Some Mushrooms at Last – Quelques champignons enfin

One of the reasons we chose to move to Blois is that is had several State forests which means we can collect wild mushrooms. However this is the second autumn that they have been very scarce due to the dry weather. Jean Michel did find a few Craterellus tubaeformis and boletus on Friday though before …

Rain Forest Road – Route du rain de la forêt

This isn’t really Rain Forest Road but some Australian friends staying in the area assumed it was. “Rain” is actually a dialect word for ravine (the middle consonant was dropped as it often is in French) as this part of the forest behind our street is full of hills and dales. Le terme “rain” provient …