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Easyjet buys GB Airways, will fly Gatwick - Montpellier ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7061246.stm The report also says that BA will operate some of these routes themselves. I'm not sure that they will attempt to do Montpellier. Once their monopoly on flights to this region was eroded (c 1999) they have consistently reduced the service. But, a new foothold for Easyjet, presuming they keep the Montpellier route. If so, maybe they will consider other routes. They are quite active in flights from Scotland, Newcastle, and Belfast (also EMA, Luton, Stansted, Liverpool and Bristol, but they won't want to compete with existing Ryanair routes ?). Interesting times ! Peter

Now is the time to pick green olives - wait until Xmas if you prefer them black. We have four 100+ years old picholine olive trees in the garden. Not a great crop this year, and quite a lot of insect infestation. So : 1)Pick olives 2)Grade by size 3)reject those with insect holes 4)Cure olives separately 5)Bottle The reason they are sorted by size is that the best become olives for  aperitifs, the others end up as tapenade. Curing : You will see on the net that everyone has there own recipe for curing olives. We've tried the salt only recipes and not had such good results. Our most succesful treatment uses sodium hydroxide - caustic soda - lessive de soudre. This sounds pretty drastic, but is the most commonly used curing technique here in Languedoc. Essentially the olives are immersed in a sodium hydroxide solution, then rinsed over several days, then bottled in brine with various additives and herbs. Different treatments have different strengths of caustic hydroxide, and different techniques. Ours is : Immerse the olives in a 3% solution of sodium hydroxide (you normally buy it as 30% - so it is diluted 1 to 9 with water). After about 6 hours take an olive, cut it in two and check the colour of the flesh. When you can see the colour change has reached the stone, rinse in  cold water and then immerse in clean water. Rinse over several days until the water remains clear for 12 hours ( this could take 5 or 6 days). Then bottle the olives in a 5% salt solution with a drop of olive oil on the top of the liquid. You can add herbs de provence, chillis etc to flavour the olives. Bonne chance Peter

[quote user="Ian"]I'm pretty sure you are light a few Toulouse routes: I don't follow these things with any great scrutiny, but I have flown from Toulouse to quite a selection of destinations not mentioned: Frankfurt, Brussels, Munich, Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Prague, Geneva,  Lisbon, Paris CDG and  Nice.  I also have seen flights for Metz, Crete, Dominican Republic, Casablanca, Rome, Milan et al advertised. At least one of the flights listed is a connection (TLS-Glasgow, I'm pretty sure you can't fly this direct) - if you include flights with a connection almost the whole world opens up. Thanks for the service, Ian [/quote] I try to include the direct routes of the cheap airlines. They change rapidly, and some are infrequent or summer only. I can't find the direct Glasgow - Toulouse flight now either ! There is an ongoing discussion here Peter

Hi I rented a beach apartment in Carnon over winter whilst house searching. I used the ORPI agent in Palavas who are active in the coastal letting business. Peter

