NormanH

I was talking about last November mint. Similar to me then Sue except that your Mutuelle paid more, which is not surprising as I opted for the lowest category of cover for specs as I only have a new pair every 10 years or so (up to now) What our esperience does seem to show is that if you go for anything more than very basic lenses and frames then they are not 'free'..I use mine for tiny writing but also if my eyes are feeling tired after too long looking at the screen, so I took lenses which  have blue light filter, but honestly I  am not impressed.

Not a very useful answer perhaps but my last pair of reading glasses cost 650€ of which about 66 cents was paid by the sécu and 150 by my mutuelle...and I only use them for very small print.

The weather changes quite a lot as you go inland from the Mediterranean.Certainly west of Carcassonne perhaps even a bit east of that  you start to lose the climate.. Then  there is altitude of course. I like  to play with the  weather maps here (you can see arrows with wind direction and speed  or temparatures etc) HERE Limoux has a certain vivacity especially around the square, but Couiza and Esperaza are very rural

That does seem an enormous amount in a village but Judith will have a better idea of TF in that area

I agree with Sue about their prices.I have seen properties on that site at higher prices than those for the same place in more local agents. Quillan has glorious scenery around. It is an area I love for a day out in friend's car, but it is relatively remote from major centres for shopping or more importantly for health care. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorges_de_la_Pierre-Lys St Chinian is rather less far from those facilities ( about 30/40 minutes drive) and still has some lovely places nearby https://roquebrun.fr/ The prices you have shown seem a little on the high side as I would expect from that agent

https://www.leboncoin.fr/ventes_immobilieres/1841957342.htm?ac=558505705

https://www.leboncoin.fr/ventes_immobilieres/1937703753.htm?ac=558505705 is a typical price

That is the crux of the matter. Etranger has the meaning of 'foreigner' i.e. not French, but there is a  distinction between those who  are from countries in the EU (plus Suisse etc) and the rest of the world. The UK joined the non-EU group after Brexit, and some people are surprised at the consequences which are not the EU inventing new rules, simply of the old ones now being applied to the UK as well as the rest of the world. There is also an unofficial usage of "étranger" that in practice becomes virtually racist.

I know St Chinian and Quillan well

This sort of reception in the UK for visitors from the EU will not help. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/14/hostile-uk-border-regime-traumatises-visitors-from-eu

I fear that British people have been so long used to the idea that they are special that it is hard to accept rules that others have had to endure for years. It is akin to calling themselves 'ex-pats'  and and all the others 'immigrants'

So more or less what I have been saying. If one reads the official French site I linked to the rules are clear..

It has been in place for years, even as far back as  just after the  war, but it was one of those things that didn't concern British people while the UK was a member of the EU, since "étranger" in the  regulations implies those from outside the EU. I remember it from a period when I was involved in visits from Eastern Europe in the late 90s. It is one of those things such as the need for a  CdS which have changed since Brexit, and which give an insight into the difficulties encountered by those born elsewhere if they wish to visit or settle. As said before it may well be something that poses few problems in practice.

I think this is about those who can come without a visa,  for less than 3 months as stated in the link I posted at the beginning.. " L'attestation d'accueil est un formulaire rempli et signé par une personne qui s'engage à héberger un étranger à son domicile pendant son séjour en France. Il doit être validé par la mairie avant la demande de visa (ou avant le voyage en cas de dispense de visa). HERE Cas généralL'attestation d'accueil concerne tout étranger souhaitant séjourner moins de 3 mois en France, dans le cadre d'une visite privée ou familiale. This isn't new but it may affect visitors from the UK since Brexit, whereas it didn't before hence the attention from "Anglo" circles. At the risk of repeating myself this is inform people receiving visitors  at home of what they may have to do, so what happens in guest houses doesn't come into it  I also think that it is  the French authorities and official sites (as per my link) that one must look for guidance rather than the British..

https://quizlet.com/107324389/le-vocabulaire-du-maquillage-flash-cards/ https://preply.com/fr/blog/maquillage-cosmetique-anglais-mots-expressions/#scroll-to-heading-0

Is it this? https://www.cjoint.com/doc/21_04/KDunhcXPwZI_2042-C.pdf

I was thinking more from the point of view of the hosts who need to know where they stand. I agree it may well turn out to be more honoured in the  breach than in the observance.

There is THIS  discussion in The Local although I do not usually trust the anglophone press in France.. " What’s not clear is whether people who are exempt from the requirement for a Schengen visa – which includes Brits, Americans and Canadians who can come to France visa-free for 90 days out of 180 – are also exempt from the requirement for an Attestation d’acceuil, and whether the attestation is therefore only required for visitors from a country where a visa is needed for any visit, even a short one. The Local has raised this question urgently with French authorities, asking them to clarify the situation for British visitors.

That's what I thought, but there it specifically says L'attestation d'accueil concerne tout étranger souhaitant séjourner moins de 3 mois en France, dans le cadre d'une visite privée ou familiale. Which is why I posted. It could be fake news since the original rules date from a long time ago, but it could also be newly applicable to post-Brexit UK visitors who would not have been concerned before...

Since Brexit this may become necessary for people from the UK  whom you put up in your home, thought it is not certain yet how strictly it will be applied. "L'attestation d'accueil concerne tout étranger souhaitant séjourner moins de 3 mois en France, dans le cadre d'une visite privée ou familiale." Details HERE

Ok so I see that it is "Beyond our Ken" [:P] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDN6I2a8AxU&list=PL8syZ2g3KUUaXE5Jz2S3oI8IqFzKwaHwG

Yes[:P]

I wrote "you have no say in how they may change in the future." That doesn't mean that you "don't know or wouldn't know what would be my rights" It does mean  that without a vote you have no means of having an effect on those changes. I suspect that you are just being wilfully obtuse to try and irritate me. That won't work. On the other hand it is possible that you have limited understanding.

Ken said" I know perfectly well what my rights are" At the moment you may well do, but without the right to vote you have no say in how they may change in the future.

Ken said"My own view, obviously not shared, is that we who have left the U.K. shouldn't have the right to vote in the U.K.. I simply cannot see that I should be allowed to vote , essentially, about issues that do not affect me as a resident of France." This is not about where one lives geographically it is about the right of a British national to vote in British elections. In other words about citizens' rights. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_expatriates_to_vote_in_their_country_of_origin https://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/publications/voting-from-abroad-the-international-idea-handbook.pdf