Another quiet day in the Corbieres!

 NANTES was bad enough, now ANTS is PANTS! Remember, Get Brexit Done, is an anagram of: BEG, EXTEND, RIOT! 2 years ago, some months before my 70th birthday I sent all my forms off to the off...

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We did not ought to have to protect ourselves. We have been asking this question all week. My husband is angry, after recent events and I am glad he did not find the tractor that very afternoon w...

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I was asking questions at a village council meeting, on behalf of other residents, as is my job as a councillor! And another councillor took it personally. He rents out an old farm building for '...

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Today has been the first day this year that I have enjoyed planting in the garden. It is sunny, but not too warm with some man made clouds due to early chemtrailing this morning. The plants I b...

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We started keeping bees when we lived in the UK about 30 years ago. It was something I had always wanted to do and at the time we had a big garden sheltered by the dreaded Leylandii trees and a d...

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The incident of the screaming man has been brushed under the carpet,with the mayor and farmers saying we had mistaken a cow crying!! I was annoyed at this as I can tell the difference between a c...

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Living in isolation in the middle of the countryside is not everyone's cup of tea. We love it and have become accustomed to the noises, the way of the country life and the natural cycles of the y...

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Bar Wars part 2 I am wide awake, it's only 5:50am, the moon is so bright and it has just passed behind our house and shone right across my eyes, but what a treat, the nightingale is singing wi...

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No dates available at the moment, fully booked, sorry.

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Bar Wars - part 1 If you buy a holiday home, or move here permanently like we did you need to prepare yourself for the phenomena of constant summer visitors.....some a pleasure to welcome, othe...

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Starting off my garden for 2014 Before starting garden......get out neighbour's cows I started tomato seeds and chilies way back in February in the warm bathroom under lights with my orchids t...

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We have a gite to rent in the centre of the tiny village of Laroque de Fa. The building is more than 300 years old and was the old bakery, the bread oven and system for heating the house are stil...

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Another quiet day in the Corbieres!: 4th December and still cosmos in flowe..............r

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We have had such a mild autumn here. South of France, what's new you might say? Well we are at altitude in the foothills of the Pyrenees and the growing season can be quite short with early frost...

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Maybe I am missing something on the new layout of French Blogger, I don't know but even when pressing enter/return twice while writing the post, the paragraphs do not appear on line. Hey ho, must...

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I have been reading about BVs, BOBs, BOLs for WTSHTF (when the s... Hits the Fan), i.e. a major disaster resulting in having to leave quickly - to Bug Out. I know where we live we will probably b...

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No photo yet as I have a new camera and have not yet managed to learn how to upload photos, but was pretty excited when I saw the buds. Let's just hope they manage to survive the cold nights, and...

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Seriously, I have just been reading another inspiring blog and when I left a comment I realised I have not posted on here for nearly a year. Too busy I suppose with enless visitors, and various...

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Thank you Abby Franquemont

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1.  Lay silk or silk chiffon, or muslin material along a table covered in plastic. 2.  Pull very light pieces of wool from the wool roving and place around the edge - overhanging the edge....

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Pixie finds time to relax in the sun on the swing bed, all she needs is someone to swing her........ MLC Blues band from Tournissan came to play at our first village fete in June - great...

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Fancy eating well and having fun learning new skills with artist Kate Hardy  in the Pyrenees mountains?  A friend of mine is running an art week at her beautiful secluded farmhouse in the footh...

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This is Carabar Lily, a new arrival on our little farm.  Her name Carabar is the name of a witch in France, so we have named her Lily.  She has settled in with our old male, castrated llama...

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Snow? In June - I had to 'phone a friend' to coonfirm that I had just heard the weather forecaster on TF1 mention the 'S'Word and Pyrenees in the same sentence - Not again, please......all my pan...

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