I have an admission to make. I hate grey, dank weather; it drags me down and when it arrives, I find myself wishing the hours away, longing for bright days to return. I’m not someone who relishes the chance to hunker down in front of a fire, simply enjoying the opportunity just to sit and … More A Wonderful Winter Walk
In December there are signs up around Apt, advertising it as the ‘Ville de Lumieres’ (town of lights) and it is always well deserving of the title, thanks to Blachere Illumination, the company based in the town, which makes incredible Christmas lights for many of the big cities in France, and across the world; this … More Sparkle and style at the Mathieu Lustrerie
It’s hard to believe that we are already at the end of October and staring November in the face. Over the last few weeks, the weather has been utterly glorious, with blue skies, gentle breezes and pretty much wall to wall, warm sunshine. We’ve been making the most of it too, getting out cycling…. Putting … More Celebrating Chestnuts at Revest Du Bion
Joy of joys…… it’s raining! I never imagined that I would ever watch the weather forecast, as anxiously as I have this year, looking for any real signs of rain. In fact, I would go as far as to say that there was a time, (after one particular winter on Dartmoor, when it started raining … More And finally it’s raining
I think it would be fair to say that this year has been a little disrupted …. In fact that is probably an understatement, as everything we had imagined we’d planned has been tossed in the air and the cards of life have fallen in a chaotic tumble around our feet. It feels as if … More On our way home
To say that the last week has been hot, is an understatement. We’ve been in the midst of a heatwave, a ‘canicule’, where the temperatures have been consistently in the high 30s and the nights have been almost too sticky and sultry to sleep. The only thing you can do, is get chores done first … More A Slow, Summer Sunday in Provence
If you’ve followed us for a while now, you probably know that one of our favourite breakfast spots, whilst out on a bike ride, is the lovely little boulangerie at Simiane La Rotonde. By the time we get there, we always feel as if we’ve earned our croissants, as it is pretty much uphill, all … More A lovely evening at Les Davids
To begin with, huge apologies for not having posted for such a long time. To be honest, I’m not sure really, where to start with this post, as it’s been one that I’ve started a few times over the last couple of months, only for life to take another lurch, in a slightly different direction … More Life on a French Roller Coaster
Apologies for not having posted for a while, but since Christmas, it has felt as if we have been on a bit of a roller-coaster ride with lots of switchbacks & changes of speed and direction in just about every aspect of our life, but all we can do is hold on tight, and hope … More Returning to the first signs of Spring
I can’t believe that it’s New Year’s Eve already. Where has this year gone? I remember my mum saying to me that the older you get, the faster the years seem to go, and I never thought that would be possible. But this year has gone by in a flash, and it’s the first time … More Life flies by in Provence
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