One Week Tobacco-Free

24/03/201517/03/2026 Birthdays, Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

Will and I smoked our last cigarette one week ago. It’s not been too difficult for me, although there are cravings. Will has found it a bit more difficult, but ... Read more

Feeling Spring-like Around Here

09/03/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Fromage, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Our mild winter has morphed into an early spring. It was grey and cool last week, but we had a lovely weekend, with temps near 20C both days, and lots ... Read more

Comment on a Fêté mes Trente-quatre Ans

02/03/201511/06/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

Welcome back to Frog blog. The picture below is of a print that Matt got me for my birthday. If you can’t quite see the detail, it is a series ... Read more

Nearly There With the New Site

09/02/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Life in France, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

UPDATE: The new site is now live. First off, many thanks to those of you who helped test the new site. We’re just in the process of tidying up the ... Read more

Port 80 Version 7

03/02/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Socialising, Work

Welcome back to Frog Blog. For me, last week should have been major crunch time, with 2 big sites due to go live at the end of the week. Both ... Read more

Je Suis Charlie

12/01/201515/05/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, Work

The big news this week is the tragedy in Paris, where a number of journalists and others were massacred by Islamic extremists. Many here have said it’s their 9/11 and ... Read more

A Lovely Xmas in the UK

29/12/201427/02/2024 Fooood, Our Travels, Socialising

First, I’m happy to report that Lee’s mom is out of her coma, and should be off the respirator by now. She’ll stay in hospital for another week or so, ... Read more

New Business and a New Toy

15/12/201417/03/2026 Fooood, Socialising, Work

The big news is that Port 80 Services has just doubled in size, in terms of the number of sites managed. We had a good meeting with Colleen, the previous ... Read more

Coasting along to Christmas

08/12/201417/03/2026 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, Work

As Matt mentioned in his last post, the weather did indeed turn colder here and it has stayed that way. We’ve still yet to have a frost but it won’t ... Read more

Thanksgiving etc.

01/12/201416/05/2023 Fooood, Le Tanksgeeving, Socialising, Work

It’s been another quiet week. Will had a client meeting on Tuesday with CNPV, the equestrian organisation in nearby St Jory de Chalais. He got the green light to build ... Read more