Tuesday 4th January Happy New Year! And dare I add that I’m so glad it’s all over? At the risk of sounding like Madame Bahumbug, I have to admit that it hasn’t been the most…
The Snow Shoe Shuffle Jane Mann tries the Snow Shoe Shuffle and discovers that the “if you can walk you can snow shoe” quote bandied about by the snow-shoe-walking-fraternity is absolutely true. One…
Thursday December 2nd Strange kind of weather to herald in December. It was actually quite warm yesterday, but with low cloud so it felt as if it was drizzling some of the time. Quite decent…
[(I met Jenny Rhodes for the first time in 2008, in their deliciously cosy cottage in the heart of Les Angles, just a five minute walk from the ski slopes. Rosy, fun and delightfully chatty,…
Ryanair Agrees 5 Year Extension of its Barcelona Girona Base (taken from Ryanair website ) LAUNCHES SUMMER 2011 SCHEDULE 63 ROUTES, 8 NEW ROUTES TO COCHSTEDT, KARLSTAD, KRISTIANSTAD, PLOVDIV, RZESZOW, SZCZECIN, SKELLEFTEA &…
Parting Potpourri Basil Howitt welcomes the inauguration, at last, of the trans-frontier TGV link between Perpignan and Figueres. He also ties up a few loose ends left dangling from one or two of his earlier…
Feeling the pinch this Christmas? Or are you just plain skint? Basil Howitt was dismayed by the ever-increasing need for charitable handouts in Perpignan and at Christmas. Nevertheless, the spirit of Christmas survives gloriously…
Bringing cigarettes into France from Spain Customs booths on the A9 motorway have been dismantled, and the physical border between France and Spain has been pulled down. However, beware! Despite the Schengen agreement of 1995,…
Thursday December 2nd Strange kind of weather to herald in December. It was actually quite warm yesterday, but with low cloud so it felt as if it was drizzling some of the time. Quite decent…
Taking a cure in France is a bone fida medical treatment. The French truly believe in the healing properties of their thermal waters and three week treatments are prescribed on the health system. This hilarious diary of a curiste explains exactly what is involved.