La Soirée Franco-Britannique 2015

23/11/201506/05/2023 Gigs, La Soirée Britannique, Music, Socialising

Welcome back to Frog Blog. We awoke this morning to our first snow of the season! Although it was still falling steadily as we got up, within an hour or ... Read more

A Sad Time for France

16/11/201516/03/2026 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, Work

The news of the week is the attacks in Paris on Friday night. There isn’t much to say except that it’s a terrible atrocity, and I fear the consequences. It ... Read more

A Close Shave with the Law

09/11/201516/03/2026 Life in France, Music, Socialising, Work

I shall explain the dramatic-sounding title shortly, but first I’ll resume the narrative. I’d like to start with a note about the weather which has been amazing this last week. ... Read more

Our 6 Year Anniversary and Some Sad News

02/11/201509/05/2023 Anniversary Entries, Fooood, Life in France, Socialising

I just reread last year’s anniversary entry, and the title is equally appropriate this year. Will’s grandma passed away on Saturday. Her husband died a few months ago, and she ... Read more

Getting ready for Winter

26/10/201516/03/2026 Birthdays, Fooood, Socialising

Another late entry, sorry about that. OK, to follow straight on from Matt’s post: last weekend was a fairly busy one. First off was the usual Friday Musique en Herbe ... Read more

Minnesota Visit – Redux

15/10/201516/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Music, Our Travels, Socialising

Please excuse the long delay between posts. I was meant to do one the day before my trip, but ran out of time. It’s also my birthday, which would normally ... Read more

Lola is Dead, Long Live….???

28/09/201506/08/2025 Music, Photos, The Garden

Well, as you might imagine, our week has largely been taken up with car-related activities, as I shall get to shortly. The big news is that we have in short ... Read more

R.I.P. Lola

21/09/201513/05/2023 Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

The news of the week is my car accident. It happened on Thursday on my way home from Nontron. I went swimming, then food shopping and was heading home after ... Read more

Playing to a Damp Crowd of Bemused Bikers

14/09/201516/03/2026 Gigs, Music, Socialising, Work

I’ve just remembered that with his last entry, Matt brought us back around to Monday blogging, so I’d best get on with it and relate our news. After a long ... Read more

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