Nine group members attended our French conversation meeting in July 2026 and we had lively discussions in French (no surprises there) on a range of topics. These included:-

Saying, “Yes please and no thanks”, to an offer.
Oui s’il vous (or te) plait, merci. Non merci.

Methods for measuring temperature – thermometer, thermocouple, resistance thermometer.
Thermomètre, Thermocouple, thermomètre à resistance.

Current sports including, Wimbledon, Rugby including time wasting and gamesmanship, the British Grand Prix, some currently ongoing football tournament or other.
Le tennis, le rugby, la Formule 1, la Coupe du monde de football. Manœuvres et perte de temps.

Collections including, Books, tools, beer mats, theatre programmes, Wimbledon programmes,
Pokemon, Mc Donalds toys.
Collectionner des objets.

Little surprise than that this lead on to a discussion about decluttering.
Désencombrement.

Holidays and the new EES system. Our participants had very different recent experiences of the efficacy of this system at various EU entry and exit points.
Les vacances et le nouveau système EES.

Successful people about whom others had commented that that they would not amount to much and who should be focusing on their studies and ordinary jobs. These included:-
 Rebecca Adlington – On (again) not handing in her homework as she would go training every evening after school, “It’s not as if you are going to become an Olympic champion is it?”.
 Tom Jones – Comments on his record at the Pontypridd Job Centre to the effect that he should get a job instead of harbouring delusions about becoming a professional singer.
 Steve Davies – practising snooker instead of doing school work.
Ils ne deviendront jamais grand-chose.

Meanings of words.
Significations des mots.

Altogether a lively session with a good range of topics and mostly done in French – with a bit of English here and there when clarification was required.
Dans l'ensemble, une séance animée avec un bon éventail de sujets et principalement en français – avec un peu d'anglais ici et là lorsque nous voulions clarifier quelque chose.

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