Ahem, We had Alli’s parents, Laurie and Kay, to stay with us for a few days. The visit again amply demonstrated Laurie’s talents in the DIY arena. […]

Ahem This is the month that we all thought that winter would drift in, as there are rumours of snow on the lower reaches of the Jura, […]

Ahem With all this mist and mellow fruitfulness around, thoughts are turning to winter and even onward to Christmas although last month the weather continued to […]

Ahem Our annual holiday in La Hune, Mansonville was as eventful as ever, full of incident and occasion, with a grand total of 27 different people […]

Ahem, Alli and Ella have done much of the family´s travelling recently (as well as going to see Meat Loaf in Basel), and, together with […]

Ahem The highlight of the month has definitely been the Farewell Party for the Departing Swedes. Alli had become a very close friend to two […]

Ahem The merry month started with hot weather but finished with abrupt downpours and a clammy-cold Whitsun holiday while our social life moved to a higher plane as […]

Ahem Sunny April has confirmed our suspicions that in Basel winter was not just late. It hardly started. It barely, merely and only half heartedly threatened, then […]

Ahem It has been a big month for travelling, featuring a major Stanbrook family holiday to New York and a trip with Alli to Rome, […]

Ahem I’m sure you all know the feeling. For several weeks I had been wondering where I had put the concert tickets. I could not […]