Sometimes I wonder if I’m biased towards Brittany blogs?
Sometimes I think it’s the other way round and I spend too much time perusing the blogs of those naughty, mad, bad people who live in Paris (I am speaking generally and I do know that there are always exceptions to every rule and NOT EVERYONE who lives in Paris is naughty, mad or bad.)
And, for the sake of Geographic Democracy I often consider spending more time looking for new blogs in Provence or Poitou-Charentes or the Pyrénées even?
All of which is meant as a reservedly non-apologetic introduction to A gardening life in Brittany which, in case you hadn’t guessed by now, is a Brittany Blog!
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Petit Minou en Bretagne is Petit Minou’s blog about her life in Brittany with her husband and her two daughters. Not to mention their two Ouessant sheep, their chickens, geese, ducks and seven cats!
As well as trying out new recipes using freshly grown veggies, trying to keep up with the weeding and the the garden Petit Minou also has two Gites – more details can be seen here at… www.labassemeslerais.com
OK, so you’ve done the introduction – let’s have some poultry please!
Well, if you insist!
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Galloping Gourments is the blog of a girl called… Galloping Gourmets!
I’m not sure I’m all that partial to parents calling their offspring by weird and wonderful names; I can’t remember if it was David Bowie or Frank Zappa that started the craze but I suppose it’s better to be called Galloping rather than Zowie or Moonchild?
Having said that, I spent the first 16 years of my life believing that my first name was You smelly b*stard, so who am I to comment?
Moving swiftly along….. Galloping Gourmets (who, for the sake of brevity I will call GG from now on. Actually, as you will see, GG is quite a suitable name for her!) says of herself… “I was born in South West England and came to Central Brittany, France nearly 10 years. I live in a quiet rural area surrounded by peaceful and beautiful countryside. I live with my partner Mr Tomato King, 2 horses, 1 dog, 1 cat and 3 hens.”
I suppose that if you’re born with a name like Galloping, it’s likely that you’ll end up with someone who’s been christened Tomato King?
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The Other Side of Me is Peu Loufoque’s blog. I happen to know that Peu Loufoque wasn’t christened Peu Loufoque which, I guess is a lucky thing for her as it means… a little crazy.
Mind you…….
Like me, Peu Loufoque lives in Brittany. I’m not sure what that means but what I do know is that PL (as I shall call her from now on) is artistic and produces hand painted ceramic tiles and designs – as can be seen from her other site… www.unpeuloufoque.com – I am not in the slightest bit artistic although…. many people have commented on my tasteful cow pat arrangements.
Moving swiftly along….
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I’ve been looking forward to doing Caroline (of An English Artist in Brittany fame) for a long time now.
Purely in a blog review sense, you understand.
The problem has been that, every time I’ve looked in on her blog, she’s been over in Lancashire where, as we all know, The Rain, It Raineth Every Day (a bit like Brittany then?)
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La Cheshire Cat is, according to the label on the tin… “A Single Mum’s struggles, gaffes and triumphs dealing with the gaucherie that is French Bureaucracy”
But, of course, it’s really much, much more than than.
La Cheshire Cat follows on from Kitty’s old blog at kittychat.blogspirit.com and
I can tell that Kitty is a bit of a foodie.
Really, the links on the sidebar of her rather pink blog did give this away but…
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Box Elder is one of those blogs that I keep stumbling over, making a note to take a good look at, and then totally forgetting to do so!
This is a bit strange as Lucy (the blog’s owner/keeper) is based in Brittany just as I am. But then, Brittany is a big place!
It’s almost impossible to categorise Box Elder; it’s not a photo blog although posts such as I started early – took my dog are poetry in images.
Then again, in A Cheery Subject, there are no pictures: but then, the words paint a picture all of their own.
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A Bitch about Brittany is Gillian O’ Donovan’s blog about her life in Brittany. Gillian describes herself as an ex-Londoner living in rural Brittany, France, for the last 18 years, with her family and far too many animals and wood stoves. The ramblings on her blog, some of which are cross, are about life in the countryside, and how to cope when your high heels are replaced by clogs.
But then, that’s what we all blog about, isn’t it? How to cope when your high heels are replaced by clogs? I know that I do!
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French Fancy is the blog of a Londoner who moved to Brittany seven years ago.
And…. her Dad was in Carry on up the Khyber, which makes her all right in my book!
But there’s more to French Fancy than being the blog of the daughter of a famous dad.
It is full of well categorised articles that range from the Arty Crafty through Introspection to Youth!
I suggest that you start at the beginning with How We Ended Up In Brittany and then progress to the article about the Marquis de Sade (an all encompassing blog, this is!)
Most of the time (when not dealing with the wicked Marquis, that is), the blog details the peaceful life of its author who does admit to… “occasionally yearn for a bit of noise, the smell of car fumes and vomit on the pavement.”
