Don't want to be picky here, but knowing the area as well as I do, particularly these two villages, the correct spelling is actually Giseux and Courleon

Living here, as close as I do, I can actually say that Gizeux has a very nice chateau too! And Courléon is a very pretty village.

Not being picky either!

Well, you don't actually live that close, do you?

Your point being my geography, or your spelling?

Or should the point be to live & let live? How's Wilf?

Would have thought it was clearly referring to geography! Point taken about the "z", but don't have a French keyboard so couldn't put the acute in Courleon. Live and let live? Not sure about that one? Meaning? Wilf's fine, and coincidentally, so am I......thanks for asking!

I think about 500 people speak welsh now, so might be worth getting to grips with

And they have the most expensive TV channel in the world, based on cost per viewer.

Actually, I don't think even the Welsh watch S4C, with the exception of 'Pobol Y Cwm', which is just like any other soap, except its in Welsh. I am making assumptions on that last point I have don't ever watch it, nor any other UK soap come to think of it.

Hey, does living in Wales qualify me as an expat?

Anyway, joking apart, back to the thread.
My take on Giseux, which may not go down too well, but here goes . . .

It is indeed quite an attractive village but . . . we felt it was just a little too quiet. Yeah, yeah, we all want to be in France for the wonderful peace and tranquility but how many of us have observed the French 'Ghost Town' syndrome?

You know what I mean, you drive into a village, all the shutters are closed, there are no signs of life, it looks almost abandoned. The only thing missing is that piece of tumbleweed blowing across the street and maybe the sight of Clint Eastwood disappearing over the hill on his horse.

OK, so maybe I exaggerate a tad to make a point.

(FWIW we did make a 'good' mental note on Giseux and it is not dismissed from considerations yet.)

indeed. They have speed restrictions as you pass through now too, so you you can enjoy the horses running throught the fields looking for the tumbleweed, waiting for Clint to jump on their backs and ride them you know what i mean

I remember that feeling about the tumbleweed in Courleon (sorry, Courléon) 21 years ago when I very first stayed there!! I remember thinking exactly your thoughts, particularly after 6.00pm - shutters closed, no people, just a stray dog howling........ But I did see Clint!

Respect Lindyloo

Should I have said "Crint Eastwood" - remember Croc Dundee 2 and the two japanese guys? "You know who that was?"

The misspellings were mine; didn't mean to start a whole discussion on them!

David

David, don't take it to heart!

I pointed it out originally only because if people were looking for the villages in question they may have found it difficult to find them on a map. That was all. My comments re spelling were not intended as a jibe. It was all rather tongue in cheek.

Somebody else (whom I know) then decided to make something of an issue of my comments, and took a bit of a pop, to which I felt the need to respond.

I corrected the spelling of Courleon in my earlier post before that same somebody did, and the bit about "Crint" simply refers to the film Croc Dundee 2 where they had a very amusing sketch with 2 Japanese guys who can't pronounce "L" very well.

I am sorry if I have offended you, it was not my intention. Roll with it!

Lindy,
first of all - you don't know me. You know of me, through someone else we both know. Secondly - that wasn't 'having a pop' at all. That was a 'tongue in cheek' way of saying "people in glass houses..." seeing as you were correcting another member's spellings with ones that were wrong anyway. Thirdly, the original spellings weren't so far out that they'd make anyone look in a different department.

Roll with it....

For completeness, you're right, I don't know you, because that takes a long while. However, I have met you and chatted to you for quite a lengthy period; I guess you've just forgotten........

I did not mean to cause offence re David, which I have made clear. Shall we end it here and get back to the original thread?