The 2025 Yearly Recap: Changes

31/12/202504/04/2026 La Fête du Spardos, Le Tanksgeeving, Our Travels, Photos, Sausage & the Smoo, Visits, Yearly Recap

Change can be exciting. Change can be scary. Change can bring about improvements. Change can also bring about sorrow. Since the last entry, we have gained and we have lost.

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(Not Celebrating) Spardos 2019

02/08/201906/05/2023 La Fête du Spardos

Well, now you’ve had Matt’s round up, I just need to do a recount of my last week, but I can’t be bothered to go into detail, so this will ... Read more

Spardos & the Annual Summer Slowdown

30/07/201806/05/2023 La Fête du Spardos, Music, Rants and Nonsense, Socialising

In today’s news, it’s very quiet out here at the moment! And after a sustained busy spell for the both of us at work, it is very welcome too. I ... Read more

Spardos 2017

31/07/201706/05/2023 La Fête du Spardos, Music, Socialising

Today we’re recovering from a fairly big weekend that included La Nuit du Spardos, St Pardoux’s boozy annual festival. Prior to that, our socialising kicked off on Wednesday when we ... Read more

Spardos 2015 and an Imminent Family Wedding

29/07/201506/05/2023 La Fête du Spardos, Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Visits, Work

I’m up early today so I’m getting my blogging done first thing. It started raining about 2 hours ago and it’s proper rain – our first in many weeks. I ... Read more

Our Fifth Spardos!

28/07/201406/05/2023 La Fête du Spardos, Socialising, The Garden, Work

I can’t believe that this entry marks our fifth year of attending La Nuit du Spardos, St Pardoux’s annual night market/music festival which took place on Saturday. Our first Spardos ... Read more

A Crazy Week…

28/07/201315/05/2023 La Fête du Spardos, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

It’s been bedlam at Port 80 this week, both on the work and social front, culminating with the annual Spardos festival at St Pardoux last night. Our crazy week kicked ... Read more

La Nuit du Spardos

29/07/201206/05/2023 La Fête du Spardos, Red Wine, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden

I am writing this with a slight hangover that I’m trying to slay with headache tablets and tea. I hope to have it under control by the time I finish ... Read more

Fairly Busy Not Doing Much

01/08/201106/05/2023 Fooood, La Fête du Spardos, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

Yes, the title seems like it would be a contradiction but that’s the best way to describe the last week. First, on the work front, there is still little to ... 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