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Gin-Sane In France

Follow the day to day life and events of a small holder in rural France. No day is the same, and this is not 'Life in the Sun'.

This is the good, the bad and the sometimes, downright ugly days involved in living a life abroad.

13/07/2025

I love the Sunday market in Marval. So full of characters each week. Always music and a chilled out atmosphere. Well worth a visit if you are local…

11/07/2025

So in order for me to support the small holding and animals, I’m working in the village; with the greatest small holding manager in the world, Rene, covering the days I’m there. It’s such physical work, and after 2 months off my feet, it’s a bit of a shock to the system. However, I’m proud of the fact that I’m working for a French company, where no one speaks English and working my butt off to ensure I can’t be controlled by anyone again! That my future is in my hands, and not anyone else’s!

So after an 55 hours in a 4 day week, what more could you ask for than some quality time with fantastic friends, and a few dogs thrown in for good measure. I had to go straight from work, so a massive thank you to Andy and Kelly for looking after me when I finished, and decking me out in swim wear, etc. You guys are awesome!! 😘

It was also lovely to catch up with the lovely Lois, as she passed by with her dog. You can be assured that you will always run into someone you know, whilst at the grand l’etang in Saint Saud 😊

Swimming, good company, a picnic, wine and some swimming thrown in for good measure! Then home to feed and put all the animals to bed.

This is absolutely what rural French life in the summer is all about 😎

10/07/2025

Unless you have experienced the joy of watching a piglet with the “zoomies”, you are really missing out! ❤️🥰🐖

06/07/2025

What a find by Maxine Balis…a fantastic lunch at aubergelesvoyageurs. Everything cooked in house, seasonal food and a wonderful traditional french atmosphere.

Wednesday evenings are vegetarian night, which needs to be prebooked. Also, evenings generally need a reservation.

More importantly, they know how to make a ruddy good gin and tonic, which is rare for this area!

We will definitely be back to support this lovely, family run restaurant.

05/07/2025

Only in my world (if alternative universes exist, some lucky sod has my quiet life…🤣) could a nice idea to camp at my lake, turn into total carnage…

After hours of swimming with the dogs and canoeing, whilst innocently eating dinner by the lake, I endured a European hornet attack, which came out of nowhere and ended with me batting the little b***ard who’d stung me, into the fire pit with the book I had been reading, and it burning to death. Thankfully, it turns out that I am not allergic to their stings!!

My fire pit potatoes turned into charcoal, so I had dressed salad leaves, as my main course.

Roll on dessert of pre packaged crepes chocolat (which if you haven’t tried them, don’t as they are addictive) and me noticing that the bottom of Garry’s fire pit had split and a the ground was alight. One fire extinguisher and two buckets of water from the l’etang later, that was under control, but everywhere now looked like it had snowed, and there was a black muddy puddle of sludge under the fire pit.

With true Blitz Spirit, I would not be beaten and ended up spending a lovely night under the stars.

All in all a good, if somewhat interesting evening and me truly enjoying my life! 🤣🤣🤣

***EIDIT***

BTW Cindy Hayama Lopez Camping de La Bucherie the band last night, at yours, was amazing!! I could hear them playing and thoroughly enjoyed it! Don’t forget local folks, they have live music and food (for pre order) every Friday night, until mid July 🤩

03/07/2025

Happiness is…when you are working and you get the news from the best smalling holding manager in the world, René Zimmermann, that Sept has finally given birth to these two beautiful girls!

Any ideas on the name front would be welcomed, as I am running out of ideas, due to the huge number of recent arrivals 🤣🤣

30/06/2025

When you don’t need to check the thermometer to know it’s ruddy hot!! 🤣🤣🤣

29/06/2025

One of the things which I miss the most after losing Garry, is how much time we used to spend together, down at our lake. Hours on the water, laying on blankets in the shade doing crosswords with a bottle of wine, and all the boys (along with various horses, sheep, goats and occasional cats!) around us…💙💙

So, I decided that I would “man up”, and take the big boys swimming. Such fun using my paddle board, with them swimming alongside me, and so refreshing for them.

It’s one of my favourite parts of the place…so peaceful and tranquil. So many happy memories ❤️❤️

29/06/2025

Omg it’s hot this morning!

Positive news, all 8 piglets made it through the night. Rene’s piglets barriers are working a treat - I don’t have the budget of jeremyclarkson1, so a home made wood version seems to be giving the bubbas a chance of surviving!

On the negative side of things, I’m melting!! Animals done in a bikini and flip flops this morning, as it was 30 degrees in the shade before 9am this morning!

If anyone needs me today, I’ll be either in the pool or the cool of the house, when not a melting pile of mess whilst out topping up water for the animals throughout the day! 🥵

28/06/2025

The world’s biggest micropig, Seraphina, has finally given birth to 8 gorgeous little munchkins.

In what seemed like the longest gestation period ever, it’s usually 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days; it’s now time to keep everything crossed that this litter survives, as she squashed all of her last babies 🤞🙏

So, it’s hourly checks to keep an eye on them all 🐖

Still no lambs from Sept, and the poor thing is not coping well with this heat. Hopefully, not long now for her though! 🐑

The ups and downs of having a small holding continue, and as always, it is all so worth the hard work.

24/06/2025

After months of being in the middle of a storm, it’s so wonderful to have my home back to being peaceful, calm and filled with love, on a beautiful summer’s evening…

22/06/2025

When my friend suggested a nice relaxing break to France, to her otherhalf, I’m not sure this is what he was expecting…🤣🤣🤣

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