A corner of France

The flute course last week included a little concert at the end, with all the students playing in a variety of solos and ensemble performanc...

Last year I planted 3 or 4 courgette seeds in a small clump.  The idea is that you select, a few weeks later, the best of the seedlings that...

I was chatting to the chef at the restaurant down the road, and mentioned that we spent the last week in the département of the Lot.   He o...

There was an advert on French TV some time ago.  I only saw it only once, and my memory is a little faded.  Broadly, it went like this: We...

The little village of St Martin-le-Redon where the flute course took place is not far from the massive old chateau Bonaguil .  (That sounds ...

We spent last week at a flute course in a lovely ex-farmhouse towards the south of France.   Run by Philippa Davies   (and see also  here )...

I discovered two new things this week, both food-related.   We were on the autoroute going south, and diverted into a nearby town for lunch....