Nearly There With the New Site

09/02/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Life in France, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

UPDATE: The new site is now live. First off, many thanks to those of you who helped test the new site. We’re just in the process of tidying up the ... Read more

Port 80 Version 7

03/02/201517/03/2026 Fooood, Socialising, Work

Welcome back to Frog Blog. For me, last week should have been major crunch time, with 2 big sites due to go live at the end of the week. Both ... Read more

Winter has arrived

26/01/201516/05/2023 Sausage & the Smoo, Work

First off, a big thanks to Andrew, who sent as a hand-carved plaque reading “Nous Sommes Charlie” in the tricolores. Jean Claude has purchased us a copy of the issue ... Read more

Test de Connaissance du Francais

19/01/201517/03/2026 Life in France, Socialising, Work

Welcome back to the Frog blog. I planned on writing this entry a bit earlier but ended up having quite a busy day so I’m finally getting around to it ... Read more

Je Suis Charlie

12/01/201515/05/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, Work

The big news this week is the tragedy in Paris, where a number of journalists and others were massacred by Islamic extremists. Many here have said it’s their 9/11 and ... Read more

Hitting the Ground Running in 2015

06/01/201517/03/2026 Birthdays, Socialising, Work

First off, Happy New Year to all you faithful Frog Bloggers! Hope you all enjoyed the festive break and are coping OK with the inevitable return to work. Today is ... Read more

A Lovely Xmas in the UK

29/12/201427/02/2024 Fooood, Our Travels, Socialising

First, I’m happy to report that Lee’s mom is out of her coma, and should be off the respirator by now. She’ll stay in hospital for another week or so, ... Read more

‘Twas the Last Entry Before Christmas

22/12/201417/03/2026 Our Travels, Socialising, Work

And ’tis also Jan’s birthday today so happy birthday to her, and happy Hanukah to all the family celebrating it over in the US. Typically for this time of year, ... Read more

New Business and a New Toy

15/12/201417/03/2026 Fooood, Socialising, Work

The big news is that Port 80 Services has just doubled in size, in terms of the number of sites managed. We had a good meeting with Colleen, the previous ... Read more

Coasting along to Christmas

08/12/201417/03/2026 Fooood, Life in France, Socialising, Work

As Matt mentioned in his last post, the weather did indeed turn colder here and it has stayed that way. We’ve still yet to have a frost but it won’t ... Read more