Three Weeks ’till Showtime!

27/01/201415/05/2023 Fooood, Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising

Time for our weekly update. We’ve just had a semi-successful band practise this morning, to make up for having a bit of a lost day yesterday. In general, we’re definitely ... Read more

Back to Work and Band Practise

14/01/201415/05/2023 Fooood, Music, Socialising

With apologies for the lateness, here’s what’s been going on at Port 80 this week. It’s been largely back to work for both of us, with me making headway on ... Read more

La Soirée Britannique Highlights

17/12/201306/05/2023 Gigs, La Soirée Britannique, Music

As promised, here’s the highlights clip of our recent Beatles concert in Milhac. Big thanks to Barry’s sister Terri and to our friend Nat for recording the clips on the ... Read more

My Trip to Mpls and Our Second Gig

09/12/201315/05/2023 Fooood, Gigs, La Soirée Britannique, Le Tanksgeeving, Music, Our Travels, Socialising, Work

I’ve got a lot to report, so I will try my best to be brief. I needn’t have worried about my expired passport, although it did cause a bit of ... Read more

Cats Like it When you Have a Cold

02/12/201315/05/2023 Fooood, Music, Socialising, Work

I am a day overdue and have no excuse for it either, given that I’ve not exactly been run off my feet this past week. To resume the story, I ... Read more

Car-less in Mazeroux

17/11/201315/05/2023 Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

I’m a little jaded this morning, but it’s my turn to update the frog blog, so I will do my best. We’ve had a more-than-normally insular week due mainly to ... Read more

Autumn is Here

10/10/201315/05/2023 Fooood, Music, Socialising, Work

It’s been a week since our last entry so here goes what’s likely to be a short one. I did some work last Thursday and then went to my conversation ... Read more

A French Weekend with the Boys from Spain (Under an English Sky)

28/06/201315/05/2023 Fooood, Music, Socialising, Visits

Here’s the story of our friends Andrew & Tony’s visit to Mazeroux. In preparation for their arrival, Matt mowed the lawn on Friday while I gave the house a thorough ... Read more

Jan’s Visit Part 1 (including The Concert)

13/06/201306/08/2025 Fooood, Gigs, Music, Photos, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

Mom arrived on Thursday afternoon via train to Angouleme. I mowed the front lawn in the morning, then left a bit early to do a few chores on the way. ... Read more

Pre-concert Jitters

05/06/201315/05/2023 Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

It’s my turn to do a Frog blog update, so here we go. To pick up where Matt left off, the weather did improve somewhat by last weekend but it ... Read more