By email from Transport for London : Dear Languedocpage, Please see the press release below. We want to ensure as many ex-pats as possible are aware of the closure and its effect on the Stansted Express terminals. We will try and contact as many expat websites and newsletters as possible but would you be able to also circulate it around expat websites please? Any queries please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards Allan Ramsay Transport for London Press Office 0207 126 4893 Disruption to be minimised during Christmas engineering works at Liverpool Street Station -Work vital to £1.4bn transformation of London's rail network Transport for London has today outlined plans for a vital engineering project to replace a dilapidated bridge near Liverpool Street Station. The 120-year-old iron and brick structure is so large it will take 10 days to carry out demolition, and means that Liverpool Street Station will need to close for the duration. The work is being carried out as part of a £1.4 billion investment that will see the huge improvements to London's rail network including the rebuilding and extension of the East London Line as part of the new London Overground network. The station will be closed from 23 December 2007 and will re-open at 4am on 2 January 2008, in time for people to get back to work after the Christmas break. Closing the station at this time will affect fewer people than at any other time in the year, with passenger numbers typically between 40 and 80 per cent down compared to normal days. A wide range of alternative travel arrangements will be available over the period to enable passengers to complete their journeys, and compensation packages will be offered to local residents affected by the work. Where possible, Transport for London has sought to retain original structures when developing the East London Line. This has been possible in the case of the Victorian bridge at Kingsland, but is not feasible at Liverpool Street. Engineers carried out a significant investigation into the retaining the bridge, but the structure is no longer fit for purpose and its position is unsuitable for the direction of the new East London Line tracks. When the East London Line is complete it will reopen in a hugely improved and extended form, running from Dalston in the north to West Croydon in the south. Part of the integrated London Overground network, it will be linked to a revitalised North London Railway, and served by brand new high-fequency trains connecting 20 of the capital's 33 boroughs. Julie Dixon, Head of Stakeholder Engagement, Transport for London, said: “This work is vital to the completion of the East London Line that, as part of London Overground, will radically improve the capital's transport network. We recognise that it will impact on passengers and local residents over these 10 days, but we will be going to every possible length to ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum. “We are offering various alternative routes and are letting everyone know in good time. Residents affected by the work are being fully informed and consulted, and those affected will be offered temporary accommodation, double-glazing to protect them from noise and dust, and other forms of compensation. “Although we try to retain existing structures, it is simply not possible in this case as the bridge is in a terrible state of disrepair and is in the wrong position for the East London Line tracks. Unfortunately the improvements can only be carried out when the station is shut, and the work has therefore been scheduled for over the Christmas period, when the smallest number of passengers will be affected." A Network Rail spokesperson said: “We are working closely with Transport for London to minimise disruption and to give the travelling public the information that they need to plan their journeys this Christmas. “We are keen to deliver the maximum benefit for passengers during the closure. Network Rail will therefore also be carrying out £7m of other improvements, which will mean better train services in and out of Liverpool Street Station in the future”. At the same time as these improvements, Network Rail will carry out a programme of upgrade work, including the renewal of overhead lines and track, which will mean better train services in and out of Liverpool Street Station in the future. Notes to Editors · The bridge, known as GE19, is 120 years old and has been out of use for decades. This means that unlike many other great Victorian engineering structures it is no longer safe to use. It is also in the wrong position for the new East London Line tracks. · Demolition of the current bridge means removing some 12,000 tonnes of brickwork. The new bridge is the length of three Wimbledon Centre Courts. It will be put into place in Spring 2008. · When Christmas Eve falls on a Monday, train operators carry 40 per cent less passengers because many people have already left London during the weekend. During working days in the Christmas/New Year period passenger numbers are down 80 per cent on a normal working day. The timing of this work will also mean that people returning to work on January 2 after the holiday break, would not be disrupted. · Demolition of the bridge by Network Rail will cost £2m. Network Rail is also carrying out a further £7m of upgrade work. · Alternative routes - Train operator ‘one’ will be putting alternative travel arrangements in place and is notifying passengers by leaflets being distributed at stations and information on its website. - West Anglia and Stansted Express will start/terminate at Tottenham Hale, Seven Sisters and Walthamstow Central stations to allow interchange with the London Underground. Some trains will terminate at Hackney Central with passengers being passed onto Transport for London buses to Liverpool Street station; - Metro Services will terminate at Stratford with London Underground connections to London, which will include an enhanced service on the Central Line. A shuttle train service will operate to Brentwood, with a bus operating between Brentwood and Shenfield; - Southend Services will run as a train shuttle between Southend and Billericay with connecting buses to c2c services to Fenchurch Street; - Mainline services will operate to Ingatestone where buses will run to and from Liverpool Street, with the exception of 27th and 28th December where a limited service to Stratford will operate. · London Underground alternative routes: - Victoria Line to Tottenham Hale to meet Stansted Express services. The Victoria Line will easily handle the increase in passenger numbers during this period. - As a precaution, Central Line services will be increased from 24 trains per hour to 30 trains per hour during the closure. - Jubilee Line services to Stratford will run as usual - the line easily has the capacity to handle the extra passengers. - There will be no engineering closures on these lines during the closure. TfL Press Office Email: [email protected] Direct line: 0845 604 4141 

Hi May be worth following this link : http://www.jazzajunas.asso.fr/ Bonne chance Peter

An annual event offering access to heritage sites normally closed to the public. The 2007 theme is roads and tracks. [url]http://www.journeedupatrimoinedepays.com/recherche.php[/url] Peter

