The Pandemic Years Recap Part II: 2021

31/12/202101/02/2026 Birthdays, Our Travels, Photos, The Pandemic Years, Yearly Recap

So 2021 begins with the rollout of the covid vaccine. At first offered to the elderly and most at risk, by spring it was opened up to all to combat ... Read more

End of Winter Round-up

07/03/202031/12/2023 Anniversary Entries, Birthdays, Fooood, Music, Our Travels, Socialising, The Garden, The Pandemic Years, Work

My alternate title for this post is “The Winter that Wasn’t”, although Will wouldn’t agree. It was the warmest winter on record, although that’s not saying much since it’s the ... Read more

9 Years at Port 80 and a Holiday Recap

12/01/202004/05/2023 Anniversary Entries, Birthdays, Fooood, Life in France, Socialising

We moved into Port 80 on 7 Jan, 2011, so this is another anniversary entry of sorts. This is the longest I’ve ever lived in the same place, beating my ... Read more

Matt’s Big Birthday Week / A Double Visit

28/10/201904/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Socialising, Visits, Work

As Matt said in his last post, we took his birthday week off as holiday. Predictably, this meant that several clients chose it as the week to start coming back ... Read more

A Social Start to October

14/10/201909/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Music, Socialising, The Garden, Work

October started with a bang. The 1st is Virginie’s birthday, and they were having a party for her at the weekend, which we couldn’t attend. So Benoit called us on ... Read more

Heat Wave and Eva’s Birthday Weekend

01/07/201907/06/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Gigs, Music, Socialising

Summer finally arrived last week with a vengenance. Records were broken in the south of France in the Gard, the department where Nadine and JC moved to, where it reached ... Read more

Boltzapalooza (aka Paul’s 50th Birthday Bash)

16/04/201917/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Our Travels

I had a really great, albeit short trip to Hong Kong to celebrate Paul’s 50th. Will took me to Thiviers last Tues where I started my journey. I got the ... Read more

Will’s 38th Birthday

04/03/201917/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Music, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Not much happened early in the week so I’ll skip to the main event. Will’s birthday was Thursday and Anne and Andrew stopped by for an apero after conversation group. ... 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

Back to Work

22/10/201811/06/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Socialising, Visits, Work

Andrew arrived on Monday afternoon, a bit later than usual due to roadworks. We all went over to the house to unload the van and inspect the recent works. The ... Read more