tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post7012259530465157454..comments2024-03-19T02:25:21.250+00:00Comments on a house in france: TROGLODYTESJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-49256761974337630452012-03-09T07:54:42.911+00:002012-03-09T07:54:42.911+00:00Vera, I agree, cave dwelling can't have been t...Vera, I agree, cave dwelling can't have been too pleasant. We looked at a troglodyte house when we were house-hunting and it was positively horrid, very claustrophobic, spooky and smelling of damp. But lots are still in use so some are obviously much nicer.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-66313102029020530532012-03-08T20:34:00.030+00:002012-03-08T20:34:00.030+00:00I vaguely remember The Trogs, but do not recall wh...I vaguely remember The Trogs, but do not recall what I thought about them. But I do love those cave-houses. Not sure if I could live in one though as they might tend to feel claustrophobic. But didn't that lady do well to live in one until such an age, - at 64 I feel quite a youngster in comparison to her great age!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-60558533383988706732012-03-06T08:24:03.706+00:002012-03-06T08:24:03.706+00:00It came on a compilation CD... I might have it as ...It came on a compilation CD... I might have it as a single though... can't remember what I've got. There is a lot of vinyl in those two cupboards in our lounge.<br /><br />WV is "whichiss esibbit"... an <b>esibbit</b> is a rabbit crossed with a snake... it should, therefore, read "whatiss an esibbit"Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-26590252835817762942012-03-06T08:17:37.981+00:002012-03-06T08:17:37.981+00:00I love the thought of "creamy crumbliness&quo...I love the thought of "creamy crumbliness"... it gives a sense of the fluid softness of the outlines.<br /><br />One of the WVs that just came up is "ecominge"... a recyclable whine about something perhaps?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-30172819739706261892012-03-05T16:52:11.351+00:002012-03-05T16:52:11.351+00:00Suburbia, nice to see you here again. Thanks for ...Suburbia, nice to see you here again. Thanks for calling in.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-27127639646221884672012-03-05T16:12:08.065+00:002012-03-05T16:12:08.065+00:00Just catching up with you.
I've always wanted...Just catching up with you.<br /><br />I've always wanted to look inside one of those dwellings :-)Suburbiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352465945711496612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-51733550845733580382012-03-04T15:36:24.796+00:002012-03-04T15:36:24.796+00:00Ken, I agree, the future might be a bit too scary....Ken, I agree, the future might be a bit too scary.<br /><br />There are some caves you can go inside at Ethni Cité near Descartes and they have regular theme events where you can see people working and living the way they used to centuries ago.<br />We visited the caves last year and I would have to say that comfortable they were not. Imagine camping in rock without duvets, a shower block or your primus stove !!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-3103421813777950472012-03-04T15:31:38.285+00:002012-03-04T15:31:38.285+00:00Phil, me too.Phil, me too.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-37067175229753097762012-03-04T13:38:07.837+00:002012-03-04T13:38:07.837+00:00So many people would want to use a time machine to...So many people would want to use a time machine to travel to the future. I'd much prefer the past, myself. Do you know of places where you can actually go inside the troglodyte dwellings and see how comfortable they might have been -- or not? "I wanna know for sure..."Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-82316979318126987462012-03-03T19:57:02.390+00:002012-03-03T19:57:02.390+00:00Fascinating Jean. I too would love to have a time ...Fascinating Jean. I too would love to have a time machine and visit the past to see how folk lived in bygone times.Phil Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481531408247859880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-981044388760795992012-03-03T11:05:19.096+00:002012-03-03T11:05:19.096+00:00Fly, our "local rag" for most of the yea...Fly, our "local rag" for most of the year is the Derbyshire Times !! <br />The reports in that are rather different: an all-too-often pile-up on the M1 near where we live, yobs rampaging through the town centre in a drunken frenzy on a Saturday night or closure of several wards of the local hospital due to some dreadful infection. Life is dangerous anywhere.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-89273150829112259192012-03-03T10:57:56.860+00:002012-03-03T10:57:56.860+00:00Tim, I will look out for the post about your graff...Tim, I will look out for the post about your graffiti. One of the things I love most about our region of France is what I refer to as the "creamy crumbliness" of the buildings due to the use of tuffeau.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-89843983660691135922012-03-03T10:55:45.557+00:002012-03-03T10:55:45.557+00:00Gaynor, thanks, the "twist" was just the...Gaynor, thanks, the "twist" was just the meanderings of a mind that flits easily from one idea to another. Butterfly-brain is what some may call it !!