Newsagents French style-encore once more So it is off for a bit of grand parenting to Isle de France profonde-National Express and Eurostar always permitting. And once again reliant on L'Etang La Ville's maison de press for le Guardien et L'Observeur-and beware being fobbed off with Le Mail Quotidien, always the last of the journaux anglais to leave the shelves. There are lots of English settlers* around and you have to get there smartish to avoid being stuck with les tabloids. Last time I was there Monsieur MdP recognised me after several months absence-it was surely the quality of my French which had made an indelible impression on his memory.

* The locals have renamed their station St Nom de la Breteche-to St Nom de la British. What a place to have been during the Rugby World Cup.
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