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I donāt think there will be many weddings or expensive weekends this year!
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With your attitudeā¦ I reckon you will be just fine.
France and the real āFrench way of lifeā is something you have to experienceā¦ and as basically/simply as possible (in my opinion)ā¦ relax and go with the flowā¦ 
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In my commune, I know of 2 weddings which are being put-off until next yearā¦ and one christeningā¦
so that āall and everyoneā can attend is the reason given in each case. 
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Wowā¦ sounds a good plan.
Fattening up one pig at a time ā¦ is an excellent idea. This used to happen in our villageā¦ and probably still happens on the local farms.
A group helped with the feeding and shared the cost of the visiting professional for the ātimely endā.
That same group benefited from the meatā¦ everything possible shared out and with hardly a scrap wastedā¦ astounding to see those ladies in action, at the carcass and at the stoveā¦
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Bring your own jigsaws! My sister does jigsaws that she usually buys from charity shops for a few quid (or used to, she says price has rocketed since lockdown!). She then sends them on to me and I have French friends who leap on them with squeals of joy. The National Gallery ones are particularly sought after! In general ones here are expensive and juvenileā¦and the charity shops donāt often have any at all.
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Yepā¦ I understand what you mean. Dear friends think nothing of culling their lambs when the time comes. Even if theyāve had to be bottle fedā¦ and thus form an extra bond.
The meat is delicious and we all enjoy it.
However, with the chickensā¦ the daughter cannot bring herself to eat themā¦ and Mum has to hide the provenanceā¦ 
In a different commune, another friendā¦ has named all her chicks and cheerfully tells me which one is next for the potā¦
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This has come up before - ISTR that they had Ā£25k left after the purchase so it was touch and go initially.
Yes, they had access to resources that most people donāt such as the TV contacts but they both seem pretty hands on pitch-in-and-do-it types and it is clear from the early shows that they did much of the work themselves.
I honestly do not begrudge them their success as the project could easily have been a failure.
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I think youād boil up nicely to yield Higgieās Vintage and Mature āOld Crock Elbow Brandā Thick-Cut Marmalade, @james
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Yes, Dick makes it all look as if heās doing it on a shoestring. Heās a great showman.
I much preferred his first series when he took on going off grid in Cornwall, or was it Devon?
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Seems theyāve done their last series of āEscapeāā¦
