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Posting Photos on the forum

Last post by Hotrodder « Fri May 12, 2023 9:34 am
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by Char » Sat Aug 07, 2021 2:28 pm » in Welcome and Forum User Guides.
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There are two ways you can add a photo to your posts.

To upload a photo via the attachments option you simply click on the attachments tab with you...
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Tucked up again

Last post by elsie « Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:42 pm
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by hughnique » Wed Oct 09, 2024 1:48 pm
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Notaires yesterday afternoon to sort out a rewrite of our will following the death of one of the main beneficiaries, I thought it could be dealt with...
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Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:42 pm
Northern Lights

Last post by Blaze « Fri Oct 11, 2024 10:54 am
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by exile » Sat May 11, 2024 1:28 am
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A strong anomaly has been reported meaning that the Northern Lights should be visible over much of Northern Europe.

Tonight doing my rounds, I noted...
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Fri Oct 11, 2024 10:54 am
ETIAS or a Schengen Visa from 2024

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by demi » Mon Sep 04, 2023 2:59 pm
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I have a British passport. I have a visa to enable me to stay in France, which will convert to a carte du sejour when I have been here 5 years.

If I...
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Last post by elsie
Fri Oct 11, 2024 10:51 am
Up, up and away

Last post by Veem « Thu Oct 10, 2024 10:42 am
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by Veem » Wed Oct 09, 2024 4:01 pm

We went to France like this in 1954! My first time on a plane. Then my father drove our old Austin A12 across the Alps via the Simplon Pass to...

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Last post by Veem
Thu Oct 10, 2024 10:42 am
Weather ... again

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by Blaze » Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:28 am
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Most of the time our area in the north of Brittany seems to be sheltered from the terrible weather that we hear about elsewhere.
But today, we are...
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Last post by Bayleaf
Wed Oct 09, 2024 10:31 am
Isn't it a relief when the music stops!

Last post by Hotrodder « Thu Oct 03, 2024 4:21 pm
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by Hotrodder » Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:34 am
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It's 11:10 am on Sunday morning and the music (?) has finally stopped. Since late afternoon yesterday it has been banging away relentlessly in the...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Thu Oct 03, 2024 4:21 pm
We have a PM!

Last post by niemeyjt « Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:06 pm
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by MAD87 » Thu Sep 05, 2024 2:12 pm
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Enfin. Michel Barnier, the oldest PM, will now succeed Attal, the youngest.
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Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:06 pm
For the amateur astronomer or insomniac

Last post by exile « Tue Sep 17, 2024 2:30 pm

by exile » Tue Sep 17, 2024 2:30 pm

Partial lunar eclipse tonight.
Peak viewing at around 04:40hrs CET.

Mind you, we currently have 100% cloud cover.

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Last post by exile
Tue Sep 17, 2024 2:30 pm
Delays in medical appointments

Last post by Wilbro « Fri Sep 13, 2024 8:06 am
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by Blaze » Wed Sep 04, 2024 4:44 pm
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I'm quite used to booking the gynaecologist a year in advance and a mammogram 6 months ahead. Dermatologists and ophthalmologists are well-known to...
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Last post by Wilbro
Fri Sep 13, 2024 8:06 am
Gite rental sites

Last post by Lori « Thu Sep 05, 2024 6:12 pm
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by hughnique » Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:05 pm

We last let our gite in 2018, various circumstances dictated that we could not continue with it, then of course the dreaded Covid. Now we have...

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Last post by Lori
Thu Sep 05, 2024 6:12 pm
French TV again

Last post by Bayleaf « Tue Sep 03, 2024 11:37 am
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by Blaze » Tue Sep 03, 2024 10:28 am

We only have French TV which we don't watch very often, but I enjoy some of the series, films and documentaries, particularly on Arte. I can't stand...

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Last post by Bayleaf
Tue Sep 03, 2024 11:37 am
Drones

Last post by Char « Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:13 am
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by Blaze » Wed Aug 21, 2024 12:18 pm
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There have been a fair amount of thefts recently in our region, particularly boats, outboards, garden machinery ...
This morning I heard the buzz of...
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Last post by Char
Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:13 am
Fijeac - Lot

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by glazedallover » Fri Jul 26, 2024 11:25 pm
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I am heading down that way in a couple of weeks to meet up with my sister-in-law and nieces....does anyone know much about the area ?

