This little cutie has been with us for about 10 days now. Christened ”Dora” by my mother-in-law, she is the latest working addition to the farm, although at only two months old she is more interested in the kids and our Pyrenean sheep dog, Flossy, than the sheep. Despite having eyes that brim with so much [...]
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Dora, the sheep droppings explorer
Posted in Farming, Wild Things, tagged Alps, border collie, France, Pyrenean sheep dog, sheep on 24 September, 2008 | 19 Comments »
Camping in Le Queyras
Posted in Family Stuff, the Alps, tagged Alps, Camping, France, Hautes-Alpes, lake, Queyras on 3 September, 2008 | 8 Comments »
“Sounds good” I’d said when the idea of camping had come up over after a couple of glasses of Pastis. The alcohol nicely fuzzing memories of school-enforced camping trips. It was only now, entombed in my sleeping bag like an Egyptian mummy, that the memories of a night spent gripping canvas before gale force winds finally blew the tent away to oblivion, surfaced with horrible [...]
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