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Carol - messages of support

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Granny23 Wed 30-Oct-13 11:09:37

I thought it would be a good idea to open a thread where those of us who are upset by this news can comfort each other. Better to share thoughts here and leave the IMPORTANT thread for on-going efforts to find her.

whenim64 Sat 02-Nov-13 15:55:11

Keep Carol's plight in the French public's awareness by re-tweeting, sharing on Facebook, keeping the threads going. It all helps.

GadaboutGran Sat 02-Nov-13 13:45:43

Please, you don't need to feel helpless - keep looking and liking & sharing & emailing media etc as the more that do the more they'll listen & act.
Please keep looking at the Carol Sheridan Missing FB page - the latest info an hour ago is:

Carol Sheridan Missing

56 minutes ago.

Search levels have been raised to high alert via interpol. Hikers, climbers, cyclists etc... have also been told to be on the look out! The main focus is on finding the car FIND THE CAR - FIND CAROL. KEEP SHARING!

glassortwo Sat 02-Nov-13 13:44:15

biker we would have been jumping in our cars to help with the search, but Carol is so far away from the majority of us.

bikergran Sat 02-Nov-13 13:41:17

it just seems so odd for some one to disappear like this....I think we feel a bit helpless being so far away and greatnan being in another country, I know that if we were all near by we would all be our searching for her.

ffinnochio Sat 02-Nov-13 13:29:41

Great news, glass. He's right on the ball.

Agus Sat 02-Nov-13 13:29:34

Exactly my experience living in rural Var Mamie friends and neighbours not computer minded also doesn't help, but hoping their children are. I was never involved with the ex pat community so have no contacts there. Just racking my brain the same as everyone else.

JessM Sat 02-Nov-13 13:28:51

there may be some BBC news coverage on one of the local networks this lunchtime as family member has been interviewed by BBC.

glassortwo Sat 02-Nov-13 13:27:58

Just had this back from Dan MacGuill,

Hi Andrea,

Thanks for this.
I'm publishing an article at this very moment. We'll do everything we can to spread awareness among our expat readers in France.

Keep up your efforts,

Best wishes,

Dan

hummingbird Sat 02-Nov-13 12:58:15

I've Bern on holiday in Suffolk in a WiFi free cottage, and just read about Carol in the Telegraph I'm so shocked! Praying for her and her family x

annodomini Sat 02-Nov-13 12:24:18

Yes she's been a godsend with her language and local knowledge.

wannabeagran Sat 02-Nov-13 12:22:23

Granjura is very active about it all & in touch with NZ family.

(I am not her, but have heard all this on a French expat forum).

JessM Sat 02-Nov-13 12:17:47

Folks there are actions that people (particularly the French speaking variety) can take appearing on the IMPORTANT thread. Please remember only to post actions and suggestions on there. (poor whenim64 is trying to do her shopping)

whenim64 Sat 02-Nov-13 11:41:03

She was very active the other day, but no longer on Gransnet. I know some members are in frequent contact with her and she is in contact with the family via Facebook. Perhaps those who speak to her can help?

Grannylin Sat 02-Nov-13 11:40:44

www.ledauphine.com

Grannylin Sat 02-Nov-13 11:38:15

Le dauphine.com
@le dauphine

Mamie Sat 02-Nov-13 11:35:06

Is Granjura still around, when? I really think that a call from someone local to the local papers or TV might be the best way. I do think we need to know what the family's strategy and what the gendarmes are doing first though. We don't want to get in the way of what is happening already.

Grannylin Sat 02-Nov-13 11:34:22

I'm sure Mamie has covered most options but I have emailed and sent tweets to le dauphin libere and le messager with no results...will do again.Have been reading messages on the Complete France site and others have done the same with no results sad

Elegran Sat 02-Nov-13 11:33:13

Just seen another media mention to tweet/retweet t.co/xtsdFulYt7

Lynker Sat 02-Nov-13 11:25:56

Ladies, I have only just seen this thread. I have only ever posted once on Gransnet, about the pros and cons of moving to live nearer my family. Greatnan was one of the people who replied to me, describing where she lived in France etc. I can't believe what has happened. My thoughts are with you all, Greatnan and her family.

whenim64 Sat 02-Nov-13 11:23:35

I heard the family were being interviewed for French and UK media yesterday, mamie. Hope this she's up soon, but perhaps some more emails and tweets to French media are called for.

Are there a few fluent French speakers who can assist, let us know with a link and we can share/re-tweet.

Mamie Sat 02-Nov-13 11:17:20

I fear that is all there is when. One story, two days ago. I think it unlikely that anyone else has picked it up from there; Google normally picks up what there is on line, as does Twitter. I think that until we hear from the family or someone local what is actually happening, then there is not a lot more we can do at the moment.
Not that I am giving up!

whenim64 Sat 02-Nov-13 11:11:41

mamie I was picking up from this Facebook entry:

Carol Sheridan Missing
Thursday at 20:26 ·
http://alpes.france3.fr/2013/10/31/sans-nouvelles-de-carol-sheridan-ressortissante-britannique-disparue-habere-poche-haute-savoie-349409.html
Thanks to everyone and carol's friends on gransnet the french media have picked up the story.
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Seems alpes france3 are saying the French media have picked it up. Hope they're not going round in circles.

annodomini Sat 02-Nov-13 11:11:17

Please don't pm me this weekend. I will be away - hope to keep in touch by FB but my phone isn't much good with Gransnet. Need to update. Thanks to everyone who has contacted me.

Galen Sat 02-Nov-13 11:10:42

And me.

Flowerofthewest Sat 02-Nov-13 11:08:06

Me too Granmanorm: Carol is on my mind, it seems, all the time. 'see
' you at noon