It’s been a while

Bonjour

It’s been some time since the last update as the editor in chief has just returned from a few weeks in Australia. Summer in Brisbane had forgotten to end – low to mid thirties on most days. It was good to catch up with family and friends and sort out a few things. But the most important part of the trip was to meet this little guy. Welcome to the family Alfie – so cute!

Alfie @ 8 weeks and Nana Moira.

A month makes a big difference to the length of the days in France at this time of the year. Every day the amount of daylight increases by seven minutes. Daylight saving started on Sunday morning so now we are enjoying longer evenings. But that will be the last time that the clocks will be changed. The EU has announced that there will be no more adjusting clocks each year, countries will need to decide if they want to stay with summer time or winter time. There are concerns about the confusion caused if neighbouring countries are an hour apart. (What about neighbouring states? They should try living in NSW and working in QLD during daylight savings months).

The only consultation appears to be an online survey where 4.6 million voters responded. 3 million of those were Germans and the vote was 80% in favour of scrapping it. This is considered to be a very big issue for the EU and making it a high priority. I bet Theresa May wishes this is all she has to worry about.

There was an exciting discovery in Cherbourg in March. Not far from us is a car park that we have used occasionally. Apparently this area was used as a cemetery in the 11th century and after some earlier finds in the 1970s the archeologists have returned with much improved equipment and discovered a grave with a very well preserved skeleton. They think it was a female of some importance and are trying to decipher the Latin inscription on the tombstone. Stay tuned.

It’s been a long time since she saw the light of day
The darker bitumen is where they patched up the site after the digging was completed

As the weather was so nice and sunny on Saturday we went for a beach walk. Sunny does not necessarily be hot. The French locals know this and are prepared for Arctic conditions but some Australians live in hope.

Au revoir

L & M.