Coast and Country in France

It is three days since I wrote in this blog - my aim is to try to add something every day plus keep a record of useful information and links to other stuff - I expect there will be many excuses for not writing, today’s excuse it we are reconfiguring some of the sites and this blog has got shifted to another directory so I could not log in for a while, plus yesterday I was driving from Montblanc in the Languedoc to Mont Blanc in the Alps.

All I can see out of the window is snow and I don’t like snow - so why am I here ? Because my son Tony has a chalet by the ski slopes and my son Jack loves to be with him and to ski - where they get this enthusiasm from is a mystery - I can think of few things I would want to do less than sliding down cold wet hills - however, sitting here in a warm chalet with the freezing white stuff outside good double glazing is OK by me.

A big advantage living in France is that we can go from the Mediterranean to some of the best skiing in the world in a few hours, and thanks to 3G technology I can work on my laptop just as effectively from just about anywhere - France is usually more expensive than most places for mobile phones and communications, the package I am using from Bouygues seems to give me a fair speed and good coverage although I find uploading slow and they don’t let me use the voice services on Skype so I also need the mobile phone to talk. But they would do that, wouldn’t they.

So much is happening at the moment - I am testing other blog software - this is using Wordpress, we are creating a new website for new build properties with interactive maps - all the Coat and Country websites ae being overhauled and we are strengthening the marketing and I am building up the Languedoc real-estate business plus Carole is working on a new website for mobile homes - which is a whole new subject I shall write about. Right now I have to write a description of a gite and stable complex near Montpellier we visited last week