Chuck’s Visit Part II and Some Unexpected News

16/09/201206/08/2025 Fooood, Life in France, Our Travels, Photos, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

Ever since I moved away from home, my dad has come to visit just about every year. Normally, we spend part of that time exploring a different city for a ... Read more

A Long Weekend With David C.

06/09/201206/08/2025 Fooood, Photos, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

We continue to be busy, mostly with visitors. After our busy week, we had a few days of quiet before David arrived on Friday afternoon. We invited Lee and Richard ... Read more

Les Fêtards!

29/08/201207/06/2023 Fooood, La Fête de St. Augustin, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

Bonjour all. An entry’s due and as Matt is busy working towards a deadline, I am afraid you’re getting a second one in a row from me. I actually have ... Read more

J’adore les Canicules

10/08/201211/06/2023 Socialising, The Garden, Work

Overdue, yes I know. It’ll probably be too long as well, even though not much has happened lately. The main thing to note is that Summer has finally gotten its ... Read more

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

27/06/201219/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, Work

I know this is long overdue but I have the excuse of being very busy. The day Will left, an arbitrary deadline fell out of the sky meaning I had ... Read more

A Visit From Mary Carol, David, Alice and Maeve

09/06/201208/05/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

Calm and tranquility have been restored to Port 80 after a great visit from our friends Mary Carol and David and their two girls Alice (age 4) and Maeve (10 ... Read more

May is a Good Month to be Employed in France

25/05/201208/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Right now is the start of the last holiday weekend in May. In France, May has 4-5 public holidays, two secular and two religious. There former are May 1st (Labour ... Read more

Iain’s Visit in the Rain

30/04/201219/05/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Visits, Work

We’re just a bit waterlogged here in Mazeroux since it’s been raining virtually non-stop since the end of March. We did have an exceptionally dry winter so from a gardening ... Read more

Work and Play

18/04/201208/05/2023 Socialising, Work

It’s been mostly the former with a bit of the latter thrown in for balance. The job is going well but I’m still working hard most days. I’ve been working ... Read more

Hanging on by our Fingernails

31/10/201107/06/2023 Anniversary Entries, Socialising, Work

I thought there probably ought to be an entry today, to mark the official 2-year anniversary since we moved to France. However, there isn’t much to report, and much less ... Read more