June Dictons

It’s the start of a new month, so time to turn to look at some French dictons (sayings) about it. Rain and/or the harvest seem to be the subject of most of them, reflecting what the major concerns of country people were in the past. And they still are today. We’re waiting for Edouard,  our [...]

Animal Farm

An update on the various new arrivals at Les Fragnes.
First up, Bertie. He’s feeding well, despite the fact his mum’s a llama. Llamas are not the greatest mothers. They’re not patient. Poor baby just about gets his wobbly legs and his wobbly neck under control and in position, when mum moves off to graze somewhere [...]

Bertie the Baby Llama

So – our first male llama has been born at Les Fragnes. Bertie arrived about 11.30am on Saturday 28th May. He’s the fourth cria in a row to be born on a Saturday. All our three 2010 babies – Victoria and Georgina the llamas, and Elrond the alpaca – came on that day of the [...]

Apples, Crosses and Gravel

Another cycle-road photo blog. The Sazeray ring, around 20 kms or so, is one of our favourites at the moment. Chris and I nip off to do it after delivering Ruadhri to the school bus at Nouzerines in the morning. But on Wednesday, since there no’s school for Rors that day, we all went together. [...]