Long time readers might remember that just before leaving Scotland, I wrote a list of things I would miss about Edinburgh (followed by a rather bitchy post about what I…

Earlier this year I tried out the 5:2 diet for around  a month, and although it took me a while to find my feet, by week three I felt like…

I remember reading somewhere that you shouldn’t review a restaurant unless you’ve visited it at least three times. When I lived in Edinburgh this was pretty much impossible. For starters,…

The Société de la Chasse are basically a bunch of local men who grab their shotguns two to three days a week and wander into the woods to shoot at…

The last time I posted about Bossost, we talked about pintxos: the basque version of tapas which involves picking what you want from a line up on the bar and…

The English take booze cruises to France to get their hands on cheaper bevvy and fags. It’s might surprise you to hear that the French do the same thing, taking…

AKA  ”Things I want to do but haven’t got round to doing yet” I know some bloggers are totally against bucket lists because “sheesh, just get out there and do…

When we first moved out to France and started working for ourselves properly, we went a bit mad. We decided to fly in the face of convention: why not take…

Caussade Riviere: a quaint village slap bang in the middle of the French countryside. Idyllic. Peaceful. And not an ounce of bloody broadband to be found. Thankfully, there’s a saviour….

When Euan was out here at New Year he told me about the 5:2 diet. Euan’s the sort of person who loves fad diets (he once lost a few stone…