It must be the time of year – the last gasp of Summer before dreaded Autumn sets in – but for whatever reason, the Pink Floyd song “Goodbye Blue Sky” ... Read more
What a terrible, tragic and upsetting thing to have to write a blog entry about. Our year-long holiday is… over! Noooooooooo! As soon as we made the decision to stay ... Read more
Well, after three 9+ hour sleeps in a row (despite the best intentions of Louis), I am finally over my whirlwind trip to the UK. For the most part, I ... Read more
Salut a tous. To continue the story, we did indeed have dinner round at the Frenchies’ place at the weekend, in celebration of their recent good news. Sharon was unfortunately ... Read more
Morning all. A quick entry about a nice, surprise visit we had recently from a school-friend of mine, Alan, and his girlfriend, Ailish. Alan is French, originally from Brittany, but ... Read more
Good morning, all. We are damaged goods today here in the Dordogne: last night, we went to our first ever marché nocturne (night market). It was in a nearby village ... Read more
Playing the guitar has something in common with working out, I have learned: if you keep doing it very regularly, it gets easier – but if you stop for a ... Read more
Time for another brief update from the Dordogne dwellers. I am writing this one in the garden, where it is already hotting up nicely and the sky is gloriously blue. ... Read more
Just a quick, special entry – and don’t worry, Matt and I aren’t adopting; the cats will do us just fine. No, Sharon and I just had a visit from ... Read more
Don’t ask why, but Anna calls me the Goon and she is often known as Spanna, so there you go. So, picking up where Matt left off, Monday morning saw ... Read more
