In with the... same. Unlike the Chernobyl nuclear cloud that stopped at the French borders, Jan 1, 2021 did not see the end of Covid-19. We're still wearing masks, still teleworking, still unde...
It's been 11 days so far in this the second season of pandemic catastrophe Covid-19 lockdown. Back to teleworking, new and improved this time with a printer and set of shelves to tidy up my files...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2020/11/covid-19-series-2-lockdown-day-11.html
I have moved. I left one bubble of confinement in my old house, and entered a new one, deconfined it's true, but a bubble nonetheless. The new house bubble where everything is different, nothing ...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2020/06/living-new-life-ive-moved.html
Theoretically. If we're too naughty they'll bang us up again. Just in case anyone thought they could anticipate being liberated and sneak off to the beach, the weather decided to cooperate with...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2020/05/day-56-covid-19-last-day-of-confinement.html
South Korea makes some great tele series, called K-drama. This post is a 'pense bête' for me as I usually look out for actors I've seen and liked in other series when starting another and as I c...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2020/05/day-50-covid-19-korean-k-drama-on.html
We're still here confined, banged up, locked down. Yay... This week's main activity after teleworking has been making masks. There has been a national dearth of masks, the government having tak...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2020/04/day-33-covid-19-masks-galore.html
Day 11 and I'm getting into a sort of rhythm which it will probably be difficult to quit once the barracks doors are reopened. You know the score... just when you're at cruising levels of contain...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2020/03/day-11-covid-19-how-do-you-pass-time.html
I'm going to lose track of the days, I just know it. Unless I do something organised like count them off on a calendar. Or I could even scratch bars in groups of 5 on the wall... May not go down ...
We were out of crisps, and running low on various essentials so instead of waiting until Saturday to do the weekly shop, I went on Friday thinking that there may be fewer people. If you tho...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2020/03/day-5-covid19-shopping.html
Coronavirus stalks the earth, With current killer Covid-19 Targeting the old and fragile Without discrimination. We are 'en guerre' Says Macron Who speaks solemnly And in as deep a v...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2020/03/day-4-covid19-little-ditty.html
Kittypoo (NotMyCat) teleworking Thus spake the Prez unto the nation - thou shalt not go out except to purchase victuals and toilet rolls. It is now Day 3 and we are bearing up under the press...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2020/03/day-3-covid-19-confinement.html
My new bike. Photo courtesy Florence Joffre I passed my motorbike license in August. Took the road test on a Thursday, got the result on Saturday morning and on Saturday afternoon I was tryi...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2019/10/almost-fully-fledged-motarde.html
It's the end of my first year as a bike rider, or 'motarde' as they so beautifully put it in French. What a year of adventure, new friends, new experiences, and a wonderful feeling of freedom. I...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2019/06/looking-back-on-my-first-year-as-motarde.html
Starting point at the Zenith (my photo). The noise was incredible! On a very unprepossessing day for a demo when enthusiasms could be easily be dampened by rain, drizzle, and dark heavy clou...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2018/11/gilets-jaunesmotards-en-colere-demo-17.html
The good folk at Hérault Tourism have been hard at work for enthusiasts of all means of transport. On their website you can now find circuits around Languedoc for: walkers cyclists mounta...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2018/10/herault-tourisme-motorbike-circuit.html
I'll certainly remember this birthday weekend! Bike ride Home to Loupiac, and back via Severac le Chateau - 645 km round trip Click on the photo to see it better Horizons Unlimited is a w...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2018/09/birthday-weekend-chez-les-horizons.html
Summer is drawing to a close; you can feel it in the air, and the fresher morning temperatures. What a relief it is to wake up cool. However, fluctuating morning/afternoon temperatures poses sl...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2018/08/motorbiking-to-gordes.html
What could be a better way of celebrating Assumption Day than by going for a bike ride? I intended going to Mont Aigoual for a bit of fresh cool air, I ended up doing this: Fab bike ride alon...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2018/08/assumption-day-in-cevennes.html
I've had a lovely day today on my motorbike - a Honda CB125F that I've had since May. My lovely Honda CB125F I was intending combining my coding skills with creating a new blog for my moto...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2018/08/my-first-ever-long-ride-on-my-honda.html
Ulysse 2004-2018 Last night there was a ring on the door bell at about 10pm. One's thoughts immediately fly to one's son, out and about with his car... but it was the door bell, not someone ...
On January 1, 2019, the revolution that is PAYE will hit French taxpayers. Up until now, we paid tax on income from the previous year's tax declaration. The main problem with this is that it is i...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2018/05/the-new-french-system-of-paye.html
Yesterday we had the heaviest snow fall since I can remember, and I've been here for more than two decades. It started when I was at work. We didn't worry, it was supposed to turn to rain in th...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2018/03/the-big-snow-28-feb-2018.html
An oppidum is A Roman provincial town built often on high ground which is fortified and walled. Hérault's most impressive oppidum is at Ensérune but there's another one at Murviel-les-Montpel...
#SNCF have excelled themselves today winding up hundreds (and possibly thousands!) of customers wanting to travel at Christmas. Back in September when I bought my Eurostar tickets (because they...
http://www.sarahhague.com/2017/10/sncf-christmas-train-ticket-wind-up.html
It's now the demi-saison, that lovely time of year with vivid autumnal colours and ideal temperatures for outside activities. This morning I went for one of my favourite walks in the park of Re...