Party in Milhac and Walking the Cats

05/07/201108/05/2023 Red Wine, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

Bonjour. Apologies for my 6-week absence from the Blog: I am now back in the saddle. So, after our hung-over but productive day when Cyril left, we got up to ... Read more

A Quick Visit From Cyril and the First Veg Harvest

29/06/201108/05/2023 Fooood, Red Wine, The Garden, Visits

It’s been far too long since our last entry and for that I apologise. Apart from Cyril’s visit, there’s not been tons to report. Mainly, we’ve both been working; Will ... Read more

Tante Mimi’s Second Visit

11/05/201109/05/2023 Fooood, Fromage, Our Travels, Red Wine, Socialising, St Jean de Côle Floralie, The Garden, Visits

My aunt Mimi arrived on Friday. When we were young, she was called Tante Mimi since she was too young to be anyone’s aunt when my older brother Ben was ... Read more

As High As An Elephant’s Eye

07/10/201006/05/2023 Fooood, Househunt/Moving, Red Wine, Sausage & the Smoo, The Garden, Visits

The corn, that is. It’s the seeds I brought back from the States and we may actually end up with an ear or two by next week. Some of the ... 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

In Vino Veritas

02/05/201005/05/2023 Red Wine

“Truth in Wine”. Indeed. This is what is printed on the label of our most recent acquisitions – a half-case of red we found at the “Foire de Printemps” in ... Read more

The Official Six Month Anniversary Entry

01/05/201005/05/2023 Brantôme Spring Fair, Life in France, Red Wine

For those of you playing along at home, today marks six months to the day since we moved out here. As you may have inferred from our previous two entries, ... Read more

Un Mois Déjà – and this is what we’ve learned…

01/12/200918/05/2023 Red Wine

Well! It’s December already – bloody hell, did November fly by. Seems strange to think that we have already been out here one full month, but then again, looking back, ... Read more

Fish, sheep and chateau/s/x

30/11/200903/05/2023 Our Travels, Red Wine

Salut everyone. This is the first entry by the newly christened Saloppe Francaise – Sharon, the gal next door. Although I have no doubt the Saloppe Francaise nickname (which I ... Read more

We love French Gravity

15/11/200918/05/2023 Fooood, Fromage, Life in France, Red Wine

We were both a little worried that spending a year out in France, the land of fine food and wine, especially with us not working, would result in us putting ... Read more