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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