Will’s Birthday Week

06/03/201817/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Ok, it wasn’t the whole week, but since Will’s birthday fell on a Wednesday, we had multiple celebrations. Before the festivities began, we had two very busy days getting the ... Read more

Making Vineyards-Bordeaux

26/02/201823/12/2023 Socialising, Work

Both of us have been utterly consumed by our large project this last week. The good news is that it’s more or less done now – well, phase 1 at ... Read more

Andrew’s Visit and a Big Project

19/02/201827/12/2023 Fooood, Socialising, Visits, Work

Andrew arrived on Monday and left yesterday. He got a fair amount of work done this time around, including finishing the kitchen floor. He also ordered some fixtures, and made ... Read more

A Clean Fosse and Lots of Cake

12/02/201823/12/2023 Fooood, Socialising, Visits, Work

It’s a relatively mild and sunny Monday in Mazeroux today as we come out of the cold snap that hit us last week. We’ve a minus 3 tonight but then ... Read more

Food and Work

05/02/201827/12/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, Work

Winter has returned, not that it was really ever here. It’s gone from wet and warm to cold and windy with a threat of snow later on. We’ve had a ... Read more

Another Seriously Large Sunday Lunch

29/01/201816/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, Work

Well, seeing as Matt’s last entry took us up to last Wednesday, this should prove to be a short and sweet one from me! On Thursday we took a very ... Read more

Mostly Just Working

24/01/201817/05/2023 Socialising, Work

It’s been a rather crap week, with not much going on apart from work. Both of us have lots of it, and nothing terribly enjoyable. The high point was on ... Read more

Back to Work for Me

15/01/201811/06/2023 Fooood, Music, Socialising, Visits, Work

Welcome back to Mazeroux where the sky is a deep grey, there’s a powerful wind pummelling us, and it is – yet again – raining. This configuration seems to be ... Read more

2018: The Year of the Fightback?

02/01/201823/12/2023 Rants and Nonsense, Socialising

I shall come to the blog title shortly, first the recap. After a quiet day, we headed to Sophie and Dom’s for Boxing day dinner. Matt was charged with preparing ... Read more

Xmas 2017

26/12/201723/12/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Red Wine, Socialising, Work

Only one activity to report during the lead up to the big weekend. We saw the new Star Wars at a cinema on the outskirts of Angouleme. It’s been open ... Read more