In an earlier post (http://www.bloginfrance.com/2010/a-difficult-birth/), I talked about the work which was about to start on the 12th century church, St Clair’s, in Nouzerines. The bell tower was in urgent need of restoring, as were the frescoes inside and the gargoyles. St Clair’s will be getting a ‘paratonnerre’ – a lightning conductor. (I think ‘paratonnerre’ [...] [...]
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These two weeks of the winter holidays are the most annoying of the school year. If you’re not a skier who’s heading delightedly off to the mountains, then there’s pretty much nothing else to do! It’s February, it’s cold, it’s grey, not many tourist attractions are open (we’re not, that’s for sure) and all in [...] [...] I love coming across recipes in blogs, so here is my own contribution to this excellent practice. I first came across cake au jambon (cheesy ham cake) when we were invited for an apéro by Roger Bleron and his wife. M. Bleron is head of the tourist office in Boussac, and also of the Comité Departmentale [...] [...] At least once a year we end up temporarily housing a hunting dog overnight. Lost ones wander along and hang around. At the moment we have a very sweet spaniel-something-cross in the horse box. She turned up on Saturday night and woofed loudly for a while around our stables (I think the llamas scared her). [...] [...] |
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