The Wedding with Mum, Dave & Amy

05/08/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Visits, Work

Apart from cleaning and shopping, not much happened until Friday, when Will collected our guests from Limoges. This was his mum, brother Dave, and his fiancée Amy. Their flight was ... Read more

A Lovely Trip to MN

22/07/201516/05/2023 Fooood, Our Travels, Socialising

I’m freshly returned from my trip to the States. It was a fairly long trip with lots of activities, so I’ll get right to it. Unlike Will, I have terrible ... Read more

My Week Home Alone

23/06/201515/05/2023 Fooood, Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

I’m going to double dip, so that Will can catch his breath when he returns. By all accounts, his few days in London have been action-packed, and the words “sore ... Read more

Mom’s Visit – The Second Half

16/06/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Socialising, Visits, Work

The second week of Mom’s visit was just as busy as the first. We took it easy on Monday night when we returned. On Tuesday, we were up and out ... Read more

A Trip to the Land of Cheese and Potatoes

09/06/201506/08/2025 Fooood, Fromage, Our Travels, Photos, Sausage & the Smoo, Visits

We’re in the midst of Jan’s visit and it’s been an eventful week so far, so I shall get stuck right into the narrative. First off, the Smoo. Having initially ... Read more

A Quick Visit from Katherine and Julian

02/06/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

We’re not long returned from Angouleme where we dropped off our latest visitors at the train station. We first had lunch outside at one of the places on “restaurant row”, ... Read more

Home and Garden

19/05/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Picking up from Will’s last entry, the Smoo is feeling better now. We think it may have been worms, since we discovered Louis definitely had them. We’ve dealt with that, ... 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

Home Improvements

21/04/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Life in France, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising

We’ve had a productive, and also an expensive week. We had a visit from the company who sell home energy products door to door. They are the same people that ... Read more

A Big Gay (Good) Friday

06/04/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Easter weekend is wrapping up around here today, although we’ve not done much to celebrate. In fact, we both worked today. However, we did kick off the weekend in style ... Read more