Dad’s French Driving Licence Application

14/08/202316/03/2026 Life in France, Rants and Nonsense

This is a little story about an interaction I had recently with “le Millefeuille administratif” that I just had to share. As a Brit living in France, when you reach ... Read more

Travel in the Time of Coronavirus

16/03/202031/12/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Our Travels, Socialising, The Pandemic Years

I am back from a trip to the UK, which deserves a blog entry. The trip was primarily to see Nan, whose birthday is coming up, and had been booked ... Read more

9 Years at Port 80 and a Holiday Recap

12/01/202004/05/2023 Anniversary Entries, Birthdays, Fooood, Life in France, Socialising

We moved into Port 80 on 7 Jan, 2011, so this is another anniversary entry of sorts. This is the longest I’ve ever lived in the same place, beating my ... Read more

Thanksgiving for 60

03/12/201909/05/2023 Fooood, Le Tanksgeeving, Life in France, Music, Socialising, Work

We’re slowly recovering from Thanksgiving weekend. We changed the format slightly and instead of hosting 10 people at the house, we had 60+ people at the Salle des Fetes in ... Read more

The 10 Year Anniversary Entry

31/10/201904/05/2023 Anniversary Entries, Life in France, Work

Wow. We’ve been in France 10 years. That’s the longest I’ve spent in a single place my entire life and the longest I’ve lived in any one abode. Will and ... Read more

Chemin des Hautes Sources

23/04/201921/12/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, Work

We’re recently back from a neighbour’s meeting at Daniel and Odielle’s where we decided what to call our road. As part of a modernisation project, France has decreed that all ... Read more

Winter is Elsewhere

04/02/201923/12/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Music, Socialising, Work

Continuing with the seasonal titles, we did get some more wintery weather last week, including some snow that didn’t stick. This was mainly on Monday of last week, the day ... Read more

The Ninth Anniversary Entry

29/10/201811/06/2023 Anniversary Entries, Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, Work

Hard to believe it but its true: this week marks nine years since we moved to France. As well as being a weekly round-up, this entry is therefore also a ... Read more

An Action-Packed End to September

01/10/201821/12/2023 Life in France, Socialising, Work

I cannot believe it’s October already. It’s just ridiculous, and unacceptable. Still, there it is whether I like it or not. To be fair, we’re still getting away with some ... Read more

August Annexes September

17/09/201811/06/2023 Life in France, Socialising

It still feels like summer here in Mazeroux. It’s 30 degrees today, and although this is a high peak, it has generally been a very sunny and pleasant September to ... Read more