Blog in France

Sonia Marsh I’m always happy to welcome guests on my blog, especially if there’s an expat, French or writing connection. Today we have all three as Sonia Marsh has spent a lot of time as an expat, including in France, and has recently self-published her account of her eye-opening and...

Help! Half our haul We have about 20 kg of freshly gleaned peaches to use up fairly quickly so I would be very grateful for any peach recipes you may have, especially ones that use a LOT of peaches. I’ve already made some peach flapjack and stewed a few batches...

A Bordeaux souvenir - my Auchan shopping bag I’ve done a lot of driving in the past few days to and from Bordeaux, calling in at Limoges on the way back to leave some vital stuff eldest son had forgotten to take with him to Uni. It reminded me of...

Bordeaux has an excellent tram network (inaugurated in 2003, 45 years after the previous tram network was shortsightedly abandoned, as in so many places) which the Dagg family is making good use of. Caiti has her annual pass so she can hop on and off trams every day to and...

We’re back from an energetic visit to the Dune du Pilat (otherwise known as the Dune du Pyla), the largest sand dune in Europe. I told Caits next time we’ll go to the smallest sand dune in Europe because climbing back over this one after three hours of walking along...