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"seafood lovers"

One of the main reasons we bought a cadac this year. Cooking fish in the van always makes it stink but now we can cook outside easily and buy loads of seafood without getting a smelly van!

 I tried to buy some mussels last weekend - - seems to be not possible in Leics!

"We LURVE the fish kebabs done on the BBQ"

dead right again - and some of the the real bargains are the flatfish from fish markets, the French don't seem to like them (?) so plaice and sole etc are real giveaways- a few euros and you could feed the 5000 (no, I am not the messiah, I'm just a very naughty boy!).

Boy am I hungry again! fish kebabs for starters, moulles a la creme for seconds, lobster for thirds, plaice for fourths, langoustines for fifths, and a seafood cocktail for sixths. Wonder if the froggies do a crevettes trifle to finish!!?? (The order of those doesn't seem quite right , but you get the message!!)

Is there such a thing as a seafood cheese, or seafood coffee or seafood cigar?? The mind boggles!!!

Enjoy that lovely French food- it's a long time to next summer but the thought of it makes life worth living!! And the cigars are cheap as well!

Quote: Originally posted by Pennine Plodder on 08/9/2006

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We LURVE the fish kebabs done on the BBQ. Actually all the fish and fresh veg available in French supermarkets, make the British supermarket offerings look very tired.

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Quote: Originally posted by fowey57 on 09/9/2006

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Hi, we holiday down the road in Carnac in a little side road in Beaumer, Super U is expensive but the E Le Clerc Supermarche in Auray up the road is cheap........difference between Somerfield and Tesco! Trinite Sur Le Mer and Carnac are really Knightsbridge on Sea and my two weeks of pleb free living a year.....it's a very expensive part of France, the houses are London prices! France is not expensive for food...........try the market in Trinite, Carnac or Auray.  Don't forget the French eat a lot less than we do and there food is of a fantastic quality.  There are plenty of restaurants on the harbour front in Trinite where Fruit de Mer for two is £20, and the standard Moule Frite is around a fiver! It's fresh and local and the service is always good.  I also look out for the menu formule in Le Clerc...........10 euros for a three course lunch, around 7 pounds! France is expensive but quality costs...don't forget our supermarkets sell us cheap rubbish, bought in from anywhere in the world they can exploit...........

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There's no road tax over here. We pay car insurance which is generally 25-30% less than the UK. We pay 'taxe fonciere' and 'taxe d'Habitation', those two combined for our place (which encompasses 11 bedrooms, 4 acres of land and 3 houses) is less than we paid in Community Tax for a terrace house in the UK! Water rates....we were dreading our water bill for this place. A caravan site with 3 gites etc...guess how much? Less than £380! That's after filling the pool with 22'000 litres of water! Electricity is about on a par with the UK though. Our gas is bottled gas for the hobs, and that's 25% cheaper than in the UK too. Food is slightly less expensive than the UK, while things like clothes are more expensive. It does depend to a large extent where you shop. La Halle in Angers is our equivalent to Primark! Live as the French live and you're ok. Live as a Brit abroad and you'll pay through the nose for the pleasure is what we've found!

Sorry, but 'rip off' Britains loses it's shine for me when we do the sums!

This year we saw many speed cameras on dual carriageways particularly around towns, some were well signed but we came across some others with no warning. They are all listed on the routes produced by "Mappy" though.

We also saw a big operation near a roundabout in Calais. There were several Gendarmes hauling in motorists who were caught by a hand held radar gun as they rounded a corner not far from the roundabout.

The cameras are still not as prolific as here but each year we go to France they seem to have installed more. It has become quite noticable that the French do not seem to drive as fast as they used to.