Oooops! One of the latest Airbuses, the A321, performing a test flight from Toulouse to Perpignan, landed on Perpignan’s runway 33 but struck its tail onto the runway surface. The aircraft was unable to continue…
L’Amphytrion, Collioure…..with Danièle In March 2005 we celebrated a birthday with a meal at l’Amphytrion and I still have the bill from that occasion – 2 menus at 15€ each. There is still an excellent menu…
Passenger numbers continue to tumble at Girona airport, after a rather black 2015 which recorded a decline of 18%. Initial figures for 2016, show a drop in January of 4.1% compared to January 2015. The…
Some friends spending time in our house last summer kindly left me some good clues: a brochure of fishing tours and another one about listing fishers that have direct sales here near us, by the coastal towns of Argéles, Collioure etc …
Admin Silence is Golden « Le silence de l’administration vaut accord » In order to lighten the burden of French admin (which has a bit of a reputation for being over the top), a recent…
Bill was anxious to fence the land so that we could have animals. After all, this was one of the main reasons for us moving to France and buying a place with six acres. The vague wave of the arm and words of the previous owner, “it’s over there somewhere” had not really helped to clarify where the boundary actually was. And we were far too scared to ask the neighbours who had been watching our every move through binoculars.
Cheap Train Travel this Summer If you’re going to be travelling by train this summer, now is the time to buy your tickets as SNCF propose thousands of cut price rail tickets for July…
A Piano in the Pyrenees by Tony Hawks Reviewed by Polly Cannie Fans of irreverent quiz shows such as Have I Got News for You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks will recognise Tony Hawks as…
Watch out for a documentary, released last October 2015, dedicated entirely to the Canigou! Entitled «Renaissance», this one hour long documentary produced by perpignanais Olivier Moulaïwill, follows two archaeologists who cross the Pyrénées to try and uncover…
As arranged, the workers from the Mairie turned up in not one but two lorries.
With a great deal of good humour they sorted the rubbish into different recyclable materials, loaded up their vehicles, swept the lawn and bid us goodbye. All that without asking for a penny (more humble pie for hubby).
