Olympics

What with all the coverage here in Sing. you would have thought we were hosting the games at the moment not just a committee meeting.  The media coverage is so intensive I can virtually tell you what each committee member was wearing, had for breakfast and where they went for dinner.

I can also categorically say that some people may or may not have made up their minds yet and the presentations today may or may not make any difference and with David Beckham attneding the presentation for London as an example of one of our most outstanding Olympic sports persons I would just like to congratulate Paris on a well deserved victory.

what are the olimpics?   Some new sporting event?

That's only because you stayed with English friends, who raid Sainsbury's before crossing the Channel!
(a friend of mine went to Dordogne last year and was surprised - and deprived - because he couldn't find any Cheddar )

Advice to all: in France, it's virtually impossible to find baked beans, bacon, flavoured cheese (like the green or red-streaked stuff glowing at the cheese counter). Not easy to find prawn cocktail crisps, yukky fat sausage rolls, mint sauce for Sunday roast. Marmite is virtually unheard of, as are all the cheerful-looking fizzy drinks that get kids on a high.

Sad news, it's not easy to find a good curry, and chocolate bars are more expensive!

To counterbalance, any food you buy in France is worth a few sacrifices

Next week's column will be about wine...