A Tale of Two Cities, Part 2: Lyon with Chuck

16/09/201406/08/2025 Fooood, Our Travels, Photos, Socialising, Visits

We arrived in Lyon around 4, having made good time from Paris. Dad had a nap while Will and I wandered into town where we found a nice cafe and ... Read more

Fixing Lola & Finally Some Work for Will

25/08/201419/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, Visits, Work

This entry is being written from the garage in Nontron, where I’ve been spending quite a bit of time lately. On Tuesday last week I brought the car here so ... Read more

More about the Visit

18/08/201417/03/2026 Fooood, Socialising, Visits

We did have a bbq with Bryan, Carol, Jenny and her boys, Evan and Finn. I started cooking around 6 in time to feed Alice and Maeve, who went to ... Read more

Another Visit from The De Zutter Family

11/08/201417/03/2026 Life in France, Socialising, Visits

Ok, here’s the weekly round-up from Mazeroux city. As Matt said in his last post, it has indeed been somewhat busier here compared to last week. We took the car ... Read more

A Visit from Nan, Dave and Amy

23/06/201406/08/2025 Fooood, Life in France, Music, Photos, Socialising, Visits, Work

I took Mom to Angouleme on Monday afternoon, where she got a refund for her cancelled train. I left her there a bit early since we had dinner plans that ... Read more

Jan Visit II – Scorching in Sarlat & lots more Socialising

16/06/201409/05/2023 Fooood, Our Travels, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

The story continues! On Wednesday, we finally had our long-planned fete des voisins, with Lucien & Mauricette, Daniel & Odille, and Bryan & Carol all joining us for a soirée. ... Read more

Jan’s Visit Part 1 Including the Gig

13/06/201417/03/2026 Fooood, Gigs, Music, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

I am days late writing this but with good reason, as you shall soon see. Mom arrived on Wed afternoon after spending a night in Paris where she saw cousin ... Read more

Bordeaux with the Boys (and Glenda)

02/06/201409/05/2023 Music, Our Travels, Red Wine, Socialising, Visits

Well here we are: gig week! I’m surprised I’m not in a greater state of anxiety, but then again we’ve been fairly distracted lately, so perhaps it has yet to ... Read more

A Flying Parental Visit

27/05/201416/05/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

First, a few updates since Will’s last post. We did get everything planted on Monday, which was our last sunny day. Since then, we’ve had some really fierce storms, complete ... Read more

Les Sapins de Mai (Seront Plantés en Août)

19/05/201416/05/2023 Life in France, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

Which means “The May Pine Trees (will be planted in August)”. That sentence will currently be utterly meaningless to you – but not for long should you choose to read ... Read more