Met a West Brom fan,told him we will thrash them again this season.Travel tip: Try the South of France the Brits there are delightful.
We always holiday in late August early September in France. I particularly like the Luberon but the driving down is getting to me. We break the journey each way with a couple of stop overs and the very lovely Mrs Godders does nearly all of the driving. We ended up in Crete as a consequence of one those cheap late availability holidays. Never again.
Have to say that the only late deal I took was to Crete and had a great time. We had had a wet week in Gran Canaria, so were desperate for sun. Weather was perfect. Our hotel turned out to be an extension to a 'British Pub' which boded ill, but was actually comfortable with a swimming pool. I think I had a different attitude to the holiday...it was a consolation after a truly awful holiday...and so a nice break in the sun was great. Walked into the next town which was as awful as we'd been warned, but being in a happy place (so to speak) we were pretty tolerant. Restaurants and staff were very good, though some vendors were a bit pushy. A pretty island...just choose your resort carefully.
.....and it will be the first time I have ever been known to shout "Come on Jock!". I notice that Alex Salmond is at Wimbledon. How do you Scots stand him? He's even slimier than that slug Gove.
Her baggage label said Mrs Newton. My opinion was that it was a shame that someone who shares Sir Isaac Newton's surname doesn't even have half a brain.
Yes,I like Aix-en-Provence and the Luberon.Last year ventured into The Cevennes just south of Ales,gorgeous area and good value too.
I liked Arles and it was a great location for visiting the Carmargue. If you are ever in the Luberon again and you like visiting places like the gardens at Mottisfont then you should visit the garden of Château Val Joanis near Pertuis they are truly wonderful and you can get some great wines and local foods at the same time. http://www.val-joanis.com/eng/jardins.html
One thing I'd like to do is follow RL Stevenson's route through the Cevennes. Though I'd like to do it without the donkey. Another thing I'd like to do is canoe down the Ardeche river. I've canoed one or two parts of it, but some of it is inaccessible unless one abseils down the gorge or paddles. I'd rather paddle. Takes one or two days, depending on if you want to linger in places. I would.
It's obviously an education for you, mixing with the British lower orders. Clearly you feel more at home in the country that invented the term bourgouisie.
I know all about the British lower orders. I live in Swaythling, Southampton's most neglected suburb. Sitting in our Doctor's waiting room or going to the Post office is education enough for me thanks.
I'd like to follow C.R.Stein's gastronomical journey on a barge from the North all through France... that would be heaven. I'd have to be careful though; I' was working in France last week and ended up with a touch of gout!
That's the problem, FLT. I've never had gout but one has to watch the weight or problems tend to start in the body and brain. At 54, 6ft and 13st 11lbs, I'm getting pretty clear signals from my body to become more active and eat less. I loved watching Rick Stein on his journey through France by canal boat, but it's the places and travel method that attract me. The food can be appreciated, but most of it has to be left well alone.
What an odd thing to say. Coming from the (perceived) lower orders is absolutely no excuse for behaving like an arse. Needs to stop being used as such and perpetuated too. Godders is talking about a lack of manners and good behaviour as I read it, not a lack of 'social standing'.
Not that I disagree with the sentiment, but I suppose it's just a coincidence that people on cheap package holidays have worse manners?