Many thanks
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Last post by glazedallover
Thu Aug 15, 2024 3:23 pm
Is it me?

Last post by Sparkle « Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:22 am
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by manonthemoon2 » Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:27 pm

For the last 3 days I've tried to log into 3 French sites but no luck.

Impots, Meteo France and EDF.

Are all the computers en Vacance

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Last post by Sparkle
Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:22 am
Empty countryside

Last post by Blaze « Tue Aug 13, 2024 8:19 pm
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by RobertArthur » Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:39 pm

The French countryside has never been so empty of people as it is now. La campagne se vide , already from the early industrial revolution, the growth...

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Last post by Blaze
Tue Aug 13, 2024 8:19 pm
Bringing Food from France

Last post by Lori « Fri Aug 09, 2024 8:43 pm
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by niemeyjt » Fri Aug 09, 2024 6:43 am

The DT has published an item on items to bring back to UK - (below for those behind the paywall)

So, if you had to rely on only occasional visits to...

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Last post by Lori
Fri Aug 09, 2024 8:43 pm
Scam savings accounts

Last post by A.N.Other « Thu Aug 08, 2024 7:00 pm
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by MAD87 » Thu Aug 08, 2024 9:25 am

I've seen references over the last few weeks to a Livret européen , offering 7.8% p.a. Last night I had a call from a woman claiming my OH had...

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Thu Aug 08, 2024 7:00 pm
SNCF under attack

Last post by Niftyons « Mon Aug 05, 2024 9:49 am
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by niemeyjt » Fri Jul 26, 2024 9:21 am
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France’s train network sabotaged in ‘massive arson attack’ hours ahead of Olympics opening ceremony

France’s high-speed rail network has been hit...
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Last post by Niftyons
Mon Aug 05, 2024 9:49 am
Half a million for a dinner . . .

Last post by Hotrodder « Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:24 am
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by niemeyjt » Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:13 pm

Half a million for a dinner . . . how the other half live.

Macron’s €500k lobster banquet for King Charles blew hole in Elyseé‘s finances, account...

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Last post by Hotrodder
Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:24 am
JO Opening Ceremony

Last post by glazedallover « Mon Jul 29, 2024 7:03 pm
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by niemeyjt » Fri Jul 26, 2024 10:01 pm
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Reading a biased UK Press the opening of the JO is the worst ever.

So for those who have actually watched it - what do you think?
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Last post by glazedallover
Mon Jul 29, 2024 7:03 pm
Large-scale landslide en Isère

Last post by exile « Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:35 pm
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by Bayleaf » Fri Jul 26, 2024 3:20 pm

Yikes! That'll take some clearing up. I don't think there are reports of injuries? :shock:

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Last post by exile
Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:35 pm
French logic

Last post by elsie « Fri Jul 26, 2024 5:57 pm
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by ajm » Fri Jul 26, 2024 10:16 am

I am in the process of resetting my Certicode Plus with La Banque Postale.. They have sent me 2 emails (I assume about it) that I can read in my...

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Last post by elsie
Fri Jul 26, 2024 5:57 pm
Ring Doorbells

Last post by Hotrodder « Mon Jul 22, 2024 7:10 pm
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by niemeyjt » Sun Jul 21, 2024 4:07 pm
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Ring doorbells - the ones with cameras - facing the street.

Are they legal in France?

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Last post by Hotrodder
Mon Jul 22, 2024 7:10 pm
Nuisance calls .... still getting them

Last post by DaveW « Thu Jul 18, 2024 6:08 pm
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by Blaze » Tue Jul 16, 2024 10:45 am

The latest one is an 0359 .... number that then flashes up Jean François .
First of all, we don't know anyone with a number that starts 03 and the...

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Last post by DaveW
Thu Jul 18, 2024 6:08 pm
Here we go . . .

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by niemeyjt » Thu Jul 18, 2024 12:45 pm

The old French Union tactic of announcing strikes at short notice to allow minimum time for negotiations - this time targeting the Olympics....

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Thu Jul 18, 2024 12:45 pm

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