Blog in France

I think I have my biggest ever flock – possibly swarm – of chickens ever at the moment. I have four cou-nus, three white chickens, two brown chickens, one black chicken (Anastasia), one Limousin chicken and one Sussex (Cynthia). That’s a dozen. Only three are layers, possibly there’s a fourth producing...

Portia’s six piglets are eight weeks old now so it’s time to leave Mum. The novelty of motherhood has worn off and she’s been quite grumpy with her offspring, also she’s quite thin from feeding six hungry children. Time to wean. This is a three-person operation. Benj is the pig...

To celebrate the start of autumn and the return of the good weather, we had an outing today. I can never resist an opportunity to go the wonderful old Cistercian abbey at Prébenoit, 12.5 km from here, and today it was the venue for the first ever Fête Gauloise. So,...

Church and state divided in 1905 in France Something new in French education this year is La Charte de la Laïcité – Declaration of Secularity. It takes the form of a rather unimposing A4, laminated poster that all state schools (from primary to lycée) have to display. Collège in Boussac...

Poor Rors seems to be suffering at the moment. He often has a stiff this or a sore that. He puts on a sad face and comes up for sympathy. You think he’d know us well enough by now to realise we aren’t going to rush him off to hospital...