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2020 – Drone Shot

2020 – Tiling around the pool

2020 Master Suite – Part 3

2020 Master Suite – part 2

2020 Sometimes it’s the little jobs……

2020 Pool opening – in July!

2020: What a year…. and it’s not over yet!

2020 Master Suite – Part 1b

2019 – Tiling around the pool

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2020: What a year…. and it’s not over yet!
2020 General Travel

2020: What a year…. and it’s not over yet!

Mark Johnson August 3, 2020

2020 was going to be the year I finished the house (at least attempt to). Well Covid-19 put an end to that idea. But what is important is that we … Read More

2019 – Well hasn’t time flown!
2019 General

2019 – Well hasn’t time flown!

Mark Johnson April 10, 2019

Its been almost 5 years since I updated the blog! My only excuse is that work has been all consuming (along with some family events) that have distracted me from … Read More

24 November 2011 – A year has passed..
2011 General

24 November 2011 – A year has passed..

Mark Johnson November 24, 2011

A whole year has passed since I last posted on the blog! This has been a very quiet 12 months from the French farmhouse perspective, with only around three and … Read More

November 2010 – A good year…..
2010 General

November 2010 – A good year…..

Mark Johnson November 6, 2010

From a ‘work’ perspective 2010 is drawing to a close and what a good year it has been. Being able to spend around 12 weeks in France has allowed us … Read More

November 2010 – Loir again!
2010 General

November 2010 – Loir again!

Mark Johnson November 6, 2010

Our loir ‘count’ has reduced over the last few years and having only caught one last year we thought we had fixed the problem. However ‘loir cam’ spotted activity in … Read More

June 2010 – ‘Making Out’ and naked in the garden….
Garden General

June 2010 – ‘Making Out’ and naked in the garden….

Mark Johnson June 30, 2010

Caught these two ‘at it’ in the garden…….. The snakes have been confirmed as being Western Whip snakes. Found a very useful website here. Not venomous!

May 2010 – Bakers Stand
2010 General

May 2010 – Bakers Stand

Mark Johnson May 23, 2010

Am not sure if M&S deliver to France but I did manage to squeeze this package into the car on the way down: This puchase was to match the small table … Read More

Wood stock…
2009 General

Wood stock…

Mark Johnson August 8, 2009

With Alan’s help in a couple of hours we cut and split all these logs (the new log splitter being a great success). We wouldn’t fare very well with this … Read More

Days end
2009 General

Days end

Mark Johnson April 25, 2009
High flying
2009 General

High flying

Mark Johnson April 25, 2009

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