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Around the World in 80 Bakes: Tarte au Citron

Around the World in 80 Bakes: Tarte au Citron

Posted on 07 February 202103 March 2021 by Jenny Blue

Nothing says France like ‘Tarte au Citron’ …and there’s a way the French make it that gives it that certain je ne sais quoi! To my mind (and, more importantly, my taste buds) it’s all down to using French flour (I still have a load that I smuggled over – Read More

Posted in recipes Tagged france, recipe book
Around the World in 80 Bakes: Gâteau Rocamadour

Around the World in 80 Bakes: Gâteau Rocamadour

Posted on 27 December 202002 March 2021 by Jenny Blue

Christmas week and I should be in France visiting Papa Blue. However, there’s this thing called Covid which means that travels are temporarily verboten. So, what to do when I need the taste of the Corrèze? Bake a gâteau aux noix of course! Papa Blue lives in proper walnut country, Read More

Posted in recipes Tagged correze, france, lot, recipe book
Les Grottes de Lacave

Les Grottes de Lacave

Posted on 22 April 201915 February 2021 by Jenny Blue

Easter Sunday. While the UK was basking in freak heatwave conditions, I was back in France and dodging rain showers. Perfect conditions, then, for a Jules Vernes-esque adventure… The Lot département is blessed with a great number of grottes (natural caves) and gouffres (chasms/abbysses), the most famous being the Gouffre Read More

Posted in travels Tagged france, geology, lot, nature trail
The Devil's Bridge & Other Tales from France...

The Devil’s Bridge & Other Tales from France…

Posted on 11 March 201915 February 2021 by Jenny Blue

I was back in France last weekend to visit Papa Blue, and, as is now the custom, went in search of a few more historical treasures of the Corrèze and Lot departments. My planned visits (to Argentat and Mercœur) were curtailed by le crachin – persistent mizzly rain that only cleared Read More

Posted in travels Tagged architecture, correze, france, history trail, lot, myths
Huzzah! This be the log of Cap'n Blue's adventures and scribblings on all sorts of things... it's called 'Blue Murder' as one day (when I'm brave enough to publish) it will feature my tales of murder and mystery!

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So, my hosting has been upgraded to the newest version of PHP, which meant a total rebuild of my website was needed. Daunting at first – and cause for a few expletives – but it’s good, because I’ve been able to get rid of loads of clutter. I’m having to manually migrate posts from my old ‘blog… yikes! It may take awhile, and I’ll be adding new tales from my ongoing adventures too, so it’s all going to be a bit ‘here, there and everywhere’ for the time being. I hope you will be able to bear with me… check back again soon! JBx

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    03/03/2021 Sadly, my classes are still on pause ⏸ due to COVID 🦠 restrictions. According to government guidelines, live classes should be able to resume when we reach Step 3 of the easing of lockdown restrictions… this should be 17th May 🤞🏼 Until then, keeeeeeeep dancing!! 🧞‍♀️💙 

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