Rainbow over our #Gite in #France. We estimate the "crock of gold" would be in #Mayenne.

Another (slightly) snowy view from our #Gite in #France

View from our #Gite in yesterday's snow in Northwest #France

Light dusting of snow today in #Milvain, #France

New sign on our #Gite in #France

Unfortunately, Manges-Tu in #Gorron is closing this week. We wish Steve and all a long and happy retirement. #France #Gite

Une formidable galette de Roi de la Brioche Feuillette a #FougerollesDuPlessis #France #PaysDeLaLoire near our #Gite

Happy New Year everyone - I'm looking forward to lunch tomorrow #France #Gite #HappyNewYear

Who hasn't wanted to stroll through a field of maize..... #France #FrenchFarms #shortwalks #Gite

An excellent #FrenchRestaurant lunchtime in #FougerollesDuPlessis in #Mayenne #France near the #Gite

Going up in smoke soon - like everything else these days...#France #Gite #Woodburner

The Old Square, #Domfront, a short drive from the #Gite, #France.

Overhead shot of somebody else's garden - UK - scary innit! #uk #Gardening #ItsAJungleOutThere

The neat little reddish bush is now a bedraggled brownish mush spreading over 5m.squ #France #Gardening #Gite

Sunday roast - le Jardin, near #Gorron #France #EnglishPubInFrance

Chaffinch - boy do I need a decent camera..... #France #Gardening #Gite #FrenchBirds

So .oo..oo.., cat's cosy, it's just the rest of us who are freezing.....#France #Gardening #Gite #BarnCats

Ironically, none of them wants to go...

One of the steeper passageways in Domfront. Some are 15th century. This one leads down from a small square, cafes, boulangerie, near the Dome. #France #FrenchHistory #Gite #Domfront

Since guugle maps took this shot, both hedgerows have grown 12 to 18 feet high. Shel5ers from the east and south winds. #France #Gardening #Gite