Jack and the Broccoli Stalk

As with guests at the chalet in Chamonix, we always ask what people eat and don’t eat. One of the things that Jack (Breezy’s nephew) preferred not to eat was broccoli. Jack had not had roasted broccoli before, and now loves it. This was fortuitous as we had rather a lot in the garden, ready to eat.
This was the first of many new experiences over the next ten days of his stay at the barn. Others included:
- Climbing a 2,489m peak
- Making (and eating) fresh pasta
- Dry stone walling and step making
- Foraging and cooking fresh wild mushrooms
- Felling trees, chopping, splitting and stacking logs
- Cooking dessert in a Dutch Oven
- Playing qwirkle
- Outdoor showers
- Eating garlic at least twice a day
- Survival without the internet
- Planting trees
- Getting big bertha rocks out of the ground
- Brushcutting
- Fire juggling
- River dips and wild swimming
- Shelf building
- Living with two old fuddy duddies!
It’s now quite without you Jack. Thank you and good luck at Conaglen.
- Dipping in the river
- Fire juggling
- Apple crisp served
- Dutch oven cooking
- The shelves
- Etang D’Aube
- Jack
- Dutch oven cooking
- Jack wild swimming
- Al and Jack
- Hiking Pic de Seron
- Shelf building for the Man Cave
- Breezy and Jack
- The ladders
- Step making
- Vulture
- Shelf building for the Man Cave
- Etang D’Aube
- Sun setting
- Jack on the summit Pic de Seron
- Hiking selfie Jack and Breezy
- Steaks on the last night
- Jack in Etang D’Aube
- Fire basket
- Funky rocks
- Fire juggling
- Jack
- Breezy
- Apple crisp in a Dutch Oven
- Vulture
- Pasta making
- Evening drinks on the helipad
- Etang D’Aube
- Pasta making
- Cirque D’Anglade
- The ladders
- Tree felling
- Breezy at Etang D’Aube
- Step making
- Hiking Pic de Seron
- Finished steps and wall
- Wild mushrooms with garlic
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