Provence and Weekend of Concerts

17/06/201906/08/2025 Brantôme Spring Fair, Fooood, Gigs, Music, Our Travels, Photos, Red Wine, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

On Tuesday, we carried on exploring Nice on foot. First we visited the apartment where Mom stayed when she was an exchange student in 1958. There is a Russian Orthodox ... Read more

R.I.P Brantome Spring Fair

06/05/201911/06/2023 Brantôme Spring Fair, Fooood, Music, Socialising, The Garden, Work

I had a bit of a stressful week, with work, the garden and socialising all competing for my time. I got a new project for a client that already had ... Read more

The Cat Formerly Known as Fats

07/05/201822/12/2023 Brantôme Spring Fair, Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

After a dicey few days, the good weather returned to Mazeroux yesterday, and despite the threat of a storm, it stayed with us today too. It’s hard to say how ... Read more

My Trip to MN etc.

30/04/201816/05/2023 Brantôme Spring Fair, Fooood, Life in France, Our Travels, Red Wine, Socialising, Work

I had a lovely time in MN, and a largely hassle-free journey. I got caught out by the train strikes, so spent an extra night in Paris. I arrived at ... Read more

The Trepidation of the Entre-Deux-Tours

01/05/201706/05/2023 Brantôme Spring Fair, Life in France, Socialising

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

Home Improvements, featuring Anne and Andrew

05/05/201506/08/2025 Brantôme Spring Fair, Fooood, Photos, Red Wine, Socialising, Visits

Quite a lot has changed here at Port 80 during the past week. Much of this was made possible by Will’s parents, Anne and Andrew who arrived last Tuesday. Will ... Read more

Our Annual Pilgrimage to the Brantôme Spring Fair

05/05/201406/05/2023 Brantôme Spring Fair, Fooood, Life in France, Red Wine, Socialising, Work

Matt’s been erratic with the timing of his posts of late. This is my bid to get us back to Monday blogging – which means I’ve only a half-week to ... Read more

Gardening Help from the Neighbours

15/05/201306/05/2023 Brantôme Spring Fair, Fromage, Music, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Despite being in the UK, Will still managed to prompt me to do a blog post so here you go. He left midday on Monday via train so I took ... Read more

The Official Six Month Anniversary Entry

01/05/201005/05/2023 Brantôme Spring Fair, Life in France, Red Wine

For those of you playing along at home, today marks six months to the day since we moved out here. As you may have inferred from our previous two entries, ... Read more