in search of the kiwi

On my first day off I had expected to be heading for the slopes to ski, but with the beautifully warm weather, blue skies and sunshine, I ...

Anaig is a specialist in clay renders and I have worked along side her on a couple of straw bale build projects.  Here was slightly differ...

Here’s a tiny glimpse of a great week spent with good friends from the UK.  For some reason there is minimal photographic evidence, but I ...

Four days in the mountains, a mini break of sorts, with Pierre at Lou Rider.  Our aim was to bake Christmas cakes and make chutney, get ou...

The calm of November is here.  Not that the first seven days have been calm at all, I’ve only been home for two and a half of them.  The w...

Pierre, my friend from skiing, has become caretaker to Lou Rider for the new owners.  They plan to use the chalet as a second home, rather...

Two weeks in already, time is flying and I’m partly wishing that I could stay here for ages and see this project advance much further than...

And then to Nic’s for a week, more of a catch up visit and to see how he’s getting on with the various projects that he has on the go.  I ...

I’ve been to the UK and back.  I spent a wonderful fortnight visiting family and friends, caught some great weather after all those storms...

I know, I know, it’s been over a month since I last wrote and I am starting to get emails from close friends checking that I am OK.  Yes, ...

I had a day before heading off, so Pierre and I made the most of the following afternoon and headed up the mountain to enjoy the scen...

The snow remained pretty much everywhere from that morning on.  I left later that day for a week in the UK, fully prepared to return to a ...

11.11.13 at 11:11 in front of the church of Barrancoueu            Lest we forget It snowed all night and the morning view was some...