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Rain in Rural France

I read this morning that the floods in some areas of France are the worst in a generation. We were hoping this wasn’t an annual occurrence! Not that we’ve been hit hard nor as the rain been prolonged? But our little waterways must be trying to cope with the deluge...

Unpacked! Well almost…..

At long last we have some pictures on the walls (even if they are nearly all horses😊), familiar furniture in place and our French farmhouse feels more like home. The cow barn was a great place to hide all the collapsed boxes and bubble wrap and in no time at all they...

What’s Exciting and Exhausting???!!!!!………

Unpacking! This week our shipment arrived from Oz, just 2 weeks short of a year since we packed up our home and life in Australia. The truck just happened to arrive on Chris’ birthday, can’t be many who get 93 parcels to open on their special day 😉 Schmidt Global all...

New Year and Jack Frost

The final week of 2020 saw some dramatic weather changes in France with Storm Bella sweeping across the country. We reckon we got off lightly here in our neck of the woods. after taking a trip to the coast and passing through some pretty wet and windswept areas....

Joyeux Noel 🎄🎄

Here’s hoping that we can all take some time out of this crazy Covid world to celebrate and enjoy the time of year. Wishing all friends old and new a Very Merry Christmas 💕 We’ve been lucky enough to meet up with a few neighbours despite restrictions and have received...