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Time to bite the bullet , brave the shops full of Xmas crowds and start playing Santa.
about 3 hours ago
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A guest for dinner on Thursday makes it feel like Friday or the weekend. Now I'm totally screwed up. Nothing new there ,then?
9:21 AM Dec 10th
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It's wonderful to be back home in a cold, wet, traffic-jammed England after our week and a half in sight of the Pyrenees in France. NOT!!
5:00 AM Dec 7th
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Back our house after an absolutely wonderful week playing with ewes and their baby lambs, full of respect for v. hard-working farmers.
11:17 AM Dec 6th
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90 mins bouncing around on a rough sea crossing The Channel, now we bounce around outside port for 30 mins - no berth!
7:11 AM Dec 6th
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Boarded ferry leaving at 2:40 PM. The ferry is 45 mins late but we're 20 mins early. Work that out!
5:38 AM Dec 6th
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Arrived Calais to yet more travel disruption, presume due to bad weather. Ain't winter wonderful?
4:19 AM Dec 6th
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About 90 mins from Calais on day 2 of our journey back from being sheep farmers Fanjeaux. It's raining. :-(
2:18 AM Dec 6th
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Arrived Orléans 6:00 PM. Off to find some moules & frites for dinner. Missing the sheep & lambs.
10:56 AM Dec 5th
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transit from Fanjeaux to Orléans after a busy week as apprentice sheep farmers. Sorry to leave all but the straw.
6:07 AM Dec 5th
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A much brighter start to our last morning here with the lambs in Fanjeaux. We can see the Pyrenees capped in fresh snow.
11:47 PM Dec 4th
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It's a foul AM here in Fanjeaux for the young kids' visit to cuddle the lambs - absolutely bucketing down.
12:42 AM Dec 4th
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A rushed morning session with the sheep & lambs this AM in preparation for a visit by 21 young children.
11:43 PM Dec 3rd
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Back from morning session watching a lamb being born, albeit with some assistance. Now, where's that coffee?
12:36 AM Dec 3rd
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Another full day as tourist sheep farmers, another very welcoming French family. Great fun!
12:08 PM Dec 1st
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Massive respect for sheep farmers now that we know what they go thru', including being a vet. It's demanding work but fun for a week.
9:47 PM Nov 30th
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Up and about at 6:30 AM for another day of working hard with the ewes and lambs. It's a good job we're only sheep farmers for a week.
9:53 PM Nov 29th
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Finally found time (midnight - 1:30 AM) to post a few blog entries + photos on our lambing work.
10:12 AM Nov 29th
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No new lambs overnight so this morning's shift was mainly feeding. Farmer Luc also tagged the existing new lambs' ears.
3:16 AM Nov 29th
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Early AM shift revealed 11 new lambs. 2 were delivered manually by Luc. Off to Limoux market soon for some R&R.
12:59 AM Nov 28th
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- Name John Curd
- Location Leighton Buzzard, UK
- Web http://www.curdho...
- Bio Retired after a career as a software engineer. Now into travel, cooking, wine, photography, wine, wildlife, wine, walking, wine and cycling.
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