https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/musiciansretreat/ Recent content in Musiciansretreat on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:13:07 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2022-11-03-our-host-jean-was-a/ Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:13:07 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2022-11-03-our-host-jean-was-a/ <div class="swiper carousel-container"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="17945559518464665.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="18230467843194378.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="18217841137161771.jpg" alt=""> </div> </div> <div class="swiper-button-next"></div> <div class="swiper-button-prev"></div> <div class="swiper-pagination"></div> </div> <p>Our host, Jean, was a character out of a story-book from the 1950s. A Belgian who took to the sea at fourteen to work as a ship&rsquo;s cook and saw many things - including over-eager young Poles cutting their fingers off and the preparation of seagull in secret to offset a meat shortage. He was a restauranteur for a spell and then a cooking teacher. He just so happened to teach me how to make an easy chicken stock.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2022-11-03-the-lads-from-our-working-on-songs/ Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:06:15 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2022-11-03-the-lads-from-our-working-on-songs/ <p>The lads from our working-on-songs weekend a month or so ago. <a href="https://instagram.com/kanesnaps">@kanesnaps</a>, <a href="https://instagram.com/jason66c">@jason66c</a>, and <a href="https://instagram.com/sad_ivan">@sad_ivan</a>. It was a strange location.</p>