If you want to find out more about the history and heritage of Argelès, pop into the tourist office, capitainerie, Casa de l’Albera, parc de Valmy and grab yourself a Pass découvertes. It’s free, and…

Those of us who are physically impaired or disabled may well have noticed lately that there are new signs to remind the fit people that these special spaces are reserved parking spaces for the disabled.
The irony is clear. If you take that place, take my disability

Unfortunately this was beyond poor hubby’s capabilities. Time after time he held on for too long, was propelled across a no-entry area, where he flew through the electric cable supplying power to the lift. Each time this happened a whole line of people toppled into the snow, and the lift monitor had to rush up and plug the thing in again.

The Vice President of the new region has suggested that, rather than object that the suggestions for the new name don’t include the idea of “catalan-ness”, the elected representatives should change the name of the department from the Pyrénées-Orientales which doesn’t mean anything particularly pertinent!