Frank and Joan's news from Northern Cyprus

Frank and Joan's news from 07/03/2010

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Yesterdays newspaper is leading with the very important decision coming out of the ECHR. Greek Cypriots must apply to the TRNC Immovable Property Commission (IPC) for compensation or the retu... ... ...

Frank and Joan's news from 05/03/2010

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Joan and I walked across the border in Lefkosa today, sort of an obligation on my part as next week is Joan's birthday and so far I had not bought anything. Problem was solved with some new s... ... ...

Frank and Joan's news from 04/03/2010

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Early start for me this morning. Charles and Yvonne needed to be at the airport for 6 o'clock as they are flying to Stansted and then on to Aberdeen, to visit Charles's son, so I went with th... ... ...

Frank and Joan's news from 03/03/2010

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The midweek paper is starting to ask, "Who's to blame" for the scale of the disaster, caused when we were deluged with rain for almost 36 hours. OK we had an excessive amount of rai... ... ...

Frank and Joan's news from 01/03/2010

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Yesterday we were supposed to be doing the annual charity walk across the mountain to Karsiyaka. Guess what, it was cancelled due to more heavy rain and also some serious damage to the roads ... ... ...

Frank and Joan's news from 26/02/2010

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT

We have had a number of e-mails about the caterpillars. Seems they are called processional caterpillars and if you brush against them they can give you a very nasty rash. I had said to Joan t... ... ...

Frank and Joan's news from 25/02/2010

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Just one final pic to show extent of road damage . It is amazing just how much power this water has and just how deep it was ab... ... ...

Frank and Joan's news from 21/02/2010

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Next weekend is the annual charity walk for the cancer fund, so we thought we should get some practice in before. This morning was a clear bright sky so Joan and I had an early BLT then drove... ... ...

Frank and Joan's news from 20/02/2010

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT

In today's newspaper the builders here in TRNC are turning on the government and saying that they, the government, must act over the drop in business. Now that has to be a sort of l... ... ...

Frank and Joan's news from 19/02/2010

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Yesterday evening twelve of the Layabouts went to The Acmenya restaurant for one of our regular evenings out. This restaurant has always remained consistently good and with a wide choice on t... ... ...