A corner of France

The village of Vaiges (pop. about 1,200) is perhaps 10 minutes' drive from my very own St Pierre sur Erve (pop. about 150).    About hal...

The owner of the mill in the village has been improving the site, trimming hedges and cutting down some of the trees.  In the spirit of supp...

I was talking to our ex-mayor not long ago, about, amongst other things, the recent closure of one of the two bakers in our local village.  ...

The disabled persons' toilet in our local music school has a disco in it.  No kidding: when you go in, different coloured strobes start ...

One of the aspects of running a gîte, that we didn't really grasp before taking it on, is the obvious (in hindsight) fact that peopl...

I have a problem with plant stakes.  In the springtime I plant my plants, whatever they are, and if I think it necessary, I put stakes in th...

Yamaha make musical instruments, amongst other things.  I played on one of theirs for several years when I was starting to learn the flute, ...