I can't believe I've neglected my blog for over 6 months! Very bad of me.
So much has happened, and while I'd love to just get on with some new posts, I'd best update you all (or you'll all be confused when I refer back to previous events, and no one wants that)!
Continuing from our plan of living in the French Alps for a winter season, my boyfriend Ben decided he STILL didn't want to go home to his office job in May...so he found us somewhere else exciting to live, with more adventures, and this time, paid jobs! So in May we moved out of our apartment (avec direct view of Mont Blanc from our living room), drove the 12 hours or so back home to Kent, unpacked our winter gear, said hi to some friends, packed up our summer gear and drove another 12 hours or so...
to Cannes!
So right now I'm typing this from my second French apartment, looking out onto the hills behind Cannes, feeling pretty smug! Though I have made Ben promise that when we come home from this adventure, it's home for good...for a while at least! We didn't bring Mia with us this time, simply as it's so hot over here, and with us both working we felt she'd have more fun on the farm.
Hmmm other things to update you on? Oh yep, while we were home unpacking said winter gear, the cottage next-door was bought, and renovations started on their outbuildings. All was going pretty well, until they started hacking down trees, and building bonfires...bonfires a little *too* close to our stables.
Wanna see what happened?
***Disclaimer - I promise no people or animals got hurt. Even though Ben and his dad tried like maniacs to stop this spreading. Even getting on tractors to try and drive them out of the fire at one point!***
That's 12 of our stables, burnt to the ground. Including 3 tractors, 4 lawnmowers, sheds full of farming gear (Ben's mum has a smallholding of sheep and cows), a shed with all our bikes (the new ones we'd just bought to take to Cannes)...and all our winter gear (news skis and snowboards) that we'd just put away in one of the stables.
Our little house, itself 3 converted stables on the edge of the stable yard, caught fire too, but luckily just the kitchen roof...it's fixable.
So 6 fire engines later, we sat around the kitchen table and made list after list of contents, prices, and action plans. Our neighbour took full responsibility (with recommendation from the fire chief to do so) and there and then paid out the thousands to put it right. He has just bought the £1.4 million "cottage" next door, so he's gotta have some cash, right?
That was 9 weeks ago. By mid July, Ben's dad sent us photos of the new stables:
And things are getting back to normal.
Well enough doom and gloom, I'm living on the Cote D'Azur! The blog's been on mind for a little while now, and given the change of scene, I thought it was time I went a slightly different direction with Dollyfeatures. As you know I'm a crafty girl at heart, but with a background in fashion (and hopefully going back to that in the Autumn in London), the blog is going to make a shift towards that. Obviously I'm not going to go designer on you any time soon, but I hope to start showing more of my take on DIY fashion, recent finds, and stylish links.
Hope you like it!
As ever,
Xxx
That fire sounds just awful, but other than that, you seem to have had a pretty awesome 6 months. and Cannes sounds fabulous. Live it up!!
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