Archive for July, 2008

The last supper!

I’m going for my brainscan tomorrow; so I’ve decided to treat myself tonight.

It’s not that I’m particularly worried about the scan (apart from a nagging uncertainty that they won’t actually find any sign of a brain, at all!)

What really scares the hell out of me is that they are going to give me an injection first – AND I HATE INJECTIONS!


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What’s happening?

I returned to work (at the local pig abattoir), a few months ago.

Rather than returning my old department (Conditionment; where pork chops and other bits of dead pig are packed into boxes for freezing – and where my job was to put those boxes onto pallets), I now work in Formage Cartons.

That means I work with the team that makes all the boxes for the whole abattoir – it’s hard work!

On the whole, I was enjoying my new work (although, being based in the roof of the building did mean that it got very hot!)

Only time will tell if I can cope with that..


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Fish markets in Brittany

I am always overwhelmed by awe when I visit the fish market at Vannes.

I might be exaggerating slightly if I were to say that the fish there are so fresh that they are still wriggling but, it would be no exaggeration at all to admit that I can quite happily spend a whole hour wandering round the 30 or 40 stalls and, after a quick coffee, go back for more!

Most of my seafood is, however, bought from the fish stall at my local Saturday morning market at Josselin.


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Why the silence?

“It’s been an awful long time since I’ve updated this site. There’s a simple reason and I’d like to explain.

During 2006 and the start of 2007, I felt that I was getting very tired and, although my life was wonderful (disregading the old Bessie’s habit of breaking down whenever she was grumpy), I sort of knew that something was wrong.

The photo shows that I had been letting myself go a bit and had that haunted/tired look about me.


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Market days in Brittany

“A French Market is as much a social event as a shopping trip…..”

There’s something special about a French Market; somehow it epitomises much of what goes to create the unique character of France – the lack of haste (we’ll ignore the markets in Paris here because… Paris isn’t really France – it’s just London with style and class), the gentle friendliness of the people who live here and, above all, an abundance of great produce.


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Josselin – Bastille Day 2008

This year, Josselin held a medieval festival on Bastille Day – here are some photos from it.

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