We’ve joked in the past about having a donkey if we ever had land and the fact that you can apparently buy them for half the price of a ‘fashionable’ dog. When we were walking one day by the river we saw a family with a donkey and also saw one with some walkers on… Continue reading Travels with a donkey in the Lot

As we were going to spend some months in France, we thought we would try and get our ears better attuned to French before setting off and, with this in mind, we started to watch several of the Channel 4 ‘Walter Presents’ french language series. Two of the series we enjoyed featured a bearded detective… Continue reading Walter Presents – The case of the neglected courgettes

We read it’s been hot in the UK this week and the temperature here has touched 40C (and above) on about 3 days. It’s great having such good weather but getting some respite from the heat when you’re living under canvas becomes a challenge and a priority, not that we have to rush anywhere so… Continue reading Managing the heat