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murderous one day cycle race ………Continue reading Paris-Roubaix Cycle Race Ryanair links Poitiers with Barcelona, Beauvais with Pau ………Continue reading New flights for Poitiers, Pau, Beauvais and Bordeaux! Ryanair is introducing new flights to France next summer (2010) from Leeds/Bradford to Limoges, Montpellier, Nantes and Carcassonne! There are already flights from Yorkshire Avignon, Bergerac,Chambery, La Rochelle, Nice, Paris and Toulouse. This comes at the same time as Ryanair has also announced the cancelling of many flights from Stansted over this winter. So, much ………Continue reading More UK to France routes for 2010 LD Lines has dropped its Dover-Dieppe ferry service from the end of June 2009. Reportedly due to insufficient traffic, the ship used , the “Cote D’Albatre” will continue to run on the newer Dover-Boulogne service. But it is a shame that there is again less choice for crossing the channel – the Dieppe route at ………Continue reading LD Lines drop Dieppe service
An opportunity to visit France’s rich heritage of Gardens is offered for the weekend of 29 May – 1 June 2008 with the “Rendezvous des Jardins” (meetings with gardens). Sponsored by the French Ministry of Culture, more than 2000 private and public parks and gardens across France will be open to the public. ………Continue reading Garden Rendezvous throughout France The Chateau of Chantilly (60 Oise, Picardie) hosts an International Firework Festival in the grounds 12-14 June 2008. With at least 11 displays of pyrotechnic spectacles designed by some of the top firework display designers in the world – there are strict rules as in any serious competition – some elements against prescribed music, some ………Continue reading Nights of Fire at Chantilly We tend to think of the Rose as a quintessentially English flower, but the French have their moments. Avignon (84 Vaucluse, Provence) celebrates the rose with its Altera Rosa Festival in May, whilst in the north the Royal Abbey of Chaalis near Senlis (60 Oise, Picardie) throws its own Rose festival in June Chaalis Abbey ………Continue reading Days of roses at the Royal Abbey of Chaalis The annual one day Paris-Roubaix cycle race takes place on Sunday 13 April 2008, and is one of the major professional races in France. Also known as the “Hell of the North” it is a gruelling race, not least because of the cobbled roads which are included – nearly 60km of the 260km course which ………Continue reading Paris-Roubaix Cycle Race 2008 With the arrival of Spring comes a celebration of Birds and Wildlife in Picardie ( Festival de l’Oiseau et de la Nature) from 12 – 20 April 2008. Forget the stereotyped connotations of Picardy, the Somme and northern France, this is an area of lakes, sanddunes, cliffs and gentle river valleys which is a haven ………Continue reading Picardie's Bird and Nature Festival With the arrival of Spring comes a celebration of Birds and Wildlife in Picardie ( Festival de l’Oiseau et de la Nature) from 12 – 20 April 2008. Forget the stereotyped connotations of Picardy, the Somme and northern France, this is an area of lakes, sanddunes, cliffs and gentle river valleys which is a haven ………Continue reading Picardie’s Bird and Nature Festival |
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