Blog in France

It’s 29 degrees today so I think we definitely say summer is here. The pigs are lying in mud wallows, the llamas are hiding from the sun in the woodshed and the poultry are stretched out in the shade, with their wings extended to cool down. But I already knew...

No longer weighed down by Bac Blancs (mock exams), revision and the Baccalaureat itself, Caiti is back to her usual creative self. Yesterday she rustled up a solar oven. Just like that!   Already showing some cat damage :-( These are clever devices and very practical. They use sunlight to...

Velux windows – skylights – are a handy sort of window. They slot into a roof relatively easily. We have plenty of them in our house and the gîte – well, the hardware store’s cheaper version of them, anyway. But fitting blinds for them is nothing like so handy. You...

I’ve blogged about Changeover Saturday  before, that most important day of the week for owners of holiday accommodation. As part of our Changeover Saturday, we always put up a welcome message for the newcomers on the fridge using colourful plastic magnetic letters. Chris picked up the idea from a forum...

The elections in France aren’t quite over yet. There’s one more, but it’s limited to the members of the Assemblée Nationale. On 26 June they’ll vote for their Président. The most recent one was Bernard Accoyer. Who’ll be the next? The favourite is Claude Bartolone of the Parti Socialiste. Marion...