[Easyjet buys GB Airways, will fly Gatwick - Montpellier ?]

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

[If you have olives ....................]

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

[Summer 2007 flights to Languedoc ..................]

[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

[Long term winter let in Langudoc]

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

[Copy of mail received today re closure of Liverpool St station and changes to Stansted Express ...........]

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 

[Jazz or Blues clubs near Montpellier]

Hi

May be worth following this link :

http://www.jazzajunas.asso.fr/

Bonne chance

Peter

[Jours des Patrimonie ...........24 Juin]

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

[TGV: Perpignan to Figueras line]

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

[Which new-build company in Languedoc?]

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

[Rental Agreements?]

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

[Rental Agreements?]

Hi

Is it furnished or unfurnished ?

Peter

[Need a carte grise from the prefecture, Nimes ?]

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

[Need a carte grise from the prefecture, Nimes ?]

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

[Beziers & cheap flights]

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

 

[No vote in France ? Vote Royal v Sarkozy here ..............]

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

[Ryanair - Bournemouth to Languedoc]

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

[Ryanair - Bournemouth to Languedoc]

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

[Ryanair - Bournemouth to Languedoc]

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

[Beziers & cheap flights]

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

[TGV: Perpignan to Figueras line]

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

[Winter's back over here too !]

Snow ?

!!!

Peter

[The frogs are barking ...........]

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

[Summer 2007 flights to Languedoc ..................]

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

 

[New French words ?]

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

[Mistral !!!!]

[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