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  Off On A Trip - But Little Enthusiam

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  never was a jw, but been here a long time.. off on a trip in a week or so, uk to andorra to stay with a friend for 10 days or so (beautiful place) then a week or so wending through france back home.. did the same trip the last couple of years -it was wonderful.

  met some lovely people, including an ex-polce woman over coffees and calvados after dinner.. but ... i don't feel so enthusiastic about this trip.

  i'll visit the cathar sites and other places.. maybe- just maybe - i've come to the conclusion that these trips are not as much fun if you don't have a companion to share it with..

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  Joe Grundy

  Slidin Fast:

  Thanks. It will be a good trip, whatever.

  Cheers.
  
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  Off On A Trip - But Little Enthusiam

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  never was a jw, but been here a long time.. off on a trip in a week or so, uk to andorra to stay with a friend for 10 days or so (beautiful place) then a week or so wending through france back home.. did the same trip the last couple of years -it was wonderful.

  met some lovely people, including an ex-polce woman over coffees and calvados after dinner.. but ... i don't feel so enthusiastic about this trip.

  i'll visit the cathar sites and other places.. maybe- just maybe - i've come to the conclusion that these trips are not as much fun if you don't have a companion to share it with..

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  Joe Grundy

  My friend lives in a small town - La Massana. When I stay with him I step out in the morning for a cigarette and there's a small cafe - espresso (and some mornings a calvados with it) and watch the cable car go up over the main street.

  It's a ski place in the winter - in summer it's mountain biking, hiking and that sort of stuff.
  
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  Off On A Trip - But Little Enthusiam

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  never was a jw, but been here a long time.. off on a trip in a week or so, uk to andorra to stay with a friend for 10 days or so (beautiful place) then a week or so wending through france back home.. did the same trip the last couple of years -it was wonderful.

  met some lovely people, including an ex-polce woman over coffees and calvados after dinner.. but ... i don't feel so enthusiastic about this trip.

  i'll visit the cathar sites and other places.. maybe- just maybe - i've come to the conclusion that these trips are not as much fun if you don't have a companion to share it with..

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  Joe Grundy

  Coco: Mais oui! There's a spare seat.

  Diana (honey): Yes, of course!Offer still open.
  

  This is a serious offer. I'm taking the car anyway, so no cost for a passenger. No strings.
  
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  Off On A Trip - But Little Enthusiam

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  never was a jw, but been here a long time.. off on a trip in a week or so, uk to andorra to stay with a friend for 10 days or so (beautiful place) then a week or so wending through france back home.. did the same trip the last couple of years -it was wonderful.

  met some lovely people, including an ex-polce woman over coffees and calvados after dinner.. but ... i don't feel so enthusiastic about this trip.

  i'll visit the cathar sites and other places.. maybe- just maybe - i've come to the conclusion that these trips are not as much fun if you don't have a companion to share it with..

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  Joe Grundy

  Coco:

  Non, il petit peut selement. My French is not so good.
  
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  Off On A Trip - But Little Enthusiam

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  never was a jw, but been here a long time.. off on a trip in a week or so, uk to andorra to stay with a friend for 10 days or so (beautiful place) then a week or so wending through france back home.. did the same trip the last couple of years -it was wonderful.

  met some lovely people, including an ex-polce woman over coffees and calvados after dinner.. but ... i don't feel so enthusiastic about this trip.

  i'll visit the cathar sites and other places.. maybe- just maybe - i've come to the conclusion that these trips are not as much fun if you don't have a companion to share it with..

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  Joe Grundy

  OK - here's the deal'

  I leave Newhaven for Dieppe at 2330 23/8/16, return the same route leaving Dieppe 1800 08/0916. Spare seats both ways, AFAIK, no cost.

  I'm willing to take a passenger.
  
