Sunday 30/3/25
After a long, cold and wet Brittany winter hibernation, spring has arrived, the clocks have moved forward to summer-time and it is time for a change for us as well.
The cherry blossoms have been spectacular this spring. |
A project I did this winter was to mount the support for the cherry branches that the owners have been training to bridge the pathway for years. |
We've been travelling and house-sitting for a number of years now and, for the first time since January 2019, we don't have a sit booked into our calendar. We're in the final throes of getting the garden at La Basse Cour ready to be handed back to the owners and packing up our belongings either in Orthos, the caravan, or our storage unit.
In a week and a half we'll travel off into the unknown (not quite as dramatic as it sounds) to try and find a new place to live in the south of France. We've had the most amazing experiences looking after other people's properties and pets but it is time for us to settle down with a place of our own.
We are going to tow Orthos down to Sisteron, in Provence, where we have a campsite booked over the Easter period. We're planning on driving down over three days, stopping near Tours and Lyon but will keep an eye on the weather closer to the time. Once settled in, we'll see what rental offerings there are in the area, assuming we like it, and will take it from there.
We'll try to blog about any interesting bits as we go along.