And is there honey still for tea?

It is no surprise to anyone reading my blog that I have been for years sharing my love of France with many British friends, students and readers.   I have done that with a passion and am still inviting France lovers to follow me to France or attend regular French residential courses or events here in England as many of you know.

What I have just realised (about time too!) is that this desire to share all things French with my English entourage stems from my own interest and love for England.  It is a way of thanking them for the happiness I felt when I discovered your gardens and your landscapes, your pubs and your theatres, your music and your language, your comedians and your poets , in short,  I am thanking you for all the treasures I cannot live without today. 

Having fallen in love with this wonderful country of yours in the Sixties (that gives my age away but who cares!) to the point of choosing to reside on this side of the Channel, with many visits to the other side of course,  I now wish to share with other French people a little bit of that magic!  And when one lives in a place like Cambridge one simply has to do just that…

This is how the idea of The Way To The UK was conceived.  My young colleague and friend Charlotte and I imagined setting up a small enterprise which would welcome French visitors of all ages  in a very authentic and congenial fashion.




Our main objective is to guarantee our French friends that their teenagers will not be running around Cambridge in the company of their compatriots, and that they themselves will experience the best of your language and culture when they visit.

To do this successfully The Way To the UK needs you! If you share our views, if you are proud of your cultural Heritage and enjoy speaking your language with others and if you can spare a whole week, two maximum with a visitor, making him or her feel at home the way you would a member of your own family then contact Charlotte.




We value your cooperation and we offer a substantial weekly fee to reward your efforts.

Help us make more French people fall in love with England the way we did!