Getting up at dawn is a habit that is acquired with difficulty, but just this once I couldn’t resist the opportunity to count sheep in a field instead of under the quilt. Usually the sheep go up a mountain for breakfast, but this time my husband took them down to graze for a few hours in a recently [...]
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The peculiarities of sheep
Posted in Counting Sheep, Farming, tagged France, Mountain, sheep, sheepdog, the Alps on 22 August, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Breakfast on Le Pic de Bure
Posted in Family Stuff, the Alps, tagged Alps, Dévoluy, France, Hautes-Alpes, Mountain, Pic de Bure on 9 August, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I didn’t think anything could be more difficult than hauling myself out of bed at 4am. Five hours later I revised that opinion. In terms of effort and sheer exhilaration, hauling myself up a mountain certainly beat the drop from mattress to floor. Reaching the top, my legs groaned uncharitably, as I lowered myself onto a [...]
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