Collioure loses ‘Doc Martin’ Collioure has lost out to Doëlan in Brittany to become the film location for the broadcasting of popular British television comedy drama ‘Doc Martin’ on TF1 next year. Filmed originally in…
Tir des Aspres: The shooting club with a view. By Jane Mann “Have you ever been shooting?” I was asked. “No, not keen on killing” I replied. “No killing, clay pigeons, very…
We did not intend to buy Angora goats, it just happened. We were visiting a farm in the Dordogne in order to buy a couple of llamas for our land on the outskirts of Ceret.…
Monday 28th December Well that’s Christmas over for another year and I don’t think they put Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on once, which must go down as a first. I have had a houseful of…
Customs allowances from Spain and Le Perthus [(The following allowances are PER CAR, not per person.)] – Cigarettes – 5 cartons (1000 cigarettes) or 20 cartons if you declare them at the customs offices (on…
The documentary described below, now finished, will be screened on Thursday 17th December on Catalan channel TV3 at 23h05 [(Argelès concentration camp)] A moving documentary of the ‘concentration camp’ hastily set up on the beaches…
3 €90,107,555 : With you, anything is possible ! Thank you ! 3 With the donation pledge counter amounting to more than €90 million, the 23rd Téléthon managed to rally generosity and solidarity, and take…
Sunday 1st February It’s raining! It rained yesterday too! It’s not quite depressing but nearly so, because it’s rare that we get more that a day or two on the trot without ‘le soleil’ showing…
Wednesday 14th January Happy New Year!! Better late than never! I just don’t seem to have got round to writing up my diary this year. It is still my great passion, alongside P-O Life but…
(2009 prices – to be reviewed!) Drive up the D915 towards Arles sur Tech, and turn left on the D3 towards St Laurent de Cerdans. Branch off right after St Laurent on the road to…