What’s on this weekend
Where has April gone? May is fast approaching with the days getting longer and the air feeling warmer with a heady scent of spring blossom. The fields are full of bright yellow ‘colza’ and the hedgerows are filling with hawthorn and late spring flowers. The bees are buzzing now, starting their work for the year, and there is a strong feeling of summer being just around the corner.
My tree peony is coming into bloom and looks amazing against the rich greens of the garden, and soft white stone walls.
It was wonderful getting the last of our big jobs completed before we move into our busy season for the Chambre d’hôte (B&B). Having such a great reaction to our Chambre d’hôte business over such a short space of time has been really rewarding. We made a decision very early on not to advertise via the large booking engines such as booking.com, we just take bookings direct via our website. And we have been promoting this via our social media links, and shares that family and friends have also made. So it’s very encouraging that this decision has worked for us.
We are flying into May this weekend and there are some great events in our local area to visit.
The Printemps Gourmand in Les Riceys is a gourmet fair being hosted across the three villages that make up Les Riceys - the Riceys-Haut, Ricey-Bas, Ricey-Haute-Rive. Over three days, 29/30 April and 1st May, about forty riceton producers - that's what they're called - invite you in to taste their Ricey wine. There will also be oyster producers, Bresse chicken farmers, Cantal snails, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie sardines... the list is quite long, and full of tasty treats that will be great to try. They will also include some street entertainment, although I don’t know yet what that will include, but it will be nice to enjoy a spot of lunch while also enjoying the street entertainment.
On Sunday 1st May ‘Sunday in the country’ is being held again across the region. We went to this last year and really enjoyed it. So I’m looking to discover some new local produce such as; tournesol (sunflower oil), other alternative oils, cheeses, different types of flour, honey etc. This year it looks to be a much larger event. I have added the link below.