February 2012 AIRPORT NEWS WITH JOHN FAIRCLOUGH Since my last report in the Winter edition of P-O Life on the availability of direct air links between the PO and nearby to…
The Préfet of the P-O has issued an immediate ban on the lighting of fires throughout the region, for a minimum period of fifteen days, effective from March 8th 2012. This period could be extended…
Antigone 34 Broadcast on France 2 on Friday March 23rd at 8:35 p.m. Filmed in and around Montpellier, Antigone 34 is a new, 6 part TV detective series, whose first episode will be broadcast on…
The election nearly always has two rounds because it is very unusual for any candidate to win an absolute majority, of 50 per cent of the vote plus one.
Tongue twister (virelangue) Répetez trois fois……. Freshly fried fresh flat fish 1. Complétez les idioms 1 Practice … 2 And pigs… 3 Boys will…… 4 It is raining… 5 I have a frog… a) in…
The Escapades of Oscar! This tail is NOT a shaggy dog story! And neither is the amazing follow-up exactly a year later, January 2011 (see below)!! 2010 We returned from England one Monday in…
Check your pockets for French franc bank notes TIME UP! The french franc is no more. Introduced 650 years ago in 1360 by King John II, the last note was exchanged into euros…
Cancer Support France – Sud de France Drop In Group at Céret Wednesday 7th March Come and meet Ruth and Nathalie from Elements Beauty Need to relax? Want to find out…
SUNDAY 4TH MARCH Today has turned quite windy, ’tho dry and sunny but yesterday was yet another in a long line of beautiful days in the P-O and my last day of stuffing my face…
The Well by Mike Briley When Peter Bennett is made redundant from his publishing company in the UK he decides he needs a break before starting on a new phase of his career. Influenced…