woolybanana Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5458701/Countryfile-host-Helen-Skelton-France-tough-mum.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 How could anyone believe anything in that gutter rag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Am i not right in thinking that you posted a link to a DM article the other day?Feeling grumpy, Norman, try dozy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I was rather surprised in the suggestion that the South of France lacked the internet - but then realised it was from that respected contributor to world knowledge - the DM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 [quote user="NormanH"]How could anyone believe anything in that gutter rag?[/quote]So everything in the DM is fake news then Norman?You are starting to sound like the Donald! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I used to rather like Helen Skelton, until I saw her on The Wright Stuff.Where she told this tale. Heavily pregnant and went into labour, a friend was with her and called the emergency number. Ms Skelton was shocked that the Fire Brigade (Sapeur Pompiers) arrived and as it was too late to take her elsewhere, delivered her baby. Said it was the first one they had delivered.She went on to say she had no idea why her friend would call the Fire Brigade, and everyone else, who were equally ignorant about rural french life, laughed as she did.Being pregnant how could she not have checked on such things, having moved to rural France. There is so much we learn as we go along, but when pregnant, never the less, there are questions to ask, important ones. I just don't trust a word she says anymore and avoid watching her.et voila! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Maybe they rented a tent on the beach[url]https://www.zoneadsl.com/couverture/pyrenees-orientales/canet-en-roussillon-66140.html[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Harnser said:<< So everything in the DM is fake news then Norman? You are starting to sound like the Donald!>>I had to think about that for a minute there; in my mind he’s ‘stable genius’ - in his words. ‘The Donald’ sounds far too cuddly to me. Definitely no cuddles with that one- ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroTrash Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I guess it's true about Helen's France.But I don't think Helen's world is my world, so it's not surprising that her France isn't my France."No food delivery shops within a 20 mile radius" and that was one of the things that struck her most. What can you say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogs Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I would love a good delivery service. I used to order via Asda and Sainsbury's in days long past in life living in UK.Just doesn't happen here, but hey, were in France and life is very different.Reminds me of UK life some 30 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 https://horaires.lefigaro.fr/66140/Canet-en-Roussillon/Centre-commercial-Canet-en-Roussillon-Alizes-Rue-Eole,676321.htmlhttps://magasins.supercasino.fr/supermarche/canet-en-roussillon/CS806 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 So, Norman, I followed your links. I'm not sure what they were linking TO..a centre commercial and a Casino supermarket. OK...neither appear to do deliveries. I'm not sure it's a thing outside possibly Paris and other large conurbations. "Drive" is a thing, but ordering your groceries and going to pick them up yourself doesn't really constitute delivery..."Food delivery" has other possible connotations. Like Deliveroo bringing your tea..a sort of millennials meals on wheels but with a much more extensive menu andwithout the lingering smell of cabbage.Here in Hades we have deliveries from any or all of the major supermarkets. Indeed, if you play your cards right, they're even free. And it's not just the pizza palace or the Chinese or Indian takeaway that will drive over with your dinner.So, yes, if you're living in a comparatively rural area in France and haven't planned, prepared or researched your move: like, for example, if you are the spouse or partner of a person who moves at relatively short notice for their job, I can understand why you'd be surprised to find that things you've been used to at home don't necessarily exist elsewhere.On the other hand, the Daily Mail could interview Stephen Hawking and make him out to have the IQ of an amoeba. Their readership would have problems identifying with anything more intellectually challenging. I suspect even Helen Skelton was somewhat surprised to find out she was that thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 The SuperU in Masseube, 10km from where we lived in the Gers started to offer home delivery last year.The Gers was also the first dept. in France to have highspeed internet cables laid. So there!Missing it already [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I think that what is most rareis the specific combination of being able to order online and delivery.For some reason France seems to have gone overboard for "Drive" which I have never really seen the point of.On the other hand in medium-sized towns (I am talking of Béziers of course) Casino will deliver what you have bought in the shop, free over €50, and the out-of-own Géant Casino does offer delivery of online orders.So of course do Picard which was one of the shops in that commercial centre in my link.In the village Carrefour will deliver what you have bought in the shop, but there is no doubt that this sort of thing is much less developed.As with many things in France it is more of a personal service and depends on the shopkeeper.One local couscous restaurant advertised that they were going to start takeaways.I ordered and when he turned up with it it was still in the collection of pots and pans in which it had been cooked. He asked me if I could let him have them [:D] back the next day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Canet-Plage is not exactly the back of beyond. Maybe a little quiet in the winter (I have been there then) as all seaside places are, but certainly neither far from civilisation or food! I don't mind Helen Skelton, but her voice does irritate me. Most likely journalist licence ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 [quote user="Judith"] ........ I don't mind Helen Skelton, but her voice does irritate me. .......[/quote]Lucky you! That and her pixie face get really up my nez! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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