Vauvert Village in the Dept. of the GARD (Languedoc-Rouissillon) 30600 (Link: http://vauvertvillage.blogspot.com )- Pictures of the town and people. Vauvert, canton town of some 25,000 inhabitants, sometimes referred to as the "door to the Camargue" lies between Nimes and Montpellier, and is on the main rout linking Montpellier to Marseilles, passing through St. Gilles, Arles and various other well known towns. The area is largely fruit and vegetable producing together with a smaller fishing industry (Asparagus, salads,tomatoes,vines,peaches,nectarines,apricots, cherries etc, together with rice from the Camargue) and its wines (the well known "Costieres") are very agreeable. Eels and sander are fished in the "etangs" surrounding the village. The town is some 20 kilometres from the beaches of the Grau-du-Roi, Les Saintes Maries-de-la-mer,and the well known fortress town of Aigues Mortes (salt producing) which is well worth a vi...

Yesterday I wanted to put a couple of articles on the spot, and couldn't! Told me it was all full up, so I went off to look at the help group, to see if there were any solutions! What I saw were hundreds of notes from people in the same situation! From all over the world, Australia to Greenland!! The theories went from terrorist attacks on Google Blogs, to somebody asleep on duty at Google!! I suppose they'll get it sorted out sometime, whilst waiting, my literary ideas are literally being lost in my memory!! Never mind - I suppose we should be all right for Christmas with Ron and Eff!! Well, we'll see how it goes - have patience with me! Communication is a problem subject at the moment, I'm trying to get Sky TV and I've now found out that I can have it with no problem from a new company here in France. Now my problem is to find the money to buy the Sky Digi box (at 250 euros!!!) but at least I know now that for the reasonable monthly price of 14BP, I can watch C...

Very shortly, there will be a new site to look at! Particularly for the ladies, or for the guys who like getting dressed up, or just want to buy a REAL FRENCH gown of Haute-Couture value, made by hand and to your lady's measurements, right here at the home of Mr. le Marquis! (Not by mr le Marquis, I hasten to add) Nadine Benoit - Couture is not yet up and running, but it won't take long! ************************************************************* Mr le Marquis will keep you informed - start saving up your pennies for that once in a lifetime gift- If she's getting hitched, here it is-a genuine French haute couture bridal dress (ready to be hung up in the wardrobe afterwards!) I reckon we could even get a "mode defile" organised for all you future customers, with snacks and buffet from mr le Marquis - BUT WOE UPON YOU IF YOU EAT MY GOODIES AND DON'T ORDER A DRESS!!!!

Heyho! Tomorrow the chequered flag comes down again! As usual. there will be good drivers and bad drivers, as in all of these things in life! This time it could be REAL Turkish Delight, and possibly this lady will be the winners prize! If so, don't be surprised that they all go so slowly, or that Button wins! On the other hand, it could be worse for the winner! This lady would obviously be very pleased with Buttons, particularly Buttons that fitted! Maybe Bernie will arrange his own, particular form of Turkish delight, and doubtless all my readers will be glued to the TV sets, waiting for something to happen! Ladies, Gentlemen, children - it's a Bank holiday weekend, time to get out and about, walking briskly in the pure clean air of England's/Holland's/Germany's/France's/America's green and pleasant lands! Leave the Turks to their delight, and delight yourselves otherwise!!

(see comments on last post) Yep-Yup - It's him again! A.Nony Mouse, back with his sleazy undeclared comments! At least I only wear dark glasses to confuse you all, but to make sure that things are clear, the description dhiarrea was in respect of colour and consistency, not of taste! Maybe the Dutch will "stiffen it up" a bit! So far as A. Nony. Mouses's wife queuing up, this tells me quite a bit about A. Nony. Mouse - firstly that he is wed, to a woman, and secondly this lady runs the business, otherwise she wouldn't have time to spend hours queuing up - probably while A.Nony. Mouse is cleaning up the house/garden or whatever. Thirdly, this tells me that his wife has good taste (or she wouldn't bother with Mr le Marquis du Galipot) and is therefore, without doubt, "the one who must be obeyed". This, in turn, would conjure up an image of A.Nony. Mouse as a retiring, elderly, polite- but rather boring old gentleman, who rarely does anyth...

Well - after all your holidays, excursions, parachuting, golfing, shopping, eating, drinking, making merry, and whatever else you all got up to, I Think you can all follow the example of the Smiley group here represented! Take a BOW, ladies, Gentlemen, boys and girls! Your efforts for the 7th August at Campagne were great, and were more than one could expect!! I think everyone enjoyed themselves, and the good thing was that it was everyone who made it work! That's it for compliments and tender words, mr le Marquis is back - in fine form, and ready to blether, complain, grouse, inform, misinform, amuse, annoy, and otherwise make his presence felt!! This season, I'm going to try and round off and tie up all the loose ends, before starting off again with your much loved "Ron + Eff", followed up with more stories from the treasure chest of Mr.le Marquis, regarding his many previous lives - "Highlander" stuff!!! A few articles on mor...

