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  1. Robbie Williams is from Staffordshire. Like the cheese!
  2. [quote user="Will"] In fact when a ship with kennels is being used, company policy is that use of the kennels is compulsory for all dogs travelling (see http://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/pet-friendly-holidays/taking-your-pet ).[/quote] Although this is stated as company policy, and you have to opt for a kennel when booking, in practice we have always been given the choice of leaving the dog in the car, which we prefer, as she is more comfortable in familiar surroundings. It's important to get the dog used to being alone in the car, and to stop at Sutton Scotney services on the way to Portsmouth and at St Malo on the way back.
  3. SANEF did write to me when my credit card was about to expire, but I don't think their mailing department is terribly efficient, because in the envelope addressed to me were two letters for other people. I did send them on, but I imagine a lot might go astray.
  4. Angela's link is a good one, but as the Diocese of Europe website lists only clergy who are appointed to chaplaincies, it might be worth contacting the diocesan office to see if there are any retired clergy in the area who might be able to help.
  5. [quote user="St_Jacques"] Thanks for the blue tac tip - often wondered if I called into one of their bureaus on the autoroutes if they'd give me a new sticky thing? [/quote] If you write and ask SANEF, they'll post you one.
  6. If you don't fall into class one, you can still use télépéage. However, at the tollbooth you must use a manned booth and hand your transponder to the operator. See the pdf link here http://www.sanef.com/fr/ecommerce/pdf/notice_libert.pdf
  7. I enjoy them, but I always avoid those described as 'donor' kebabs. They sound worrying.
  8. [quote user="Iceni"] Doubtless in common with others our local Leclerc etc all have a small section of the counter devoted to meat for animals. Having no need I have never looked closely to see origin, type etc but just wonder whether it is specially bought in or has had to be condemned as unfit for us to eat ? [/quote] Most of the time it seems to be lung and other bits of offal which are unacceptable even to the French palate. I suspect the reason you don't see this in the UK is that it ends up in hamburgers and sausages.
  9. You can find Rob G's verse and many like it in this book. The footnotes alone are worth the price: e.g. Un petit d'un petit - the inevitable result of a child marriage.
  10. I wrote off for a second carrier, which SANEF duly sent. If you want any more (I knew we should have taken it out of my wife's car before we sold it) you have to pay for them; it's only a couple of euros.
  11. SANEF wrote to me shortly before my credit card was due to expire, asking for updated details. However, as someone else's renewal letter was also in the envelope, I don't think their mailing department is terribly efficient. I did send the other letter to the intended recipient, but maybe this isn't something you could rely on. Have to say, though, Télépéage is brilliant.
  12. In Villiers en Plaine (79) there's a little road called Impasse du Bigot, which always raises a smile.
  13. Private Eye has an interesting take on this: http://www.private-eye.co.uk/pages.php?page=cover&
  14. I like it because I can actually see who's posted now!
  15. Sorry, SB, I don't see where you get the choirboy thing from. The article refers to "an unnamed choir singer". I assumed it was a woman.
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