For some unfortunate reason I am up good and early today so I am occupying myself with my blog entry for the week. We had a lovely barbecue with our ... Read more
I’m a day late with the blogging because last night, like many nights of late, we were busy socialising. It would be nice if social activities could be more evenly ... Read more
Today we’re recovering from a fairly big weekend that included La Nuit du Spardos, St Pardoux’s boozy annual festival. Prior to that, our socialising kicked off on Wednesday when we ... Read more
This entry’s very late as we just had a busy week with my Dad during which lots of progress has been made on my parents’ move to France. The house ... Read more
Well, the weather out here in SW France has officially lost the plot. We’ve gone from a 35 degree heatwave to highs of 18 degrees and torrential rain. Hell, we ... Read more
The story continues. The next day was the day of Bradley’s Bar Mitzvah. We got dressed up and then set off for the synagogue, collecting Chuck en route. The service ... Read more
Well, this is going to be a long one so I best get cracking. We set off from Port 80 after lunch on Tuesday, leaving behind us two very forlorn ... Read more
It is now official: yesterday, Emmanuel Macron was sworn in as the 8th President of the 5th Republic. He and his newly formed party, La République en Marche now faces ... Read more
I warn you now, this is going to be a long one, so please bear with me. The French have a name for the slightly surreal two weeks that separate ... Read more
