OneGuyFromBarlick

Lovely in Rochdale. I understand it is cool and raining in Brittany!!

I have just watched Venice 24/7 about the Popes visit. It was May 7th last year. Ironically Bob and I were there the previous weekend, leaving on May 2nd. There was absolutely no indication of aan imminent visit. No posters , no talk about it, nothing. How strange!

I went to Southern Ireland last September, to Tralee and the Circle of Kerry. Beautiful but it never stopped raining as we caught the hurricanes coming over from America. We went to Dublin on the bank hoilday weekend of the Queens golden jubillee. That was sunny warm but alittle breezy . We loved Du...

We have watched the first two. I was appalled by the bad behaviour of the travellers on the system

We are back and feeling rather cool. A day washing and shopping I think plus my steroid injection in my thumb which is no quite beautifully tender!!. Back to france later in the year, that is after a trip to Holland to visit the bulb fields, and other places. Then Eves third birthday party. Looks li...

There is a good programme about the real Venice and its daily life. I think it is called Venice24/7 Its on BBC 4 , I think wednesday night. about 8.00 or 9.00pm. We have been watching it in France and therfore lose track of UK time.

Cool and damp here after a full day of rain yesterday. My seeds are loving it!

Paking today. Ferr in the morning but we will have to travel up today because of the time to travel to St Malo and road works on the way

The answer is NO! Stanley I like to be busy. As for the relaxed way of life in France we are busy now so we can enjoy the summer, with lots of friends visiting, and lots of relaxation eating the products of my efforts now. Friends for a meal tonight. I have cleared the freezer of last years products...

There was a Widdup or anEdmodson lived at Stone Trough farm in the 1800s. I can't remember which, or the details. Is that the pub then or another farm close by

Everything cut, sown, dug, pruned, weeded. Just finished. I went to a french l;esson with some English friends this morning and off to the local watercolour class tonight. Weather still warm but not as sunny. Rain forecast for tomorrow

I know the feeling Wendy. After nearly two weeks of heavy gardening, digging out, weeding , planting, hoeing and raking my poor arthritic thumb is swollen and painful. My back is good however. We have nearly finished the tasks we set ourselves. I have to weed the flower borders and sow the wild flow...

Foggy this morning till about 11.00am. We have been to Rennes all morning and had lunch there, sat outside watching the world go by. Back at the house now and it is unbelievably hot

Beautiful day today and more of the same forecast tomorrow. It was 30C on the back of the house and also very pleasantly warm whilst we were doing the veggie seeds. Already our first week over. The rest is doing me good

The actual place is La Vallee, La Chapelle Gacelin. But it is only a farm hamlet of4 houses and probably won't come up. It can be found on Google earth

We are near La Gacilly, about 1 hour north of Vannes and about 30 minutes from Rennes Eileen

Its a cool and misty start in Brittany but sun forecast this afternoon. Temperatures have been a pleasant 13 plus degrees the last couple of days. Much much warmer in the direct sun. With very little wind it was ideal garden fire day yesterday. We had two at the same time.

Did anyone go to the Burnley match yesterday. There was an article on my dad in the programme.

We went to a vide grenier ( car boot 0 this morning. It was mainly childrens clothes and games but we managed to get a fish kettle for 12euros and I bought a book in french on french embroidery stitches. Being Sunday we are now off out to lunch. After that I think a rest will be needed before i go a...

This morning was cold so we popped to the shops for a few essentials. Now the sun is out and Bob has reminded me that I have over 50 shrubs to plant in the paddock!!! I'd better go. He is planting another row of fruit trees. We WILL tame this paddock or field/champ as they call it here. The rhubarb ...

Roast chicken last night with my homegrown sprouts carrots and oasnips. Stuffing from last years sage, frozen last autumn before it died back due to frosts which can be harsh in Brittany.

I have inherited lots of lovely photos of my Dad as a young boy, teenager and young man. Today I will be gardening here in not so sunny Brittany. The ladslove has shoots on it Stanley, my broad beans are up and I still have sprouts, carrots and a few tiny parsnips. There are establised bits of garde...

Sorry ,but porridge is the only food that I actually heave on. ( except maybe raw oysters which I have never had but never fancied!)

NOT PORRIDGE please NOT porridge. I hate it. I don't like its taste, its texture or washing up after it. In fact I don't. If you eat it in my house you make it and tidy up after it. YUK!

Yesterday was a service at St Catherines Burnley in memory of those whose funerals had been held in the last month. Then we had a trip to the garden centre followed by a domestic afternoon Today is an unknown at the moment, No plans except Claire is here for her tea for her birthday. She didn't want...