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Lehaut

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  1. Hurriedly took this photo during our morning walk through a busy part of Nantes this morning (was a popular area with drug dealers but they have cut away the shrubbery they hid in). Mother with her large family scurrying across the path to an adjacent field.
  2. Prime Video, Plex - Free Movies & TV, Sling TV - Live Sports, News, Shows + Freestream, The Roku Channel, DIRECTV, Philo, Fandango at Home or Apple TV on your Roku device. and Canal+ I believe
  3. I always put Portsmouth down as a place to avoid whilst serving in the RN. However our last two years in the UK were living in Southsea/Portsmouth. Our two boys were born in St Mary's hospital. I got to quite like the place which surprised me. In our "fantasy flat hunts" we sometimes look at Gunwharf Quay flats because of the view. (was HMS Vernon when I did my Diving Officer/Warfare training) The place I would really like is the old office of FOSM in HMS Dolphin, directly into the harbour entrance and its varied boating traffic Used to sit in the Admirals chair there and just watch the world go by.
  4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14203572/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Just finished watching a (imo) delightful series set in Bozouls in the south of France. Really enjoyed the interplay between the character and the switching between French and English. Some difficult scenes of the Algerian conflict, but relevant to the story. Worth a try if you can get to see it.
  5. French appreciation of Irish cuisine/products. https://odelices.ouest-france.fr/actualites/12-anecdotes-cuisine-irlandaise-41533/
  6. The previous story on TF1 was of a couple, the husband bought the tickets to surprise his wife and used just his name. The controllers made him buy another ticket for his wife, in her proper name, on the train. No refund was mentioned in that case!
  7. We listen to BBC radio off the internet, either cast to a Chromecast (audio) connected to some powered speakers or, if we are away, an Amazon fire stick connected to a TV (often you can turn the picture off and listen to the sound). Might be a cheaper/interim measure till the satellite is fixed.
  8. I read that the system is 99.6% effective, so yes it will be good to have the proof just in case!
  9. From I April 2024 no need for the little green slip on the windscreen for your car. The scheme has been in place since 2019 which allows visibility of your car insurance in a central data base. Allegedly you can check to see with the FVA if your details are correct. Hopefully an automatic scanning system will now be set up that alerts the authorities to those who drive without insurance. If some towns can scan cars to check they have paid for their parking, it should not be too difficult.
  10. On TF1 today, how SNCF incentivise(?) the controllers on trains. I am in two minds. One how does management know (if they do not allow this) that the controllers just sit in their booth for the journey (they will be paid anyway). Or, does it lead to abusive practises. I am sure we all have horror stories of using the wrong ticket, making genuine mistakes etc https://www.midilibre.fr/2024/03/13/les-controleurs-sncf-touchent-ils-des-primes-et-des-commissions-lorsquils-mettent-des-amendes-aux-voyageurs-11823816.php
  11. Road sign "Nid Poules en Formation" pot holes.
  12. For us its the "Pomme de terre Noirmoutier". Gently boiled in their skins then rolled in butter, a little salt and just eaten. The joy of sinking your teeth into the skin which resists then gives to release the unique potato flavour. We just eat them on their own. A kilo between two seems a lot then suddenly they are all gone!!
  13. There was a very bracing wind, which perhaps explains the lack of people. We were passed by two cyclists on the way back, the only ones we saw. It was very interesting country/seaside to be in. The tide was well out as you can see. That said, the café we stopped at for a coffee at the half way point was packed with people eating lunch. Having looked at the colouration in your post Menthe, I lean towards a young hare too. The bones for the back legs to me also looked very pronounced as well.
  14. No, not for eating! Went for a 40 kms bike ride in the "Marais Breton" yesterday. Lovely sea/marsh landscape teaming with birds and water fowl. Great going one way but the wind had got up for the return. Anyhow, cycling along a track with a ditch on one side full of water, I spotted this little chap just crouched in the windswept grass. I carefully got of the bike and took his/her picture. They were not fazed at all. I have seen many rabbits but never a hare so close up. Google lens says hare, but there may be those better versed in lagomorphs who can clarify.
  15. I found this article in the Guardian quite interesting in that the study was carried out by a French team. The breakfast they describe is the typical one (I think, or a variation on the theme) consumed in most French houses for breakfast!! https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/06/people-who-eat-breakfast-high-in-refined-carbs-rated-less-attractive-study-finds
  16. Artichoke, waste of time cooking and just an excuse to eat butter. Did not think much of Ratatouille till we found the tinned version by Cassegrain. More expensive than some but worth it imo.
  17. "Transformé en France" is another trick wording, it means the product was manufactured and packaged in France. The ingredients can come from anywhere. And without getting into the current debates raging over UPFs, nearly all these things are, indeed UPFs, as are 90% of the special offers in supermarkets.
  18. The volunteers who go out and mark up all the local routes we have done in the Loire Atlantic, the Alps and other places do a great job. The yellow path markers are a great help. During our snow walks in the Chamonix this year we would have been completely lost in the forests if it was not for the local tourist office marking the trees with purple dots. Hope you manage to do your part OK.
  19. As part of the "writing off" of the car, did they also contact ANTS on your behalf and remove the car from your ownership? (cession de véhicule). You don't want the extra headache of having your numberplate cloned and you getting the fines etc.
  20. Have visited Vienna too, found just the architecture of the buildings overwhelming. Although, despite the ancient building etc, my favourite place was the repurposed gasometers on the outskirts of the city. We have just come back from a long weekend in Venice, a city we have never visited. Out of season we missed the crowds and, apart from the deluge on the Friday, had two days of glorious sunshine and warm weather. I was very pleasantly surprised by the cleanliness of all the places we walked - mostly away from the tourist traps.
  21. A predicted catastrophic event which will have devastating consequences for places further south than Scotland. Would be ironic if the climate refugees started a reverse trend in boats across the Channel!
  22. Black catting, good news for those who want to move to Scotland https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-68119951
  23. 3000 degrees will probably melt our flat too😊
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