 9, 2020
Return of Lockdown - November 1, 2020
And Soap It Begins... - October 17, 2020
Hérisson - September 20, 2020
Hazelnuts - September 13, 2020
A Glut of Gluts - September 3, 2020
Fourteen Years at Les Fragnes - August 11, 2020
Camper Vanning - June 29, 2020
A Trail of Three Castles - June 12, 2020
Unmasking an issue - April 28, 2020
Confinement - April 14, 2020
Stromatolites - March 9, 2020
Deadly Drevant - February 24, 2020
Montvicq - February 10, 2020
Just a Blog about a Dog - January 27, 2020
On the Trail of a Rabid Wolf - January 25, 2020
Pluviôse - January 20, 2020
Feed the Birds - January 12, 2020
Nivôse - January 7, 2020
New Year, New Adventure - January 4, 2020
Precious - January 2, 2020
Puy de Gaudy - December 29, 2019
Conker Power - October 21, 2019
Upright chickens - September 16, 2019
Beaublanc briefly! - September 2, 2019
Tripped up by red tape - August 28, 2019
Mini-break in Morvan part one - August 11, 2019
Canal de Berry - July 23, 2019
Bac Against The Wall - June 15, 2019
School’s Out - June 3, 2019
European Elections - June 1, 2019
Becoming French - part trois - May 28, 2019
Useful Bits of Kit - May 18, 2019
Becoming French – Part Deux - April 25, 2019
The Tricky TCF - April 8, 2019
Becoming French Part Un - March 28, 2019
Hunting for Ammonites - March 13, 2019
Fossil-hunting at Montgivray - March 9, 2019
Goats - March 5, 2019
Puy de Dôme - February 27, 2019
Worth Their Weight In Gold - February 22, 2019
JPO - February 2, 2019
Reroofing the Barn - February 1, 2019
Candlemas - January 29, 2019
Le grand debat national - January 20, 2019
Later Start - January 11, 2019
Galette des Rois - January 5, 2019
Great Balls of Fat - January 2, 2019
Christmas food in France - December 22, 2018
Le Petit-Dejeuner - December 22, 2018
Conseil de classe - December 7, 2018
Gilets Jaunes - December 2, 2018
Expiry date - November 30, 2018
BIF goes Dutch 5 - November 27, 2018
BIF goes Dutch 4 - November 24, 2018
BIF goes Dutch 3 - November 22, 2018
BIF goes Dutch 2 - November 18, 2018
BIF goes Dutch - November 17, 2018
Bus travel - November 14, 2018
Perplexing rules - November 5, 2018
Monumental ride - September 30, 2018
Sibel - September 25, 2018
Baby boom - September 5, 2018
Switzerland - July 23, 2018
Speed Limits - July 12, 2018
Sarzay - June 27, 2018
Monts de Gueret - June 19, 2018
Radegonde - June 14, 2018
Les Fragnes to Le Fragne - June 7, 2018
Grass-is-greener - June 4, 2018
Naturalisation - June 1, 2018
French Days - May 1, 2018
2 months of TI - April 20, 2018
Seed-bombing - April 1, 2018
Cycling-Clugnat - March 14, 2018
Fete-des-grands-meres - March 4, 2018
Cocci-Doodle-Do - February 8, 2018
Water Torture - January 31, 2018
Spring Cleaning - January 24, 2018
Brahma breakdown - January 13, 2018
La Brande de Landes - January 4, 2018
Empty cages - December 17, 2017
Netting the Lakes - December 1, 2017
The Lady and the Unicorn - November 22, 2017
Modioli in the Mud - November 19, 2017
Brahma Farmer - November 1, 2017
Eggs-asperating - September 29, 2017
Stilt Crazy After All These Years - August 17, 2017
Sew Long - July 16, 2017
Knitting - April 2, 2017
Zut, it’s Zeus - March 7, 2017
More Geocaching Gems - March 1, 2017
Meet Sidney the Canary - February 12, 2017
Cycling to Ste Sévère - February 7, 2017
Huarizos Revisited - January 29, 2017
