Blog in France

World Naked Gardening Day and Eurovision are nearly upon us. Saturday 14 May is the date for both. Better get ready! I had intended to do a timely book review to tie in with naked gardening day, as I have done with Eurovision in the form of my look at...

We have three anglers on Alder Lake this week. They were dropped off here by the dad by one of anglers who, with a friend, has gone on a week’s geocaching and wine tasting around France. The wine tasting you’re probably familiar with. But geocaching? GPS treasure map It all...

Cycling is a dangerous sport. Tragically on 9th May, Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt died during the third stage of the Giro d’Italia. He lost control during a fast descent. He was wearing a helmet but that couldn’t save him from sustaining fatal head injuries. He was just 26 years old....

I’m having a bad night. It’s nearly 3am and I’ve been trying to get to sleep for four hours. Even listening to ‘Yesterday in Parliament’ on Radio 4 LW didn’t do the trick today, which shows how bad things are! Since midnight I’ve read four chapters of Bryce Corbett’s ‘A...

May 9th is Europe Day. Did you know? The day is intended to be an annual celebration of peace and unity in Europe. And to make matters complicated (beginning to sound more European now), there are two separate Europe Days: one on 5th May for the Council of Europe, and...