Contact details and info here if you know of any of these massive nests needing destroying. Now is the time…and it’s free.
Looking to boost your wellbeing this winter?
Where better to lie on your back and watch the stars?
France is still an attractive destination but relocating now requires significantly more planning.
This is a pasta I serve at lunch often on my wedding anniversary, which is on Valentine’s Day
This route heads along the rocky headland to Paulilles and back through the vines to Port Vendres.
These are in fact caterpillar nests, constructed by the pine processionary caterpillar (chenille processionnaire) larva, who live in large ‘tents’ and march out at night in single file (hence the name) to feed on the pine needles.
French/Catalan humour at its weirdest?
In late January/early February 1939 nearly half a million Spanish civilians and soldiers fled to France. The word Retirada (Spanish for Retreat) was adopted by historians to signify this exodus, which was the biggest single influx of refugees ever known in France.
You may well have heard of Laurie Lee’s famous «Cider with Rosie”, a well known A Level lit study in the 60s and 70s, but did you know that it is one of a semi-autobiographical trilogy?