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Le Haras du Pin and other chateaux

Posted by princess on Sunday, April 15, 2012, In : Life in france

Okay so now I'm going to do a little bit of the catching up as promised..........
Firstly Le Haras du Pin, after several hundred phonecalls the dogsbody finally managed to discover that every tuesday throughout February and March a young horse clear round showjumping day is held, from 4yo's in the morning to 6yo's in the afternoon. But noone checks the age or passport of your horse, so it basically means the jumps go from smaller to bigger. They informed us on entering that the height of the...
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The Dogsbody (.25 hp) Water Pump

Posted by princess on Saturday, December 19, 2009, In : Life in france

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ;THE DOGSBODY WATER PUMP.
Shows fantastic performance despite the ongoing cold snap, no sign of freezing up yet!
(snowboarding injuries could threaten to slow output though)

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Taking The Piste

Posted by The Dogsbody on Friday, December 18, 2009, In : Life in france

Alright for some, some might say. Today of all days, as the global summit on climate change in Copenhagen has passed its deadline for agreement with suprise suprise, no agreement, we're suffering the concequences (some might say) of climate change. Fancy that, it's the winter and we've got snow!
In our efforts to be ecologically aware we thought maybe it would be sound to go and check out if out current spot of "freak weather" was up to scratch and proper winter snow or just the globaly warme...
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Catching moles in Calvados

Posted by The Dogsbody on Thursday, December 10, 2009, In : Life in france

Our neighbour, not liking the moles digging up his mum's garden, has a slightly unusual but pretty nifty technique for evicting those that dare to stray within arms reach. Armed with a grub hoe and lots of patience he tip toes up to the mole hill that he has previously flattened the day before and stands statue like, hoe raised above his head and waits. Sometimes he'll be there for what seems like hours, eyes never wavering till the earth moves and wham! The mole gets hoed and hoiked out rath...