In this rural, remote region, the Gascon guards his privacy and his land fiercely. French farm-dogs are not trained to nuzzle up affectionately to the stranger; au contraire, approach one only in full body armour, and the same goes for the dog’s owner.
Some years ago, a friend, a guest at our son’s wedding here in France, got my inadequate directions wrong, and drove his car through the entrance of another house. The farmer was out in an instant. Our friend, realising he was in the wrong place, wound down his car window to apologise and was immediately punched in the face.
Out of curiosity, I have walked into a field to have a look at a tumbledown property, and found myself threatened physically by the owner who came roaring up behind me, demanding to know my business there. Lately, not far from here, a farmer shot dead another who, he claimed, was stealing his truffles.
Tuesday 11 January 2011
TOGS watch out in Gascony
via telegraph.co.uk
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