French Facts and Figures - January 26, 2017
French Food Friday, and the Big Freeze - January 20, 2017
French Food Friday Nougat - January 13, 2017
French Food Friday - January 6, 2017
Hidden History - January 2, 2017
Egg-cellent - December 31, 2016
Keeping It For Best - December 28, 2016
Incomplete Christmas - December 25, 2016
Fancy Fungi - November 17, 2016
Exciting times - October 24, 2016
Summer of cycling - October 1, 2016
Fa-La-Llama-La - September 30, 2016
Rentrée for Ruadhri - September 5, 2016
Bird-day news - August 1, 2016
Bird-day news - August 1, 2016
Catchup - July 30, 2016
Keep calm - June 5, 2016
Mayday - May 1, 2016
Com-Com Compost - April 23, 2016
Lamborjeanie - April 19, 2016
Total Immersion - April 7, 2016
Blowing the cobwebs away - March 28, 2016
CAF-astrophe - February 29, 2016
First Aid - February 14, 2016
A Few Facts and Figures - January 31, 2016
Writing is Good for your Health - January 23, 2016
Haphazard Hatching - January 5, 2016
Limousin no more - January 1, 2016
Maupuy - December 28, 2015
Poultry - December 12, 2015
Christmas Markets - December 10, 2015
Remembrance - November 11, 2015
Ladepeyre - November 8, 2015
Sloe-ly Does It - October 11, 2015
Starry Starry Night – If Only You Could See It - October 9, 2015
The Rentrée That Wasn’t - September 1, 2015
A Bit Of A Do At Boussac Castle - July 7, 2015
Numbers Game - May 3, 2015
How Not To Be Organised - February 15, 2015
France’s Bestselling Books in 2014 - January 23, 2015
Stand Up And Be Counted: 2015 Census in France - January 17, 2015
2015 Surreal Conversations: No. 1 - January 16, 2015
Day of Mourning in France – Journée de Deuil - January 8, 2015
French Schoolbooks Going Digital – Slowly - January 7, 2015
Les Jours Festifs – The Twelve Days of Christmas - December 27, 2014
Who Stole Santa? - December 16, 2014
A Kilo Of Pigeon - December 6, 2014
Bad Bag Fad - October 1, 2014
Forum des Assos - September 6, 2014
La Rentrée With Piglets And A Perruche - September 3, 2014
Ruadhri - July 1, 2014
Snake in the Grass - June 30, 2014
Eight Years At Les Fragnes - June 27, 2014
Bye-bye Bordeaux - June 3, 2014
Animal Outings - May 11, 2014
When Good Bunnies Go Bad… - March 30, 2014
Smug About Smog - March 18, 2014
French Language Week – Semaine de la Langue Française - March 16, 2014
Book Review: Paris, Rue des Martyrs by Adria Cimino - March 4, 2014
Crossing Bridges - March 3, 2014
Book Review: I See London, I See France by Paulita Kincer - February 25, 2014
The Picturesque Parc des Parelles - February 23, 2014
A Gruesome Day - February 21, 2014
France’s Bestselling Books in 2013 - February 17, 2014
Lurgey Lundi - February 10, 2014
A Sociocultural Statement By Fridge Magnets! - January 14, 2014
Total Immersion: our adventures in France continue… - January 10, 2014
Getting High on New Year’s Day - January 2, 2014
Bureaucracy Can Make You Bald - December 19, 2013
Louis Philippe Furniture - October 7, 2013
Country Morning - September 29, 2013
Not Ghoulish But Gaulish: Fête Gauloise at Prébenoit - September 21, 2013
New In French Schools: La Charte de la Laïcité - September 20, 2013
Eglise de Bussière St Georges: A Rare Glimpse into Bussière St Georges’ Church - September 14, 2013
Tour de France Souvenir Stamps - September 13, 2013
Bordeaux, With A Little Extra Luxury This Year - September 9, 2013
