Beneath this cloud-spread sky you sing head high for some lost mate, or for the joy to thrive through storms, and glide through orchards ripe with apples, cherries, berries, pears and leaves all dappled with the shy sun’s rays…
Song Thrush, Normandy Read Post »
On Christmas day 1066 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. The English and French who were present cheered the new King so loudly that the clamour alarmed and panicked the French soldiers waiting…
A French Christmas, The Log, then and now Read Post »
In fact it’s the same kilometre, Covid19 oblige, one month on from the last post. Trying to make the most of it, hope this cheers people up who are stuck in a small apartment in a city.
Another lockdown kilometre in Normandy Read Post »
Pour cette semaine de printemps, voici mon kilomètre pendant cette période de sorties restreintes.
Et le vôtre? Sous des contraintes pareilles on pourrait apprendre beaucoup sur notre environnement naturel immédiat, aussi modeste ou pauvre qu’il ait…
Mon kilomètre : les richesses cachées d’une petite parcelle Read Post »
The fall-out from the spectacular explosion of the chemical factory Lubrizol near Rouen on 26th September not only nearly asphyxiated local inhabitants with clouds of soot swirling in the air, it has also infiltrated the soil a…
Lubrizol. deadly explosion in Rouen Read Post »
In the Moo(d) for love.
I took a walk down my lane yesterday. On my right is the field with the brown cows, calves, and Mr. Big Bull with the ring in his nose (check him out on my kilometre walk during lockdown, he’s quite a beast). Further down…
Herd mentality: in the moo(d) for love Read Post »
My horse gave me a lesson in more ways than one not long ago. I was riding her down a beautiful stretch here in Normandy when suddenly she started hyperventilating and twisted her body round as if to turn back. I coaxed her on to no avail and, with…
Return of the Normande and the Camembert Wars Read Post »
Out for a walk this beautiful Sunday afternoon I took the lane along the corn field. The upright cornstalks tower over your head and the slight wind rustles their drying leaves – the only noise to be heard in this haven away from the urban crush. Unt…
Hunting Season in France Read Post »
Roads mired in muck, villagers stiffling with smells: It’s a sorry litany of stories up here in my neck of the woods in Normandy when it comes to anaerobic digesters. Normandy only has 6 such installations so far, two of which are in my neighbourhoo…
Normandy injects €12million into ambitious Methanisation Plan Read Post »
[multilanguage_switcher]France’s Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition Nicolas Hulot will oppose the re-approval of the controversial weed-killer glyphosate for unrestricted
Glyphosate and Alternative Farming Read Post »
Alone against the storm she fights while others bow and wait, hide and bend for cover, dares show her face,
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