Blog in France

Today’s post is thanks to Caiti who sent me this link. Follow it and you’ll find a map of France. Move your mouse over the area of interest and a pop-up list of the 10 most overconsumed foods or drinks there will appear. These are NOT the most eaten ten...

I’m devoting the blog today to a rather beautiful video Chris has done of one of our lakes using time lapse photography. So you’ll see early morning with rippling winds, then clouds moving across the sky, fish feeding going on, and do look out for the animals who follow close...

I’m feeling really grim today but I’ve managed a couple of toddles outside with my camera. So here are some shots from around the farm. First up, here’s Gigi guarding the grey chicken’s egg. The daft chicken is currently laying just under the kitchen window, which is a popular sunbathing...

By all accounts the winter sales aren’t up to much this year. Caiti wasn’t very impressed at the ones in Bordeaux and I’ve seen a few things online on Twitter about them generally being lacklustre. There isn’t much evidence of them in Boussac. I’ve pottered around Simply and Carrefour and...

This is my 750th post here on Blog in France. I thought it should be a bit special, so here is the prologue to the sequel to Heads Above Water: Staying Afloat in France, my account of our early years in France. It’s been doing rather nicely for me as...