The Secret Wacky Side to French People - September 1, 2013
Hedgerow Haul, but Where are the Wasps? - August 25, 2013
7 Signs It’s Nearly La Rentrée - August 20, 2013
How Many Pigs Make A Pig Farmer? - August 4, 2013
Lost in France: Or, Don’t Listen To Your Satnav! - July 14, 2013
The Holiday Season – For Some! - July 12, 2013
Coding, Christenings, Scams and Sore Feet – i.e. Paris! - June 30, 2013
Thunder-Free Fête - June 4, 2013
New French Words - May 31, 2013
Les enfants tweetent – Twitter in French schools - May 30, 2013
Roland-Garros Starts the Tour de France Countdown - May 28, 2013
English Club and No Babies - May 23, 2013
Of Rain, Tax Returns and Eurovision - May 18, 2013
Nettle Tea And No Piglets! - May 9, 2013
Parties and Public Holidays - May 6, 2013
Tiger, Tiger, Please Don’t Bite - May 4, 2013
Edible Gifts - May 2, 2013
Fish Strangling in Creuse - April 19, 2013
Caiti’s Cockroaches - April 9, 2013
Vintage Cars at Les Fragnes - April 7, 2013
April Sunrise - April 4, 2013
English Teaching and French Editions - April 3, 2013
Snow, Cistes and Simplicity - March 16, 2013
Noz, Limoges at Night and Violet Chocolate - March 12, 2013
Map of Literary French History - February 24, 2013
Toilet Troubles Revisited - February 4, 2013
Masgot, Village of Sculptures - January 30, 2013
Léon Détroy - January 27, 2013
Blue Monday – And I Don’t Mean The Pop Song - January 20, 2013
Coping With The Cold - January 18, 2013
Save or Spend - January 10, 2013
Crazy French Laws - January 4, 2013
France’s First Baby In 2013 Creates A Stir - January 2, 2013
Hooray For Huriel – And Team Llamagem! - December 29, 2012
The End Is Nigh – Apart From In Bugarach - December 20, 2012
Would You Rather Spend Christmas With Your Pets Or Your In-laws? - December 18, 2012
Nouzerines Marché de Noël - December 9, 2012
Logging Blog And Wacky Warning Signs! - December 7, 2012
Croc Monsieur: Meet Adam Ruck, The Man Who Cycles in Crocs! - December 5, 2012
Chicken Fest: Exposition Nationale d’Aviculture at Gueret - December 4, 2012
Cracking Advent: Wolves And Dandelion Honey - December 1, 2012
Time To Talk Trees - November 28, 2012
Charollais on Show - November 18, 2012
The Tricolor—Vive la France! - November 15, 2012
Nutty Nutella Tax - November 9, 2012
Cat-ash-tree-phe: France’s Frênes In Danger - November 8, 2012
Festival du Nouveau Mot OR How To Make Up French! - November 4, 2012
L’heure d’hiver – Winter Time - October 29, 2012
Brilliant Bleus de Travail - October 6, 2012
October – Jam, Ham and Fishing for Medlars - October 2, 2012
Wood Is Good - September 27, 2012
From Bordeaux To Blue String - September 19, 2012
Discovering Bordeaux For €4.30: Bordeaux By Tram - September 17, 2012
Done In By The Dune Du Pyla! - September 16, 2012
How To Buy A Microwave: Patience Required - September 12, 2012
Comment? OR Surreal Phone Calls! - September 7, 2012
Globe Trottinetteurs – Globe Trotting on a Scooter - August 21, 2012
The Canicule Is Coming - August 17, 2012
Olympic Games – Who To Cheer For? - July 30, 2012
Bordeaux - July 14, 2012
Météorites – French Meteorites - July 9, 2012
More French Words Than Ever! - July 8, 2012
Pedalling to Help Protect Polar Bears: Didier Bovard - July 3, 2012
How To Baptise A Windturbine: Baptême d’une Éolienne - June 29, 2012
