Blog in France

Pic from purepeople We have a new president, or will have some time between now and 16th May which is the latest date by which he must have his investiture. Sarko is going to have to get a move on to pack his goods and chattels and vacate the President’s...

So, what have we been doing today while the majority of France has been out voting to decide its President for the next five years? (Early reports as I write reckon that Give-Us-A-Fiver François i.e. M. Hollande is the winner.) Relocating fish. We have too many carp in the smaller...

For the first time ever, I think I enjoyed a children’s film more than the child I was accompanying! Over the years, I’ve sat through a good many, ranging from the truly horrendous oh-God-please-make-it-stop ones like Pokémon and Garfield II, to the just-about tolerable variety including the less classic Disney...

Ruadhri and I are off to the cinema a little later tonight to see Zarafa, which is the animated story of France’s first giraffe and his human friend Makis. Zarafa is to be delivered to King Charles X of France as a royal gift from Egypt. Hassan, the desert Prince...

Disappearing under piles of wood and work at the moment, so a very quick blog tonight with a couple of photos of our football crazy lamb! Normal blogging service will be resumed from tomorrow!