We are still in France. On the way to the dump with our DIY rubbish we came across the above. The sign says ‘trolly of wooden off-cuts for sale, 9 euros!’ Well, apologies to all my French relatives and friends, but only here could you buy a shopping trolley full of landfill – those off-cuts were not wood! The stuff we were dumping was better than the stuff on saleso, no, we didn’t buy it ;o)

Luckily there are lot of other lovely things about being in France which more than make up for some of...