Evaporation or a leaky pool? It can come as quite a surprise just how much water is lost from a swimming pool via evaporation, due to heat, humidity and wind.
Henri Matisse arrived in Collioure in May 1905 at the age of 36, depressed, full of self doubts and very short of money. André Derain soon followed.
Nature quiz
A royal palace in Perpignan and a castle above the sea at Collioure
How about a day out in an iconic Citroën 2CV?
Did you know that most of us probably haven’t been eating ‘real’ pukka paella on our Spanish sorties?
What’s that bird? Pointers to help sort buzzards from the harriers and eagles that breed in the P-O.
It’s a balmy evening. The barbecue is lit, wine poured. Glass in one hand, fly swat in the other, you’re coated in Deet, surrounded by citronella candles; eyes peeled and ears pricked for attackers. The garden’s bad enough, but what about tomorrrow’s walk in the country? How to tell friend from foe, underfoot and in the air?
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
A Hidden Corner of the P-O