The Hornet's Nest

i'm guessing somebody zonked out

 

Tune travel? Do they have piped music on trains down there these days?

I'd take the cheaper option and listen to my ipod if I were you

 

Morning all from Paris, had a great week travelling round the south west of France found a lovely place about 60kms SW of Bordeaux right on the coast so peaceful and quiet. Will be looking to going back there next year I have one more week over here, which will include a 1,000 mile round trip to Germany not looking forward to the drive but it will be worth the effort to see the other grand daughter for the first time in my case Anyway must go and have another wander round the local street market and get some fresh produce for our meals!

 

Morning all breakfast done early morning wander around the old city done! what to do now?

 

Thanks, i do like finding pretty pictures. I am feeling a little better, still streaming but less of the headache.

Morning all, a fresh morning today with a light mist on the ground. Its warming up as time goes on and looks to be a scorcher again. Highs of 28/29 expected.

 

Glad your a bit better

 

Morning All, Weather as normal, reckon that we will be up in the 30s again this afternoon.

Glad you had a good trip down to the SW AL, it seems that whenever we go travelling around the country we find places that we want to return to and often do.

Off to the recycling centre this morning as I have a large collection of metal objects to dispose of and I keep tripping over them. So far only a little blood has been spilt.

 

Careful Frenchie dont want you spilling blood Hope you have got rid of your cold too!

 

springbok v samoa game has been unsurprisingly feisty a samoan threw a punch at a bok right infront of the lino red card!
13-5 SA

 

Just watched that game, much closer than the score suggests, if only the Samoans could hold on to the ball in the tackle. The Welsh will be happy though as that means they are through to the QF's. Now for Scotland to turn over the Auld enemy and WFC to win at Soton, well I can hope

 

Morning all.

I think Norway and Ak are well placed: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...o-sue-Britain-to-let-in-benefit-tourists.html

 

Good catch BB - I will be take the iPod and blast out some Gatecrashers Trance Classics whilst sampling some extra strong fermented Apple juice on the journey! - or is that pipped music?

 

I am late.

Góðan daginn til allra. Cappuccino, coffee, tea and donuts are on the bar.

Frothy cappuccinos for al HH Leon and W_Y
Coffees for COYH, Frenchie, Kev, rob and theo
Strong coffee for Sandy
Milky coffee for Yorkie
Strong black coffees for Bragi Norway and zen
Black coffee half hot half cold and no sugar for Charlie
Teas for BHD jsybaz Lloydinio and Millens
Coffee and cake for Minx
Caramel latte for Hornette
A chocolate monster for BBW
Espresso for SuffolkHorn
And a redwine for NZ as he is so ahead of us in time

 

Much too hot to try anything energetic, so thought I would draw to your attention a couple of snippets from Centre Presse that you might have missed.

The last time I was tempted out for a walk it was very civilised. Start at 9.00am, walk about 2 miles down some green lanes, before stopping for breakfast in the shade of a leafy glade at 10.00am. An hours break for that, then we went on our way for a further 3 miles before we arrived at a chateau for a full blown dinner. After wine twice in one morning, yes it was provided at the breakfast, we waited for the cars to arrive and take us back to our starting point. The company was good and there was plenty of time to notice the things around us in the countryside.

The first item from the paper is about 3,200 people who went walking last Saturday around Millau in l'Aveyron, the place where the famous bridge is and a very hilly part of the country. My suspicion is that they did not look upon it as a social event as it was 100 kms long. The first man home took 10h 02 mins and the first woman 10h 29min. Not really an event to be enjoyed, some were out there for 19 hours.

The second headline to catch my eye was,"Allo, Monsieur le taxi c'est pour mon chein." This story is about one Yohan Fradin, 23 ans, it always helps to have a persons age, who has spotted a market to take peoples cats, dogs and even fish to "Chez veto" or "Chez le toiletteur" though what they will do to a fish in a poodle parlour requires some imagination.
Our enthusiastic M.Fradin has so far successfully delivered, apart from the above, rabbits, birds and snakes to airports and railway stations as well as the vets.

Next time I fly with Ryanair I will be certain to make sure that I don't have a snake strapped in the seat next to me.

 

Southamptons quite a nice city ,the old city is quite interesting ,there is a beer festival on and an unbelievable amount of pretty women all speaking foreign languages! this heat and sunshine is great ,am loving it ! an unlikely win tomorrow and this may well be one of the best trips ive ever been on

 

"Next time I fly with Ryanair I will be certain to make sure that I don't have a snake strapped in the seat next to me." - It's not the snake in the chair you have to worry about on Ryanscare - it's the crew....bunch of shysters

 

Also saw the funniest thing the other day when returning to the apartment, there was a tramp sitting on a bench and his pet of choice was a guinea pig I have seen plenty of tramps with dogs and the occasional cat but a guinea pig?
I have been amazed in paris at the amount of people who actually own dogs in Paris, just a shame they do not clean up after themselves Also in the neighbourhood where my wife works, there are two Doggy day-care places (A nursery for dogs) and round the corner from her place is a shop that sells dog prams, and puppy carriers etc etc. Totally over the top!

 

Madonna has a lot to answer for its because little dogs are seen as a fashion accessory and the Frenchies do like their fashion and being trendy!

 

What!! So it's not just the dogs who do it in the streets - the people do it too?

So the rumours I've heard about the French are true.

 

What do they call their dogs in Seoul? Takeaways.