by Kiff Backhouse | Feb 2, 2011 | Photo Blog
Quotidien (-» Daily) Every day, our dogs get taken out for a walk, normally twice. A task I share with my wife, Gee, so I normally get to stomp around in the freezing cold dry winds (from Jan thro March anyway) with one elderly dog in tow and the other one zipping...
by Kiff Backhouse | Jan 9, 2011 | Photo Blog
A Randonnée Yesterday was Rando day (a French abbreviation for randonnée which means hiking) where members of the village go off for a day or half day’s hike in the local country side.A very sociable time and great for my French. Misty Views The views around...
by Kiff Backhouse | Nov 8, 2010 | Photo Blog
It was beautiful weather here in the Languedoc region of France last week and we took the opportunity to spend a couple of days down by the beach next to the large and very modern marina town of Gruissan. I spent a wonderful evening wandering around the marina with...
by Kiff Backhouse | Oct 27, 2010 | Photo Blog
It’s been a while since I lasted posted anything. Last week saw a mad dash to Holland and back, a trip of nearly 3000km in 4 days! Phew! Back to work now and a post from an evening out in the vineyards a few weeks ago. Scattered around the countryside here in...
by Kiff Backhouse | Oct 15, 2010 | Photo Blog
At this time of year, in the Languedoc region of France, the evening light is SO soft and beautiful mixed with the autumnal colours of the season. With all the different varieties of grapes, each vine-yard turns a different colour and the region is covered in a...
