Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on February 25th 2023. I have a Mediterranean medley for you this week, a collection of photos of the landscapes that surround us. Since we arrived the weather has also been a mixed medley, ranging from minus four with thick frosts, to rainyContinue reading “A Mediterranean Medley”
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House sitting in the Languedoc region of France
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diairies on February 11th 2023. A few days ago we left Le Shack and drove for about five hours due east. For the next month we shall be looking after two dogs and one cat, staying in a house only two minutes walk fromContinue reading “House sitting in the Languedoc region of France”
Deer caught on camera
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on January 27th 2023. It’s 9am and in the woods that surround our field a deer is making its way through the tangled undergrowth. Our trail camera is attached to a tree not far away, and the movement of the deer triggers it.Continue reading “Deer caught on camera”
Snow memories
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on January 20th 2023. We have snow at Le Shack! The ground was so sodden after several days of heavy rainfall that we didn’t expect it to settle, but it came down thicker and thicker and eventually won the battle. Snow is aContinue reading “Snow memories”
Spanish Pyrenees Part 3 – The Carrion Eaters
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on January 6th 2023. We recently took a day out to see one of the local places of interest. Let me share our experience with you. ‘It seems a weird thing to market as a tourist attraction,’ I said as we followed theContinue reading “Spanish Pyrenees Part 3 – The Carrion Eaters”
The Spanish Pyrenees – Part 2 Cheese sarnies for Christmas lunch
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on December 30th 2022. I hope you all had a good Christmas. Whilst many of you might have been tucking into a huge meal, wearing paper hats, pulling crackers and wincing over the jokes, we were sitting on top of a hill eatingContinue reading “The Spanish Pyrenees – Part 2 Cheese sarnies for Christmas lunch”
The Spanish Pyrenees – Part 1 Settling in for Christmas
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on the 21st December 2022. After two weeks at Le Shack we are on the move once more, heading just over the border into the Spanish Pyrenees. We have taken on a house-sit for a month over Christmas and the New Year inContinue reading “The Spanish Pyrenees – Part 1 Settling in for Christmas”
The Grim Reaper
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on December 10th 2022. We had travelled back from the UK with a new addition to our armoury in the never-ending war against bracken and brambles in our field – a scythe, a full-size, double-handed tool, with a blade so sharp that itContinue reading “The Grim Reaper”
Coming home
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on December 4th 2022. I have something a little different for you this week. We have arrived back at Le Shack and I am pleased to report that all is well. I have written a chapter about our homecoming for my new book,Continue reading “Coming home”
Visiting Lac Leman – or is it Lake Geneva?
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on November 25th 2022. We had been waiting for better weather before driving down to Lac Léman but, as it didn’t materialize, we went down anyway. The cloud inversion was still hanging over the valley as we left and a French friend toldContinue reading “Visiting Lac Leman – or is it Lake Geneva?”
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