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Only 72 Hours from Montblanc

Only three days away from our charms The Villa Roquette January Sale ends in 72 hours – our offer of half price in our apartments or BandB for any time in 2010 ends midnight Sunday – don’t miss out on … Continue reading

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Sorting My Newsletter Archives

I have been writing Blogs about our life and businesses in France since 1997 – from 1999 I have used software like Drupal and WordPress to publish them and have tried to keep lists and archives. Since 2003 this has … Continue reading

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Eiffel Eyeful

Image via Wikipedia I thought I had written about this before. When you are in Paris you can book your ticket for the Eiffel Tower online and print it out. This official service is at Tour-Eiffel.fr Related articles by Zemanta … Continue reading

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Beziers the Gateway to the South of France

Our home in the village of Montblanc is between the towns of Beziers and Pezenas. We are a few minutes from the Mediterranean, and are now the focus of a communications network of airports, motorways and high speed rail connection … Continue reading

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The Joule in the Crown

I am looking at using solar energy for power and heating, although after three days of heavy rain and dark grey sky this seems a bit remote. But I have a large, south facing, roof which needs replacing so, with … Continue reading

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Diesel Rolls Royce

I took advantage of a one penny flight to the UK from Beziers airport – the plan was to relax for a few days with a friend in Hereford, instead we caught up on some old “haunts” and friends. I … Continue reading

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On With The Motley

Over the last three years I have been writing about the difficulties I have had since making a big mistake and losing control of my websites and my business in 2005. The stress and worry of this put me out … Continue reading

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Beziers to Stanstead with Ryanair

It seems Ryanair are pleased with the work the people in Beziers have done to make their new Bristol-Beziers route a success, so they are operating a trial service from Stanstead in the summer. The nice people from BlaBlaBlah sent … Continue reading

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Capital Gains Tax

There are some changes afoot in the tax and social security system for people living in France, things like health charges for early retired new residents and wealth tax. I will write up some notes and references to good sources. … Continue reading

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