I'm not sure that the delay is as long as L'Independent has suggested. It was not originally expected to open until 2011. This was the forecast in January 2007 : 2007 Lorry / Rail Ro-Ro service (Perpignan-Luxemburg) in service 2007 Figueres - Girona - Barcelona TGV line works continue 2008 Nimes - Montpellier TGV line bypass surveying starts 2008 Public enquiry on Montpellier - Perpignan TGV line route 2009 Nimes - Montpellier TGV line bypass work starts 2009 Perpignan - Figueres TGV line in service 2011 Figueres - Girona - Barcelona TGV line in service 2012 Nimes - Montpellier TGV line rail bypass opens 2020 Montpellier - Perpignan dedicated TGV line in service Peter

Hi worth taking a look at these people : http://www.garrigae.com They don't build to order, but have won many awards for their projects. Peter

I have current draft leases available in Word DOC format for both furnished and unfurnished property. They are both in French. If you email me at [email protected], I can forward you a copy Peter

Hi Is it furnished or unfurnished ? Peter

Rather than wait longer via the post, I took the papers to Montpellier prefecture yesterday. I got the carte grise after a wait of about 1.5 hrs. Not too bad because the car was an import, and I expected to have to return for the carte grise. Peter

Don't submit by post! There is a huge backlog of applications following the arrival of a new boss who is trying to improve the process. I bought a car in mid February. The dealer had to get a certificate of purchase before he could register the purchase in my name. He got the papers back last week. He is telling the truth because I can see the dated stamps from Gard Prefecture. As further (and comforting to me ) evidence, I have friends who bought a car in the same week as me. They submitted their papers through the local Mairie. They are still waiting. So, it is worth queueing (only English word with 5 vowels in a row ?) at the prefecture to sort it out ? My car came with temporary WW plates that ran out early March. Peter

Hi just worth saying that opening new routes isn't just borrowing an airplane and adding a new destination. There are considerable costs involved - local staff, airport fees and probably highest, marketing. There was a very high spend by Ryanair when they first launched services to Nimes, and later  Montpellier. A daily flight has an annual capacity of around 110,000 seats. More accurately, around 9000 per month. Every month winter & summer.  And they must be new customers -  no point in losing business from an existing service ? So, who are these 110,000 passengers who don't already fly from Montpellier, Nimes, Carcassonne, Marseille, Girona or Perpignan ? Some points : The cheap airlines only make money when flights are nearly full. London Montpellier used to have 3 flights/day in summer, 2/day in winter. Now it is 2 flights per day in summer and 1/day in winter. Where have those passengers gone? Only a couple of years ago Nimes was down to 1 flight per day in winter, and there was an active campaign to keep the airport open. To avoid canibalising existing customers, there is very little duplication between Marseille-Nimes, Nimes-Montpellier, etc. The Marseille flights are just 12 months old. Destinations have been changed twice in a bid to get better sales of the available capacity. You could argue there are already too many airports, too close together. They are all under an hour from the next one ? Ryanair already fly to the 8 reachable Languedoc airports from 43 destinations, with a capacity of around 7m seats per year.   It would have to be a very compelling business case to invest in new routes to Beziers ? Buying a property on the basis of current flight schedules may not be a good idea ? Peter  

The Languedoc Page are holding their own elections. You can vote [url=http://the-languedoc-page.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1155]here :[/url] Results will be published after the final run off. Peter

I live halfway Montpellier - Nimes. In UK I need to get to Gatwick, Nottingham, Lancaster, Perth and Chipping Norton. My local flights don't often seem to work out. Either the wrong days (East Midlands) or don't fly in winter (Gatwick). Seems silly, but I've often driven Luton/Gatwick/Nottingham/Luton. So, I use Girona (Blackpool), Marseille (Gatwick & Prestwick). BTW, for urgent business, you can do a day trip to London from Marseille. There are currently 3 BA flights per day and 1 Easyjet flight. However, the early BA flights are not cheap ! Peter

