Life in France 2014, Year 7 Begins

I have just realised that the last post on here was created months ago. I apologise profusely and promise to sack the boss! We have been ticking along nicely here through the winter and hoping...

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Well that's pretty much it for another year. All but the last guests have left and slowly but surely the devastation is being cleared. We must have set a new recycling record for the year hav...

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Considering I don't have a job, you'd think I'd have all the time in the world to keep on top of my blog. Turns out that isn't the case as I turn my back for a few moments and another couple of m...

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Back in February I pointed out that we'd been suffering here with flu like symptoms. Well, there went 6 weeks of my life and although still not 100%, my mojo has returned and I have regained the ...

http://leftthecountry.blogspot.com/2014/04/back-to-normality-almost.html

Well in between the numerous downpours of hail, sleet, snow and the usual rain, I have made quite a substantial bit of progress on the roulotte. The gale force winds made it very difficult to kee...

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I think the images speak for themselves. Yummy scrummy cake made by Auntie Heather!!!

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Although I've been hampered by some incredibly wet weather. Progress on the roulotte has been good and with every addition it becomes easier and easier to visualize the finished article. Presentl...

http://leftthecountry.blogspot.com/2014/01/roulotte-progress.html

Yesterday we picked up a new addition to the family. Luna Larcombe, a Saint Bernard/German Shepherd cross puppy, was born on 7th November 2013. At the moment Zorro is still very wary of this litt...

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Believe it or not, those who've ever been here will, we have been partying hard since Christmas day peaking at 32 on New Years eve and now dropping back to just the one guest. It's probably no su...

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The new shower room is just about complete now. I even turned up a toilet roll holder which will be a novelty. Today I focused on the boot and shoe area which will hopefully see the stair case fr...

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Who could ever have imagined how much work would go into knocking a door way through to the big room. Having to drop the floor hasn't helped resulting in 16 wheel barrows of hard core and 5 dumpe...

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Although pleading poverty, as always, I've managed with the help of a few assistants to get a few more jobs done as winter closes in on us. Having had the approval of the management to knock the ...

http://leftthecountry.blogspot.com/2013/11/busy-busy-busy.html

October has been so hectic, It appears that I failed to blog at all. I shall make up for it now with an update as to the ins and outs of the past few weeks. In an attempt to get motivated to work...

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Well the weather has properly turned on us now and we have a week or so of wind and rain heading our way. I've been helping a few friends out with various projects which has made the past few wee...

http://leftthecountry.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-end-of-summer.html

Chatting with Jane the other night we both commented on the fact that we were feeling a tad tired and, on reflection, the cause for this probably had something to do with the fact that we have be...

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Back to being guest free after a weekend of excitement with my sister, brother in law and their friend Kelly. I'm not sure the range rover has seen such abuse in a while but all concerned were le...

http://leftthecountry.blogspot.com/2013/08/sunday-lunch-and-some.html

Recipe A splash of water A pile of rubble Some great friends Plenty of beer and a distant dream. Yesterday was make or break time for my dry stone bridge project and I'm glad to say that, as...

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It's amazing just how fast time flies by when you're having fun and there is no doubt we have been having an awful lot of fun over the last few weeks. The build up to this annual event was not fr...

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This morning the last guests departed after our annual softball party. Once again the whole event was an amazing success and I will post a full summary on here in a few days but, in the mean time...

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Since last touching base here, we've been a fair few miles and past through a few countries too. My New Years resolution was to take the kids to at least one different country every year for a ho...

http://leftthecountry.blogspot.com/2013/07/clocked-up-some-miles.html

Back at the beginning of the year I took great inspiration from an image of a dry stone bridge I found on the internet. With a little bit of persuasion from some friends I decided that it had to ...

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Would you like the good news or the bad news first? as I'm the author you don't really have any option but it seemed a good way to start this post. On Friday, when I was completely lost for words...

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Well a few days of sun have finally got the flowers coming out left, right, and centre. Everything is about 4 weeks behind where it usually is but we'll give the flowers their due as, unlike the ...

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For the first time in an awfully long time Jane and I managed to escape from the kids for a weekend. My mum kindly child sat, as they don't like being called babies any more, while we headed back...

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