Hit, miss or maybe for auto- entreprises?

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♦ 524,000 auto-entreprises created in 2 years
♦ 5,140 of these in the Limousin
♦ 48% yet to declare any turnover
I
n 2008, a new scheme, groundbreaking in its simplicity, was
introduced by Minister of State,
Hervé Novelli, for individuals
wishing to start up a business
but discouraged by the complex
administrative procedures in France.
The auto-entrepreneur scheme came
into effect in 2009 and it soon became
clear that the move was a success as
students, expatriates and ordinary
employees in France started new
businesses where previous financial
restrictions had often stood in the way.
As more and more signed up, the
success of the scheme surpassed all
expectations and at last count there have
been 524,000 new businesses formed as
auto-entreprises since the beginning of
2009 - 5,140 of these in the Limousin.
By joining the scheme, autoentrepreneurs pay tax and social
charges based solely on their annual
turnover. That means if the business is
not generating an income then it will not
incur any tax or social charges. At the
moment, a service-based business will
be expected to pay 23% of its annual
turnover, while commercial activities
should expect to pay 13%.
With the number of people signed up
under the simplified system increasing,
criticism has started to grow and stories
are emerging of abuses of the status and
of large numbers of people using it as
a back door into the health care and
pension systems without actually doing
any work.
As many auto-entreprises are in their
second year of trading, the URSSAF
has conducted the first survey of its kind
into how these businesses are faring and
the level of income being generated. At
first glance the results seem to provide
ammunition for critics of the system.
But is it too soon to declare it a success
or failure?
This summer the URSSAF surveyed
50 new auto-entreprises from the three
departments of the Limousin. The most
striking figure to emerge is that nearly
half of these businesses (48%) have
yet to declare any chiffre d’affaires
(turnover). Individuals registered as
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2 ♦ IN THIS EDITION
Welcome to
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W
hat a month it
has been! The
government
did warn us
back at the beginning of the
year to prepare for a “summer
of discontent”, and like
weather forecasters around
the world, they got the right
conditions, but not the right
date. We are now most
certainly in the midst of an
“autumn of anger”, however,
over
the
government’s
reforms - most noticeably of
course the pension reforms.
Again, I have not given
over many column inches to
such a big story this month.
We covered the planned
changes in a fair bit of detail
in previous editions and
most of us will already have
experienced at first hand the
effects of the strike action that
has been taking place across
the country. The international
media has been ablaze with
stories of the protests and
I’m not sure that we
can add too much
to it in our little
paper, preferring
to concentrate on the
stories that you may have
missed or those that are less
serious and hopefully more
entertaining to cheer us up a
bit.
One effect that the strikes
may have that I unfortunately
have no control over is the
distribution of this paper.
We put this paper out with
good old-fashioned legwork
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pumps, then the paper may
have reached you a few days
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print, we are quietly confident
that all will be well, but if
there have been any delays,
please accept my apologies
and I hope you understand
the difficulties involved in
manually delivering 11,000
copies of a newspaper on a
2,000 km paper round… and
no, I’m not prepared to do it
on my bike!
The
strikes
are
a
contentious issue and I find
it very difficult to take sides
(I know I say that a lot, but
I try hard to simply present
the news in a balanced way
and not interpret it for you).
In this column I can have
a bit more of a personal
opinion, however. It seems to
me that reform is inevitable
in one shape or another.
There have been pension
deficits for years in most of
the major economies and
the recent financial crisis
has simply brought that to
the fore. The fact is: we are
living longer and there is not
enough money. Coupled with
the fact that birth rates are
falling across Europe, there
are simply too few paying
into the pension pot and too
many living off it. Whether
raising the pension age is
the most equitable solution,
I don’t know, but on the
face of it, it does seem like
a sensible, if painful one. To
reduce the recent events in
France to simple numbers,
however, is to misunderstand
the French psyche. Much is
written about this ‘work-shy’
nation we apparently live in
by an international media
that doesn’t understand what
it is to be French. Certain
things in this country are
your right and the people
will fight to protect them. It
is not up to the masses to find
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News >>
1 & 3>5 Local News:
Locals give their verdict on Aubusson's new
high street.
One of the Limousin's biggest drug dealers has
been arrested in Limoges carrying €200,000 of
heroine.
The Bugle teams up with France Bleu Creuse as
part of the daily 'Assiette Anglaise' show about
English expressions.
The French are the biggest McDonald's
consumers per capita in the world and HauteVienne gets through 3 million burgers per year
alone.
Saint-Junien awarded its third 'flower' for its
public spaces.
Plans have been revealed to bring TGV to
Guéret as part of a trans-European high-speed
rail service.
6>8 National News:
European politicians have drafted a new law
that would give all EU mothers the right to 20
weeks maternity leave on full pay.
