Listening to Switch, I heard Nick 'Grimmy' Grimshaw, mention Bebo loads of times, without mentioning any other social networking site. It seems like Radio 1 have done a deal with Bebo; Grim Dog is promoting links to Bebo on the R1 site.

In France, I played Boggle with some [really]{style="font-style: italic;"} brainy people. They used an extra-large 5x5 version of Boggle, and only words of 6 letters or longer counted! Also, they don't allow adding an 's' to make a plural. (As a concession to me they allowed 5-letter words …

Hi Tony, I used to use Dolimo jars as beer glass in Australia as they didn't have pint size glasses over there and think you could be on to something. I hope you can come punting next Saturday (23 Aug)... 12 noon, Cherwell Boathouse!

One of the things about there being different countries / cultures is that it helps to reveal those things that are necessarily so, and those that are down to tradition or culture.

In France, jars can be used as glasses once the contents have been used up. This saves money, and …

"super-popular" <- enjoy it while you can!

Claire read the previous post on getting my phone drenched and told me this top tip:

...stick your mobile in a bag with rice (uncooked) apparently the rice will absorb the water!!!

I didn't have to try it, as the phone suddenly started working all by itself. There were loads …

It's been raining heavily all day, and probably much of the previous night. This afternoon I walked in the rain to Saint Barthelemy for my customary [presion]{style="font-style: italic;"}, and then back towards Chamblard. Now, the problem is that to get home from Chamblard I had to cross the …

In the Lamastre area, everyone is exceptionally friendly and polite. Cycling up to Col de St Genest, everybody I encountered said bonjour. Just before I reached the Col, I heard a disembodied voice hailing me. I looked up and there was a friendly bloke standing on the top ofhis flat …

Successfully asked for 'one of those there' while pointing at a cake in a boulangerie just off the square in Lamastre:

un de ceux-ci-la
une de celles-ci-la

Heard a spotter plane overhead. I sense the net closing in. Will keep sending reports to my superiors for as long as I am able.

Set out from la maison through the forest. Stopped at Saint-Barthelemy-Grozon for a Kronenbourg, and watched Pekin 2008. Here's the house as one sees it …