From winter to spring and back again

It’s been the oddest time here in Zeeland.

Meandering through northern France and along the Marne

Last weekend, we arrived home from another short

What a difference a year makes

Wash and walk

I’m not lazy, really I’m not, but I d

Spring cleaning, spring tides and spring fever

It’s March and that time of year when I sta

Chaos with cars

It must seem as if I’m being a bit of a dra

A soggy bloggy story

Well, I never got to write that extra post last w

A day’s dash up to Dordrecht

Time has flown past again and I’ve neglecte

The grave(yard)’s a fine and quiet place

My apologies for the title of this blog in advanc

Frozen creeks and crumbly cottages

This last week, it has been simply too cold to sp

A late start to the new year

Well, here we are eleven days into the new year,

High maintenance hounds

The London Canal Museum

Last week, I mentioned the London Canal Museum in

London past and present

As a child in north London, I was fascinated by

Haute-Marne, the height of French rural loveliness

Well, here is the post I promised you all about o

Autumn: normal service resumed

Since we came back from France on October the 22n

Further forays into France

In September, you might remember we made a trip

A flying visit to France plus other (in)consequential happenings

Open Monuments Day

 I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it on

Wrapping August up in style: away days to remember

Over the past weeks of August, we’ve had a

The great Dutch divide

The other day I was reading

Running down the rabbit hole of research

It’s no wonder I can’t get anything written these days. I started off in January with…

Due to Circumstances

It’s been one of those months, or rather spells, when everything I’ve planned has been put…

Who needs TV when we can have this?

In the last two weeks, we’ve had a few adjustments to make owing to Zoe’s illness…

A dog’s life, or rather, life with dogs

It’s been an odd and somewhat anxious week since I last posted. Apart from the exceptional…