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We left home around 11h20 on 31 Aug deciding to take a long lunch break to get to the house rather than attempt it in the evening is it was the eve of 01 Aug, Swiss National Day and the weekend where the whole on France seems to start their hols. Traffic,...

We left home at 16h on Thursday 17 July and hit a little traffic in Bellegarde and arrived here around 18h20. All was ok and not too many more weeds as it has been so hot. Whilst eating dinner out the front we noticed that M. G has added the anti rongeur...

We left home after work on Thursday 12 June and after the usual slow traffic to Bellegarde the rest of the drive was clear. It took nearly two and half hours so we got to the house just before 19h. All was fine - more weeds. It has been really hot the...

We left home after work on Thursday 24 April as we had asked M. A the plasterer to meet us on Friday. The drive was clear after some traffic entering Bellegarde as is the norm. We arrived at the house just before 19h and all was ok. J started attacking...

The first visit of 2025 happened on 21 March. We arrived just after 19h after hitting a lot of traffic in Bellegarde. Last year we only put the boiler on after Xmas as we were busy and it was not too cold. Everything seemed fine which is always a relief....

We left home on Thurs 16 Aug after work to spend a few days at the house since our summer holiday plans for the German baltic coast had been thwarted by Covid and cancelled planes. We arrived here at 19h30 ish and since we have not been for 4 months there...

We set off at precisely 09h36 on Saturday 20 April with A’s friend N with us. After a really hot week last weekend it has gone very cold down to 1° some mornings and barely 10° in the afternoons. We made good progress and reached the house in the usual...

We left home on Thursday after work around 17h. We hit traffic at the Collonges roundabout which added another 30 mins getting onto the motorway- even Bellegarde was not that bad. We came off at Macon after having to be careful of two bunnies on the hard...

J and I left for the house on Sat 10 March. We hit a traffic jam as soon as we got on the motorway and remembered that it was the end of the Paris holidays so they were all headed home. It added about 30 mins to the whole trip. We arrived just after 12h....

A and I went on a round trip to the house on Sunday 26 Nov to switch the boiler on. We are quite busy thereafter so it seemed liked the best time even though the weather is quite mild so far. We have had a lot of rain but not much frost although that...