Blog in France

We all know the hills are alive with the sound of  music. Well, the walls of our house are alive with birdsong. There must be hundreds of sparrows residing in holes in our two-hundred-year old stone house, and another flotilla of them under the eaves. They cheep and chirrup from...

Celeriac in the vegetable patch Until this year, pumpkins have reigned supreme as our most successful homegrown garden produce. It would be easier to say our best veg, but it isn’t. Squashes are fruit since they have their seeds inside them. But I digress. To the kids’ horror, pumpkins have...

You get this symbol now on all EEE goods It’s shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, or as would be more likely in our case, after the chickens have got in and raided the pig food bin, but last week saw a competition between over 100 towns...

I know, it’s Sunday night. At least we haven’t got a 5.30 am start tomorrow as Caits is at home revising next week, but it’s still Monday tomorrow and nobody likes Mondays. So, to cheer you up, some photos. There’s nothing like someone else’s misfortune to make you smile. Here’s...

I’ve found out some more about the archaeological digging/diggering that has been going on at Nouzerines. It’s now finished. The piles of broken bones and bowls have been bulldozed back into place and now we just need a few spots of fresh tarmac. More discoveries were made before they stopped...