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  Off On A Trip - But Little Enthusiam

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  never was a jw, but been here a long time.. off on a trip in a week or so, uk to andorra to stay with a friend for 10 days or so (beautiful place) then a week or so wending through france back home.. did the same trip the last couple of years -it was wonderful.

  met some lovely people, including an ex-polce woman over coffees and calvados after dinner.. but ... i don't feel so enthusiastic about this trip.

  i'll visit the cathar sites and other places.. maybe- just maybe - i've come to the conclusion that these trips are not as much fun if you don't have a companion to share it with..

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  Joe Grundy

  Last year, on my meandering trip up France, I picked up a couple of hitch-hikers at Ax Les Thermes. They were heading for Carcassone, I was going to Limoux, so it worked out OK. They had walked the path over the Pyrenees.

  Limoux produces exceptionally good sparkling wine. I stayed at a family-run hotel. The daughter was a very good looking girl. I thought she was a university student (19 -21) but she was actually 14, so the conversation took a different turn.

  Although France has changed a lot (and not for the better) I do enjoy wandering through small towns and stopping where the mood takes.
  
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  Off On A Trip - But Little Enthusiam

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  never was a jw, but been here a long time.. off on a trip in a week or so, uk to andorra to stay with a friend for 10 days or so (beautiful place) then a week or so wending through france back home.. did the same trip the last couple of years -it was wonderful.

  met some lovely people, including an ex-polce woman over coffees and calvados after dinner.. but ... i don't feel so enthusiastic about this trip.

  i'll visit the cathar sites and other places.. maybe- just maybe - i've come to the conclusion that these trips are not as much fun if you don't have a companion to share it with..

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  Joe Grundy

  Thanks, Simon. The Pyrenees (sp), the mountain air, it is just stunning. The weather is wonderful - however hot it gets the air is clear and dry (a mountain climate).

  This is a place I could live - but (as I've come to learn in my travels) you need someone to share it with. It's not the place, it's the experience - and the experience is enhanced by who you're with.

  Forgive me, but sometimes I wonder whether some exJWs on this site could benefit from a friendship outside of JWland and a visit to some of these stunning places.
  
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  Off On A Trip - But Little Enthusiam

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  never was a jw, but been here a long time.. off on a trip in a week or so, uk to andorra to stay with a friend for 10 days or so (beautiful place) then a week or so wending through france back home.. did the same trip the last couple of years -it was wonderful.

  met some lovely people, including an ex-polce woman over coffees and calvados after dinner.. but ... i don't feel so enthusiastic about this trip.

  i'll visit the cathar sites and other places.. maybe- just maybe - i've come to the conclusion that these trips are not as much fun if you don't have a companion to share it with..

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  Joe Grundy

  Never was a JW, but been here a long time.

  Off on a trip in a week or so, UK to Andorra to stay with a friend for 10 days or so (beautiful place) then a week or so wending through France back home.

  Did the same trip the last couple of years -it was wonderful. Met some lovely people, including an ex-polce woman over coffees and calvados after dinner.

  But ... I don't feel so enthusiastic about this trip. I'll visit the Cathar sites and other places.

  Maybe- just maybe - I've come to the conclusion that these trips are not as much fun if you don't have a companion to share it with.
  
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  Listen to Terri O'Sullivan XJW on Croydon Radio !

  by Phizzy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  terri o'sullivan was interviewed by croydon radio for a programme called "leap of faith", it was broadcast on sunday.. she does a great job of showing how wacky and weird the jw beliefs and practices are, the interviewer asks perceptive questions, either he was well briefed by terri or he is an ex jw !.

  she also gives info.

  on her meetup group for xjw's, great fun !.

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  Joe Grundy

  This was on BBC Radio 2 28 July 2016:

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0437j43

  Another XJW account.
  
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  Charity Commission

  by Peony in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  could someone give me the email address of the contact from the charity commission.....i can't find it anywhere....my husband who is not on this forum but is an ex elder would like to contact him.

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  thanks 😃.

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  Joe Grundy

  Try:
  

  [email protected]