James Parman

Just had a look and found some info here http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-help/about-cancer/cancer-questions/yew-clippings-to-make-chemotherapy There may be something similar near you? James

Hi There is a village near us in the UK which has a lot of yew hedging running through it. Every year they trim the hedge and the cuttings are sold to raise money for a local charity as they are somehow used in medicine production. I don't know any more details but is is a yearly thing where all the village come out and join in. Sorry it doesn't help with your question but it may be worth looking into? James

Thanks for the advice re aircon. Where are you? We have been visiting the area and our village for 15 years and the reason why we chose the village is because it doesn't shut down, even in January there is at least one if not more places to eat and drink open every day. I must say I do like going down to St Tropez or Saint Maxime when it's all quiet and having a walk around. Back in 4 days :D James

We went through the process this year in Provence, not next to a lavender field but in the hills 12km from the sea and St Tropez. We have wanted to do it for years but only had the cash this year. It was very simple with research and maybe a bit of luck meeting the right people, one thing i would advise is not using builders etc suggested by the agents, we nearly did and it would have cost us thousands. This was out timetable to show how quickly it went. January we visited for 2 weeks to view properties, it was actually the first one we viewed we bought but saw loads more before we made an offer. March we returned to sign and collect the keys, spent 2 weeks living in the house with no heating or kitchen while we found builders electricians etc. June we returned for 2 weeks and all the work promised on the first 2 floors was completed, new kitchen, rewired, replastered etc. so we spent a week cleaning and furnishing it and by the second week had family join us for a relaxing holiday. August 2 full weeks relaxing :-) Next week we return and the final floor has been finished with a new bathroom all that we now need to do is choose a log burner to go with the newly lined chimney. Ours is a 400 year old stone village house in a village that doesn't close for winter and is still very French. As we used locals for all the work we seem to have been accepted well into the village and our house is now worth around €60k more than we spent on it, if we had gone with the estate agents it would have cost us that much more. Please ask if you want more specific details. James

Hi all Can anyone help please? The article "City Unlimited" page 48 has some pictures of a great front mounted childrens cycle trailer / pod. Can anyone point me in the direction of somewhere I can buy one? Thanks in advance James