Blog in France

Problemo. My lettuces aren’t doing at all well. They got off to a cracking start in the seed tray. I enthusiastically put 30 out into a section of the raised beds, but all except 1 shrivelled up. I put some more out but am down to just 4. They seem...

Our two watering cans are in a sorry state. To be fair they were never top quality and they are quite old now. And at least one of them has been run over by a tractor. But all the same, it’s selfish of them to fall apart. We happened to...

ACSNEC assembly point I’ve been cycling, well, forever, but today I went on my first ever club ride. Chris and I both got emails from the indefatiguable Fatima, who keeps Nouzerines going, inviting us to come along for a ride on Sunday morning with ACSNEC. AC-what? The French love their...

The 2012 holiday season is underway. Our first anglers arrived today for a week’s fishing on Alder Lake. It’s good to get things going again, and also good that the non-income period is over! They are return clients. They were so taken by the cats on their last visit that...

I’m sat here in the Boussac Judo Club dojo (the old public showers) while Caiti hones her throwing-people-around skills. Rors is not here tonight. He’s been poorly today with a headache. I’ve just had a chat with another mum and she reckons it’s growing pains. Could well be as he’s...