France 2007

Read More Ballymaloe

Posted on Sun, 21/10/2007

Have just come back over to the house with a much needed glass of wine in hand, after an especially hard hitting Saturday night. Hard in the sense that the kitchen got slammed - both from the sheer volumn of orders that came...>>>

Read More Thoughts and impressions...

Posted on Sat, 20/10/2007

We have a small private lunch on at the restaurant today, and I've been over there long enough to get everything set up and underway, and have now retreated to the house and my desk, which has pretty much being my modus operandum...>>>

Read More Home again.

Posted on Mon, 15/10/2007

Well we're back in New Zealand, and even though the wind is blowing and the skies look grey, its still kind of nice to be home..... We've had an amazing few weeks, and I wouldn't really know where to start to explain it...>>>

Read More First Impressions

Posted on Thu, 20/09/2007

Its early Friday morning and I've been woken by the crowing of a rooster and cooing of doves - as you are in rural France! Our bedroom window is right next door to the church and I'm expecting the bell to chime at 7am, a...>>>

Read More Pre-trip jitters!

Posted on Sat, 08/09/2007

Have just got home from having lunch out with our daughters, and Rick and I are about to head out to watch the movie 'Ratatouille", that I've read rave reviews about. Appropriate way to spend a grey, blustery Sunday afternoon...>>>