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My French life | two more cats arrive!
Well, to recap on the animal front – when I came to France I had never had an animal in my life – I had ...
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My French life: chicks arrive chez nous!
We’ve been talking about bringing on some chicks for ages now and we hoped that Eaglet the confused cockerel would do his duty and some ...
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My French Life: Bee Museum holds open day
The bee museum at Bouin Plumoisin, near Hesdin, Nord Pas-de-Calais, had an “open weekend” – they threw open the doors to their cellars and workshops ...
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My French life: its raining cats and dogs again!
I just looked out the window as I heard the rain pelting down on the lantern lights of the extension and it feels like better ...
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My French Life: Egg shortage? Grow your own!
I read recently in a UK newspaper that new EU regulations requiring that hens must have more space have resulted in the price of eggs ...
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France Driving Regulation means Red Rag to French Drivers
Driving in France is often an entertaining event for us. Driving in my part of France is generally a pleasure after London, there’s hardly ever a traffic jam and we can ...
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French Life Berck-Sur Mer Carnival, Pas-de-Calais
Sunday was a lovely day – blue skies, brilliant sunshine and warm, so we decided it was a perfect day for a carnival and went ...
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Cottage Garden Life in France – where do I start?!
The other half volunteered last week to help me in the garden – with the rotavating. I nearly fell off my chair in surprise – ...
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Straw Sculpture competition in the Seven Valleys
About this time the commitees of different villages in the Seven Valleys area in Pas-de-Calais start to meet and think about the straw sculpture competition ...
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My French life – The Chickens Get Hair Cuts!
Remy, my neighbour who knows everything told us when we got chickens that we’d have to cut their wings to stop them flying! I’ve never ...
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