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Moving out
The exit from Roquetaillade was much less hard work than it might have been, because the removers took most of the furniture and dealt with the large and difficult items. We had been packing frantically up to the very last … Continue reading
The long trek north
Well that wasn’t as bad as it might have been! We’ve successfully completed the first return trip north to the Allier, and our walking llamas are now installed in their temporary home. On Thursday morning, we set out to load … Continue reading
Homeless
Rather bizarrely, we now own no houses at all. On Wednesday, we collected the cheque from the notaire for the sale of our house at Roquetaillade. Another idiosyncratic transaction, which reminded me how likeable and yet how irritating Maitre Isard … Continue reading
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Lessons in Non-Attachment
Having recently returned from my insanely stressful house-clearing, son-moving stint in England, only to be faced with the imminent trials of our French house move to the Allier, I find myself somewhat overshadowed by a cloud of dysphoria. I fear that I … Continue reading
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Moving update
I have been postponing this article, in the hope that everything would be finalised, and I could write the definitive statement of what is happening. I should have realised that this was never going to happen. The complications and frustrations … Continue reading
Dangerous wildlife (allegedly)
As today is a Sunday, one of the first sounds I heard this morning was the intermittent cacophony of hounds. Each weekend throughout the autumn and winter, many of the men in the commune gather to take part in that … Continue reading