Six Years At Les Fragnes - June 28, 2012
Fridge Fun And Feathers - June 23, 2012
France Still In Voting Frenzy: Who Will Be Next Président of the Assemblée Nationale? - June 22, 2012
A DEEElightful Idea To Encourage Recycling - June 11, 2012
Summer Starts – Sort Of! - May 20, 2012
DIY Defibrillation - May 15, 2012
Guéret Under Attack! Back Off, Technikart - May 12, 2012
Collège in Abbreviations - May 11, 2012
Tractor Tour de France - May 10, 2012
Resourceful Neighbours - May 2, 2012
Expat Blog Hop Celebration - April 23, 2012
Not As Generous As They Seem – Supermarket Vouchers - April 21, 2012
Cheap Noz and Sheep News - April 18, 2012
A Fatter France - April 10, 2012
Two French Hens vs 300 kg Of Rubbish - April 2, 2012
Palm Sunday (Rameaux) From Both Sides - April 1, 2012
Impulse Buying – Achats d’Impulsion - March 29, 2012
Pocket Money or is it Pokémon Money? – L’Argent de Poche - March 28, 2012
On The Road With ACSNEC – Nouzerines Cycling Club - March 25, 2012
Alder Is Alive Again - March 24, 2012
Friday Night Ritual - March 23, 2012
Vigipirate Écarlate – What Is It? - March 20, 2012
School Shooting Shocks France - March 19, 2012
School Tomorrow? - March 18, 2012
Renault Recovery Roadtrip Via Valençay - March 12, 2012
Paris Nice 2012: Daggs See Day Three - March 6, 2012
Blog In France – 400, And Just Warming Up - March 1, 2012
Queer Quantities And Strange Statistics - February 26, 2012
Liberté, Fraternité Maybe – But Égalité Is Struggling In French Schools - February 23, 2012
Mademoiselles and Bells - February 22, 2012
La Présidentielle 2012 – Or, M Hollande Wants A Fiver! - February 19, 2012
The Expat Life As Seen From Outside - February 18, 2012
Plan Vélo – France Promotes Cycling - February 17, 2012
Seagulls, the Louvre and David’s Fountain - February 16, 2012
Paris Part Deux - February 13, 2012
To Paris and Back - February 12, 2012
Twenty Years to Publish a Novel – Guest Post by Steve Bichard - February 9, 2012
Snow White And The Seven Arts - January 28, 2012
Blessing the Clocher at Nouzerines - January 21, 2012
FEDAE – Working To Support Auto-Entrepreneurs - January 18, 2012
Water Torture - January 15, 2012
France’s Presidential Candidates – Too Wealthy To Be In Touch? - January 13, 2012
Sold On Les Soldes - January 12, 2012
Cheese on Tuesday – Cantal - January 10, 2012
Étang des Landes – Limousin’s Largest Lake - January 9, 2012
TEOTWAWKI – No More Public Toilet Roll in Boussac! - January 8, 2012
Record Weather for France in 2011 - January 7, 2012
Fizzy Drinks Tax – Fuzzy Logic More Like! - January 6, 2012
Pièces Jaunes 2012 – Put Your Loose Change to Work - January 5, 2012
Préveranges, Cher – More Than Meets The Eye - January 4, 2012
Obligatory Breath Test Kit for all French Motorists - January 2, 2012
A Crafty New Year with Serviettage - January 1, 2012
Hot Calendars! - December 30, 2011
Skating on Thin Plastic – Ice That Isn’t! - December 29, 2011
Deer Me – No Place for Snares - December 26, 2011
Marchés de Noël in Limoges - December 18, 2011
Spectacular! - December 15, 2011
Moving To France – 10 Top Tips - December 13, 2011
Installing the Crèche at Nouzerines - December 11, 2011
Winter and Wind Turbines – L’Hiver et les Eoliennes - December 5, 2011
Follicles, Fighting and Fables – Wool Course at Le Dorat - December 3, 2011