Well, don’t we all – or is that something that only happens to ex-Londoners?
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Breizh Bretagne Llydaw Brittany is Rhian’s photoblog. Rhian lives in the Morbihan department of Brittany.
You need to dig deep into this blog in order to determine Rhian’s character. We know that she likes cheese… Plenty of Choice and that she has a Une Petite Terrasse.
We learn that she likes Early Mornings and Mushrooms and that there’s a Well not far from where she lives.
And you know, I like that.
For a writer, it’s very important to become absent so that the readers can immerse themselves in the content. Perhaps it’s the same for a blog?
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enbellefrance is Ann J’s blog. Ann J describes herself as Welsh, ex-pat and enjoying life in Brittany, France.
Nothing wrong with that!
When I first came across Ann’s blog I realised that I was not alone; someone else suffered from the same disease as me…
Raging exlamitamitious, that is – which as you all know is that nasty habit of finishing off post titles with an exclamation mark.
There are lots of exclamation marks on enbellefrance! Some posts have more than one!!
The blog starts off on 1st January 2008 with the words… “Well, here I am, doing something that I really didn’t intend to do, but the more time I spend digging about on line the more it seems to be the ‘in’ thing to have a blog, and why should I be different (!!) though I really can’t imagine why anyone would be interested in my quite average life, but then again perhaps the bits about France will tempt visitors along now and then – here’s hoping!!”
I hope you noticed; One sentence – four exclamation marks. Good grief, the woman’s almost as bad as me!!!
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Brittany Bird is MichieMole’s blog about life in, of all places, Brittany!
MichieMole was born in Guernsey, moved to the UK to study at a college, spent some time living in Brazil, met her husband whilst in Texas for a time then moved to France to the magical Minervois and married in the village where she lived for 6 priveleged years.
Along the way she acquired 3 abandoned kitties and moved north to Southern Brittany in Nov 2008.
Brittany Bird contains posts as diverse as Eating at the Mole Place and The Weather Myth.
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An English Rose in France is Rosalyn’s blog.
Rosalyn is one of my neighbours in down-town Southern Brittany and I used to work at the same abattoir as her husband Paul and their two sons Mike and Dan.
Rosalyn and Paul are friends of George East, the bearded vest wearing local author whom I interviewed all those yonks ago.
But, please don’t let that put you off!
Rosalyn writes about life on the Half Acre Farm, her animals, her family, cooking and, of course, her new grandson – the incomparable Kenzo!
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Blucamels in Brittany is Blu’s blog. It is, at the same time, a photo-blog, wordplay blog and an introduction to French.
Blu takes excellent photographs and has recently rediscovered painting.
Her blog mixes her photos with her new paintings with not quite random quotes, all tempered with her quirky view on life, art and nature.
It’s difficult to describe what makes Blucamels in Brittany so special. The only way that I can explain it is that, hours (or even days), after having read a blog posting there, it is still with you.
Or, and this is slightly spooky, you see something; in the street, in the woods, through the car windscreen and wonder “where have I seen that before?” For me, it’s often Blucamels in Brittany – that’s where I’ve seen that before.
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George East has his website hidden at the cunningly named… George East in France – subtle but, to the point!
I almost wasn’t going to add this site.
This is because I don’t actually believe that George East exists.
I think that one day an eager publisher’s clerk suggested a series of books about life in France because some other publisher had had some success with A Year in Provence and thus, the idea of George East was born.
My theory is that once a year, some poor work experience student is locked in a cupboard with 5 kilos of Camembert, 20 Gallons of wine and told to stay there until they have written the next George East book.
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Permaculture in Brittany is another blog about sustainable living. This sort of approach to life interests me and is, of course, far easier to do if you live in Brittany rather than, for example, Peckham or Newham.
Stuart and Gabrielle’s blog about their lives in the Côtes d’Armor is witty, well written and full of interesting content. It isn’t categorised but, that just makes you want to dive in and find those articles that might be of interest.
Like all good blogs, there are articles about mushrooming; this is one blog that’s dying to be converted into a book – really!
There’s more information on this site than in most books you’ll find in your local bookshop or library.
I have to admit that I’d never really been interested in Broody Hen Behaviour and other Chickeny Mysteries but….
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I suppose I really ought to start off with my own blog…. www.BretonDiary.com
I started this when I realised that it would be far easier (and not to say cheaper), to create an on-line diary to let my family and friends know what was happening in my new life in France rather than sending loads of photocopied letters once every couple of months.
Although the blog has changed an awful lot over the years, the basic premise has remained the same – to let people know what’s happening and to share the new things, about my new life, that I seem to discover almost every day.
Over the last three years I have met many new people through my blog and made many new friends.
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