Originally posted 2017-09-06 22:54:12. La Fete de la Revolution, also called Bastille Day, was a major celebration in Molinot, the village where I live in France. Every fourteenth of July, the vi...
https://www.rodfleming.com/fete-de-la-revolution-molinot-2002/
Originally posted 2017-08-11 21:57:07. Weddings are a rarity in the village now, but this was nice. It was the last wedding in Molinot we saw here.
Originally posted 2013-06-17 20:37:29. Penetrating damp is the result of water coming through the walls. Once you’re sure no water is coming through the roof by following the previous article...
https://www.rodfleming.com/penetrating-damp-in-your-traditional-house-damp-3/
Originally posted 2013-06-11 21:48:26. Damp in your old house and how to deal with it. Part Two in a series explaining where damp in old buildings comes from and what you can do to combat it. Mos...
https://www.rodfleming.com/why-your-house-is-damp-and-how-to-fix-it-2/
Originally posted 2013-06-07 12:19:52. Just about the first thing that everyone notices when they get their dream house in France, and I base this on an admittedly unscientific but extensive post...
https://www.rodfleming.com/why-your-dream-house-in-france-has-damp-walls/
Originally posted 2013-05-24 17:53:48. Everything Is Shut On Monday. Not for the French the quaint Anglo-Saxon habit of neighbouring towns staggering their half-days—or even taking half-days in...
https://www.rodfleming.com/in-france-everything-shuts-on-monday/
Originally posted 2013-05-23 15:17:59. “No,” I cried, and summoned up the best of my then limited French, “Cas d’urgence!” But this made no impression on the battle-axe, who shook her...
https://www.rodfleming.com/in-france-everything-shuts-at-twelve-part-two/
Originally posted 2013-05-17 13:38:11. One thing the guidebooks never bother to tell you about France is also one of the most important of all that you should know. In fact this piece of inform...
https://www.rodfleming.com/in-france-everything-shuts-at-twelve-part-one/
Originally posted 2016-07-30 18:45:38. In the past walls were rendered and plastered with lime. Lime is a truly wonderful material that can be bent to a whole series of uses, but as a render on s...
Originally posted 2015-01-10 04:46:29. France is divided, basically, into the north, where tuiles plates were traditional roof covering tiles, and the south, where tuiles romaines are found. Ther...