Posted in Farming on 28 November, 2006 | 3 Comments »
We need to change our van. It’s a 20 year old Renault Express and is mainly used to for getting from one side of the farm to the other. It always smells of damp dog, whatever the weather. We bought it from the cousin of a cousin in Marseilles a couple of years ago, after [...]
Posted in the Alps on 25 November, 2006 | No Comments »
Posted in Family Stuff on 20 November, 2006 | 2 Comments »
We had our yearly Beaujolais Nouveau bash on Saturday. The myth is that the French don’t actually drink the stuff, but the truth is they do – but only once though.
One of my brother-in-laws is a carpenter and every November he spends about 4 hours cleaning out a couple of square metres in his work [...]
Posted in the Alps on 17 November, 2006 | No Comments »
This morning brought one of those rare daybreaks when I couldn’t see the mountain on the other side of the valley. Perfectly positioned in front of my bedroom window and with our shutters permanently open, it is one of the first things I see when I wake up. It is an omni-present feature in my [...]
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