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Pools and looking after them is a new thing for us so we are very relieved we have people around to help us! Although, I have to say, we've had a couple of issues with one of our pools - not least of which were the toads who had moved in. Read the blog to find out what we've been up to and how (ahem) brave Richard is!

All of us newbies to the country side have a list as long as your arm of the new experiences we're faced with everyday. But not every new experience involves a piece of machinery that could easily have your hand off. Sometimes it's a little more bureaucratic, but nevertheless, equally as perplexing!

A quick trip to Edinburgh this week: it was cold, wet, snowy, it hailed and the sun shone - all in the space of about ten minutes. Compare and contrast to the weather here in Douzains where it was warm and wet. And warm and wet has explosive consequences on the garden...

It's bee-n another buzzy week at Fon du Bourg with a visitation from a colony of bees looking for a new place. This is what happened. Please read and then buzz off... and the puns will just keep coming!

I had a little moment earlier - just thinking about what we've done and the changes we made to our lives - all in one go. I had a little think about all the things we're learning (not including the language) and it surprised me just how much we have to take on board every day. Here are just some of the things we're up to.