France

Provence 2018

Provence 2018

On James's recommendation I'm trying out Google photos, which has presented me with this video of photos of my very favourite place in the world apart from home and, possibly, Ronnie Scott's. This was our trip to Vaucluse and Provence in 2018, to celebrate our silver...

Nougat

Nougat

Montélimar. In my mind since I first visited this part of France when I was 14, it would be a hill-top hamlet, the ultimate destination of scores of tourist buses winding up the narrow vertiginous hairpin bends. The tiny village of colourful ancient stone...

Medieval Fair in Chateauneuf du Pape

It's my birthday today and I'm on holiday in France with my husband. We are staying at the hotel where we honeymooned (is that a verb?) 19 years ago. A rest in the sunshine is just the ticket after yet another trying and stressful year. The children, funnily enough,...