Sitting there, this morning, biting toothlessly into my breakfast brioche, I followed the news on the TV. Suddenly I sat bolt upright, for some sad news (which will infuriate my mate Chippie) had come humming down from the Satellite! Heinz HP Sauce factory to be closed in UK!! As of March next year, all Heinz HP Sauce will be made in HOLLAND!!! This will mean, I'm sure, much moaning and wailing and gnashing of teeth (which means I will be excluded!) since the British lovers of this brownish, dhiarrea like substance, will insist that no damned Dutchman will EVER be able to make the stuff as well as an Englishman. I hate the stuff (but I've had the politeness to store the photo under "Food + Drink" - not being sure which category it falls into), just as I hate the other redder version, called variously Catsup, Ketchup, amongst other names, but I can understand that, when a British Institution is attacked in such a terrible manner, defensive tactics have to brushed...

Hello ROB ROY!!! You could be of inestimable value to me if you have a couple of minutes just to help me in using + understanding this new system from Google ("Writely"). It's a sort of good replacement for MS "Word" usable in more ways than "word" No programme installation - no disc space lost - direct photo etc to Blog (you can see my 1st try on "mr le Marquis")- Only drawback? You must be attached to the Internet to use it! Works as an external Hard disc as well! If you could (I've put you down as "collaborators") I'd like you just to make any nonsense text or change to this document, and then - well then, I don't know- that's what I want to find out!!!! Gon on - give me a hand!! From Me: I've opened the link, but now I don't know what the hell to do!!! HELP................ I'm just going to click on "publish" and then "republish document" Wonder what will happe...

This is my first trial with Google word programme. I thought this may be useful if and when I am underways, and do not have access to MS Word programme. Now all that remains is to try and understand this programme, and find out exactly what I can and can't do with it! For example, can I download Smileys, and use them elsewhere? Same applies for photos, because the problem with MS Word is that you can't post directly (cut + paste) with images, onto your blog. I will try "inserting a picture" and see what happens! WELL- As you can see, I'll have to figure out the re-sizing! Now to find out whether I can download/upload this letter/trial direct to the blog site, Mr le Marquis du Galipot. Incidentally, you can have this programme from Google, free of charge, by going to the main site of Google, and looking/search for "Google writely" or simply do a search direct with the search terms "Google writely" - incidentally, it doesn't take any spa...

On Friday, I heard on the radio that the premium grants, for each child scolarised (that means going to school) had already been paid, some 2 weeks earlier than normal, to all the families concerned. This "aid" is for each child, and is to the tune of over 200 euros per child. It is intended to be used for the purchase of Satchels, school books etc.. etc.. INTENDED!As soon as I heard this report, I knew where I would find my neighbour and his wife over this weekend, and I wasn't wrong! Starting on the Saturday morning, early, there they were - imparting their gems of wisdom to all and sundry- on the terrace of the local bar/cafe! Drinks for all were NOT in short supply, and the voice of the wife got louder and louder as time went by! The Sunday was just a continuation of the same. Where the 4 kids concerned found themselves remains a mystery, right up to the moment I'm writing this! Now-I used to enjoy the"cafe/bar" life myself, but neither I, nor my w...

Here we are - 5th August 2006, and I'm sitting waiting for my transport together with my cat, food for around 20 people, and impatience - not because it's late, but because I regret already having suggested this Monday 7th re-union! Kilos of Guardienne ( a sort of stew made with bulls meat, with olives and stuff) salads, cold meats, eggs, cold sauces, cheese, plus all the stuff (I hope) that the invited participants are going to bring with them(!) will have to be arranged, sorted out, presented and served, and having the task of doing so over the weekend, ready for Monday the 7th is a "doubtful" compliment! Particularly so because (knowing my French as I do) I am certain that most people will turn up half an hour AFTER official invite time, trailing plastic bags with warm ham and meats intended to be cold, and once upon a time green salads, now wilting and brownish, expecting service to be immediate, and cold with fresh things to attack! Nerves will be strained, and...

Ron and Eff are installed (comfortably, I hope!) in a holiday home not far away! Imagine, chalets with air-conditioning! I always associated chalets with ski holidays, and the last thing one wanted (or needed) was air-conditioning! Open the door, and the heat was quickly cleared! Progress, it's called! Snobbism for me, but maybe I'm sour because my appartment hasn't got it, and it's 30/35C even at night time! My new PC hasn't got the things really required, and trying to get the old one back on line is proving difficult, nay, impossible! Still never mind, it was a kind thought from wacky-backy to help me out. Some day (in paradise) I'll have the brand new, most up to date PC I want, which WILL do what I WANT IT TO DO! Just don't count on my sending you emails to tell you about it! 4 days (and nights) of installing/deinstalling/reinstalling/redeinstalling XP and Win 98 - All for nothing! Now I can't even get the old one to configure correctly! I think it...

If you want to know what this is all about, then click on the link in the message below this one "g-mail compose" or something similar! Now I've had enough, and my 1st job (when my finances are sorted out - if ever!) will be to get my hands on a NEW pc that does what I want it to, which works, which is reliable, which doesn't risk finding itself flying out of the window. Wonder if I'll ever get that far? Not throwing it out of the window, that's too easy- no, getting a new pc! It's hot, I'm steamed up, and I'm off to try and relax! Tatty-piddle!

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