Blog in France

We had an outing to the Étang des Landes today for a brisk 5km stroll around the lake. They’re building a new visitor centre there. A notice board gave the artist’s impression of what it will look like when it’s finished and hinted at the activities that will take place...

First up the latest cute photo of April who is now two days old. We had to do a food shop today. Animal food shop so it’s actually quite fun. We headed out to the agricultural Co-op at La Cellette and then I watched while Chris and one of the...

Our first lamb of the year arrived yesterday. After our sheepy morning at the local wool fair, we had a sheepy afternoon. We noticed that Mrs Eyebrows was in the first stages of labour so replanned our afternoon to keep an eye on her. I even took some knitting out...

It’s amazing. It’s t-shirt weather today. It’s been a long time coming … but finally it’s properly spring. So time to do some spring-cleaning round the farm, starting in the poultry shed. Things tend to get a bit out of hand during winter. Here’s the before photo. You’ll get the...

We’re eggless again. I still can’t find Cynthia’s and Madge’s eggs and Grey Chicken is brooding. She’s taken up residence in the concrete rabbit cage in the garden, which even though we evicted its last residents – the guinea pigs – last summer we’ve left in place as a rain...