Hi Latest Languedoc summer 2007 routes : To   From Airline Avignon - Edinburgh Jet2 Avignon - Exeter Flybe Avignon - Southampton Flybe Barcelona - Aberdeen Flyglobespan Barcelona - Amsterdam Air Berlin Barcelona - Amsterdam Clickair Barcelona - Amsterdam Transavia Barcelona - Amsterdam Vueling Barcelona - Austrian cities Air Berlin Barcelona - Baku Air Baltic Barcelona - Basel-Mulhouse Easyjet Barcelona - Belfast Jet2 Barcelona - Berlin Clickair Barcelona - Berlin Easyjet Barcelona - Birmingham BMI baby Barcelona - Bologna MyAir Barcelona - Bratislava SkyEurope Barcelona - Bristol Easyjet Barcelona - Brussels Virgin Express Barcelona - Brussels Vueling Barcelona - Bucharest Blue Air Barcelona - Bucharest Clickair Barcelona - Bucharest Wizzair Barcelona - Budapest Clickair Barcelona - Budapest-Ferihegy SkyEurope Barcelona - Cardiff Thomsonfly Barcelona - Casablanca Clickair Barcelona - Cluj Napoca Blue Air Barcelona - Cologne Jetairfly Barcelona - Cologne-Bonn Germanwings Barcelona - Copenhagen Sterling Barcelona - Cork Aer Lingus Barcelona - Coventry Thomsonfly Barcelona - Cracovie SkyEurope Barcelona - Dortmund Easyjet Barcelona - Dublin Aer Lingus Barcelona - Dublin Clickair Barcelona - Dubrovnik Clickair Barcelona - Dusseldorf Jetairfly Barcelona - Dusseldorf Weeze Ryanair Barcelona - Edinburgh Flyglobespan Barcelona - Frankfurt Clickair Barcelona - Gatwick Easyjet Barcelona - Geneva Clickair Barcelona - Geneva Easyjet Barcelona - Geneva Easyjet Barcelona - German cities Air Berlin Barcelona - Glasgow Flyglobespan Barcelona - Helsinki Air Baltic Barcelona - Helsinki Air Berlin Barcelona - Helsinki Blue1 Barcelona - Helsinki Clickair Barcelona - Helsinki Estonian Air Barcelona - Italian cities Meridiana Barcelona - Italian cities Vueling Barcelona - Jerez Clickair Barcelona - Kaliningrad Air Baltic Barcelona - Kiev Air Baltic Barcelona - Kosice SkyEurope Barcelona - La Coruna Clickair Barcelona - Leeds Bradford Jet2 Barcelona - Lisbon Clickair Barcelona - Liverpool Easyjet Barcelona - Luton Easyjet Barcelona - Malaga Clickair Barcelona - Manchester Air Berlin Barcelona - Manchester Jet2 Barcelona - Manchester Monarch Barcelona - Marakesh Clickair Barcelona - Marseille Clickair Barcelona - Milan Air Berlin Barcelona - Minsk Air Baltic Barcelona - Moscow Air Baltic Barcelona - Munich Clickair Barcelona - Naples Clickair Barcelona - Newcastle Easyjet Barcelona - Odessa Air Baltic Barcelona - Oporto Clickair Barcelona - Oslo Sterling Barcelona - Palermo Clickair Barcelona - Paris Vueling Barcelona - Paris Orly Easyjet Barcelona - Pisa Clickair Barcelona - Prague Clickair Barcelona - Prague SkyEurope Barcelona - Riga Air Baltic Barcelona - Riga Estonian Air Barcelona - Rome Clickair Barcelona - Salzburg SkyEurope Barcelona - Santiago de Compestela Clickair Barcelona - Seville Clickair Barcelona - Spanish cities Air Berlin Barcelona - Spanish cities Vueling Barcelona - St Petersburg Air Baltic Barcelona - Stansted Air Berlin Barcelona - Stansted Easyjet Barcelona - Stockholm Sterling Barcelona - Stuttgart Germanwings Barcelona - Swiss cities Air Berlin Barcelona - Tallinn Air Baltic Barcelona - Tallinn Estonian Air Barcelona - Tirgu Wizzair Barcelona - Venice Clickair Barcelona - Venice MyAir Barcelona - Verona Clickair Barcelona - Vienna Clickair Barcelona - Vienna SkyEurope Barcelona - Vigo Clickair Barcelona - Vilnius Air Baltic Barcelona - Warsaw Clickair Barcelona - Zurich Clickair Beziers * - ??? ??? Carcassonne - Charleroi Ryanair Carcassonne - Dublin Ryanair Carcassonne - Liverpool