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Taken in the garden at home. [URL=http://s129.photobucket.com/user/Bugbear2/media/P1000591_zps671fb047.jpg.html][IMG]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/Bugbear2/P1000591_zps671fb047.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Taken at Marais Poitevin, [URL=http://s129.photobucket.com/user/Bugbear2/media/Marais%20Poitevan/P1000533_zps4c446199.jpg.html][IMG]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/Bugbear2/Marais%20Poitevan/P1000533_zps4c446199.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Having decided to 'test the water' we are in the process of putting our house on the market, part of which is the Energy Survey. Now I don't know if we just 'got a bad one' but the guy who turned up, well............... Started off by saying that our '1 metre' stone walls were bad - no insulation. Looked at our garage roof through a bedroom window and said 'Asbestos' will have to be removed. (The panels are actually Fibre-cement) and I have the receipt for them. (Its not even part of the bloody survey) Virtually called us liars over the amount of wood we buy for the wood-burner. Usually bought cash from local farmers so with no receipts he insisted on us signing an attestation to that effect. Cast doubts on our heating oil usage despite producing receipts for the last eleven years. The guy clearly couldn't understand that we heat our house to suit OUR needs and not some written 'norm'. Not a good experience at all.

Got it Sid - thanks

All you people playing the 'racist card' are surely missing the point. Fact: An huge amount of foreign aid currently ends up in the wrong hands and does buy 'Raybans' & Ferraris for those corrupt individuals in power. Fact: A lot of this spending is quite ridiculous given the current financial state of the UK. Fact: Argentina did buy Portugese-made fighter planes with money received in handouts from the UK. If it ever kicks off again over there our soldiers would be facing weapons bought with UK money. So feel free, play your racist cards and never let the truth get in the way of a good moan.

For anyone interested who doesn't know Twin-Jet are running a once-weekly service from Limoges to Nice. Reasonable price if you book early and you get to travel in style. [URL=http://s129.photobucket.com/user/Bugbear2/media/1013997_183218581851986_681958167_n_zpse3a2967f.jpg.html][IMG]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/Bugbear2/1013997_183218581851986_681958167_n_zpse3a2967f.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Bonjour kwak, Check us out on www.tourdregs.net We go all over France and Spain, meet regularly and have members in your area.

Betty, you are a STAR - that worked first time [:D] and to prove it a photo [URL=http://s129.photobucket.com/user/Bugbear2/media/P1000183_zpsdb408356.jpg.html][IMG]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/Bugbear2/P1000183_zpsdb408356.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Thanks Pierre, Its the Login on the blue bar I'm trying to use - the cursor doesn't change to a 'hand' and I can't get it to register at all. I've just downloaded Chrome and it is giving me the same problem. 'Login-Join-Settings' all don't work. Everything else on the page does Wierd given it works in Safari.

On Firefox the 'Log in' on the forum page is greyed-out meaning I can't Log-in. I have reloaded Firefox and the forum bookmark but still no go. I am using Safari OK but I can't load photos etc with Safari. Any advice welcome thanks

Sorry, thought you would know. I've posted some test shots on Tourdregs (can't get them on here) and am well pleased. Its a big learning curve ;) Are you coming on Sunday ?

Its a 'bridge' camera Sid, bigger than a compact but much less bulk and weight compared to a DSLR. http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/LUMIX+Digital+Cameras/Bridge+Cameras/DMC-FZ200/Overview/10148707/index.html

I give up on posting pics, Firefox won't let me log in now (incorrect details) wtf. It can't be so difficult to alter the software to allow Safari to work fully - can it.

and am, so far, very pleased. Sold one of my rifles and bought a Lumix DMC-FZ200. It has the most amazing 24-600mm Leica Lens with f2.8 throughout the whole range. A few pics sorry still can't post pics from safari - I'll try firefox later

Will do Sid. We had an excellent turnout with at least 16 people turning up and many new faces. Weather was perfect. Photo and info can be seen here. https://www.facebook.com/tourdregsclubmoto Good luck with the bike.

Sun is coming up, birds are singing.