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

Getting to know Musique en Herbe

18/07/201517/03/2026 Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden

Well it doesn’t look like Matt is going to do an entry before he returns so you’re getting a double-bill from me to fill the void. I’ve mentioned before that ... Read more

My Week Home Alone

23/06/201515/05/2023 Fooood, Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

I’m going to double dip, so that Will can catch his breath when he returns. By all accounts, his few days in London have been action-packed, and the words “sore ... Read more

A Trip to the Land of Cheese and Potatoes

09/06/201506/08/2025 Fooood, Fromage, Our Travels, Photos, Sausage & the Smoo, Visits

We’re in the midst of Jan’s visit and it’s been an eventful week so far, so I shall get stuck right into the narrative. First off, the Smoo. Having initially ... Read more

A Quick Visit from Katherine and Julian

02/06/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

We’re not long returned from Angouleme where we dropped off our latest visitors at the train station. We first had lunch outside at one of the places on “restaurant row”, ... Read more

Yet another May Bank Holiday

25/05/201517/03/2026 Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

Welcome back to Frog Blog, your only source for the latest happenings in Mazerouxcity. Today is a bank holiday in France – barely worth mentioning as virtually every Monday in ... Read more

Home and Garden

19/05/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Music, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Picking up from Will’s last entry, the Smoo is feeling better now. We think it may have been worms, since we discovered Louis definitely had them. We’ve dealt with that, ... Read more

These are dark times we live in

11/05/201517/03/2026 Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Well, what can I say? To the surprise of everyone – themselves included – the Conservative party won the UK election. Months of polls, including one on the eve of ... Read more

A double-bill to kick of visitor season 2015

28/04/201517/03/2026 Sausage & the Smoo, Visits, Work

Thanks to a certain cat who shall remain nameless, we had an early start this morning so I’m using the unexpected extra time to get my blog post out of ... Read more

Home Improvements

21/04/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Life in France, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising

We’ve had a productive, and also an expensive week. We had a visit from the company who sell home energy products door to door. They are the same people that ... Read more