I can feel a whole new years worth of truffling for treasures coming on!! Oh deep joy!! A la prochaine mes belles xxxx...

The storm forecast for today never arrived. Instead we had a watery sunshine that captured the faceted pampille lustres on my wall sconc...

                                                                  “If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself...

Tucked away in the tiny winding lanes here on the Cherbourg Peninsula is the tiniest 12th century chapel. You may think that the photogr...

Despite the forecast gale we had a wonderful evening entertaining our friends last night. Before we eventually sloped off to bed with th...

Every year we like to host a mulled wine and mince pie evening. Mark`s secret recipe mulled wine can be slightly lethal but goes down ve...

When we set off this morning in the car we passed the postman at the top of the lane. He was standing facing his van. I stopped the car ...

The beds are made up, but this abandoned mansion has not had an occupant sleeping in its grand rooms for years, The tenants at the R...

I don`t think I can have been all "that" good this year because Pere Noel didn`t bring much from my Christmas wish list but oh...