Missing our little chickens!

For the first time in years I had to buy some Free range eggs at Dinan market this morning. We have been keeping chickens since we moved to Brittany in 2003 but they got old and feeding 5 chickens and having 1 egg a week was not ideal!

We had to get rid of them before Christmas. They were ‘donated’ to our neighbour who offered to neck them, cook them in a big pan on his outdoor gas cooker and feed the chicken to his...... dog.

Nothing gets wasted in the countryside in France!

We will get more chickens in spring, when the weather is better.

In the meantime, I will carry on buying eggs from our local farmers.

NOZ - the bargain shop!

I discovered this shop called NOZ last year in Saint Malo. Since then, a new shop opened in Dinan near the cinema, a lot smaller but still interesting to visit on a regular basis. They have ‘stuff’ arriving twice a week and you never know what you will find there!

Food and drink, clothing for all the family, accessories, games/toys, cleaning products, books, CDs/DVDs, etc.

If you find a bargain, go for it as things seem to disappear very quickly! And once it is gone, they won’t sell it again. I bought some really cheap French wine last summer. Only €1.45 a bottle. My friends loved it and couldn’t believe the price. When I went back to buy some more bottles a few days later, they were all gone.

NOZ sells end-of-line, with huge discounts and price cuts. Looking at the packages, things seem to come from various European countries.

Before Christmas to my amazement i found Mr Kipling’s Mince pies! I didn’t share them!

I also found some thick mattress protectors for €3.50. Very handy for our gite in Brittany (self-cartering accommodation).

To find your nearest NOZ, visit this web site here.