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Places to go: St Martin du Canigou in Pyrénées Orientales, Languedoc Roussillon 28 Dec 2010 | 10:54 am
It’s an easy 40 minute walk up the public footpath which climbs 300 meters through a limestone gorge but it’s worth it. Clinging to the side of Mount Canigou, the abbey of St Martin du Canigou perches...
Irénée Cros - an ordinary Frenchman 15 Dec 2010 | 12:13 pm
In June 1940, the French government capitulated to advancing German forces. Defeatists amongst France’s politicians and senior commanders had overestimated Germany’s strength and underestimated their ...
The TGV Paris-Barcelona arrives. . . almost 30 Nov 2010 | 10:33 pm
A French TGV speeds across Catalonia en route for Figueras. Photo: Martin Castellan/Sud Media Images From 19th December 2010, the Catalan capital of Barcelona will be a step nearer to France. French...
Spanish village devastated by morris dancing 1 Apr 2010 | 07:54 pm
Health officials race against time to save these Spanish villagers from the scourge of Britain The World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a level 5 pandemic alert yesterday after Spanish health offic...
Transhumance in the Vicdessos 1 Jan 2010 | 10:28 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE About 100km south of Toulouse in southern France, the E9 European trunk route passes through Tarascon sur Ariège on its way through the Pyrenees ...
The transhumance 16 Dec 2009 | 06:39 am
Since at least the Middle Ages, farmers have been taking their livestock to summer pasture high in the Pyrenees. Summer in Spain and southern France is hot and dry. Livestock would go thirsty without ...
One of our bears is missing. . . 4 Nov 2009 | 01:34 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE There’s more news on the bears in the Pyrénées. Rumours continue to spread since spring that two of them have been killed by unknown members of t...
Baloo the bear is alive and well and living in the Pyrenees…..probably 9 Oct 2009 | 05:19 am
You remember Baloo, famed Disney buffoon and hero of the Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling? The Pyrenees are one of the last strongholds of the European brown bear in southern Europe. There are 22 of th...
