Joe read an article recently about the 10 most dangerous animals, etc in France and we seem to be ticking some of them off as we encounter wildlife nearby. I’d already mentioned that we’d seen deer in adjacent fields and on two recent mornings we have seen from a bedroom window a wild boar (no.… Continue reading Wildlife and Hobbies
Category: 2023-July
Local Produce and neighbours
We’re discovering more about what we actually have on the land around the house. The previous owners planted a number of trees to supplement long-standing specimens and we have a variety of fruit trees including cherries, apples, pears, plums, walnuts and figs. So we will not go hungry and will have to learn pretty quickly… Continue reading Local Produce and neighbours
Tournon d’Agenais
So a bit about our local village this time. Surprisingly, although we have travelled quite a lot in this area, we seemed to have skirted the village on all sides on previous travels as neither of us could recall ever visiting it. The bastide village of Tournon d’Agenais sits at 260m up on a hill… Continue reading Tournon d’Agenais
Labourdette
We decided when looking for a house in France that it would be our permanent home rather than a holiday house, so we will be relocating our furniture and belongings from the UK to France and supplementing as required. There is administration to deal with to get set up in France and paperwork required to… Continue reading Labourdette