Winter is Elsewhere

04/02/201923/12/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Music, Socialising, Work

Continuing with the seasonal titles, we did get some more wintery weather last week, including some snow that didn’t stick. This was mainly on Monday of last week, the day ... Read more

Winter is Coming

21/01/201904/06/2023 Fooood, Music, Socialising, Work

It’s been a largely quiet week here at Port 80. We restarted our weekly activities including band practice and choir. The only thing to report from the early part of ... Read more

New Years 2019 Featuring Gerald

06/01/201923/12/2023 Fooood, Socialising, Visits

We had a quiet couple of days after we returned from England. I still wasn’t feeling great and it was nice to have a bit of downtime. We let Benoit ... Read more

Happy Winter Solstice

21/12/201823/12/2023 Fooood, Music, Socialising, Work

Our blogging schedule is still out of whack and will likely remain so until the new year. Today is the shortest day, and the sun is just setting as I ... Read more

Queen and Two Pies

04/12/201821/12/2023 Fooood, Fromage, Socialising, Work

The early part of the week was quiet and mostly filled with work. This was mainly the new villa rentals site, and by the end of the week, we had ... Read more

Full House

19/11/201811/06/2023 Fooood, Red Wine, Socialising, Visits, Work

For the first time since the wedding both spare bedrooms were occupied for most of the week. Anne and Andrew arrived on Mon afternoon after an uneventful crossing. They went ... Read more

A Quiet Autumn Week

05/11/201821/12/2023 Fooood, Music, Socialising, Work

It’s been a very quiet week, so this should be brief. Work continues to fly at us from all sides. Projects for which I did quotes a while back are ... Read more

Back to Work

22/10/201811/06/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Socialising, Visits, Work

Andrew arrived on Monday afternoon, a bit later than usual due to roadworks. We all went over to the house to unload the van and inspect the recent works. The ... Read more

Still Keeping Busy

08/10/201823/12/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Work

We had another social week, starting with dinner at Paul and Nathalie’s on Wed night. They wanted to have us and Francoise over, and it was the first time she’d ... Read more

Our First Anniversary

24/09/201811/06/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Not much happened until Thursday when we went out to celebrate our anniversary. We had a voucher for a meal for two at the Hotel de France, given to us ... Read more