To those of you who have never visited the great autojumble of "Beaulieu". Please read the following with great attention or you will be in big trouble or with the best scenario, you will have a sunny instead of a fine rainy weekend. When you use an electronic navigation device in your car don't look for Beaulieu! You should look for Beaulieu! The two villages - both lovely situated on the seaside - are not exactly close to each other(click), so beware!
Yet when you wisely don't want to rely on modern electrickery but prefer to ask directions from people in the street be advised that when you pronounce Beaulieu in the correct (French) way you probably either end up somewhere along the river Dordogne. Or you will need to try selling your old car parts to the refined public of the French Riviera.
So in order to land on the greatest autojumble of Europe ... er - of the British Isles - you need to forget everything you know about proper pronuciation and descend to an Anglo-Saxon guttural - basically a mix of Old English & German - which sounds a bit like Bjooh-LEE. If you practice 5 minutes a day over the next week there's a fair chance you'll have an unforgettable weekend in Bjoohlee.
Yet when you wisely don't want to rely on modern electrickery but prefer to ask directions from people in the street be advised that when you pronounce Beaulieu in the correct (French) way you probably either end up somewhere along the river Dordogne. Or you will need to try selling your old car parts to the refined public of the French Riviera.
So in order to land on the greatest autojumble of Europe ... er - of the British Isles - you need to forget everything you know about proper pronuciation and descend to an Anglo-Saxon guttural - basically a mix of Old English & German - which sounds a bit like Bjooh-LEE. If you practice 5 minutes a day over the next week there's a fair chance you'll have an unforgettable weekend in Bjoohlee.