with Simon Bridges In the latest of his reports on local golf courses, Simon Bridges visited Castello Pitch & Putt near Figueras.   Castello Pitch and Putt golf course is tucked away a corner of…

With Jan West Need to get your body moving? Zumba too zany?  Yoga too yawn-y? Pilates? Perfect! If you’re in the Vinca/Prades area there are 8 classes a week taught by the flexible and friendly…

For those of us fortunate enough to live in this wonderful part of the world, the opportunities for fair weather golf are almost limitless. I mainly concern myself with courses within a fifty kilometre radius south of Perpignan because there really isn’t any need to look further.

Sam Laidlow ETU (EUROPEAN TRIATHLON UNION) Triathlon Junior European Cup  Despite a tricky winter’s training programme, hindered in no small way by some ankle ligament damage, and juggling studying for his Bac S (French A-levels), on Sunday…

LET’S GET PHYSICAL! Hands up if the thought of exercise brings you out in a rash, and the most calories you have burnt recently came from lifting that ice cold bottle of beer to parched…

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’

Martin Fourcade, a 26 year-old, tall (184 cm) non-commissioned officer of the mountain infantry brigade at Chamonix, emerged from the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games as the new star of biathlon, with three medals, two gold and one silver.

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 …

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