Skating on Thin Plastic – Ice That Isn’t!

Caiti and I delivered Benj back to his flat in Limoges on Tuesday. He was keen to get back to revise for upcoming tests, and to see his petite amie again. Plus he reckoned Creuse was too cold for him!
The résidences were decidedly unfestive. There was just this notice up from the caretakers wishing everyone [...]

Caching in on Christmas – Geocaching, Gold Mines, Muggles and Viaducs

The weather finally cleared on Christmas Eve and, since most of us were feeling better after going down with various coughs and colds, we headed off for a spot of geocaching. Chris, Rors and I haven’t done any for ages, and Caiti and Benj had never had a go. So it seemed a nice way [...]

Merry Christmas!

Well, I’m going to take a few days off from blogging and writing. So today I shall wish you Bonnes Fêtes and leave you with a poem that I must have written forty years ago, if not longer! I was an unstoppable poem writer as a child, and Christmas was one of my favourite themes.
 
Santa’s [...]

Teeth and Turnips – Dents et Navets

The dentist needed more of our money so today I took, sorry, dragged, Benj to Guéret to have something or other done to his long suffering teeth. The dentist started trying to straighten them up about three years ago, but went a bit far when he burnt a hole in the roof of Benj’s mouth [...]