Sunflowers, Spying and a Couple of Santas - December 1, 2011
Long Lorries and Missing Mince Pies - November 29, 2011
Noël Nouvelet – A Carol for Advent - November 27, 2011
Pharmacie Faux-Pas or Cock-Up at the Chemists - November 26, 2011
EWWR – European Week for Waste Reduction - November 23, 2011
Squeaky Clean – Bien Propre - November 22, 2011
Counting in French – the Vexing Vicesimal - November 20, 2011
Best of Blog in France … Download It For Free! - November 17, 2011
How To Be Clean In French - November 15, 2011
A Bike, A Banana And A Camera - November 13, 2011
Armistice and Apples - November 11, 2011
Hidden Treasures of France – Rendez-vous sur les chemins - November 8, 2011
Boussac Battle of the Bands 2011 - November 6, 2011
Oh No, Noël is Coming - November 5, 2011
Halloween Round-Up - November 1, 2011
Limoges Leftovers - October 27, 2011
Pumpkins at Préveranges – Fête de la Citrouille - October 23, 2011
Presidential Baby and Three Happy Bilingual Kids - October 20, 2011
The Evils of Tomato Ketchup - October 17, 2011
Fête de la Grue – Crane Celebrations - October 16, 2011
Disruptions … - October 9, 2011
Quincessentially French - October 8, 2011
October Observations – or Dismal Dictons Continued - October 5, 2011
Dogs Go To Church But Cats Drink Beer - October 2, 2011
Still Rabbiting On About Superstitions – And A Giveaway! - October 1, 2011
Superstitions – Grigris - September 29, 2011
Autumn Ride - September 27, 2011
Schools on Strike - September 26, 2011
7 Links (Better Late Than Never) - September 24, 2011
Autumn Omens - September 23, 2011
Contes? Count Me Out! Or: Why I Hate Fairytales - September 22, 2011
Great Fire of Limoges - September 8, 2011
Profs and Plastic - September 7, 2011
Taxing Times - September 4, 2011
Rentrée Countdown – Final Instalment - August 30, 2011
Eoliennes around Boussac: Wind Turbines in Creuse - August 29, 2011
Rentrée Countdown Continued - August 28, 2011
Stormy Summer - August 26, 2011
Countdown to the Rentrée: Part 1 - August 23, 2011
Can You Cope With The Canicule? - August 21, 2011
Five Years in France - August 14, 2011
Perles du Bac – Pearls of Wisdom in Bac Answers - August 6, 2011
Politically Incorrect Food - August 4, 2011
Sarzay Castle – Chateau du Sarzay: DIY Castle Restoration - July 31, 2011
Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Want - July 23, 2011
Debt Today and Yesterday - July 17, 2011
Tour de France Publicity Caravan Trivia - July 14, 2011
Sea and Tulips in Creuse – Frédéric Fortanier’s Art at Prébenoît - July 11, 2011
Tour de France Action in Creuse - July 9, 2011
Tour de France Build-Up - July 8, 2011
A Raw Milk Distributor That Doesn’t Go Moo - July 7, 2011
Fêteful Day - July 4, 2011
Celebrations and Cornflake Ice-cream - July 2, 2011
Pole Dancing - July 1, 2011
Tour de France 2011 in Creuse - June 29, 2011
Gueret 7 June 1944 - June 26, 2011
Bacs Against the Wall - June 22, 2011
Freezing and Form Filling - June 20, 2011
Lavoirs - June 16, 2011
Tempting Fête - June 5, 2011
The Joys of June - June 2, 2011
June Dictons - May 31, 2011
Apples, Crosses and Gravel - May 27, 2011
I Hate Hayfever - May 24, 2011
Hijacked by Kitties - May 23, 2011
Water, Babies and Outings - May 21, 2011
Naked Eurovision and Other Updates - May 19, 2011
As Inexplicable As Ever – Eurovision 2011 Round Up - May 15, 2011
