These links are a selection of sites relating to the themes of this part of the site that I find interesting, useful or both. Some are included simply for their entertainment value !
Streetmapis a UK address finding site which produces quite useful maps.
Camping and Caravanning Club the club calls itself the friendly club and I would agree. Services for members include the Club's own campsites, foreign travel and site booking service.
Sedgemoor District Council - Sedgemoor is the district that includes Bridgwater, Cheddar and Burnham on Sea.
Battle of Sedgemoorwas the last battle fought on English soil, back in 1685 when James II's troops put down the Monmouth rebellion.
Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnivalis believed to be the largest illuminated carnival in the world. Words can't do it justice, visit the site and see the photos !!
This is Dorseta newspaper site that has a wealth of info and links for Dorset and also the New Forest.
Pooletourism.comis the Poole Tourist Office site, it has a very good virtual tour on there, worth visiting just to see that - though Poole and it's environs are well worth a real or virtual visit!
Paignton Zoois a much modernised zoo which is part of breeding programmes etc. for endangered species and also provides all that a visitor could ask for from a zoo within its 75 acre site.
Aspects Of Exmoorhas a selection of views, details of walks and more on Exmoor.
Quantock LodgeA Gracious, historic, Victorian Mansion in secluded peaceful surroundings. For all of your accommodation needs, training courses, house parties and functions - large and small.
Valley Farm BroomfieldA beautifully situated holiday rental property enjoying peace and exceptional seclusion within a pretty wooded valley in the Quantock Hills.
France and French related sites :- some of these sites are in French only, but I suppose if you are interested in them you probably have some ability to read French !
Ouest-Franceis the site of France's largest circulation daily paper, it's a regional paper covering Brittany, much of Normandy and the Pays de Loire. I find it useful for keeping in practice at reading French as well as keeping up to date with events in the region.
France BLEUisone of Radio France's stations, you can listen on line if you can't receive it normally. In south west England can be picked up on 711 on medium wave, but beware, it has some Breton language opt outs on that frequency !!
Grand dictionaire terminologiqueis a site that besides giving translations of individual words can translate many technical and scientific phrases.
French4ua translation service for French property owners.
Maville.com, le réseau national de villes numériques.From this site you can get localised news etc. for several towns and cities in North West and the South of France. It is also the portal for several web cams, including Caen, Mont-Saint-Michel and Paris - so you can see la tour Eiffel live !
Angloparisis an e-mail discussion group mainly for those English speakers who live in, want to live in or frequently visit Paris. Their homepage has lots of useful links to sites relating to living in, moving to or visiting la belle France.
Gestes français - French Gestureshas illustrated explanations of all those gestures the French make that we Anglophones find baffling.
Fluent Frenchwritten by an American who has worked in Paris, a useful guide to French as it is used as opposed to what the school text books tell you.
Leicestershire, Past and Present - Suite101.comis a site produced by my English friend who now lives in Montana ! From there you can access the other Suite101 pages on many and various subjects, indexed under the library style Dewey Decimal system.
YouGovis an online UK opinion poll organisation, so if you want your views to count, you can sign up here.
I can take no responsibility for the content of any of the sites listed on this page or elsewhere on this site, nor for any actions taken as a result of visiting them.