Ryanair Carcassonne - Nottingham Ryanair Carcassonne - Shannon Ryanair Carcassonne - Stansted Ryanair Girona - Aarhus Ryanair Girona - Alghero Ryanair Girona - Birmingham Thomsonfly Girona - Blackpool Ryanair Girona - Bologna Ryanair Girona - Bournemouth Ryanair Girona - Bremen Ryanair Girona - Bristol Ryanair Girona - Brussels Jetairfly Girona - Budapest Wizzair Girona - Cagliari Ryanair Girona - Cardiff Thomsonfly Girona - Charleroi Ryanair Girona - Doncaster Ryanair Girona - Dublin Ryanair Girona - Durham Ryanair Girona - Dusseldorf Ryanair Girona - Eindhoven Ryanair Girona - Faro Ryanair Girona - Frankfurt Hahn Ryanair Girona - Fuerteventura Ryanair Girona - Gatwick Thomsonfly Girona - Glasgow Thompsonfly Girona - Gothenborg Ryanair Girona - Karlsruhe Baden Ryanair Girona - Katowice Wizzair Girona - Leipzig Ryanair Girona - Liverpool Ryanair Girona - Luton Ryanair Girona - Luton Thomsonfly Girona - Malmo Ryanair Girona - Manchester Thomsonfly Girona - Mastricht Ryanair Girona - Milan Ryanair Girona - Newcastle Ryanair Girona - Newcastle Thomsonfly Girona - Nottingham Ryanair Girona - Oslo Ryanair Girona - Paris Beauvais Ryanair Girona - Pescari Ryanair Girona - Pisa Ryanair Girona - Porto Ryanair Girona - Prestwick Ryanair Girona - Rome Ryanair Girona - Rotterdam Transavia Girona - Shannon Ryanair Girona - Stansted Ryanair Girona - Stockholm Ryanair Girona - Tenerife Ryanair Girona - Trapani Ryanair Girona - Venice Ryanair Girona - Verona Ryanair Lyon - Birmingham BA Lyon - Bucharest Blue Air Lyon - Dublin Aer Lingus Lyon - Heathrow BA Lyon - Madrid Easyjet Lyon - Manchester BA Lyon - Marakesh Atlas Blue Lyon - Rome Easyjet Lyon - Stansted Easyjet Marseille - Barcelona Clickair Marseille - Birmingham BMI baby Marseille - Bournemouth Ryanair Marseille - Bristol Easyjet Marseille - Charleroi Ryanair Marseille - Dublin Aer Lingus Marseille - Dublin Ryanair Marseille - Eindhoven Ryanair Marseille - Fes Atlas Blue Marseille - Gatwick BA Marseille - Gatwick Easyjet Marseille - Gothenborg Ryanair Marseille - Hamburg Ryanair Marseille - Madrid Ryanair Marseille - Malmo Ryanair Marseille - Marakesh Atlas Blue Marseille - Milan MyAir Marseille - Oslo Ryanair Marseille - Oujda Atlas Blue Marseille - Porto Ryanair Marseille - Prestwick Ryanair Marseille - Stansted Ryanair Marseille - Venice MyAir Montpellier - Casablanca Air Horizons Montpellier - Copenhagen Sterling Montpellier - Frankfurt Hahn Ryanair Montpellier - Gatwick BA Montpellier - Oslo Sterling Montpellier - Stansted Ryanair Nimes - Charleroi Ryanair Nimes - Liverpool Ryanair Nimes - Luton Ryanair Nimes - Nottingham Ryanair Perpignan - Manchester BMI baby Perpignan - Southampton Flybe Perpignan - Stansted Ryanair Reus - Dublin Ryanair Reus - Liverpool Ryanair Reus - Luton Ryanair Reus - Prestwick Ryanair Reus - Stansted Ryanair Rodez - Stansted Ryanair Toulon - Bordeaux Fly Nordic Toulon - Brest Jetairfly Toulon - Brussels Jetairfly Toulon - Brussels Virgin Express Toulon - Rotterdam Transavia Toulon - Stansted Ryanair Toulon - Stockholm Fly Nordic Toulouse - Belfast Jet2 Toulouse - Birmingham First Choice Toulouse - Birmingham Flybe Toulouse - Bristol Easyjet Toulouse - Bristol First Choice Toulouse - Dublin Aer Lingus Toulouse - Gatwick BA Toulouse - Gatwick Easyjet Toulouse - Glasgow First Choice Toulouse - Hamburg Germanwings Toulouse - Leeds Bradford Jet2 Toulouse - Madrid Easyjet Toulouse - Manchester First Choice Toulouse - Manchester Jet2 Toulouse - Marakesh Atlas Blue Toulouse - Paris Orly Easyjet Toulouse - Stansted First Choice

