Most people are perfectly capable of taking themselves off for a walk in the countryside, but have you ever considered what you might be missing? Do you sometimes wish you could find out the origins of a church you’ve passed, or be able to name that familiar wildflower and butterfly? Or more seriously have you ever got lost, got caught out in a thunderstorm or after dark unintentionally? All the more reason to hire a qualified guide, an International Mountain Leader (IML) or ‘Accompagnateur’

  14 March to 31 May 2015   Dani Karavan at Ceret   By Ellen Turner Hall Dani Karavan is best known locally for his brushed steel Walter Benjamin memorial slicing through a cliff above…

Opening the hidden suitcase… Album of Exile by Thérèse Cau Reviewed by Rosemary Bailey In this book, “ Album of Exile,” (published by Cap Bear Editions 2013 – in French) Thérèse Cau, daughter of Spanish…

Opening the hidden suitcase… Album of Exile by Thérèse Cau Reviewed by Rosemary Bailey   In this book, “ Album of Exile,” (published by Cap Bear Editions 2013 – in French) Thérèse Cau, daughter of Spanish…

Named after the capital town of Cuba, La Habana (Havana), these sea shanties were brought back from Cuba by soldiers, sailors and expat in the 19th Century, originally to the coastal towns such as Girona, and tell of lost loves and faraway ancestors.

    Saturday 1st – Sunday 2nd May 2013 ROMERIAFlamenco avec Ana Morales   Chapelle de Juhègues, Torreilles Week-end of all things Spanish with show, giant paëlla géante,  flamenco courses…  On Saturday in the Théâtre…