Dawn on 2024
January 3, 2024
Join us as we watch the first sunrise of 2024 over The Luberon Valley, and start to think about what awaits us in 2024 and the exciting year ahead … More Dawn on 2024
Tag: life in france
What a Day!
December 23, 2023
What a Day! Sometimes travelling is easy and everything goes to plan, and then there are days (like today) when it’s exactly the opposite. What seemed like a simple early-morning trip to Nice, to collect our youngest from the airport, turned into yet another step along the steep learning-curve on crisis-management in France. The day … More What a Day!
A joyful ray of sunshine between the storms
November 16, 2023
It’s hard to believe that it’s only just 5 weeks since we arrived back from our little jaunt on the bikes, along the south coast. In many ways it feels as if a lifetime has passed since then, and yet in other ways it feels as if we’ve only been back a few days It … More A joyful ray of sunshine between the storms
What a Week.. 2 Goodbyes, 1 Birthday and an Engagement
January 28, 2023
I’m sitting here, almost not knowing where to start with this week’s blog as so much has taken place in the last 7 days. It would be fair to say that our heads are spinning with everything that’s happened, in a week that has seen us meeting ourselves coming backwards, and generally feeling as if … More What a Week.. 2 Goodbyes, 1 Birthday and an Engagement
New Year’s Travel from East Devon to Provence
January 6, 2023
As I start to write this, it’s 9.30am and I’m sitting at Bristol Airport with Andy, waiting for an already slightly delayed flight to Lyon. That will be the third stage in today’s travel plans which, all being well, will see us back home in Provence tonight. So far this morning, our youngest joined us … More New Year’s Travel from East Devon to Provence
Celebrating Chestnuts at Revest Du Bion
October 30, 2022
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
And finally it’s raining
September 24, 2022
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
A Slow, Summer Sunday in Provence
July 24, 2022
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
Back Home in Provence
July 4, 2022
In my last post, I gave you a sense of how ridiculous our life has been, over the last few months and the last few weeks haven’t really been much calmer. But a few things have now slotted into place and yesterday, I arrived back home, after another long day’s drive, whilst Andy stays with … More Back Home in Provence
Life on a French Roller Coaster
May 24, 2022
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
Postcards from Provence and beyond 