Gardengirl Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 [quote user="Gardian"][quote user="NormanH"]Not my town, but a photo of one I know well and would love to live in[IMG]http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh80/bfb_album/704434_406438669429188_138606088_o.jpg[/IMG][/quote]Where is that Norman?[/quote]I've kept wondering that too. At first glance I thought Le Mont Dore, but decided the hills weren't right and the river's too big, and that dinky tower/folly-thingy made me think of the Doubs/Franche-Comté area, or even that place on the Tarn where Charlotte Grey was filmed. This could run and run! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 It is St Geniez d'Olt in the Aveyron (the Olt is actually the Lot, but well before it gets to that department).Lovely little town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Can we have a weather update, please, people?It's perishing here; MUCH too cold for snow but I bet there will be a very thick frost.The best thing is that I will be able to snuggle down further inside my lovely, warm bed and feel thankful that my days of taking warm water out to clear the windscreen and getting in a panic about being late for work are nowadays no more than a distant memory[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Over the little pond, I've been rather anxiously watching the weather forecast since I'm driving up to Manchester tomorrow - might be freezing fog, might be all right, but no snow.At least I can wait for the rush hour to be over before starting out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 [quote user="sweet 17"]Can we have a weather update, please, people?[/quote]OK! I realise I'm 12h behind the request, but in case you're still interested, I can let you know it's raining ice here... [:D]It's not rain and it's not snow, and it's too small to qualify as hailstones, but it's noisy when it hits the Velux and it does not melt or flatten on contact.Temp -3°C overnight, and although the thermometer reads +3°C, the wind makes me believe I could almost be on my way to accompany Sir Ranulph on his latest adventure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Clair your weather sounds like the weather we had walking over the Pyrenees last June! [+o(]Well done Sir Ran. I hope he makes it o.k. I once went to hear a lecture he gave which was just brilliant, they don't make too many like him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 At 7:50 this morning, the slightest dusting of snow as the bus I had just missed went past. 10 minutes later as I drove to work, you could hardly see 50 metres. Heard on the radio that roads from France and Belgium into Luxembourg were at a standstill.Just outside my office, a car just turned into the path of a bus, the bus had right of way, presumably because the car driver couldn't see the road markings they no longer applied. Pity, it was a shiny red Audi A4 that got totaled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 'Heard on the radio that roads from France and Belgium into Luxembourg were at a standstill.''That must be wrong Pierre, it's only UK that comes to a halt when it snows - or so the UK press would have us believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 To my great surprise, when I opened the shutters this morning, there was no frost where I was expecting a sea of white. J'ai eu les bras qui s'en tombé. Er...did I get that right (as discussed on the "expression" thread and I am trying this phrase out to learn it properly)?[I]It certainly wasn't cold, not like it was last night. Then it started raining quite heavily and now the sun is actually shining and the veranda is warming up nicely. I have put the clothes out, though keeping a weather-eye out for rain.Got lunch cooking; roast chicken for me and doggie and potato-and-red-bean burgers for OH. I just feel soooo much better when it isn't blowing like the clappers (French equivalent for that?) and the sort of weather that freezes your very marrow.Sorry for melding 2 threads into one but these French expressions can be most engaging and not easy to remember if you don't keep repeating them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 sweet17 said: when it isn't blowing like the clappers (French equivalent for that?) and the sort of weather that freezes your very marrow. And that sounds like the Mistral........ or could it be the Tramontane where you are??????? does it get that far north? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Sorry, id, I didn't make myself clear: I meant what is the equivalent French expression of "blowing like the clappers"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 SW17, you made your self very clear to me at least. I was however a bit perplexed by Idun's reference to Mistral as a translation "blowing like the clappers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 [quote user="sweet 17"]Sorry, id, I didn't make myself clear: I meant what is the equivalent French expression of "blowing like the clappers"?[/quote]One which comes to mind is "un vent à décorner les bœufs", meaning a wind strong enough to pull the horns off cattle... Would that do? [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Oooh, Clair, I LOVE that!!! Imagine, flying horns everywhere........That's how I remember a lot of stuff; create a mental image and then I have no problems coming out with the words [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Back to snow......looks like in our bit of 31 we are due some this coming week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raza Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Oh yeahOh noWill it come to 32 this year I wonder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 The wind at the moment seems to be coming down from the North The Arctic this summer was one of the coldest recorded the usual 90 days of Arctic warm was less than half and the ice is building up fast ... So I read in the Science publications .....the feeling is that cold in the North will come south. It will be fun in the snow for many when it does . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefluvvie Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Snow - you're very welcome to it! Perish the thought - life is far too short for snow....one of the (many) reasons I happily left France....You poor souls.....Chiefluvvie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprogster Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Chiefluvvie has an interesting point about the French weather and I am sure that a lot of Brits who move to France are shocked by how cold the winters can be there. If the experts are correct and we are in for a decade or so of harsh winters for Northern Europe, a lot of us will have to think again as to alternative warmer countries, especially retirees who are looking for a mild winter climate to minimise fuel costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefluvvie Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Absolutely right Sprogster !If anyone reading this forum is planning a move to France primarily based on 'nice weather' expectations - then forget it instantly! I was in PACA for a long time and experienced some of the worst weather in my life.Cheifluvvie :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprogster Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 A Brit retiree can spend six months a year in New Zealand or Australia as a tourist and is covered under a reciprocal health agreement with the UK. Sounds an appealing way to avoid winter!Like Chiefluvie my French house is in PACA and the winter weather has undoubtedly got a lot worse in the nine years I have been there. Before I arrived, forest fires were the main concern due to the lack of rain, now it is flash floods and torrential downpours, as we have recently seen on the news effecting Corsica and Sardinia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Frederick said:"The wind at the moment seems to be coming down from the North The Arctic this summer was one of the coldest recorded the usual 90 days of Arctic warm was less than half and the ice is building up fast ... So I read in the Science publications .....the feeling is that cold in the North will come south. It will be fun in the snow for many when it does . "Surely not colder as we are constantly being told about global warming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 [quote user="PaulT"]Frederick said:"The wind at the moment seems to be coming down from the North The Arctic this summer was one of the coldest recorded the usual 90 days of Arctic warm was less than half and the ice is building up fast ... So I read in the Science publications .....the feeling is that cold in the North will come south. It will be fun in the snow for many when it does . "Surely not colder as we are constantly being told about global warming![/quote]http://www.athropolis.com/map2.htmNote position of Alert on the map just North of Greenland ............August 15th this year temperature minus 4C . This appears to be the coldest August the 15th since records began in 1950. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 PACA ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Pyrenées, Alpes, Cote d'Azure, I am fairly sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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