Blog in France

Here we are. The day has come. I hit my half century today, 1st August. Wow. It’s definitely a bit scary … I don’t think I like these landmark birthdays! Denial sounds a good plan. So, five decades clocked up. I have no idea what I did on my tenth...

You’ve probably noticed that the Olympics have started. We love them here and have the telly on in the background most of the day at the moment. We’ve watched cycling, judo, diving, swimming and gymnastics mainly, but have dipped in and out of a few other sports which have been...

Macaron mix I actually enjoyed the food shopping run this morning. Regulars to this blog will have picked up on the fact that I hate, loathe and despise food shopping. I strongly favour a return to prehistoric times when the man went out and got the food. Killing a mammoth...

Lots of you enjoyed Caiti’s cat scan from the other day, so here are a few more pets seen from an unusual angle. And rest assured – no animal was harmed in the making of this blog. In fact, they thoroughly enjoyed it. Treacle the cat’s scan didn’t come out...

Little Freaky, the cou-nu cockerel, has just crowed himself to the top of the menu. Up to now he’s been well behaved, only giving the occasional sneeze-like crow at civilised times of day. But this week he’s decided that 5 a.m. is the time to get shouting, so that’s it....