On 1st July, 105 years ago, a new magazine came out in France – Nos Loisirs. It cost ten centimes and described itself as ‘journal-revue illustré de 32 pages’. What’s more, it claimed ‘pas une ligne, pas une gravure qui ne soit pas intéressante’ – there wouldn’t be a single line or drawing that wasn’t [...]
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Only ten days until the Tour de France blasts through Nouzerines in a blur of coloured lycra and reflective sunglasses. As you’ve seen in previous posts, signs and banners have been put up to advertise the event. However, the banners aren’t in very good nick at the moment. Strong winds last week tangled them both [...] A spotlight on Ruadhri today. It has suddenly got very hot, so it was time to shear the alpacas. The shiny electric shears arrived a few weeks ago, as I mentioned in an earlier post. Time to use them. It took three of us. Chris wielded the shears, I held the head [...] |
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