by admin | Oct 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Wow, what can I say but when in France you have to see a display by the Cadre Noir!!! We are just back from a trip to Saumur (via Chateau de Sauge, more of that later). The reason for the visit was to see the Gala Performance “Les Musicales du Cadre Noir”. I have...
by admin | Oct 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Well, one of the reasons we moved back across the world was to be closer to family and lifelong friends and the last few weeks have been great, with visitors from Jersey, Ireland and England popping over to see our little part of France. The weather has been kind and...
by admin | Sep 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s fantastic that we are currently able to get out and about (long may it last!) France’s vaccination programme and pass sanitaire (for those with 2 vaccinations) means that life is almost normal, although masks must be worn in shops etc. So, when we heard that...
by admin | Aug 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Well, what a week!! Just back from Normandy where we enjoyed a fabulous few days combining four-legged and four wheeled horse power. It’s 7 years since we “enjoyed” the Eventing at the World Equestrian Games and at the weekend we returned to Haras du Pin for a totally...
by admin | Aug 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Here we are in August, the French holiday season and the season of sunflowers 🌻 Our regular round the block cycle ride is a sea of yellow with some of the flowers bigger than dinner plates! Talking of “dinner”, just down the road is our local snail farmer –...
by admin | Jul 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
On Monday of this week we realised that it was exactly a year ago that we stepped onto French soil ready for the next chapter in life. So no better way to celebrate than have a gathering of new friends from our local area. As we’re unable to view the Tour de France...
by admin | Jun 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Well, summer has arrived! After an unseasonably cold, damp May we’re now enjoying the heat and sunshine of the Charente. The pool is getting daily use ( was there ever I time I didn’t want one ??!😂) and the garden keeps on giving. After an abundance of roses (all...
by admin | May 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Well over the last couple of weeks Covid restrictions in France have been gradually lifting. Not that we have ever felt that we were restricted! Our daily life has been barely effected here in rural France, although it is a joy now to be able to travel around the...
by admin | Apr 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
I was planning to just do an update once a month, especially as we are under Covid regulations at the moment. However as I use this little blog as something of a personal diary as well as recording our life in France (for those that are interested) there was something...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Easter weekend and we’re back in semi-lockdown! Our 7pm to 6am curfew continues and we now must travel no further than 10kms from home without a good reason and a completed attestation form. Having said that it really isn’t going to effect us much at all, other than...
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