Le Bourg

Just a small update about my time at the beautiful Le Bourg, Moire.

The weather is really turning and spring is appearing left right and centre, its still freezing overnight but its reached about 15 degrees for the last few days so the crocus' and bluebells are making a break for it and appearing everywhere.

Life with the Innes family is lovely, I wake around 7ish every day and help with the boys breakfast, after Louise or I do the 8.15 school run with the boys its back home and a cup of coffee and breakfast.

Tuesday is market day in Bois D'Oingt, the little town in the valley below Moire so I usually venture down there to stock up on veg, meat and cheese for the family. Its lovely now as most of the vendors recognise me and quiz me on my slowly but surely improving knowledge of the french language and if I'm really lucky the butchers son gives me extra sausages - I get even more if I take Lily with me - she brings out the best in people!

On wednesday the boys are off school so its all hands on deck to get Sam to tennis and Alfie to gym and keep them occupied inbetween times. A usual day ends around 7.30 in the eve after the kids and fed, bathed and storied then tucked into bed.

As the weather is so beautiful I've been trying to walk as much as possible, scouting out routes for me and J to do in the summer and the palces I want to see before I go, which, as some of you already know, is a little sooner than I originally planned....

I'm heading back to the UK in April for a few months, primarily to work with my Dad and try (in vain I'm sure) to take some of the pressure of the mundane office tasks away so he can concentrate on being a super architect, admittedly this move is not as alturisit as it sounds - the other plan is to do some research for what will hopefully be my career and earn me lots of money so J and I can retire at the greand old age of 30 and move to France, well thats the dream anyway.......

I'm sad to be leaving the family so early as they are so lovely and I have enjoyed my time here, hopefully J and I will be able to catch up with them again over the summer tour.

Apologies for the blog not being in any particular order, especially as the next entry is likely to be about our christmas adventures.... Doh!