I want to preface this entry with an apology to Mum and Dad. It was their anniversary on the 21st of May (the alleged day of the rapture, according to ... Read more
Bonjour à tous. Yep, we are connected again: both landline (+33 5 53 56 99 70) and internet operational again. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that it hasn’t gone smoothly and ... Read more
No, I haven’t at all actually – I have just learned to play a phenomenally good blues track called “Hey, Hey”. It was written by “Big Bill” Broonzy in 1957 ... Read more
This is a rant. A while ago, I decided that France should just face up to the fact that it couldn’t organise a piss-up in a brewery and outsource. Everything ... Read more
Meaning “in bloom”. Because it is – in several ways. First, the garden is really beginning to look lovely now. We have a wisteria vine creeping up over one half ... Read more
Hello. It’s not been that long since the last entry, but one is nonetheless definitely due. Sometimes, we can go weeks at a time out here when essentially, nothing happens. ... Read more
Hi. After a week of sheer bedlam back in the UK, things are back to their usual snail’s crawl of a pace for us out in France. Well, there actually ... Read more
Well, thought we’d best do an entry before we head back to the UK next week, so here it is… though what to say? Things have been typically slow and ... Read more
Well, nearly 2 weeks after moving in to Port 80, it is now (mostly) furnished. Recent acquisitions include a fancy new flat-screen TV and blue-ray DVD player, both installed in ... Read more
