Ok, this has the potential to be a monster blog entry, so I shall get stuck right in. We had our planned fish & chips evening at St Front on ... Read more
Mom arrived the day after I did and I picked her up in Angouleme in the afternoon. Will had been shopping and got things to make our standard turkey escalope ... Read more
I had a really nice time in MN despite the reason for the trip. Will took me to Angouleme on Sunday and I got the train to Paris. Lewis and ... Read more
Here’s what I’ve been up to in Matt’s absence. Carol called in to say hi on Sunday evening, bringing her eldest grandson, Finn with her. They stayed to chat for ... Read more
I am sorry to have to report that Matt’s gran, Marj Shark, died last week. She’d been having stomach issues and it turned out the problem would have required surgery ... Read more
In fact, it is a heat wave, I just wanted to use the song lyric. It’s been 35C or thereabouts every day for the past week. It’s finally going to ... Read more
In today’s news, it’s very quiet out here at the moment! And after a sustained busy spell for the both of us at work, it is very welcome too. I ... Read more
We continue to have a very active social life, which is typical in the summer. On Wed, we went with Marie and Christian to a free concert in Perigueux. We ... Read more
To pick up the story right where Matt left off, our train left Manchester at a little after two in the afternoon. The journey to Milton Keynes is swift, and ... Read more
We had a major storm last Wed around 6pm, with gusts up to 120k/h and loads of rain. We’ve had a number of warnings for similar storms this year, but ... Read more
