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Last week we had our first proper outing in Precious, the camper van. Leaving the farm in the capable hands of son Ruadhri, Chris and I headed away for a two-day break to the Auvergne. Our plans to have similar little overnighters like this in the spring were thwarted by...

A recent outing in Precious took us to Peyrat La Nonière in our département of Creuse. Chris had found a walk called ‘The trail of the chicken coops’, and, knowing how much I like my hens (apart from when they’re scratching my seedlings out of the ground), thought this would...

At the outset of the Coronavirus pandemic, or rather when it was recognised as reaching crisis proportions, or even more correctly speaking was allowed by government inaction to do so, I got busy making masks for the family. It’s beyond question that wearing a face mask helps contain the propagation...

Confinement Continues. So, after four weeks of it, we’re now halfway through the confinement period. President Macron in his speech last night gave 11 May as the date for when the first tentative steps towards getting back to normal will be taken. Schools will start to reopen, which will allow...

Last week was the winter holidays for Ruadhri, so we took him out for an airing in Precious the campervan to see some stromatolites near St Pourçain sur Sioule in Allier. These comprise an earth cache, so yet again, thanks to our hobby of geocaching, we made an interesting discovery....