New year at La Godefrere was given a significant boost yesterday. We had a phone call from a nice lady called Kat who reckoned she had seen our lost cat Trigger. She lives on the other side of Couesmes Vauce about a mile across fields and a road from us. She had seen a tabby cat hunting in the field next to her house and from time to time sleeping in an outhouse behind where she lives. It was not until she went into our local bar “Le Chat Noir” and saw one of the wanted posters we had put...

If you are reading the blog you will have realised that the end of the world did not happen last week. The French take these things very seriously and last Tuesday when all our “publicite” arrived from all the local supermarkets and other shops we had with it a leaflet from the local undertaker offering his services. I’m not quite sure how he would have coped had the world ended as predicted but he clearly hoped to have a few orders with cash up front.

My favourite “Tat” shop Gifi ...

TS Eliot says each cat should have three names. We are having enough trouble finding one name each for the kittens. We have decided on Minou for the little female cat because she is so small and makes a definite minou noise. The male cat is currently being called Moggie but I’m not sure it is quite right. No doubt we shall be inspired but if not our two daughters are coming to stay at Christmas and I suspect they will be able to come up with the right name.

The kittens are settling in an...

Just when we thought that we were settling into some sort of routine and normality, madness has descended upon us. We were just sitting around and thinking about poor old Trigger who still has not returned and whether we should find another cat as a friend for Archie. How this idea for finding a cat was transformed into let’s get these two kittens who have just been rescued and the family who found them are desperate to rehome them. Those who know Mrs Parish will be aware that she is quite ...