Four Acorns / Quatre graines de chêne

ravins de Corboeuf, badlands, Haute-Loire, Rosières, lentille, lentille verte du Puy, Puy lentils, France, heritage, patrimoine

Of coloured clays and green lentils / En terre d’argiles colorées et de lentilles vertes

The acorns and I went back to the extraordinary ravins de Corbœuf, deep in Haute-Loire’s Puy lentil country, which we first...

A birthday party under the stars / Un anniversaire sous les étoiles

‘To celebrate Mermaid’s birthday, you are all invited for a movie night under the stars from 8.30pm at our house....

Opel Manta 400, rally racing, rallye, rally car, voiture de course, race car, rallye de la Fourme, France, Ambert, Puy-de-Dôme, car race, rallying

One day at the race / Une journée à la course

This weekend the acorns went on a different kind of outdoor adventure. One that echoed with revving engines and reeked...

steam train, France, Haute-Loire, poster, vintage, VFV, Velay, Velay Express, train à vapeur, Raucoules, le Chambon-sur-Lignon, affiche, Saint-Agrève, la Galoche, patrimoine, chemin de fer, Auvergne, railway, heritage, chemin de fer historique

All aboard the birthday train / Un anniversaire à toute vapeur

To celebrate his 70th birthday, my dad, a lifelong steam train enthusiast, invited friends and family for a round trip...

birthday, wild swim, Indre, Touraine, river, France, baignade, rivière, anniversaire, Pont Romain, Loches, Isle d'Auger, Val de Loire, Loire Valley, Roman bridge

Birthday wild swim in France / Baignade d’anniversaire en France

At the exact time Jedi turned 11, he was singing Happy Birthday and splashing in the Indre River, near Loches,...

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