Valleyboy

Thanks! Yes it was - "breathtaking" was my reaction. Here's a couple more in the same garden.  [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/philmortimer1/PC240077.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/philmortimer1/PC240076.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks, and a happy New Year to everybody - especially the Welsh contingent!

A friend's weeping willow a few days ago.   [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/philmortimer1/PC240074.jpg[/IMG]

Next he'll say his pizza came wrapped in the Sun!

If Bobby Dirninger ( Limoges based) is playing live near you, go hear him; he's pretty good.

[quote user="Gary aka Bugbear"] [IMG]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/Bugbear2/Where.jpg[/IMG] Who knows where this was taken ? [/quote] Barcelona?

Chateau Chalus-Chabrol this morning.   [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/philmortimer1/PC250085.jpg[/IMG]

[quote user="Christine Animal"] Mods seem to be flourishing and with stars either side, not hairy.  Are you a Christmas Mod Clair ?   [/quote] I suppose mods, like dogs, are for life, not just Christmas? And a very Happy Christmas to you all!!

You just push them through the strings!

Talking of pints - Red Lion, Shoreham Beer Fest, Easter 2000.   [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/philmortimer1/MVC-008F.jpg[/IMG]

Dick The Weald & Downland is wonderful, isn't it! We used to visit right from its early days, when there were some fascinating guys reconstructing the old buildings. Can I second your recommendation?

OK, you guys, you asked for this! You want flares, you got flares!   [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/philmortimer1/fancydress1.jpg[/IMG]

I'll settle for a bad b**ch myself!

You could try visiting and talking to the Ecocentre at St. Pierre de Frugie, just off the RN21between Chalus and La Coquille. They have several types of eco-construction in progress, and can probably provide useful contacts. If nothing else, you can have a very interesting tour of the site.

Started here with AXA; switched to Aviva for better cover at lower premiums, but Miki is right; it's the agency that makes the difference.

Gluestick We're impressed!! From your technical posts, we thought you were a plumber!

If you are anywhere near Chalus, try Troc Plaisir, Place de la Fontaine; Didier and Sandrine often have small woodburners in their showrooms. they both speak some English.

Taken 26/11/2006; not much changed!   [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/philmortimer1/PB250037.jpg[/IMG]  

Chalus, Haute-Vienne, this evening; the other shot is the daytime view. Richard the Lion Heart was shot from the tower with a crossbow in 1199   [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/philmortimer1/PC110041.jpg[/IMG]   [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/philmortimer1/PC040040.jpg[/IMG]

Bugbear To comment on your tagline - you must remember the lone amateur had a big name behind him!!

Your local pharmacien should have it in stock.

Or "Tights come down and mites go up".

Effroyante!

Sorry, Dick, did I think of it before you?

Didn't realise the author of "Tarka" had an empire??