An Anniversary, a Last-Minute Break and an Election

27/05/201906/08/2025 Fooood, Our Travels, Photos, Socialising

As the title suggests, we’ve just had a full week of activities, so this will take some re-telling. It was a week of early mornings too, beginning with my hospital ... Read more

Back to Work For Me

13/05/201916/05/2023 Socialising, Work

I’m relieved to report that the dam has broken at last and I have work again. This hasn’t come from any of the existing websites I’ve got going on, all ... Read more

A Bit of a Dreary Week

29/04/201921/12/2023 Fooood, Socialising

We’ve just had a rather unpleasant week as far as the weather goes, but its looks like we’re over the worst of it now. Today was certainly a vast improvement ... Read more

Meanwhile, In Mazeroux

15/04/201914/05/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising

You’ll get Matt’s re-telling of his Hong Kong adventure shortly, but while you’re waiting, you can read all about my week alone with the cats. In fact it wasn’t all ... Read more

A Rather Large April Weekend

08/04/201911/06/2023 Fooood, Fromage, Socialising

April hasn’t hit us with much in the way of showers so far, but it’s cool and cloudy so like the cats, we’re mainly staying indoors. This is unfortunate for ... Read more

A Very Punctual Spring

25/03/201911/06/2023 Fooood, Socialising, Work

The weather in the Dordogne came good just in time to welcome in the spring, and has been really rather lovely, with highs in the low 20s and cloudless skies. ... Read more

I Miss February

11/03/201906/08/2025 Fooood, Photos, Socialising, Work

Well, there’s a statement I never thought I would make, but it’s true. After a relative heatwave, its a let down to find it so cool, grey and very windy ... Read more

A Very Sunny Dordogne Welcome for Mum & Dad

25/02/201919/05/2023 Socialising, Work

Yep, the big news from this week is the definitive arrival of Mum & Dad, late on Wednesday evening. Their journey was long, with a few sat-nav disagreements but otherwise ... Read more

Happy Golden Birthday, Pusses

11/02/201906/08/2025 Birthdays, Photos, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

Winter is still nowhere to be seen in Mazeroux this week. It’s been grey, drizzly and occasionally very windy, but not cold. In fact, if the forecast holds, February is ... Read more

Winter Is Here

28/01/201911/06/2023 Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

We did indeed get a dusting of snow last week, but just on one day and it all cleared up by the evening. We had a few cold nights too, ... Read more