You may have seen on the television news yesterday, that a soldier, Tom Jennings, who was with the SBS, and his RAF companion, were blown up in Afganistan three days before Christmas, both were killed.…
Mairi Craw in the Pyrénées Orientales It is now several years since Scottish author Mairi Craw moved to the village of Taurinya in the foothills of Le Canigou, after living in rural Dorset…
The ski resorts of the Pyrenees have postponed the opening of the ski season, due of course, to the absence of snow.
December 16th What can I say about December so far? Fantastic? Warm, dry, sunny, fresh, envigorating…… absolutely delicious? The leaves are only just beginning to fall off the trees around Maureillas, the world still clothed in…
Worldwide Jelly Week is an initiative to raise awareness of the «coworking» concept that is developing across the world. Free events will be taking place in Languedoc-Roussillon (and elsewhere in France!), open to…
with Marion Thornley A question on Facebook recently caught my eye. A yoga teacher was posing the question “Is yoga a religion?” The lady in question continued to say that several of the…
By Ellen Turner Hall Have you noticed how the sun sets each day, painting the sky red and purple before it drops behind the Albères? That moment, as the light sets the earth afire, Thomas…
Saturday 3rd December 2011 “Salon de Thé Britanique” Maureillas In late 2003, Françoise Mansuy, who was then the co-ordinator for the Telethon in Maureillas, asked Barbara Darwent and Lynn and Colin Heafield if…
MUMBLES IN THE MOUNTAINS with Jenny Rhodes 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…
Ryanair to increase flights from Girona? After the shock cancelation of its five year extension agreement at Girona Airport in February 2011, Ryanair appears to have come to the beginnings of an agreement…