Blog in France

All of a sudden we’ve gone from three children to one child. Well, from Mondays to Fridays anyway. It’s back to school, and Benj and Caiti are now at lycée in Gueret where they are ‘penisonnaires’ (boarders) in the internat. Benj has been there a year already, but it’s all...

I thought I was ready for la rentrée – i.e. going back to school, a huge affair here in France. I bought Benjy’s books way back at the beginning of July at the book fair at his lycée, and got the few new ones we needed for Caiti (on top...

It’s the free food season here in France. The hedgerows are heavy with blackberries, apples and pears are beginning to fall from the trees, and there’s a huge crop of hazelnuts and sweet chestnuts this year, busily ripening away. We’re out at least once a day picking blackberries. With our...

Here at Les Fragnes Loisirs, we’ve just started the Alpalama Club. The logo is an adaptation of the superb logo Roger Fereday (www.rogerferedayillustrator.co.uk) drew for us recently. Here it is: Our cool new logo Anyone can join, although it’s mainly aimed at youngsters (up to 16 or so). Just let...

We are having a fantastic summer here in Creuse this year. It started in May and is still going strong. August can sometimes be disappointing, but not this year. Next week will see temperatures of 34 degrees Celsius – I think we’ll be using our pool a lot. After fifteen...