Garden update

The house in France continues to change though it is hard to keep track of it. It is easy to forget how things looked a few months ago let alone last year.

So here are some photos to show the new hedge that we planted yesterday. The grass area has been cleared progressively in the last few months. More area ‘reclaimed’ hopefully with the grass gaining presence over the nettles and the ‘wld celery’.

And the lastest for the pond which has had some lining added to help control the growth of weeds. I don’t think it will help with maintaing the level of the water. Mores stones added to the edge too.

And we have news trees- two pear trees which I hope with cope with the nature of the soil, grow and give fruit at some point.

RWC 2023

We managed to go to the Ireland v Tonga game in Nantes thanks to Lauren.

I chance for me to wear my green shirt- last seen RWC 2011 quarter final?

Good experience and an excuse to visit Nantes again and see Lauren ‘for real’.

Good atmosphere in the stadium with mostly green shirts around. Match not bad, and relatively easy for Ireland in the end.

I did pick up a bit of the ‘who is real Irish’ with a person were were sitting with and similarly on the bus back to the centre after the game.

Good chats with Lauren’s friends who were sat next to me. Good practice of la langue frainçaise!

Moving on

We moved out of Mervyn today. The van and car packed up and on our way to France. Currently sitting in a lane in Portsmouth waiting to board the ferry to Saint Malo. The Perce on board to help again with shifting.