Another cycle into the Drome!

Another cycle into the Drome!

We are accommodating more cyclists this year, Nigel and his wife Jenny are on their second visit, Nigel (pictured) is a very experienced road and mountain biker, and so I was a little nervous joining him and our friends Kevin & Siobhan, also very experienced...
A visit to Cucuron 

A visit to Cucuron 

We almost bought a village house in Cucuron… How different life might have been! It’s a charming village, home to about 2000 villagers, on the south side of the Luberon, a short drive to Lourmarin and accessible to Aix en Provence. Tuesday is market day...
‘Belle Brocante’ in the village

‘Belle Brocante’ in the village

The crowds were out on Sunday with the annual antiques fair in the village where you could buy all sorts of wonderful and strange things! Great to see so many people wandering around the village. Karen and I were intrigued as to how these  rhinos turned up here....
Cycling into the Drome

Cycling into the Drome

I am continuing to train for a further ascent of Mont Ventoux in the coming weeks so my Tuesday ride took me over the hills past Javon and down to Sault. As ever the first glimpse of Ventoux with the lavender in full bloom always makes the heart skip a beat! From...
Goult – well worth a visit

Goult – well worth a visit

We attend the annual Christmas carol service in Goult each year, it’s often cold and not the time to wander around the village!  When we visited this week it was the complete contrast, almost too hot to walk round! We had forgotten just how nice it is, well...
Beautiful Lavender

Beautiful Lavender

Cycling from Lagarde Apt down to Sault  yesterday was such a pleasure ( getting up there was a tad more challenging) , the Lavender is now in full flower, the perfume as you cycle past is amazing as is the sound of the bees worked hard collecting their pollen....