Testing, Testing…

10/01/201106/08/2025 Househunt/Moving, Life in France, Photos, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising

Hello and greetings from Port 80! Oh my God does it feel good to have internet again! We just had three very isolated, insular days indeed, even by our normal ... Read more

Relocation, Relocation, Relocation

03/01/201106/05/2023 Househunt/Moving

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Haiku

16/12/201007/06/2023 Rants and Nonsense

I am writing this entry because I am supposed to be doing my work-out but it is freezing and I don’t want to so I am procrastinating. Anyway, back in ... Read more

Still no Layla

12/12/201006/05/2023 Guitar, Househunt/Moving, Music

Yep, I still haven’t gotten the hang of the second solo in Layla. I’ve not really been trying lately as I am a little put off, but I did say ... Read more

Battening Down the Hatches

01/12/201024/12/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo

Brrr – what the hell is going on?! Snowfall in November and it is FREEZING! There are literally no degrees today. Not a one. Last year, we had snow by ... Read more

Le Monstre de Curry dans la Dordogne

17/11/201006/05/2023 Fooood, Househunt/Moving, Visits

We are very overdue an update on the blog, sorry about that. So, we left off with the news that our offer on the new place was accepted*. After that, ... Read more

Un An en Dordogne: Les Chiffres

31/10/201006/05/2023 Anniversary Entries

One year ago today, Matt and I arrived in France and began the process of settling in to our new home. To mark our first full year out here, this ... Read more

Bald Mice (that have wings)

29/10/201009/05/2023 Rants and Nonsense

This entry is a little piece of nonsense because it is Friday night and I am bored out of my skull, so am inflicting myself on you for something to ... Read more

L’anniversaire de Matt

15/10/201006/05/2023 Birthdays, Househunt/Moving

Bloody hell, has it really been one year since Matt’s birthday party/our leaving party in Islington? Actually, I am not sure if it feels like less or more than that, ... Read more

Coup de Cœur

30/09/201006/05/2023 Househunt/Moving, Life in France, Visits

… for which there is no direct English translation, but it is kind of means a strike to the heart, ie: something that makes a big impression on you, something ... Read more