tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post5069413461633594764..comments2024-01-12T00:56:56.199+01:00Comments on The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: 224. Calm before the stormPipéradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-21476128954548317772015-10-19T13:41:44.878+02:002015-10-19T13:41:44.878+02:00As a lifelong Red, I'll be watching developmen...As a lifelong Red, I'll be watching developments at Anfield with great interest and hope, now that there's an inspirational & passionate manager in the hot seat - rather than someone who's just done the course. Let's see if he can do the sow's ear => silk purse trick.<br />Now put that laptop to one side and get back to blacking the kitchen range! ☺<br />Your St Antonin Noble Val sounds like it's in the deep end of <i>la France profonde</i>.. Have fun!Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-38078169776961295092015-10-19T10:32:14.273+02:002015-10-19T10:32:14.273+02:00As you know, I'm not a fan of Rugby and the T...As you know, I'm not a fan of Rugby and the TV has been hot with Chelsea, Man. City, ManU, Tottenham and, the only team I can be bothered to watch with any interest, Arsenal. Plus at ungodly hours the cricket. Our rugby mad friend has returned to live in OZ. and mores the pity taken his english wife with him. I know my place. In the kitchen with the laptop!<br />Off next week to St Antonin Noble Val, we may be lucky and it will be dry but I don't think it will be eating outside time. Ted is looking forward to walks along the river. LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-5056046978650702122015-10-06T12:31:32.563+02:002015-10-06T12:31:32.563+02:00So when are you moving to find a place with tha ga...So when are you moving to find a place with tha gable wall?! ☺<br />These days travel posters seem to have gone out of fashion.Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-33554467215479023552015-10-06T11:05:34.255+02:002015-10-06T11:05:34.255+02:00I am not fond of old - or new cinema - posters. Th...I am not fond of old - or new cinema - posters. The travel ones I suppose you could 'print your own' copywrite permitting. <br />LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-84498986759596729382015-10-06T10:33:06.995+02:002015-10-06T10:33:06.995+02:00Yes, there's something evocative about old tra...Yes, there's something evocative about old travel posters - particularly the ones for transatlantic travel by liner - like these:<br />https://www.google.com/search?q=transatlantic+travel+posters&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CBwQsARqFQoTCPqe1oG3rcgCFcs7GgodT5oP3A&biw=1920&bih=955<br />I used to think getting there was part of the fun.. For many trips now it's something to be endured. Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-15346646667010528012015-10-06T10:05:31.439+02:002015-10-06T10:05:31.439+02:00Yes the posters are to my taste and I'd really...Yes the posters are to my taste and I'd really like a large floor to gable wall on which to display them in quantity. And a pair of mini binoculars at hand to view them. <br />I was looking at London Transport Museum's offerings yesterday, BR (in the old days) were just as spectacular.<br />LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-12427200313331779812015-10-01T10:51:09.791+02:002015-10-01T10:51:09.791+02:00We went to that church in St-J-d-L years ago for t...We went to that church in St-J-d-L years ago for the annual service for "La mer" - for the sea and those who earn their living on it.. We had to climb up to the dizzying heights of the topmost gallery to find a seat.. I still remember the sensation of vertigo when standing up.. the rail was not much more than knee high.. There was a Basque choir there then - it may even have been the Goraki choir - but that was my introduction to the unique qualities of the Basque singing voice.. Unforgettable.<br />You're asking the wrong person about the 'catch in the ladies' skirts'.. It must be a Basque custom as they all seem do it.<br />There is a distinctive and unique culture here that sets the Pays Basque apart from elsewhere in France. It came across loud and clear last Saturday. We felt privileged to be part of it - even though we couldn't understand the songs. A great afternoon!Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-63359284228859724822015-10-01T10:23:15.912+02:002015-10-01T10:23:15.912+02:00The meal looked very tasty and so did the venue fo...The meal looked very tasty and so did the venue for the concert, all those balconies and niches. Is the catch in their skirts to show off lace petticoats even more a Basque thing?<br />LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com