Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on March 15th 2024. In the early hours of the morning something was stirring in the woods above our home. Beneath the stark branches of the tree canopy the world was washed in shades of black and grey, but one of the shadowsContinue reading “A trail camera bonanza – wild boar and badger, deer and fox.”
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Where’s my pot of gold?
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on 8th March 2024. We’ve been back at Le Shack for just over two weeks and the weather has been changeable. It seems that April showers have arrived in March and so my question for this month has a connection to all thisContinue reading “Where’s my pot of gold?”
Nantes and Bordeaux here we come – not helped by a nationwide train strike
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on 23rd February 2024. We have just arrived back at Le Shack. Our journey back from the UK was a convoluted one – let me share it with you! It’s 10 o’clock at night and our ferry has just docked at Ouistreham nearContinue reading “Nantes and Bordeaux here we come – not helped by a nationwide train strike”
Soggy Sussex
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on February 16th 2024. We have spent the last week house-sitting in Sussex, looking after two rather adorable rescue dogs, one from Cyprus and the other from Romania. We had hoped to spend some time walking along the River Arun and the SouthContinue reading “Soggy Sussex”
An unexpected trip to Bath
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on February 2nd 2024. We recently found ourselves in Bath, although it was never our intention to be there. We had arranged a three week house-sit in Wales but unfortunately the home-owners suffered a medical emergency and had to cancel at the lastContinue reading “An unexpected trip to Bath”
Back to the UK and rollercoaster weather
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on January 26th 2024. When we decided that we would come back to the UK over January/February this year many of our friends queried the timing of our journey. After all, this is the time that many people flee the country in desperateContinue reading “Back to the UK and rollercoaster weather”
The Moon of the Long Night
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on 18th January 2024. It’s time for the monthly ‘question and answer’ blog, although I am stretching the rules a little as this question came to me during December of last year. Rules were ever meant to be broken, so join me as we goContinue reading “The Moon of the Long Night”
The last blog of 2023
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from the Olivia Rose Diaries. Now is the time to marvel at how quickly the year has flown by, the time to take stock of what has been and look forward to what is to come. This week between Christmas and New Year always feels like an in-betweenContinue reading “The last blog of 2023”
Nothing but blue skies
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on December 15th 2023. We are back home in Le Shack after our latest house-sit, and happy to be back. Going away for a while makes us appreciate what we have here, and one of the nicest things about living in only oneContinue reading “Nothing but blue skies”
Who needs four legs anyway?
Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on November 30th 2023. This week finds us on our first house-sit of the autumn, in the Gers region, just an hour and a half drive from Le Shack. Although we could in theory have cycled here it wasn’t a particularly appealing propositionContinue reading “Who needs four legs anyway?”
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