Christmas 2016 – The Resurrection

31/12/201606/08/2025 Fooood, Our Travels, Photos, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

Will’s last post rightly captured our mood in the run up to xmas. Despite showing signs of improvement, I was still having trouble walking a week ago Monday. I saw ... Read more

A Visit From Chuck

19/09/201606/08/2025 Fooood, Our Travels, Photos, Socialising, Visits, Work

The main event last week was my dad coming to visit. Will and I left home on Wed am around 7:30 and drove to CDG airport on the far side ... Read more

The Gard Part II

05/08/201606/08/2025 Fooood, Life in France, Our Travels, Photos

We spent Sat and Sun at the house, enjoying the downtime. Despite the rosy forecast, we actually had a shower on Sat morning, and it rained on and off most ... Read more

Blogging from the Gard

29/07/201615/05/2023 Music, Our Travels, Socialising

This is a special holiday edition of the Frog Blog that is being brought to you live from the Gard, where it is I can assure you, really rather hot. ... Read more

Rain, Rain, Rain, Arcachon

07/06/201606/08/2025 Life in France, Music, Our Travels, Photos, Socialising

It falls to me to do this entry as Matt’s got lots of work on and I unfortunately still do not. Jan got here a week ago for her annual ... Read more

Rocamadour and a long overdue Grasse Matinée

13/05/201606/08/2025 Music, Our Travels, Photos, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

Welcome back to the Frog Blog for what is likely going to be a long entry, so I’d best get stuck right in. We had a really lovely afternoon round ... Read more

Dave & Amy Tie the Knot

05/05/201606/08/2025 Fooood, Our Travels, Photos, Socialising

We left for England last Thursday around 8 and arrived at Anne & Andrew’s in the late afternoon after an uneventful journey. We had a nice meal of homemade pizzas ... Read more

Anne’s 60th Birthday in the UK and Some Terrible News

11/01/201606/08/2025 Birthdays, Fooood, Our Travels, Photos, Sausage & the Smoo, Work

Still in recovery mode, we had a quiet few nights before our trip. We got up early on Wed and drove to Villebois where we left the car at Lee ... Read more

Minnesota Visit – Redux

15/10/201516/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Music, Our Travels, Socialising

Please excuse the long delay between posts. I was meant to do one the day before my trip, but ran out of time. It’s also my birthday, which would normally ... Read more

End of Summer Socialising featuring a Visit to Amsterdam

07/09/201516/03/2026 Fooood, La Fête de St. Augustin, Our Travels, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

A long title, befitting this lengthy post. There’s been a lot happening in the past ten days, starting with dinner at Alessandro’s last Saturday night. Our mutual friends Hannah and ... Read more