Naked Gardening and Celebrating Bread - May 14, 2011
Europe Day - May 9, 2011
Victory and Victoria - May 8, 2011
Double Take – Appearances Can Be Deceptive - May 4, 2011
Yves Rocher – Plant-Based Beauty - May 3, 2011
Lilies and Labour - May 1, 2011
You Know You’re Fully Frenchified When … - April 28, 2011
Good Reading from 1909 - April 26, 2011
Come on a Bike Ride - April 25, 2011
Happy Easter - April 24, 2011
Three Weeks to Get Naked - April 23, 2011
E-Organisation - April 22, 2011
The Downside of School Holidays - April 20, 2011
Scary Fair - April 16, 2011
Creuse Masons - April 15, 2011
Berry Special Things - April 14, 2011
Easter Sayings – Dictons de Pâques - April 12, 2011
Chasse d’oeufs – Easter Egg Hunt - April 11, 2011
Mysterious Meridienne Verte - April 7, 2011
Making up French - April 5, 2011
Monday Méli-Mélo (mish-mash) - April 4, 2011
Weighing up the Week - April 3, 2011
Getting Ready for Fishy Friday - March 31, 2011
La République Indépendante de Nouzerines ? Oh là là ! - March 29, 2011
Punctures, pot pourri and planning pig-out breakfasts! - March 23, 2011
Cycling season - March 22, 2011
Are the French fat or not? - March 21, 2011
Who needs Paris? - March 18, 2011
Sayings about France - March 13, 2011
Story time – beginning of my book! - March 12, 2011
Moving the earth in France - March 11, 2011
Mind your PQs – or why French toilet paper is pink! - March 10, 2011
Tome Raider - March 8, 2011
Making friends in France – Amitiés Internationales du Pays de Boussac - March 6, 2011
La Mode Illustrée - March 2, 2011
Getting organised – and a 135 year old puzzle! - March 1, 2011
Table manners - February 28, 2011
In my absence, a good book to read - February 26, 2011
A long shot - February 25, 2011
Why winter holidays? - February 23, 2011
Qu’est-ce que c’est ? - February 20, 2011
Poostal Service - February 18, 2011
100 today! - February 17, 2011
Whoops – what have I done? - February 16, 2011
Kindle thoughts - February 15, 2011
Sex it up the French way on St Valentine’s Day! - February 13, 2011
French or faux pas - February 11, 2011
Oh for a four à pain - February 5, 2011
Why learning French is better than sex! - January 27, 2011
Log Blog - January 20, 2011
Firefighters versus Posties! - January 13, 2011
End of a Revolution – the French Republican Calendar - December 31, 2010
Battling Bands at Boussac - November 28, 2010
Stressed but blessed - October 4, 2010
A Difficult Birth - May 2, 2010
Marching On - March 17, 2010
The Free Press – French and English - March 7, 2010
Wise Words for March - March 2, 2010
Get Plastered in France - February 23, 2010
Fête de la St Valentin - February 12, 2010
Le Pub - February 10, 2010
February sayings and traditions - February 1, 2010
Flu in France - January 29, 2010
Censused - January 26, 2010
January blues - January 20, 2010
Out brothers, out - January 16, 2010
January - January 1, 2010
Wood – and green living - December 31, 2009
December sayings - December 14, 2009
Remember in November - November 11, 2009
November past and present - November 4, 2009
October sayings – and a bright future - October 15, 2009
To eat – or not to eat - October 10, 2009
Autumn - September 24, 2009
Never underestimate la rentrée - August 28, 2009
August begins - August 1, 2009
Le Tour - July 27, 2009
Bienvenue - July 24, 2009