Blog in France

Yesterday, just two days after being officially introduced, the law decreeing that motorcyclists and scooter riders must wear a fluorescent armband has been scrapped. It was unpopular from the moment it was first suggested, with bikers declaring the tiny armband would do nothing at all to improve their safety. It...

France has got off to a controversial start with the arrival of the country’s first 2013 baby less than a minute after midnight. Little Sacha, who was born in one of Creuse’s neighbouring départements, Allier, has two mums – Maude and Delphine. And this is where the controversy comes in....

Our New Year’s Eve geocaching trip took us into Allier in the Auvergne, and specifically to Thizon, near St Victor. I’ve mentioned before how much we enjoy discovering local geology and history through geocaching. Yesterday was no exception and we were fascinated to happen across the remnants of what was...

I wasn’t going to write a ‘look back on 2012’ post since I’m someone who prefers to look forward rather than over my shoulder, but I’ve been enjoying reading other people’s annual summaries on their blogs, so thought I would after all. The lakes were frozen for 5 weeks It’s...

We’ve been to Huriel in Allier twice in the last week on geocaching trips. We’d set ourselves the target of chalking up 100 geocache finds by the end of 2012, to give us some incentive, and Huriel is quite a cache hotbed, hence the two visits. And I’m pleased to...