My Birthday Weekend with Anne and Andrew

17/10/201616/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Music, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

We had a few activities early in the week. On Monday we had dinner chez Rigit who are in town for a few weeks. They are both well, and looking ... Read more

The Writer’s Retreat & the First Fire of the Season

10/10/201616/05/2023 Music, Rants and Nonsense, Visits, Work

Welcome back to Mazeroux, where it’s a clear and sunny day, but rather more crisp than it was a week ago. It was in the mid-20s at the start of ... Read more

A Rocky Start and Nice Start

03/10/201625/01/2024 Fooood, Life in France, Music, Socialising, Visits

It was another quiet week, with one exception that I shall get to in a moment. I made it to the pool twice, and went to my usual weekly activities. ... 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

Retiring from Musique en Herbe/Entertaining the Goonans

14/08/201627/02/2024 Gigs, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Visits

It’s a hot one here in Mazeroux today. In fact, barring the weird blip the day we got back from our trip when it was 18 degrees and rainy, August ... Read more

A Long-Overdue Visit from Anne & Andrew

08/07/201616/03/2026 Fooood, Gigs, Music, The Garden, Visits, Work

First of all, Happy Birthday Dad! We had our last concert of the summer season on Saturday night. This was at our friend Benoit’s place down the road in a ... Read more

Oh F*ck!

24/06/201609/05/2023 Fooood, Gigs, Life in France, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

Well, that was unexpected. We went to bed last night feeling cautiously optimistic, based on the final polls, and the betting markets, which both gave Remain a slight edge. We ... Read more

Mom’s Visit Part II feat. La Fete du Club 2016

16/06/201624/12/2023 Fooood, Gigs, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

The weather stayed nice for a few days after we returned, then turned rainy and cool on Saturday, and has stayed that way since. We even lit the fire one ... Read more

The Wedding with Mum, Dave & Amy

05/08/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Visits, Work

Apart from cleaning and shopping, not much happened until Friday, when Will collected our guests from Limoges. This was his mum, brother Dave, and his fiancée Amy. Their flight was ... Read more

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