Welcome to the new season at La Cour de l'Olivier and with it a slight change to the editorial team: Yoke (me) is now doing the words lea...

The weather has been fantastic for February, not sure if this is ‘normal’ but certainly not complaining about it. The last week has been w...

Well it has been a while since I updated the blog, Snow is here and settled in places, the mountains have a good cover much to the relief...

Here we are in France for our first Christmas outside the UK. We have a family ‘tradition’ of going for a walk on Christmas day and this ...

Well we have been a bit busy, a booking for our Gite for over Christmas is in the offing, we shall see next week if it turns out to be fi...

The weather has remained kind and while we get some clear sharp nights with ground frost, they are made worthwhile by stunning views of t...

Time moves on, well that’s normal anyway! We have had a couple of clear cold nights with a frost evident in the mornings, but fair to say...

Ah, as autumn continues trips out are reduced, photography is reduced, life takes a slower pace and less is seen, unless you look closely...

My timekeeping seems to have slipped a bit, still painting shutters and fixing the brackets they hang on so they work properly. The weath...

Well autumn is well into its stride and winter is biting at its heels, we have been painting shutters and doing lots of ‘domestic’ things...

The weather has been changeable but the temperature this week has been low to mid teens across the week and up to 21c today. This weekend...

The last week has been fun, we have had our daughter and her partner staying and they were joined by his parents, our very good friends, ...

Apologies to all for the lack of blog last week, we were in Wales visiting friends and family and did not get back until mid week – I jus...

Summer keeps on going, mid 20’s here this week with wall to wall blue skies. Our neighbours have asked us to take pity on their figs, the...

So as we sit here in the evening we see huge flocks of Swallows and Martins getting together and ‘murmurating’ around us, I guess up nort...

Its been a busy week, but oh so much fun. A friend was staying as a guest, a fellow photographer so a great opportunity to show him aroun...

We have been able to spend some time working on our studios, both are now in a workable state albeit mine still needs more storage and sh...

Time moves on and the weather cools a bit, I have to say it is a bit of a relief, mid 30’s was getting a bit tiring, low to mid 20’s is f...

Well we have been here for a few months and working hard to get the Gite ready for guests. Now it is ready and waiting. During those mont...