Wednesday 20 April 2011

Week 6

We've been at the farm now for about a week and a half and we're loving it. I must however apologize for the lack of action in this next blog post. I hope you accept my apology with a new feature of the blog: Videos! I've been filming and filming over the past few weeks and have hours of footage which I plan on editing a nice film out of. I've only just managed to put them onto a laptop for backup purposes, but hopefully it'll nicely portray what life on the road and farm is like (a tiny bit).

Since we arrived at the farm we've settled into a whole new routine with a bit of labour involved. Its all good fun though. Most of the work is milking goats and then doing some work in the cheese factory. I also have the job of chopping wood (picture the opening scene of inglorious basterds where the cow farmer is chopping wood). That's basically me. I chop wood then devour goats milk. I'm not hiding Jews though.

Without further ado, here is the first video sample which I shot this morning. We do this for a couple of hours every morning, and look out for Pippetto, our helper. I've realised this video wont be much interest to anyone unless you're a goat farmer, or want to see what work we do.



It took forever to upload so don't get too excited for upcoming videos, just hold tight until I've edited the film together. Or if you can't wait that long, here's my first ever travel video to wet your whistle: http://vimeo.com/8201202. I've upped my editing game since then, it is cool to look back on though.

We've also done a fair bit of exploring since our arrival. The nearest town is a tourist hotspot: Mirepoix; a nice medieval town that attracts plenty of English. There's even a British shop, I laughed when I saw it and at the type of stuff they sell. Twinings tea, Dairy Milk chocolate, Heinz Baked beans etc. But its actually been a handy shop for us as they sell English books. Also close by is Carcasonne; they actually shot the new Robin Hood film here, I haven't seen it, but so I'm told. The old part of the city is really cool, however, its just overpowered by tourists. Damn yanks.










I was quite impressed with Sam's panoramic effort. The shot below is overlooking the modern Carcasonne.


























So apart from these few visits and the work, our life now is rather uneventful in comparison to a few weeks ago. But we're living for free and enjoying life. We tend to get drunk a lot. The wine is dirt cheap and it makes the evenings more interesting. We're even thinking of extending our time at this farm as we're so happy with the deal. Good news for us, but bad news for the blog, unless you love pictures of goats, then there's plenty more to be excited for!