Category Archives: Diary

After a day of falling off motorbikes or hijacking post office vans, to hear the words from the second director “it’s a wrap” was music – off to the pub to spend as much as I had earned to get … Continue reading →

Today was a day of plaster and paint – I find it hard to work on Internet sites or blogs if I am thinking about mixtures of jointing materials and grouting – so hence a short and aimless (nothing new) … Continue reading →

Make a little list – and nothing will be missed. I am resisting the temptation to make lists of the things I have to do and then prioritise them – my fear is the list will be endless and ever-growing … Continue reading →

Again I always wanted to start with that line – it was snowing last night, which for march in the South of France sort of counts as dark and stormy I guess. My thoughts of writing an anonymous blog here … Continue reading →

Yes – I always wanted to start a narrative with – yes – but a stream of consciousness this not not planned to be, nor is it a – confession – neither a – ‘Tis – or simply a – … Continue reading →

I just found this page French Swear Words online – the guide to pronunciation is not very accurate, but this may take into account a regional dialect – the comments correct most of the simple errors – but it is … Continue reading →

I remember a 1950s TV show by the “Goons” called “Son of Fred”, I think there was one also called “Fred” – it was the early days of advertising in the UK so the piss was taken out of goons … Continue reading →

I discovered that that the Via Domitia starts at Pertuis , and will always definitely finish at eight o’clock – with a French lecturer.

Carole and I are back into the maze of French paperwork to get our gites and chambre d’hotes registered as a business – a new system, Auto Entrepeneur, now exists and we found an excellent site run by a charming … Continue reading →