Where are the French PH Massive?
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Caractacus said:
Well, I've just returned from ten days on the Cote d'Azur...
Wow.
I'm not too sure if I need bother look anywhere else in France, lol.
I just need some additional zeros in my bank balance if I want to live within 25 minutes of the coast, so I will be looking a bit further inland where I can also enjoy snow in the winter months.
Getting back to Wales and sub 15Degree temps was a very rude shock this afternoon!
Just done the same, 2 weeks in Sainte Maxime, back last saturday and nowt but rain since!Wow.
I'm not too sure if I need bother look anywhere else in France, lol.
I just need some additional zeros in my bank balance if I want to live within 25 minutes of the coast, so I will be looking a bit further inland where I can also enjoy snow in the winter months.
Getting back to Wales and sub 15Degree temps was a very rude shock this afternoon!
We are also thinking of the move down there and have found the coast to be too pricey. North of the A8 autoroute seems more favourable. More land for your money and 1/2 hour to the sea or 1/2 hour to the ski runs!
We are looking around Draguinan, just north of St Max with good links in all directions.
Hi all, just moved to Monaco, although sadly have no wheels down here yet, parking is a nightmare, even though 'bout buying a scooter, that makes me feel queazy even saying it as don,t have 3/4 length trouser and certainly not one for mincing, there's a Griff near where I live which makes me smile most days, perhaps something British is required during my stay here!!
I'm another long-time Pistonheader with a low post count living in France - Dept 31, Haute Garonne between Lannemezan and St Gaudens. I look out onto the Pyrénées which have just had their first major snow dump of the year and Spain is about an hour away - nice.
Some good advice in the thread about making and effort with the locals - they appreciate it if you try. I've been retired out here for 7 years and still love it (mostly) - nowhere is perfect but the positives far outweigh the negatives. Good as it is, I still miss some things in the UK and expect that we'll eventually end up back in Blighty.
Some good advice in the thread about making and effort with the locals - they appreciate it if you try. I've been retired out here for 7 years and still love it (mostly) - nowhere is perfect but the positives far outweigh the negatives. Good as it is, I still miss some things in the UK and expect that we'll eventually end up back in Blighty.
It's just that I always fancy a change after a few years - like a 10 year itch. When we moved here it was never intended to be forever and I view this French experience as something that we wanted to do, glad we are doing it but reckon that when we move on it'll be back to the UK. We've got grown up kids in the UK and Australia and think the next move will be to something smaller that we can lock up for a while so we can spend a bit more time down under. Got a bit of land here and it takes some looking after.
Oh, and I still miss a good British pub
Oh, and I still miss a good British pub
Paul 2000 said:
I look out onto the Pyrénées which have just had their first major snow dump of the year
thinking oh heading down that way for some Crimbo snow, show our puppy snow for the first time, is it worth it? or was the fall a little small?any good websites to check on snow fall?
Pvapour said:
thinking oh heading down that way for some Crimbo snow, show our puppy snow for the first time, is it worth it? or was the fall a little small?
any good websites to check on snow fall?
We normally manage to ski on Christmas Eve and pretty much have the slopes to ourselves. A day pass is around €28-€30 and we rarely ever have to queue to get on a chairlift. The resorts are not pretty like some of the Alpine ones but access and skiing is great. We mostly go to Peyregaudes, Piau Englaly and La Mongie (Grand Tourmalet). St Lary de Soulan and Super Bagneres (Bagneres de Luchon) are good as well.any good websites to check on snow fall?
Here are a couple of links:
http://www.n-py.com/en/hiver/accueil-hiver.html
http://hubdata-info.com/ICNJWEP37/B79110E0DC13486C...
Unfortunately we can't make it this year as we'll be in Oz eating shrimps for Christmas lunch
iiyama said:
There arn't that many good pubs left around here that's for sure. While on the subject of pubs though I think the main thing I would miss is a good ale. Really am not that keen on the lager/bier that they serve there.
I regard myself as a wine drinker, but sometimes in summer you really need a pint of real ale, lagers just do not work for me. So one of the first things that I really enjoy when I return to the UK is my first pint.That said, I am already looking forward to returning to France for Christmas - food in England is way down on French quality.
Paul 2000 said:
Pvapour said:
thinking oh heading down that way for some Crimbo snow, show our puppy snow for the first time, is it worth it? or was the fall a little small?
any good websites to check on snow fall?
We normally manage to ski on Christmas Eve and pretty much have the slopes to ourselves. A day pass is around €28-€30 and we rarely ever have to queue to get on a chairlift. The resorts are not pretty like some of the Alpine ones but access and skiing is great. We mostly go to Peyregaudes, Piau Englaly and La Mongie (Grand Tourmalet). St Lary de Soulan and Super Bagneres (Bagneres de Luchon) are good as well.any good websites to check on snow fall?
Here are a couple of links:
http://www.n-py.com/en/hiver/accueil-hiver.html
http://hubdata-info.com/ICNJWEP37/B79110E0DC13486C...
Unfortunately we can't make it this year as we'll be in Oz eating shrimps for Christmas lunch
we're not into the chamonix style places atbh, we dont ski but love quiet walks, sledging and breaking out the snow shoes
will check the links out, thanks
Fugster said:
Hi all, just moved to Monaco, although sadly have no wheels down here yet, parking is a nightmare, even though 'bout buying a scooter, that makes me feel queazy even saying it as don,t have 3/4 length trouser and certainly not one for mincing, there's a Griff near where I live which makes me smile most days, perhaps something British is required during my stay here!!
There's a British garage in Nice (Opio) if your tempted to see the best of sportscars, usually Tivs and classics there !Ooooh I hadn't read this one :-)
I'm down in Albi, next to Toulouse area.
My parents moved to Rochefort (17) in 1994, and now have a large farmhouse kind of thing between Saintes and St Jean d'Angély.
I'm working as sales manager, selling performance bits and bob for Honda/Mitsu/Lotus K20s, and building track cars or stupidly overpowered road cars. As someone said earlier, here you work for peanuts, but unfortunately, life isn't as cheap as it was, so not as simple as before survival wise. My parents are now selling up to move back to the UK... They even find it cheaper to to do mass shopping in the UK (Heinz baked bean....god I'd kill for'em), than to do normal food shopping in France. Yes, including the petrol to drive all the way...
Except for all of that, France is great, love the roads, the tunnels, a part of the population (down south they can be a bit...well...unsociable...), food is great (as iiyama said, the difference taste wise between French and English tomatoes is amazing), sunday morning markets, loads of stuff !
I'm down in Albi, next to Toulouse area.
My parents moved to Rochefort (17) in 1994, and now have a large farmhouse kind of thing between Saintes and St Jean d'Angély.
I'm working as sales manager, selling performance bits and bob for Honda/Mitsu/Lotus K20s, and building track cars or stupidly overpowered road cars. As someone said earlier, here you work for peanuts, but unfortunately, life isn't as cheap as it was, so not as simple as before survival wise. My parents are now selling up to move back to the UK... They even find it cheaper to to do mass shopping in the UK (Heinz baked bean....god I'd kill for'em), than to do normal food shopping in France. Yes, including the petrol to drive all the way...
Except for all of that, France is great, love the roads, the tunnels, a part of the population (down south they can be a bit...well...unsociable...), food is great (as iiyama said, the difference taste wise between French and English tomatoes is amazing), sunday morning markets, loads of stuff !
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