As Christmas approached the previous owner of our mas and his two daughters prepared to move out of The Other End. We were highly excited to see (for only the second time) the rest of the house that we had purchased. And not more than a little curious to see how they had been living all these months.
Two Women of the North – an Arctic Adventure ….a photographic exhibition in Ceret by Jane Henriques Feb 6th – March 3rd 2016. Mediatheque, Ceret Join Jan at the vernissage for her exhibition, is shared with two other…
So Véret Céret… Opened in 1927 as a ‘cooperative’ by local workers, Le France is very much an institution in Céret. Many of us have whiled away a pleasant hour beneath the shady platanes of…
I met Shaun at my yoga class in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. A teacher of literacy at the local college, he had dreams of becoming a circus entertainer.
Several fraught phone calls later it seemed that our furniture was making slow progress through France in our direction. On the appointed day we received a phone call to say it was on its way up our hill. We ran outside to be confronted by two grumpy blokes sitting in a tiny van on the drive outside the house.
Join Marian Thornley every week as she shares the ups and downs of her move to, and life in Céret Settling in France We woke up for the first time in our new home, realised…
by Marian Thornley How not to move to France Our cycling/house-buying adventure was taking place only a few weeks before the first of various financial crashes hit the world. Luckily for us, we managed to…
So it was that a couple of days later we cycled into Ceret town centre and collapsed onto a bench outside the Mairie in the shade of the huge London plane trees.
In 1911, Picasso and Braques arrived in Céret and began experimenting with Cubism, a painting style that was to revolutionise art.
Villa Fleurie is a 3 bedroom property with it’s own large heated pool, set in the heart of breath taking scenery. Its location offers the peace and beauty of the country combined with the convenience…