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Saturday, our 56th wedding anniversary, was planned as a museum visiting day; a calmer one, we hoped. The Musee de Bande Dessinee is housed in an old winery on the north bank of the Charente river below the city. However, … Continue reading →

When you move to a new country there are a lot of things to get used to, a lot of things to grasp but others can slowly become apparent as you settle in and begin to understand your new situation. … Continue reading →

It’s hot again, very hot. France is under a ‘dome de chaleur’ and the mercury is hitting 42°c plus in the far south. We have hidden indoors for the last two days. And the poorly one? Doing very well, it … Continue reading →

By now, I should have added a blog piece about a June visit to Ile de Re where I had booked a beautiful looking hotel close to the harbour in St Martin…but the gods had other plans for us. As … Continue reading →

part three.. Tuesday.. or as I was calling it ‘shopping day!’ It seems a bit daft that we go shopping on trips away but we live in la France profonde so we are not blessed with a huge variety of … Continue reading →

part two… On Sunday morning there was no petit fils banging on our door demanding help with his homework. The price of their room quadrupled for Saturday night so they crashed at ‘Uncle Gav’s’. I doubt he got much sleep! … Continue reading →

part one… The birthday party trip to the south coast (UK) slowly approached while I was in full spring cleaning mode. Well, not so much the cleaning as the clearing. When I am in contemplative mood the house seems to … Continue reading →

This Saturday is my birthday. Yes, we are both Pisces which probably makes us incompatible in terms of star signs but we’ve hung in there for a very long time. We have had trips away for my birthday but just … Continue reading →

For his 60th we took over the first floor of our favourite Italian restaurant; for his 70th we cruised the Norwegian coast ‘hunting the light’, the Northern lights…and saw them plus took a husky ride around a frozen lake within … Continue reading →

I come from a big family – I am the eldest of six – a big family that is getting bigger (a niece is pregnant as I write this) and that isn’t even taking account of the USA branch or … Continue reading →