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Ask anyone what they love about France and a few themes would crop up over and over. Weather, Food, Culture being up there in the first few no doubt. There is pretty much ‘something for everyone’ just a short hop across the channel from the UK.

s a little girl growing up in La Rochelle, Charente Maritime, I remember the time where fishing boats came back to the harbour after a long day out on the sea , bringing back lovely fish, crabs, ‘araignées, ‘langoustines’..

As a youngster, holidays were something of a rarity. However, when we did get an opportunity to go away, France was always my parent’s first choice. I have fond memories of waking up in the early hours of the morning and setting off, bleary eyed for the ferry port.

he love of France has always been with me even after I moved to England 16 years ago. Here is one of many memories I remember as a child. In the summer during the school holiday, I used to go to my auntie to spend some time with my cousin who was the same age as me.

ONE OF the problems of living as we do in a steep-sided valley - maybe you've never had this experience? - is that the longer you live there the more reluctant you are to leave it. You wallow more and more in splendid isolation. It becomes harder

I hope I never have to because there is just so much about it that I love, but If I had to choose one thing that I loved most about France it would have to be train rides. I mean just about any train rides: train rides to, train rides from, train rides around and train rides across the beautiful landscapes, cities and towns of France.

NO, NOT really. Je plaisante, as the French say when they're only joking. But I have been a bit frustrated in trying out a new experience, trying to add something to the definitive Campbell's Diary Guide to the Complete French Experience.