End of Summer Socialising featuring a Visit to Amsterdam

07/09/201516/03/2026 Fooood, La Fête de St. Augustin, Our Travels, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

A long title, befitting this lengthy post. There’s been a lot happening in the past ten days, starting with dinner at Alessandro’s last Saturday night. Our mutual friends Hannah and ... Read more

While the Cepès are Cooking

20/08/201527/02/2024 Fooood, Socialising, Work

It’s been an afternoon of cooking. Lew and Parry are coming over for dinner, and this morning, we were given 2kg of cèpes and two dozen quail eggs. Lew offered ... 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

A Rock & Roll Weekend

07/07/201517/03/2026 Socialising, Work

Bonjour à tous and welcome back to Mazeroux, where the heatwave shows no signs of abating. Since it began, I don’t think we’ve had a single day where it’s dipped ... Read more

Fete du Club 2015

30/06/201517/03/2026 Gigs, Music, Socialising, Work

First of all, it’s bloody hot here! The month of June has been mostly good weather, but apart from a stormy week when Mom was here, it’s been hot and ... 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

Mom’s Visit – The Second Half

16/06/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Socialising, Visits, Work

The second week of Mom’s visit was just as busy as the first. We took it easy on Monday night when we returned. On Tuesday, we were up and out ... 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