Blog in France

A few photos to give you a clue … My three best photos (out of the 98 I took, but Caiti outdid me with 551). News about the trip tomorrow – too exhausted tonight!                    

It’s the abonnement – subscription – season. With the rentrée (return to school) comes the optimistic hope on the part of magazine publishers that you’ll be rash enough to sign yourself or your kids up to a year’s worth of one of their publications, plus an irresistible free gift of...

I’m exaggerating, but there’s been some minor scuffles amongst the pigs today. We brought Saddleback/Berkshire crosses Porky and Pine out of quarantine in the stables to join purebred Berkshires Portia and Rosamunde in the field today. At first they were all friendly – while there was food to distract them....

Alban and Hugues in a pic from their website Since the tenth of August, two Paris students have been starting to scoot their way around the world. The French word for scooter, the push variety, is trottinette, hence the heading of the post. Alban Lanthier and Hugues Renou, both 23,...

Despite spam filters, I’ve been getting a load of dodgy emails recently. I’m winning at least two lotteries a week and also being offered huge sums by total strangers for reasons I never bother reading before I delete the email. And now I’ve heard from ISIG, Internet Scam Investigation Group....