The documentary described below, now finished, will be screened on Thursday 17th December on Catalan channel TV3 at 23h05 [(Argelès concentration camp)] A moving documentary of the ‘concentration camp’ hastily set up on the beaches…
(2009 prices – to be reviewed!) Drive up the D915 towards Arles sur Tech, and turn left on the D3 towards St Laurent de Cerdans. Branch off right after St Laurent on the road to…
Playing around in Languedoc Roussillonby George Buchan courtesy of John Frazer-Robinson As a generalisation, the courses I tried in May 2005 were in excellent condition, particularly the greens which were almost always true and…
Pont Gisclard gets a paint job Every fifty years the Pont Gisclard gets a paint job. A hundred years have slipped by since the famous Little Yellow Train began carrying freight and passengers…
September Fete de Mailly – Port Vendres In commemoration of the placing of the first stone of the Obélisque in Port Vendres, on the orders of the Maréchal de France, comte de Mailly,…
The correfoc, Catalan festival tradition of fireworks and bangers, may well be about to fizzle out after an enquiry into injuries caused by the fireworks at the Millas féria appears to be leaning towards legal…
Walter Benjamin Inaugural Walk 24th June 2007 By 9 am a mighty crowd including me and Phil and our good friend Ellen Hall, had gathered in front of the town hall of Banyuls sur…
World Laser Masters Championship, Roses. Paul Francis reports Last week I found myself ’over the border’ in Roses, Catalunya, in the middle of The World Masters Laser Championship. At first it sounded rather…
Did you know that over a hundred years ago, Sorède was a pioneer village where solar energy was concerned?
Fete de Mailly – Port Vendres September In commemoration of the placing of the first stone of the Obélisque in Port Vendres, on the orders of the Maréchal de France, comte de Mailly, the Fete…