This the red British phone box given to La Chapelle d'Armentieres as "our" twinning gift, when they gave us the 2CV. It stands next to the new "Mairie" - the Town Hall you can see behind it. It has been vandalised several times and the glass replaced several times, but it currently sits rather forlorn, glass-less and phone-less

We feel we are getting organised. Over the weekend, including a good excuse for a posh Birthday Meal in St Omer, we headed for La Chapelle to meet the main twinning contact (Anne, English, married to Claude) and make plans.

We came away all fired up and inspired, and feircely determined to get the old car over there by hook or by crook (even if we have to trailer her there and back). The towns people are so looking forward to her and to us, that they'll be distraught (and we'd be mortified) if we can not pull it off.

They are asking for a small show of old Citroens, too, so if you know of anyone heading for Northern France on the weekend of the 16th/17th May, please point them in the direction of La Chapelle, near Lille. It's the same weekend as the big 2CV club of Holland meeting in Waggel, so we're thinking plenty of people will be passing through from Calais, and La Chapelle is literally only 100 kms south-east of Calais - good roads too - an hour and a quarter, if that.

It's the 20th Anniversary of the Twinning, so the Carnival will be extra-special. They are lovely people, too - we can vouch for that. More soon

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