Manatou Man

Its been a busy time since i last posted. The weather is good, and staying fair, all except for the thunderstorm we had the other afternoon. I had lifted Kenny up onto the roof with the manatou, holding a spanner and lader in the bucket, he proceeded up the roof. After failing to mend it, i lowered him back down and the heavens opened. The cows all run to the hedgeline or under the scattered oaks when it rains. Since then however, its been ok, bit of sun, bit of clouds, fair to midling.
I am getting to grips with all the machinery now. I use tha manatou (pictures) most.Its nice getting up each day and watching the sun rise overr the hills as i feed the genises (heifers). Its sometimes interupted by gunshots. The fench here seem to enjoy shooting anything, and you here them out a lot with their dogs hunting.
We drove down to a mill yesterday. It was very old fashioned, in the middle of a village. Where you go in they had loads of belts and wheels whirring round, crushing grain and other things. It was a veyr interesting little place. We left with our sack of chicken food, and drve down the road to visit some people. They were british, and seemed to enjoy living in france. So we spent a while sitting on their balcony, chatting and watching the world go by. People here are friendly, and after saying hello (t the french people i meet) i normaly manage to explain i speak little french.
I'll try and post a little more often, the internet here has a mind of its own, but till then, heres some pics for you..








This is a picture of me with Noble. Shes a salers cow, and i think one of the frindliest. I must say though, it looks a lot bigger when your standing there next to it, let alone juan carlos the bull. All the salers seem to have horn, as do the charroalais.









This is what greeted me last night in my bed. I dont know what these spiders are eating, but over here theyre BIG.

The cockeral is one of three soon to go elsewhere. This photo of the lizards i took the other day when it was sunny. I have so many, but i chose this one for its good composition. I was gonna put in a wildlife post, but seeing as i had it, it fits well here. The wildlife post will come, but theres so much to chose from, check back soon xxx