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Cannes again
Well, despite fears of terrorist attacks the Cannes film Festival this year passed off largely without incident other than the usual tantrums, bitchiness and pretension that is the hallmark of the film world. It seems that the problem with the … Continue reading
Family visit
When we moved to France, a number of people said, “Aren’t you going to miss your family?” This rather conveniently overlooked the fact that based in Swansea we were already a good many hours away from even the nearest of … Continue reading
AGMs and a family visit
The weekend after Easter we attended two AGMs. The first took place at Courmettes, and was the Assemblée Générale for A Rocha France. Some board members and a few others were unavoidably absent, but it was good to see so … Continue reading
Bits and pieces
First of all, thanks to all of you who expressed concern about the storm. In fact it turns out to have been far from a normal winter storm but actually a really rather severe (and hopefully abnormal) one. Although we’ve … Continue reading
Sheep back up; Internet still down
Well we are back at Les Courmettes after a very pleasant week in the UK. It’s an odd feeling to leave the UK mid-morning and be back in Nice, and what is now home, in time for a late lunch. … Continue reading
Keeping busy
Anybody who thinks we are on some sort of permanent holiday here might be surprised just how busy we are here. Is it a good or bad thing when you have so much on that you don’t really have time … Continue reading