Live in South UK ? Ryanair now offer flights to Girona and Marseille from Bournemouth. This puts most of Languedoc within a couple of hours of one or the other. And Marseille is good for Provence. Peter

Hi Yes, the runway has been extended and the airport has re-opened. No, there is no firm news about confirmed cheap flights. You can keep up to speed here : http://the-languedoc-page.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=829 Peter

Hi best info I've found on that stretch is here: http://www.anglophone-direct.com/-The-TGV-#sommaire_1 More info on the region is here : http://the-languedoc-page.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=923 Peter

Snow ? !!! Peter

Hi yes, it is that time of year again where sleep is disturbed by the mating calls of excited frogs. It is as loud as a dogs bark. Peter

Hi About time I updated the current list : I've updated the routes to remove Air Scotland (RIP) and add Clickair who have flights via Barcelona. They also have a flight Marseille-Barcelona. Latest flight information : From To Airline ??? - Beziers * ??? Aarhus - Girona Ryanair Aberdeen - Barcelona Flyglobespan Alghero - Girona Ryanair Amsterdam - Barcelona Air Berlin Amsterdam - Barcelona Transavia Amsterdam - Barcelona Vueling Amsterdam - Barcelona Clickair Austrian cities - Barcelona Air Berlin Baku - Barcelona Air Baltic Barcelona - Marseille Clickair Basel-Mulhouse - Barcelona Easyjet Belfast - Barcelona Jet2 Belfast - Toulouse Jet2 Berlin - Barcelona Easyjet Berlin - Barcelona Clickair Birmingham - Barcelona BMI baby Birmingham - Girona Thomsonfly Birmingham - Lyon BA Birmingham - Marseille BMI baby Birmingham - Toulouse First Choice Birmingham - Toulouse Flybe Blackpool - Girona Ryanair Bologna - Barcelona MyAir Bologna - Girona Ryanair Bordeaux - Toulon Fly Nordic Bournemouth - Girona Ryanair Bratislava - Barcelona SkyEurope Bremen - Girona Ryanair Brest - Toulon Jetairfly Bristol - Barcelona Easyjet Bristol - Girona Ryanair Bristol - Marseille Easyjet Bristol - Toulouse First Choice Bristol - Toulouse Easyjet Brussels - Barcelona Virgin Express Brussels - Barcelona Vueling Brussels - Girona Jetairfly Brussels - Toulon Jetairfly Brussels - Toulon Virgin Express Bucharest - Barcelona Blue Air Bucharest - Barcelona Wizzair Bucharest - Barcelona Clickair Bucharest - Lyon Blue Air Budapest - Barcelona Clickair Budapest - Girona Wizzair Budapest-Ferihegy - Barcelona SkyEurope Cagliari - Girona Ryanair Cardiff - Barcelona Thomsonfly Cardiff - Girona Thomsonfly Casablanca - Barcelona Clickair Casablanca - Montpellier Air Horizons Charleroi - Carcassonne Ryanair Charleroi - Girona Ryanair Charleroi - Marseille Ryanair Charleroi - Nimes Ryanair Cluj Napoca - Barcelona Blue Air Cologne - Barcelona Jetairfly Cologne-Bonn - Barcelona Germanwings Copenhagen - Barcelona Sterling Copenhagen - Montpellier Sterling Cork - Barcelona Aer Lingus Coventry - Barcelona Thomsonfly Cracovie - Barcelona SkyEurope Doncaster - Girona Ryanair Dortmund - Barcelona Easyjet Dublin - Barcelona Aer Lingus Dublin - Barcelona Clickair Dublin - Carcassonne Ryanair Dublin - Girona Ryanair Dublin - Lyon Aer Lingus Dublin - Marseille Aer Lingus Dublin - Marseille Ryanair Dublin - Reus Ryanair Dublin - Toulouse Aer Lingus Dubrovnik - Barcelona Clickair Durham - Girona Ryanair Dusseldorf - Barcelona Jetairfly Dusseldorf - Girona Ryanair Dusseldorf Weeze - Barcelona Ryanair Edinburgh - Barcelona Flyglobespan Eindhoven - Girona Ryanair Eindhoven - Marseille Ryanair Exeter - Avignon Flybe Faro - Girona Ryanair Fes - Marseille Atlas Blue Frankfurt - Barcelona Clickair Frankfurt Hahn - Girona Ryanair Frankfurt Hahn - Marseille Ryanair Frankfurt Hahn - Montpellier Ryanair Fuerteventura - Girona Ryanair Gatwick - Barcelona Easyjet Gatwick - Girona Thomsonfly Gatwick - Marseille BA Gatwick - Marseille Easyjet Gatwick - Montpellier BA Gatwick - Toulouse BA Gatwick - Toulouse Easyjet Geneva - Barcelona Easyjet Geneva - Barcelona Easyjet Geneva - Barcelona Clickair German cities - Barcelona Air Berlin Glasgow - Barcelona Flyglobespan Glasgow - Girona Thompsonfly Glasgow - Toulouse First Choice Gothenborg - Girona Ryanair Gothenborg - Marseille Ryanair Hamburg - Marseille Ryanair Hamburg - Toulouse Germanwings