Forced to slow down.

[Walkingthedog]

Ot was pretty special wasn’t it.

[yelrow]

I know what happened to his loco collection. His lady wife sent it to a specialist toy auction. There was something about not wanting to be involved with individual sales. It was very exclusive, as he had them converted by a guy on ebay, who fitted the fires, crews and sound..

[Walkingthedog]

She was a very nice lady. BB, PP and myself went to his funeral and had a nice chat with her.

[yelrow]

She would have to have been both nice, and long suffering to have withstood his humour. He never held back his opinion, unlike me.

[yelrow]

Steve, sorry to have hogged your thread. We are in a gite, in mid france for 3 days as 50th wedding anniversary,tomorrow. No tv,just ipad, hence forum contributions.

[Steve M]

Steve, sorry to have hogged your thread. We are in a gite, in mid france for 3 days as 50th wedding anniversary,tomorrow. No tv,just ipad, hence forum contributions.

Absolutely no issues at all John. To be honest this thread has been the ‘virtual’ equivalent of a chat down the pub with some mates.
Mind you it would have been better if we’d all been having a chat in your wine cellar.

[RogerB]

Now there's an idea. R-

[yelrow]

Its down to 70 bottles, but you are both more than welcome. 95% Burgandy, vintage.

[Steve M]

70? What are you going to drink Roger?

Apart from a couple of trips to Boulanger and Calais, 2020 will see my first deliberate visit to France.
Just before Christmas the Beeb aired a series entitled ‘Rick Stein’s France’ - in this he ended up in the far south west in French Catalonia. I was struck by a small fishing village called Collioure.

As I am in Catalunya (that’s the Spanish bit f the same area) next month I checked on Google maps and it seems Collioure is less than two hours from my hotel. I have a ‘spare’ day so a photographic excursion is now on the itinerary.

I wonder how my soon to be ‘non EU’ passport will be greeted at the border?

[glencairn]

I wonder how my soon to be ‘non EU’ passport will be greeted at the border?

Three days before the Referendum I was leaving Warnemunde, Germany. A Customs and Excise Officer (or whatever his rank was) stopped me and demanded to see my passport. He looked at it then stamped it so I could depart.

I often wonder what he knew that I did not.

Glencairn