Wine village gets 5 star hotel
Image Gatien Baron, Sancerre The lovely French wine village of Sancerre has a new 5 star hotel. Les Hauts de Sancerre , in a converted...
Jul 31 min read
New EU border checks start
Ferry passengers face new checks Much delayed new European border controls are now being introduced progressively. And electronic travel authorisation will be launched in the last quarter of 2026 - though over 70s will be spared the much larger than expected adult fee of 20 Euros. The new border controls will be phased in until April 9 next year, to avoid overwhelming systems. It has been reported that checks could be suspended if queues and tailbacks at air and sea ports b
Feb 101 min read
English churches - always worth a pause
When the comic film star WC Fields, a lifelong atheist, was in hospital, close to the end of his life, the story goes that a visiting...
Mar 20, 20232 min read