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- The Morvan Greets the New YearNobody comes to the Morvan for motorways, theatres, discos or shopping malls. We are 20 miles from the nearest cinema, although movies are occasionally screened at the Centre Médico-Social in…Read more
- Mistletoe, Oysters and Chocklit Log in the MorvanHere we are again: Advent, with its Christmas markets, Christmas concerts and - er- festive fare. Pedantic Digression: The use of fayre is an abomination second only to the instrusive…Read more
- All Saints and Armistice Day in the Morvan – and Movember in the UKHallowe'en is a non-event here in the Morvan. Look up Hallowe'en in the big Harraps dictionary and you will find La Veille de la Toussaint, together with an explanation in…Read more
- Fun in the Morvan and a Flea Circus in SuffolkCharity Cottage did everyone proud in September. Stuart from Canada and girlfriend Alice from Yorkshire would ordinarily have stayed in the main house, but on their proposed arrival date I…Read more
- Paradise Lost, Paulownia And The Burkini BanI am typing this on (British) August Bank Holiday, in a sizzling heatwave. Our trees, notably the paulownia adjoining our patio, are shedding their leaves. When the paulownia flowered for…Read more
- Burgundy by Bike, Delays at Dover and Sex on the BeachOur next visitors to Charity Cottage are due on 13 August. Keith, his son and his son-in-law are coming by car – with three bikes on the car roof. They…Read more
- A Centenary, a Climbdown, Some Puzzled Locals and a Unique RailwayJuly 1 2016 – 100 years since the murderous Battle of the Somme began. Most families have tales to tell. Here is mine. My Uncle Harry served in the Royal…Read more
- Weasels, Fuel Shortages, Anniversaries and a Prang in the MorvanHow do you take a scrupulously honest and fully documented insurance claim for 2000 euros, and pay out 599 euros? No problem if you are the weasels we inherited when…Read more
- Dandelion Wars And A Stay In The PolycliniqueYellow is my favourite colour. In spring in the Morvan the forsythia, cowslips and primroses are a feast for the eye. On the road to Nevers (more about that anon)…Read more
- Spring Roars Through The MorvanIn March I spoke of the rustle of Spring. Now it is roaring through the Morvan. In the UK cowslips are a protected species. Here les coucous are common as…Read more