Heathrow - Lyon BA Helsinki - Barcelona Air Baltic Helsinki - Barcelona Air Berlin Helsinki - Barcelona Blue1 Helsinki - Barcelona Estonian Air Helsinki - Barcelona Clickair Italian cities - Barcelona Meridiana Italian cities - Barcelona Vueling Jerez - Barcelona Clickair Kaliningrad - Barcelona Air Baltic Karlsruhe Baden - Girona Ryanair Karlsruhe Baden - Marseille Ryanair Katowice - Girona Wizzair Kiev - Barcelona Air Baltic Kosice - Barcelona SkyEurope La Coruna - Barcelona Clickair Leeds Bradford - Barcelona Jet2 Leeds Bradford - Toulouse Jet2 Leipzig - Girona Ryanair Lisbon - Barcelona Clickair Liverpool - Barcelona Easyjet Liverpool - Carcassonne Ryanair Liverpool - Girona Ryanair Liverpool - Nimes Ryanair Liverpool - Reus Ryanair Luton - Barcelona Easyjet Luton - Girona Ryanair Luton - Girona Thomsonfly Luton - Nimes Ryanair Luton - Reus Ryanair Madrid - Lyon Easyjet Madrid - Marseille Ryanair Madrid - Toulouse Easyjet Malaga - Barcelona Clickair Malmo - Girona Ryanair Malmo - Marseille Ryanair Manchester - Barcelona Air Berlin Manchester - Barcelona Jet2 Manchester - Barcelona Monarch Manchester - Girona Thomsonfly Manchester - Lyon BA Manchester - Perpignan BMI baby Manchester - Toulouse First Choice Manchester - Toulouse Jet2 Marakesh - Barcelona Clickair Marakesh - Lyon Atlas Blue Marakesh - Marseille Atlas Blue Marakesh - Toulouse Atlas Blue Marseille - Barcelona Clickair Mastricht - Girona Ryanair Milan - Barcelona Air Berlin Milan - Girona Ryanair Milan - Marseille MyAir Minsk - Barcelona Air Baltic Moscow - Barcelona Air Baltic Munich - Barcelona Clickair Naples - Barcelona Clickair Newcastle - Barcelona Easyjet Newcastle - Girona Ryanair Newcastle - Girona Thomsonfly Nottingham - Carcassonne Ryanair Nottingham - Girona Ryanair Nottingham - Nimes Ryanair Odessa - Barcelona Air Baltic Oporto - Barcelona Clickair Oslo - Barcelona Sterling Oslo - Girona Ryanair Oslo - Marseille Ryanair Oslo - Montpellier Sterling Oujda - Marseille Atlas Blue Palermo - Barcelona Clickair Paris - Barcelona Vueling Paris Beauvais - Girona Ryanair Paris Orly - Barcelona Easyjet Paris Orly - Toulouse Easyjet Pescari - Girona Ryanair Pisa - Barcelona Clickair Pisa - Girona Ryanair Porto - Girona Ryanair Porto - Marseille Ryanair Prague - Barcelona SkyEurope Prague - Barcelona Clickair Prestwick - Girona Ryanair Prestwick - Marseille Ryanair Prestwick - Reus Ryanair Riga - Barcelona Air Baltic Riga - Barcelona Estonian Air Rome - Barcelona Clickair Rome - Girona Ryanair Rome - Lyon Easyjet Rome - Marseille Ryanair Rotterdam - Girona Transavia Rotterdam - Toulon Transavia Salzburg - Barcelona SkyEurope Santiago de Compestela - Barcelona Clickair Seville - Barcelona Clickair Shannon - Carcassonne Ryanair Shannon - Girona Ryanair Southampton - Avignon Flybe Southampton - Perpignan Flybe Spanish cities - Barcelona Air Berlin Spanish cities - Barcelona Vueling St Petersburg - Barcelona Air Baltic Stansted - Barcelona Air Berlin Stansted - Barcelona Easyjet Stansted - Carcassonne Ryanair Stansted - Girona Ryanair Stansted - Lyon Easyjet Stansted - Marseille Ryanair Stansted - Montpellier Ryanair Stansted - Perpignan Ryanair Stansted - Reus Ryanair Stansted - Rodez Ryanair Stansted - Toulon Ryanair Stansted - Toulouse First Choice Stockholm - Barcelona Sterling Stockholm - Girona Ryanair Stockholm - Toulon Fly Nordic Stuttgart - Barcelona Germanwings Swiss cities - Barcelona Air Berlin Tallinn - Barcelona Air Baltic Tallinn - Barcelona Estonian Air Tenerife - Girona Ryanair Tirgu - Barcelona Wizzair Trapani - Girona Ryanair Venice - Barcelona MyAir Venice - Barcelona Clickair Venice - Girona Ryanair Venice - Marseille MyAir Verona - Barcelona Clickair Verona - Girona Ryanair Vienna - Barcelona SkyEurope Vienna - Barcelona Clickair Vigo - Barcelona Clickair Vilnius - Barcelona Air Baltic Warsaw - Barcelona Clickair Zurich - Barcelona Clickair Interestingly I put this on a few forums in their Languedoc sections. It was deleted from France news because I gave the link to the latest information http://www.the-languedoc-page.com/tourism/languedoc-tourism-air.htm I have 6 links to their forum and website where I belive visitors can get better (or more current) information than I have. Curious ? Peter  

