Getting away from it all

Getting away from it all

Simplest Pleasures Some of the simplest things in life seem to bring such enormous pleasure.  Yesterday, having dropped my mother off at the airport after her brief stay, I took a different route home.  Wandering back cross-country, through areas that I had barely...
A Complete Wreck

A Complete Wreck

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...
A walk on the wild side

A walk on the wild side

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...

Whistling in the wind

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...