Author Archives: cdc

Here as in the UK it has been a fantastic year for fruit and nuts. For the first time ever we’ve found chestnuts from the tree by the garden gate which are fully formed and fat, there’s a couple of … Continue reading →

July 14th sees us meeting up at the Salle de Fetes in Sauxillanges, about fifty folk, half of them kids who are collecting their paper lanterns. And we start walking around the town behind an enthusiastic band of a snare … Continue reading →

This article at This French Life, a newsletter we recommend to any regular visitor to or dweller in France, suggests that this summer petrol will cost noticably more in France than UK, hard as that may be to imagine, and … Continue reading →

We’ve just had a cancellation for G1 for the week of 30th July to 6th August 2011, so grab it whilst it’s hot!

When we put the pool in we knew the disturbed bank of earth would subside, and it did. Taking all the blocks around one side with it. We’ve had them re-laid, it looks good as new (our gardener/landscaper does excellent … Continue reading →

At long last the roofer has been and Gite 2 now has a new roof, membrane, all new tiles, looks neat, and the rain now stays outside where it belongs.  (It used to drip down the walls inside if the … Continue reading →

FlyBe are starting a new route this summer. From May to September you can fly from Southampton to Clermont-Ferrand. This brings cheap flights to the area for the first time since RyanAir moved their base for “Lyon” away from St … Continue reading →

The snow is arriving in the UK – and is already well set in in the Livradois Forez. So people are starting to think Summer Holiday. And, I hope, Spring Breaks! This brought to my attention that the antique disaster … Continue reading →