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How reassuring.

Must say that in the past 48 hours I saw very few police in Paris, far fewer than in London where these days armed police are not unusual. The International Government Establishment where I work in Paris has built a separate screening office inside the main entrance. Invitation (by e-mail after secu...

Never quite touch 300kph. Highest speed indicated 298.

TGV Paris to Figueras boarded a half hour early, departure on time. Now getting up to speed.

On the subject of easy or not deaths, mentioned elsewhere. A colleague, Tony, had a mild heart attack just before Christmas. He was released from hospital, seemingly recovered. On Christmas Day the whole large family enjoyed the usual festive lunch and Tony was at his best, laughing and chatting. At...

Well done !

Morning all from Paris. Good night's sleep, no palpitations, no heart racing. Sure it was indigestion. My mother had exactly the same in her eighties. Funny how the body gets less tolerant as we age. I did walk round to a local Paris doctor after finally arriving at hotel* but a lout sitting in the ...

Morning all. Woke up early, heart racing. Now up, not racing. Still think it's digestive. Off to Paris this morning.....

Lunch guests just left. If I didn't know they had an appointment, I would have said it was because the house suddenly got so cold. Cold enough to have the heating on. mid-May ? Humbug !

Serious Palpitations all night. Suspect caused by some stale cake I ate from the fridge two days ago, thinking if it was in the fridge it must be ok. Now working it's way out.....causing trouble en route ....

For ludicrous prices and non-existant service, Gordon Ramsey's gets the biscuit, or rather doesn't, because it would never arrive .

Spiked says: "What a thing of beauty that Israel beat Ireland in Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest. That Israel’s serene songstress, Eden Golan, got more points than Ireland’s warbling, gurning, pseudo-Satanic they / them, Bambie Thug. That an actually decent song trumped the caterwauling of a fake...

We'd have invited you to lunch had we known you were here. Now other plans. Friends coming to lunch instead. Then me off to Paris. Back Saturday night. Free for lunch Sunday !

Rain clearing at 13:00.
Wednesday cloudy 19°.
Girona used to be lovely but our favourite restaurants have all closed.

The only song worth saving to my car's drive was the one our friend wrote, German entry, sung by Isaak, the only normal person there.

Watching episode three of Diddly Squat Farm. Why do sows occasionally eat their new-born ?

Raining here. Tumble dryer on black wash on separate cct as it trips the LCB on the main one.

Ever since watching "Jaws" I am reluctant to scatter fish food over the goldfish tank. One never knows ...

Utterly mad ! New York CNN — Ford’s electric vehicle unit reported that losses soared in the first quarter to $1.3 billion, or $132,000 for each of the 10,000 vehicles it sold in the first three months of the year, helping to drag down earnings for the company overall. Ford, like most automakers, ha...