A Visit From Friends of Long-Standing

11/09/201006/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

Today’s title is a homage to my late grandfather who thought it rude to call one’s friends “old”, instead preferring to refer to them thusly. The friends this title refers ... Read more

Meanwhile, Back in Badaillac…

03/09/201021/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden

…not a whole lot happened. Mainly, I wanted to give a run down of the meals Sharon and I had while Will was away. Since he doesn’t eat fish or ... Read more

Dinner with a side of Domestic, and a Departure

25/08/201024/12/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

Salut a tous. To continue the story, we did indeed have dinner round at the Frenchies’ place at the weekend, in celebration of their recent good news. Sharon was unfortunately ... Read more

La Semaine Des Visiteurs

21/08/201022/12/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, The Garden, Visits

Apologies for the long delay between entries. It’s been a busy week with two sets of visitors, the second group having just departed now. First of all, I would like ... Read more

This is Triller!

01/08/201005/05/2023 Fooood, La Fête du Spardos, Red Wine, Socialising, Visits

Good morning, all. We are damaged goods today here in the Dordogne: last night, we went to our first ever marché nocturne (night market). It was in a nearby village ... Read more

Sausage and the Smoo

28/07/201005/05/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden

Another long period between entries because there’s not much happening out here in the country. It’s been cool with a bit of rain over the past week but it’s on ... Read more

The Spanna & Goon Show

09/07/201004/05/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Visits

Don’t ask why, but Anna calls me the Goon and she is often known as Spanna, so there you go. So, picking up where Matt left off, Monday morning saw ... Read more

Jan’s Visit – Part II

21/05/201006/08/2025 Fooood, Our Travels, Photos, Visits

We’ve just returned from our trip to Biarritz, which was enjoyed by all. We left on Wed morning and stopped off for some food for the journey, then had a ... Read more

Jan’s Visit and the Tyranny of the Ice Saints

19/05/201018/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, Visits

Salut à tous. We are growing very excited about our impending parenthood! It was back in late Feb that we first made contact with the cattery, and at the time, ... Read more

Gavin Pays Us A Visit

10/05/201006/08/2025 Fooood, Photos, St Jean de Côle Floralie, Visits

We’ve spent the last few days hanging out with Gavin who arrived here on Thursday. We picked him up from Limoges around 1:30 (thanks Ryanair for making the daily flight ... Read more