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-73385377540840163652012-03-03T10:54:04.459+00:002012-03-03T10:54:04.459+00:00John, thanks.John, thanks.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-20143261023328388412012-03-03T10:53:35.001+00:002012-03-03T10:53:35.001+00:00Broad, I know what you mean about the smells !! I...Broad, I know what you mean about the smells !! I would like to do my time travel almost virtually, as if floating around and amongst what was going on, with some kind of smell filter that only allowed the smell of roses to pass through !!<br /><br />I changed to this template because I wanted the "reply" facility and it just happened to put them on a white background, I didn't choose it, or at least I don't think I did ~ you can never be sure with Blogger !!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-27884181492577798252012-03-03T10:49:03.867+00:002012-03-03T10:49:03.867+00:00Tim, these caves are indeed at Les Roches. It'...Tim, these caves are indeed at Les Roches. It's a nice walk out of the village.<br />Did you have the Troggs on vinyl or CD? I'm not sure if I still have my old vinyl record, it may have been a casualty of many house moves and clearouts.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-87164483275261746222012-03-03T08:50:23.201+00:002012-03-03T08:50:23.201+00:00I've seen this type of dwelling near Cahors an...I've seen this type of dwelling near Cahors and en route to Rodez and wondered about them. Fascinating to read about them. Sometimes I think it would be interesting to go back in time -- however, then I think that I would be entirely put off by things like 'smells'!<br /><br />How did you get your 'reply' to be blocked out in white? I like that... Looking forward to reading about Touraine Flint!The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-18682880450457087142012-03-03T02:01:18.261+00:002012-03-03T02:01:18.261+00:00Have you seen the local rag...two elderly people i...Have you seen the local rag...two elderly people in their troglodyte dwelling nearly incarcerated by whopping blocks of stone falling into their garden after the effects of the winter on the tuffeau.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-33168838112769755342012-03-02T22:25:49.725+00:002012-03-02T22:25:49.725+00:00Thanks, Tim. Most interesting. An etymological lin...Thanks, Tim. Most interesting. An etymological link between the two words, I think?Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-32178838249606668272012-03-02T21:58:20.701+00:002012-03-02T21:58:20.701+00:00Perpetua, close.. the rock around here is called &...Perpetua, close.. the rock around here is called "Tuffeau" and is somewhere 'twixt chalk and limestone. It is strong enough to build with, yet soft enough to cut with a handsaw and to write on. Pauline is slowly putting together a blog article for Touraine Flint about the graffiti adorning some of our doorways... including what looks like a Saracen temple... the buildings used to belong to the monastery at the top of the hill... and we have a Maltese Cross as the bullseye at the end of the barn.. they were Knights of St John and latterly, Chevaliers... like I said Pauline is investigating this.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-86051524637317623992012-03-02T21:51:17.776+00:002012-03-02T21:51:17.776+00:00Great post Jean.... very informative and a nice pe...Great post Jean.... very informative and a nice perspective... makes you think doesn't it... and to appreciate life today.<br />Aha... the Troggs...<b><i>"Wild thing... I think I love you"</i></b>... I can hear it now**... do the lyrics refer to the second photo perhaps.<br />These are the ones at Les Roches aren't they... we've done so little walking around here... keep meaning to... then something else crops up. just like my school reports..."Must try harder!"<br />**I <b><i>can</i></b> really hear it now... I just put it on!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-55987635108153034972012-03-02T19:36:19.612+00:002012-03-02T19:36:19.612+00:00A fascinating post, Jean, beautiful illustrated. I...A fascinating post, Jean, beautiful illustrated. I've heard of the troglodyte dwellings, but have seen few photos. The rock is tufa isn't it?Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-20262003836583066562012-03-02T18:58:35.101+00:002012-03-02T18:58:35.101+00:00Lovely post Jean. I so much enjoy reading, and gai...Lovely post Jean. I so much enjoy reading, and gaining more information about the beautiful area we are fortunate enough to call our home. You always find a different and interesting 'twist' to a topic.GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-57028811221966487992012-03-02T18:58:13.385+00:002012-03-02T18:58:13.385+00:00that was bloody interesting
thank youthat was bloody interesting<br />thank youJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4785675986457392622.post-67263054531124481182012-03-02T15:31:12.340+00:002012-03-02T15:31:12.340+00:00Mitch, we are all fascinated by how peope lived in...Mitch, we are all fascinated by how peope lived in years gone by I think.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.com