Blog in France

Having discovered the CPN website and its ongoing beetle survey, and since yesterday was unbelievably sunny for November, Chris, Rors and I decided to go for a stroll along woodland walk at nearby Ste Sévère and look out for these insects. I printed out a record sheet for Rors, stole...

What a shame! Last weekend, 5-6th November, was the second ‘Rendez-vous sur les chemins’ even in France. And I had no idea until a few minutes ago  when I browsed through one of Ruadhri’s Mon Quotidien magazines. But I will be on the alert for the 2012 rerun. The activities...

Last night the second Battle of the Bands, organised by the inter-culturally active AIPB, took place in Boussac. I wrote about 2010’s here and the 2011 sequel was every bit as good. Benj wasn’t on the jury this year. Caiti was going to be, but at the last minute some...

Oh boy, it’s the Christmas season. The ads on telly began a week or so back. When we were in Limoges at half term collecting Benj, the Christmas lights were being put up. Gueret and Boussac have theirs in place now, and so does Nouzerines, but only because the glowing...

Is there any such thing as a typical autumn day here at Les Fragnes? Definitely not. Everything depends on the weather and what has suddenly cropped up as being unputoffable. We have a ‘to do’ list to keep us vaguely on track but that rarely gets stuck to for long...