The Commission Générale de Terminologie et de Néologie, or French Language Police have been busy inventing new French words. A worthy cause, but largely ineffective. Le Macdo, le weekend, and le foot show little signs of being abandoned. Many of the words are for technological innovations. However, they are not used in other Francophone countries. So, a Belgians "le PC", "le mouse", and "le keyboard" become "l'ordinateur", "le souri" and "le clavier" as you cross the border. Earlier attempts in this area have not shown the results intended. "Le Courriel" has not replaced "email" and there are signs that the French techies have evolved a new word "le mel". And "adresse de courrier électronique" seems a cumbersome alternative to "email address". So what has the latest "brainstorming" (or I should say "un remue-méninges") produced? Amongst the latest batch of new words are : jeunes pousses (start up) bloc-note (blog) diffusion pour baladeur (podcasting) débat-spectacle (chat show) pavé tactile (touchpad) poste à poste (peer to peer) heure de grande écoute (primetime) Unless of course, you happen to be in Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo or Vanuatu. Peter

[quote user="Gardian"]Well, dead wood down off the trees everywhere, but no too desperate. The Midi Libre weather forecast (which is crap and doesn't for most of the year have to stretch itself to much more than how many degrees C the sun is going to give us), says nice and sunny tomorrow and diminishing wind. Gusting a bit outside just now, but certainly a lot quieter than last night. Suze - that Mistral is like an old friend - you can get to miss it when it's not been around for a while.  Lori seems to see more of it over her way (around Mt Ventoux), but over here it's only 2-3 times / yr.  The market traders really had the hump with it though in Uzes today - stuff flying everywhere. [/quote] Many of the Sommieres market traders gave up, and packed up early today. Peter