2020: What a year…. and it’s not over yet!
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
Restoring a 200 year old French Farmhouse – Year 15 of ?
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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