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My next-door neighbour thinks her neighbour at the back and to the right set her garden on fire.
He didn’t.
It was her neighbour at the the back and to the left. It’s his holiday home and he was cutting the grass and decided to burn it – as you do – to get at the weeds. It got out of hand, he set my neighbour’s grass on fire, and then promptly packed up his car and legged it back to Brittany with his wife.
The neighbour at the back and to the right didn’t burn her grass.
What he did do was cut a hole in her fence in order to cut down a plant on her land that he said was toxic.
My next-door-neighbour is not happy with the neighbours at the back.
I know all this because for the last three days it’s been like world war 3 in the gardens around us with accusations flying left and right.
There was an attempt to bring me into this as the neighbour at the back – the fence-cutter – alleged that I had had enough of my neighbour too. ‘The Englishman is going to explode at you as well’ was the exact phrase used.
I was quick to assure my neighbour that I wanted no part in this, was not on the verge of exploding, and would prefer to remain ‘Switzerland’ if I could help it.
It’s been great for my French – I know so many more gros mots than I did.
We have now reached the point where the neighbour at the back and to the right is erecting a much higher fence, in order to avoid talking to my neighbour.
And she is now selling off a large number of her chickens as she fears they will be killed by the neighbour at the back (and to the right).
As for the neighbours that fled to Brittany? They have yet to return.
Hey, it’s not all sunshine and roses here in France.
Mr Mum: The 'joy' of a stay-at-home dad 
Sometimes, a mountain top in Tennessee seems to be a really good idea.
We used to have neighbors who were “gun nuts”; their son shot at everything that moved, including our horse – and me. He used to shoot at the squirrels in our feeders; we moved the feeder because we got tired of replacing the storm windows in the kitchen.
The neighbor on the other side had a tumble-down shed right on the property line. They promised us it would be torn down. We’ve been here going on 46 years, and the thing is still standing – more or less. We planted ivy on the property line, and the shed is being hidden – and eaten – by the vines.
At least we don’t shout at each other!
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Nice – organic waste disposal systems are the best. It looks like my neighbour may be moving out soon so hopefully leave will return. Then again sometimes the devil you know is better as the next renter may be even worse!
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