Ahem, La Hune, our family house in south-west France, looks out proud and far across the Arratz valley, having achieved five-star ratings in all reviews […]
Ahem The weather this past month has been ridiculous even by English standards, a confusing farrago of passive aggression and bipolarity. For several days it […]
Ahem With a month of rain interrupted by intermittent leafy days daubed in autumnal gold, our no-go November evensong was spent in devotions, incantations, rapture […]
Ahem They’re out to get me. Wherever I go these days outside the UK I am not only followed but somehow expected (and not in […]
Ahem The month started when families were still getting used to cautious re-uniting; when the popular view was that the virus was mostly beaten; that […]
The new coronavirus restrictions for England ban people at gatherings from “mingling with any person who is participating in the gathering but is not a […]
Ahem Fresh blackberries were aplenty (try saying that five times very quickly) in the fields around the house; sweet and edible at least three weeks […]
Ahem While many unlocked themselves and stumbled up and out, blinking rapidly into the modern minefield of crowded pubs, clubs, beaches, fast food outlets and […]