Feu d'artifice et Bastille
July 2010
This year for the Bastille celebrations we went to Bauge which is much closer to us than Saumur.
We were surprised at just how many people had turned out for this occasion. It was equally as good a display than we have previously seen in Saumur considering Bauge is a much smaller town.
The display took place in front of the chateau unfortunately because of the dark the photos don’t do it justice.
Better than ever
July 2010
Due to lots of hot dry weather the Sunflowers in the field opposite our house are better than ever this year.
Catching up!
May 2010
Well it has been a while since the website was updated. So thought we had better do a little catching up.
During April we spent a week up in Normandy.We found the Pays d’Auge region to be very beautiful it is in the department of Calvados.
We stayed in a tiny little gite and explored the surrounding area. We found it to be much greener than where we are but we also found it a little colder! There were even bluebell woods just like England something we don’t have here as it is too dry.
There were some very pretty towns and houses, mostly colombage timber framed houses some thatched and painted lovely colors.
Since returning we have been busy planting up the veggie patch which is now growing very quickly. At the moment it needs lots of water as it is so hot and dry.
Storm Xynthia
March 2010
In the early hours of Sunday morning (1st March) we were awakened by the sound of hurricane winds battering the house.
We get quite a lot of high winds here so we are quite used to it but this was something different. It just seemed to get louder and louder and we thought the house was going to blow away! We could hear tiles coming of the roof and lots of crashing and banging. We were wondering what we were going to find when the morning came.
By early morning the electricity and phone were both down, thank goodness we have a gas hob at least we could have a cup of tea!
We were very lucky here as we only had a few tiles off the roofs and two trees uprooted. We believe the forest which is opposite us saved us from the full force of the wind. You can see from the photos below it just uprooted massive trees in the forest.
Further down in the Vendee region and in La Rochelle there was devastation. Boats were lifted out of the water in the harbour and roads and houses were destroyed. We consider ourselves quite lucky to have only been without electricity and phone for one day only as there were over a million homes without power.
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The great wall of logs!
February 2010
Well they have certainly had a busy day in our local forest!