Friday 22 December 2017

Passing the local boulangerie... look at all those bûche de noël. Yum! tongue :P tongue

Monday 11 December 2017

Awesome light this evening over yonder way. See, sometimes it pays to be under a little cloud smile

Sunday 3 December 2017

Brrrrrr... bit snowy this morning! Looks nice though! smile

Friday 1 December 2017

Worry not, the snail is fully winterised & toasty inside... honest! smile wink No really, it is! tongue #HymerIgloo #SkiSeason

Sunday 26 November 2017

@Twitter: Now home of the TLDR; post. Way to screw up your unique selling point, dummies! sad

Saturday 18 November 2017

Absolutely fantastic light this evening. Say no more!

Thursday 16 November 2017

Walkiiiiiiies! Lovely little stroll with friends. As usual, passing plenty of curious cattle. Mooooo!

Monday 13 November 2017

Fierce wind & horizontal rain when we hit the sack last night. Woke to clearing clouds. What a beautiful difference!

Tuesday 31 October 2017

Not a bad sunset this evening smile Apologies for the dodgy smartphone pic - doesn't do it justice.

Wednesday 25 October 2017

French country roads wink Wasn't the worst of it & although the Swift managed, could do with a tad more clearance wink

Saturday 14 October 2017

Normal programming will resume shortly smile But after 3 months off even trundle to next village with Pratiwi not easy!

Thursday 12 October 2017

Lovely autumn day in Lourdes. Time to take a stroll through the Sanctuary.

Monday 9 October 2017

BBC got this headline wrong. Should have read, "Theresa May says absolutely nothing new. Again." http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-polit...
#WhatAnIdiotSheIs

Sunday 8 October 2017

... and because you can never have too many pictures of crocus flowers on a spectacular autumn day... wink

Sunday 8 October 2017

Wondering above the Col des Palomieres. Not been for a while & good to be back! Awesome autumn day doesn't hurt! grin

Sunday 8 October 2017

Strolling through woods this arvo. Autumn is coming... but these trees are putting up a fight smile

Thursday 28 September 2017

Been too quiet lately & while things are looking up short walk is as hardcore as it gets ATM. View beautiful as ever.

Wednesday 27 September 2017

I don't like this Twitter change to longer tweets. Composing something concise requires skill so personally I'm going to stick to 140 charac

Friday 15 September 2017

So who will be the first music streaming service to offer playlists with custom fade/start/stop/skip mixing functions? #EveryoneIsDJ

Friday 1 September 2017

You know you've been in France a long time when watching English TV, people kiss on the cheek once only & you think, "Huh? That's weird!" wink

Thursday 13 July 2017

TdF time! Always entertaining smile No pictures of the actual race because I was too busy watching & waving the 'roo! grin

Tuesday 11 July 2017

Day out in the big city... wink Oooh, they have a proper curry house here. Jalfrezi please! Nom, nom, nom! Cheers! tongue

Wednesday 5 July 2017

Spotted in this campsite: vintage Morgan towing teardrop caravan with modern MTBs. Looks like a good way to travel!

Wednesday 28 June 2017

Hmmmmmmm... call me crazy, but think there might be storm coming... wink

Saturday 17 June 2017

Out cycling today was stopped by police & then asked to hold this sign as a bunch of randoms rode by! wink Awesome! grin

Saturday 17 June 2017

Not been riding enough lately, but at least when I do get out it looks like this! Love the Hourquette d'Ancizan! smile

Friday 16 June 2017

9pm view from the front door. Lovely evening smile

Saturday 10 June 2017

Bit of a traffic jam in Sainte-Marie de Campan this morning! wink Mooo! More of the same up the Aspin. Glorious day! smile

Thursday 8 June 2017

Thursday evening moule frite. Nom, nom, nom! tongue

Friday 2 June 2017

Getting stuck into 43c worth of Leffe wink On special yesterday. Just finished bargain Grimbergen so perfect timing! grin

Friday 2 June 2017

Syria, Nicaragua & now USA. What a distinguished group of nations. @realDonaldTrump did make them something! Hint: not great! #ParisAccord

Monday 15 May 2017

Col d'Aspin descent to Payolle. Sometimes just have to stop & enjoy... as not enough time for that on the climb? wink

Monday 15 May 2017

Col d'Aspin... Moooooooo! wink smile grin

Monday 15 May 2017

First Hourquette of the year. Lovely smile Cattle are behaving themselves off on the plateau. Unlike... (see next)... wink

Sunday 7 May 2017

Well done France! #AnyoneButHer!

Saturday 6 May 2017

Wildflowers by the side of the road. Beautiful this time of year smile #SimpleThings

Friday 5 May 2017

In tiny village shop buying cheese. Wanted 300g, owner took knife & asked me to direct his cut. So I did & slice came to 292g #HumanScale wink

Friday 5 May 2017

Campaign poster spotted outside a local polling place... oh dear... wink

Thursday 4 May 2017

Might look a bit cloudy, but beautiful up the Aspin today smile Game of 'Dodge the Cows' necessary on descent too wink

Wednesday 3 May 2017

We stopped by field of cows today. Some looked over so I shouted, "Bonjour!" & rest turned to see too. They all seemed so confused. Why!? wink

Monday 1 May 2017

Everyone here is so generous. New friends invited us to wonderful lunch. Amazing food & so entertaining! grin #SoLucky

Sunday 30 April 2017

Time to move on tomorrow. Evening meal with landlady, family & guests was a wonderfully hospitable send off. Thx! smile

Sunday 30 April 2017

Clearly it's hard being a foal! We pass this horse nursery often & 90% of the time the young are asleep. So cute!

Sunday 30 April 2017

Easy like Sunday morning?! wink Oh, & the fingerprint scanner on my phone doesn't work any more! #NoFingerprintsLeft sad

Friday 28 April 2017

TFI Friday... wink Friend's BD celebration at local golf club. They have proper pints here! View's not bad either! grin

Friday 28 April 2017

Remember that cold snap yesterday? Nah, us neither! wink Wonderful evening at Golf de Bigorre smile

Thursday 27 April 2017

Goldern Hour. If only there was somewhere close we knew we could pass by to snap the crazy clouds this evening wink

Thursday 27 April 2017

Might be a bit nippy today, but makes for some crazy clouds up in the high stuff. Love the ever changing views here.

Thursday 27 April 2017

Chatted to a nice Dutch couple this morning. They said my English was very good. Who'd have thought! wink

Thursday 27 April 2017

Hmmmmmmm... bit of a cold snap in Europe. Lucky it's only going to last couple of days!