Sunday 30 April – Omelette and Eggs
At the end of last week’s blog, I said that we hoped to be able to start a major project that we have wanted (needed?) to do for a couple of years, or at least have someone else start the project for us. The project was to replace the roof on Stable, our chambre d’hôte…
Sunday 23 April – Dig For Victory
Last week’s blog ended with the hope that the weather would remain fine (as it had been forecast) and, if 2018 was any sort of pattern when I was last digging trenches in front of the garage, then we could expect some days of 20 degree heat. Thankfully, at least until today, we have continued…
Sunday 16 April – Whisper it Quietly, Spring may have finally arrived!
Re-reading the last blog I posted 2 weeks ago, there are some similarities to what I said then to what has occurred in the last couple of weeks. Then, I said that we had just endured Storm Mathis which brought strong winds but no damage. Last week the forecast was for Storm Noa to pass…
Sunday 2 April – For the Love of Dogs
About the only thing that has changed since my last blog are the clocks! I ended the blog saying that the following week’s forecast was looking a bit iffy, but hoped that the dry breaks between the rain would be getting longer. You may have guessed from my lack of blog last week – they…
Sunday 19 March – Starting to Drought the Predictions
Apologies for not writing a blog last week. The previous week, I said that if the forecast turned out to be accurate, it would mean my work would need to be undercover. Surprisingly(!), the forecast was spot on and the last 2 weeks have been mostly wet and grotty. Not great news for our guests.…
Sunday 05 March – Family Food Fun
There were 2 things I wrote in last week’s blog that I regret now! The first was that we didn’t get too wet on our dog walk last Sunday. While this is technically true, last Monday I started feeling really awful; feverish, achy muscles and generally rubbish. I didn’t think that I had got too…
Sunday 26 February – A Platform to Build From
During the last week, France has raised significant concerns that 2023 will be as dry as the record-breaking droughts experienced last year. The recent winter has been the driest France has experienced in the last 60 years. Météo France said that between 21 January and 21 February there had been no precipitation at all in…
Sunday 19 February – The rest of the year starts here …
A couple of weeks have passed since my last blog, and, from the list of possible reasons when I don’t write, this time we have been away – again, I hear you howl! I know it has only been a couple of weeks since we had our BIG adventure in Argentina, but, obviously, we don’t…
Sunday 29 January – Would Yew Believe it?!
Last week was the first, of what I hope won’t be many weeks, when I didn’t write a blog for 2023. Apologies. You may recall some of the reasons why I don’t write a blog and last week it fell very much into the, I haven’t progressed enough to show any progress. Which, when you…