Marathons in the Pyrénées-Orientales 2011 Sunday 27th February 9H – LE BOULOU “LA COURSE DU PIC ESTELLE ET LA CONVIVIALE” 5.2 and 12km (against the watch) More info: 06 86 48 70 40 Saturday…
Vic’s Big Walk70-year Old Walks Into His Own History Book BUY THE BOOK As his 70th birthday loomed, Vic Heaney wanted to do something special to mark the occasion. Unlike the rest of us,…
Monday 20th November Wet, wet, wet! To say it’s raining would be a bit of an understatement. Whamming, pelting and wazzing it down seems to describe it quite well. Flooding, flowing, gushing, rushing, spilling, spouting,…
My name is Cindy Guilbert. I was born in Guernsey in the Channel Island. My husband Marcel and I moved to France in 2001, to the beautiful Catalan village of St Laurent de Cerdans in…
Friday 2nd & Sunday 4th December 2011 Le Grenat, Théâtre de l’Archipel, Perpignan ‘Rigoletto’ Opera by Giuseppe Verdi’ Compagnie Nationale Opéra Eclaté Based on the play Le roi s’amuse by Victor Hugo,…
Europe’s largest solar power plant in the heart of Perpignan Saint-Charles International in Perpignan, the first European distributor of fruit and vegetables, is now a major producer of green energy. Europe’s largest…
11th October until the 19th November 2011 “VISIONS ÉCOSSSAIS DE COLLIOURE” (Collioure Through Scottish Eyes) Every May for the past seven years, Collioure has sponsored a residency for two Scottish artists. Arranged in association with…
By Ellen Hall Mas Boutet is a place apart, a reminder of a less frenetic epoch when you planted trees and watched them grow. Even the entrance takes on the meaning of “to entrance”. The…
Domaine Lauriga From her infancy in Algeria, Jacqueline Clar’s passion was horticulture. Her much loved Grandfather, a natural gardener and florist, had had a rose named after him, specialised in artichokes and citrus fruits and…
Barcelona is not such a long way from the Pyrenees-Orientales. With the long awaited arrival of the TGV, it is quick and easy to head off for a long weekend or even just a day.…