pluie.........

Well this picture says it all.......poor sister has had 10 days of this 

So all we could do was lunch at flunch 

Flunch restaurants are operated on a self-service basis, where customers select their food and proceed to a checkout where any items are paid for prior to their consumption. Specific hot meals, namely cooked meats, are prepared to order in front of the customer at 'la grille', which is the part of the 'Flunch experience' the chain is known for.

Keepcool Dog Coats.........

These stylish and easy to fit Keep Cool Dog Coats have been specifically designed to keep your dog cool however hot it gets. Brilliant for all outdoor activities (before, during and after) walking, obedience, car travel or even sailing on your boat. The coat feels cool and soft to the touch, is lightweight, breathable and doesn’t drip.
They are made from a unique synthetic microporous material that is activated by water, as it puts moisture into the dogs coat, the capillary action of the microporous and the controlled evaporation actually cools the dog more than the outdoor air without making it wet.

Molly looks so cool in her pink coat and hopefully when the heat arrives it will be an essential addition to her wardrobe......hope that John the farmer doesn't see this!

Blossom time........

I cannot believe how late the blossom is this year, the wild cherry is intoxicating at the moment and little white petals float down like snow covering everything, hope there are plenty of cherries for the vodka!

We had 26 tonne of gravel delivered last week and thank goodness the driver tipped it slowly down the drive what a job spreading it out, typically in the rain!! But on reflection it would of been much harder in the heat so well done rain.

Had a lovely day out with my bonkers neighbours to my first market of the year at piegut the first 3 stalls we looked at were English folk selling pies, birthday cards and a doggie stall which i did buy a coolcoat for molly then we went to an English butchers very bizarre!!!

Crumpets and Hot Cross Buns.........

I am not going to mention the horrid spring weather....cold, none stop rain and wind I am just typing it in as a note :(

Bob brought some more crumpets and malt loaf home which we devoured over the weekend along with hot cross buns that my neighbours purchased from the Iceland shop on a campsite somewhere in the Charente, can you believe it!....They were all very nice and are wonderful as a treat.

Crumpets are generally circular roughly 2.7" (7 cm) in diameter and roughly 0.7" (2 cm) thick. Their shape comes from being restrained in the pan/griddle by a shallow ring. They have a characteristic flat top with many small pores and a chewy and spongy texture. They may be cooked until ready to eat warm from the pan, but are frequently left slightly undercooked so that they may be cooled and stored before being eaten freshly toasted.

Easter goodies......

Mmmmmm.....

Gobsmacked ........

Is what I was when I read this ......... http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/payroll-worker-sally-etchells-45-1335696

Life is full of surprises.

Had some nice trips out this week, two journeys to the airport one shopping trip to the family village one trip to see friends and a trip to see a new horse just arrived from the UK which was very nice but alas I no longer get excited over horses just like to admire them from afar preferably with no rider on them spoiling the view.


It's started........

The migration of Common Cranes has marked seasonal activities from times immemorial. Their characteristic‘krruee-kroo’ calls herald their arrivals. Twice a year, from Sweden to the Iberian Peninsula and through France, the Cranes fly across our continent : to their wintering areas in autumn, then to their nesting areas in spring. In August/September, after they have raised their young in the peat-bogs of the Scandinavian forests, thousands of them gather on the isles and the south coasts of the Baltic Sea. Starting in October, when food becomes scarce, they massively migrate towards the South in two, or sometimes three huge waves. This is the beginning of the long trans-European journey that will lead them to their traditional wintering areas in Spain. But France increasingly hosts wintering cranes in Champagne and Aquitaine.

The return migration starts as early as February. Urged by their breeding instinct, the Cranes quickly fly northwards. Their return is faster but but still as spectacular.

Weather blog......

Ok this it what my blog seems to be turning into but it's bleddy awful for the last 4 weeks we have had nothing but rain, snow, wind, very cold, sunny, next day feeling a lot warmer only to be plunged back to minus.....at this point the car battery decided it had had enough out came the charger but no it was still dead of course to Bob this was a catastrophe!! When we reckoned up the poor car has never had a new battery for 7years so my neighbours very kindly got me going and off I went to the airport to pick bob up we went straight to the garage, got a new one fitted there and then so catastrophe averted.

I have lost 2 more chickens mrs scraggy neck and the little un and have decided their replacements will not be allowed out of their enclosure......we found the little one with feathers plucked either side of her little body and think it may have been a buzzard but mrs scraggy neck was nowhere to be found, no body, feathers, nothing so have no idea what happened. I like my chickens and I hate losing them,they are stupid critters but they all have their own personalities and are funny to watch.