Autumn is officially upon Team Basil. Today’s 17 degrees with strong winds finally persuaded me to put on long trousers. My Mum used to make me wear shorts throughout the winter, so at last I’ve found some aspect of being…
La Boulangerie
The attitude to bread in France seems to be different from everywhere else in Europe. Britain stopped making bread using traditional methods decades ago and although there is a slow increase of interest in traditional bread, such bakeries are few…
They teach them young in France
This morning we had our first real taste of autumn. As we drove north through the wooded and undulating Gascon countryside, a thick mist shrouded everything. After an hour or so the mist began to burn off and we were…
Homeward Bound
As we pointed Basil’s nose northwards towards the high Pyrenees and France it definitely felt as if we were heading home and bringing this trip to a close. In reality we have been angling our way towards Blighty for a…