Animals we've encountered thus far on and around our plot...

Owls

Cows

Golden Eagles (really)

Lizards

Bats

Donkeys

Sheep

Horses

Blue Tits

Big spiders

Mysterious black beast (I reckon it was a wild boar_Neil)

Robins

Flies

Caterpillars (Woolly worms)

Woodpeckers

Cats

Swallows

Red Squirrel!
Bees
Wasps
Hornets
Shrew

Kohl

+ many unidentified nighttime noises

TBC...

Miss Maybe?...

Hope so, we're test driving her on Friday to find out.

Biarritz

Sun setting over Spain & a 10 foot day

Flushed and tired after a day in the water

Surfers, sweet house...

...and grandness

A Sunday

Start the day by looking at the mountains with fresh snow...

...greet the neighbours...


...have a full English...


...find an ugly, view obscuring tree...

...and chop the bugger down.

A stroll around our meadow...

First morning at le ferme

Makeshift feast & fire on our first night at the farm

Eating out of camping pans as we await the arrival of our belongings

Laruns Cheese Festival

An annual cheese competition in a village nearby, in the foothills of the Pyrenees featuring a wealth of unpasteurized sheepy goodness.

The Journey Here

Packed and ready...and confused

Kohl preparing for 9 hours crammed in a train

Au revoir Holland

Stop off in Paris

Ah, the South West