Hello Sarah,

Very noisy here tonight.

The bangs seem to get louder every year and I'm getting a little hard of hearing so what the decibel level is I don't know.

Glad to know that the French have a British traditionalist there.

My next-door neighbours are French and run a local Brasserie. We are eating there on Christmas Eve.

We have good fun despite my apalling french.

I'm pretty busy what with this and Sam's forum.

Lovely to share a stage with you.

Roger