15:22 28 July 2006 And

[matthew]

We could restart a common thread on that - what do you miss when you are abroad?

The BBC.

We even have an "English Food Shop" - (with a paperback book trading post) - run by a French woman whilst the ;local supermarket has a s,mall UK section with baked beans, tacos, pot noodles and I think, Marmite.

There's a shop around here sells British foods and Masonic regalia. It's an interesting combination.

They also have a shelf of British VHS tapes. I'm not sure how anyone would play them here.

[midget]

We could restart a common thread on that - what do you miss when you are abroad?

Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate.

and E.coli? (or whatever they are using this week)?

[Hannoir]

Jaffa Cakes
Mini cheddars

But otherwise I don't tend to miss stuff when I'm away. And theres always a british shop...

[Katharine]

And theres always a british shop...

Not always - depends how remote you get!

[sejintenej]

And theres always a british shop...

Not always - depends how remote you get!

True, Katharine, and our local Welsh restaurant doesn't ever put laverbread on the menu (or are you one of those who wants to reinforce Offa's Dyke?).

That said, the other week they imported a gang/crowd/cast of Morris dancers from Suffolk to perform in the street. The poor French female translator had to translate some very risque double entendres in introducing each dance (especially as most had some form of fertility rite implication).

[Katharine]

True, Katharine, and our local Welsh restaurant doesn't ever put laverbread on the menu (or are you one of those who wants to reinforce Offa's Dyke?).

That said, the other week they imported a gang/crowd/cast of Morris dancers from Suffolk to perform in the street. The poor French female translator had to translate some very risque double entendres in introducing each dance (especially as most had some form of fertility rite implication).

Laverbread is more South Walian than North, we don't get it much here.

I was delighted to overhear a mobile phone conversation the other day, going something like this "I'm on holiday and can't deal with that, I'm out of the country now, not in England" - true enough but he was trying to give a very different impression.

One of the very last concerts we hosted in Sarawak as British Council Representatives included Yorkshire clog dancing - went down very well! We never managed Morris men - air fares would have been too high for a complete group. The clog dancer was one of a folk duo.