The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque

France's best-kept secret

Wednesday, 1 April 2020

278. April is the kindest month.*

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21st April. Although this painting - Nighthawks - of Edward Hopper 's dates from 1942, it appears that we were practising social dista...
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Monday, 2 March 2020

277. The first green shoots of Spring

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31st March. Finally, some good news.. On 24th March, the UK government announced it would turn the ExCeL Centre in London's Docklands a...
Monday, 3 February 2020

276. The dawn of a new era

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29th February. Apologies for my absence of late because as some of you will be aware, we've been dealing with some health issues here. ...
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Madame and I experienced a 'coup de foudre' the first time we visited the Pays Basque (aka the French Basque Country) together - so much so that we started planning our next holiday there as we were driving away. After a few more visits, we concluded that this was where we were going to live one day, once the necessity of having to earn a living was a thing of the past. In mid-2007, we sold up in the UK and we finally realised our long-held dream to move to here. It's everything we ever hoped it would be and it's probably the best decision we've ever made - we've absolutely no regrets. As I can't see myself ever returning to England, I thought I should become part of society here (eg, the right to vote in local and national elections) and so I applied for French citizenship around 2018. I was delighted to receive it a couple of years later as it meant I was no longer a 'bird of passage' and my position here was secure.
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