March 2024 – Another Down Under diary

36. Four years on

Four years on from what? In March 2020 Madame and I were living in rural SW France, in the Pays Basque, where little occurred to disturb the calm of rural life. Millions of lives were then turned upside down when the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced a nationwide lockdown, or confinement. Covid 19 had arrived.Continue reading “36. Four years on”

35. Toby’s return

This post has nothing to do with the stout, jovial man holding a mug of beer and wearing 18th-century attire, a long coat and a tricorn hat. It was the picture that was appealing. There was a time when no British antique shop would have been complete without a Toby jug, but this concerns aContinue reading “35. Toby’s return”