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Train spotting 27 Aug 2013 | 01:02 pm
We were up at the crack of dawn Sunday morning and we went off to a railway bridge in Rully. We were going train spotting. When we arrived and before I could get my camera out a TGV went past, blast m...
Fame at last - well almost 17 Aug 2013 | 04:45 pm
What's that? As regular readers of my blog will know, I have almost been on TV a number of times since we have come to live in France. Although I appreciate that this is a lot nearer than most people...
Givers and takers 12 Aug 2013 | 04:06 pm
In our line of work you meet all sorts of people. The vast majority are very nice people, people we love to have here, people who are friendly and polite, fun and interesting. But sadly, every so ofte...
We have “weather” round here 3 Aug 2013 | 11:13 am
I have often said that we have real weather here, no wishy-washy winters and summers for us, oh no, we have hot or we have cold, we have rain or we have dry, we have wind or we have wind still and las...
On the map 2 Aug 2013 | 07:32 pm
The Office du Tourisme has just started giving away street maps of Cormatin and Saint Gengoux le National – although why anyone would need a map for these villages is a mystery that I won’t delve into...
Steam Day 2 Aug 2013 | 07:17 pm
I love steam engines, they live and breathe, not like something that runs on diesel, petrol or electricity which just chunters away and does it’s job either noisily or smellily or in total silence. Th...
Restaurant Update 19 Jul 2013 | 04:38 pm
La Petite Auberge - Cluny So much has changed on the restaurant/bar front this winter, I really thought it time I posted on my blog just what’s been going on. La Petite Auberge and the Bosphore keba...
Concerts, concerts and more concerts 14 Jul 2013 | 07:03 pm
The new banner announces our concerts Summer brings with it a host of music festivals in Burgundy. We are heavily involved in the Guitar en Cormatinois festival which this year is fortunately going b...
A restaurant you shouldn’t go to 29 Jun 2013 | 02:29 am
Normal 0 21 We decided to go out today, but as it rained all morning we didn’t leave until just before lunch. So our lunch venue had to be relatively near home. We have had mixed experience with ...
Open evening at a salmon smokery. 24 Jun 2013 | 01:17 pm
Just two of the salmon delicacies on offer I mentioned last year that, during July and August, the tourist office in St Gengoux-le-National was having tasting sessions for tourists of some local prod...
