Blog in France

Lamby, the little Suffolk rejected by his mum (and who will one day have to change his name to Sheepy), is currently asleep in front of the fire. He’s taken to life in the house very quickly. It’ll be a shock when we move him to the stable. We’re keeping...

Oh boy. I think I hate sheep. No. 27 finally delivered the goods, i.e. Lamby, at about 2 am this morning. It was a tough time. I had to do a lot of smearing with lubricant and a minor bit of delving to get Lamby out at the end. His...

I’m still not up to full blogging power so another quickie today. I’ve blogged before about the misleading received wisdom that women don’t get fat in France. They do! However, it is true that the world’s skinniest person was French, and he was born on this day, April 10th (although...

Thanks to Twitter, Sunday has become the day when writers post up a sample of one of their works on their website and Tweet enthusiastically about it to tempt readers. I’ve been flat on my back on the sofa for most of today, thanks to a nasty bug that Rors...