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Observations of a Newcomer

Laura McLellan 19/11/2019 4 Comments

There is nothing quite like the exuberant feeling of installing oneself somewhere new.

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Puyvalador Set to Reopen

Laura McLellan 12/11/2019 0 Comments

The family-friendly ski station of Puyvalador, forced to close due to financial difficulties, is set to spring back on to the ski scene for winter 2019.

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Barricades at Spanish border of A9 motorway

Kate 12/11/2019 0 Comments

Catalan independence protest group the Democratic Tsunami, unknown new kid on the block, is blocking the A9 motorway and have set up improvised barricades using parked cars just after the border at La Jonquera, on both sides of the road.

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AIRPORT NEWS: NOVEMBER 2019 – MARCH 2020

Kate 11/11/2019 1 Comment

Airport News. List of flights between the UK and Ireland to Perpignan, Beziers, Carcassonne, Nimes, Toulouse, Montpellier in Occitania, and South Catalonia – Girona and Barcelona’s El Prat Airport.

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Local News – Weekly Round up

Kate 04/11/2019 0 Comments

A weekly update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales

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British Giving Blood in France

Kate 29/10/2019 0 Comments

if you lived in the UK during the 1980’s, you are forbidden from giving blood due to the risk of transmission of CJD.

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Local News – Weekly Round up

Kate 21/10/2019 0 Comments

A weekly update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales

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Red, red wine & chicken dinner winner : Tried and Tasted 9

Laura McLellan 20/10/2019 0 Comments

Tony Goodman continues his tour of regional wine producers, chatting to the vignerons and recommending wines that have inspired him.

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A Breath of Fresh Air for Cap Bear

Laura McLellan 20/10/2019 0 Comments

Breathing a breath of fresh air into Cap Bear, the government wants to open the classified historcial site to the public wihtin 4 to 5 years

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2019 FLU SEASON IN FRANCE

Kate 18/10/2019 0 Comments

The vaccination campaign against seasonal flu in France has now been launched.

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