The rhythm of the year is important in France - nothing more so than the Grande Vacances, when everyone goes on holiday for a minimum of three weeks in July or August. After the holidays it's time for La Rentrée, eagerly anticipated in the shops since the week before the summer holidays began in the middle of July. Lots of other things seem to be impossible to do before the summer and absolutely have to be postponed until La Rentrée, we started discussing a date for the fitting of our windows in March to ensure that they were installed before la pause estivale. otherwise (cue intake of breath by the salesman) it couldn't happen until September.
The blog is having its own Rentrée and, after a summer spent at the Olympics and with various visitors the blog will be back and posting on our project progress, the challenges of growing vegetables, the most cunning species of animals that might damage your garden and the daily challenges of living in France.
Speak soon!
In Sapa, Vietnam
About Me
- Tim Claridge
- Sharing time between Southampton and Noyal-Muzillac in southern Brittany. Sports coach, gardener, hockey player, cyclist and traveller. I studied an MA in Management and Organisational Dynamics at Essex University in 2016-17. Formerly an Operations Manager with NEC Technologies (UK) Ltd.
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