Two new expat radio stations have been announced: an English language station in Paris
and French language station in London.
Jérôme Kerviel, the 'mastermind' behind the
fraud that nearly brought SocGen to its knees is
sentenced.
Judges in France have been granted the power
to revoke French citizenship from foreign-born
nationals.
It's official - red wine is good for you. Scientists
reveal a test that can show how good a bottle of
wine can be for your health.
Brigitte Bardot reveals that she has been approached by the Ecology Alliance to stand as
their presidential candidate.
Sport >>
mental issues, Arthur Smith, examines the
benefits of solar powered hot water.
Chicken Corner - Paul Lay looks back on a year
of columns and gets tempted by technology.
Horse power - towns across France are turning
to the horse and cart to meet their recycling
demands.
Boar go wild - with numbers increasing at
an alarming rate, what can be done about the
exploding wild boar population?
WiMAX - with the free installation offer
extended to the end of the year, we look at the
benefits of WiMAX, the alternative to broadband down your phone line.
A tough new law has been introduced to crack
down on spousal abuse.
November Cultural Dates:
1st November - la Toussaint
11th November - l'Armistice
18th November - Beaujolais Nouveau
Games
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16 Crossword and our usual easy, medium and
hard Sudokus.
Caption competition.
Letters to the Editor>>
17 A selection from our post bag from the last
month.
Responses to the car insurance conundrum.
Phone box credit card charges.
What’s On >>
18 Market and Foire days.
Clubs, Charities and Associations.
19 Community Notice Board.
19>20 This month's Event listings.
9> The route of the 2011 Tour de France has
been unveiled. The Tour will again be visiting
the Limousin, although overall, this looks like
another year for the climbers.
French Life >>
10>15
Winter warmth - a look at the benefits of woodpellet stoves and cookers, the pros and cons and
how they actually work.
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LOCAL NEWS ♦ 3
Aubusson's new high street - Drug dealer arrested
good for pedestrians at least O
A
fter seven months under
wraps, the facelift performed
on Aubusson’s rue des
Déportés-Politiques
was
finally unveiled at the end of June this
year. Gone are the pavements, replaced
by walkways partitioned by metal
posts, larger areas for pedestrians on
the place Jean-Lurçat, better street
lighting and terraced areas in front
of the bars, cafés and bakery.
The slogan, often repeated by
business owners and politicians
during the works, was “Plus belle
la rue, plus belle la ville” – “the
more beautiful the street, the more
beautiful the town”. But after the
first summer season for the new high
street, what is the verdict? Several local
business owners spoke to La Montagne:
Monique, Café Moderne: “It is
much more beautiful, more attractive,
a real success! My terrasse is much
more appealing and this summer I have
certainly seen plenty of people on it.”
Mady, Magasin Passant: “We
have had a very good season. The road
is much more beautiful and we have
had good feedback about it from our
customers. With the new parking area
and the footbridge, it is much easier for
pedestrians to access the road. It is with
deliveries that we have more problems
as they have a hard time parking. Before,
the road was wider and it was easier.
Sometimes there are queues of 10 or 15
minutes because a large van gets blocked
by a badly parked car.”
Martine, Atelier A2: “I find the
road much more beautiful, but it is
constantly blocked – much more than
before. If a car sticks out at all [from a
parking spot] then the road becomes
completely blocked. Perhaps it would
be better to give even more space
to the pedestrians and remove all
the parking spots? After all, there is
plenty of parking nearby.”
Elsewhere, the mayor of
Aubusson, Michel Moine, has
admitted that the new red line painted
along the pavements of the town to
direct pedestrians to the tourist office
is confusing. “I agree that the red line
can cause some confusion with the other
road markings”, said the mayor, and
referring to claims that the new metal
posts are too low to be seen in wing
mirrors he added, “For me, when I park,
I can see the posts.” ■
ne of the region’s biggest
drug dealers has been arrested
this month, along with two of
his local accomplices. The man in his
thirties was seized as he disembarked
a train at Limoges-Bénédictins station
with 3.5 kg of heroine in his suitcase –
drugs with a street value of €200,000.
The bust was made by local gendarmes
in association with departmental
criminal investigators.
The man, from Mayenne in the
northwest of France, regularly visited
Belgium and Holland to stock up before
making his deliveries to the region by
train, but on this occasion officials were
waiting for him following months of
investigation. Two other local men were
also arrested as part of the operation: a
man in his forties from Limoges and a
man in his twenties from Rochechouart.
A search of the older accomplice’s home
revealed a veritable drugs supermarket:
1.5 kg of cannabis, 50 g of cocaine, and
7 g of speed, not to mention €32,000 in
cash.
The Bugle on France Bleu Creuse
F
rance Bleu Creuse is known
for its varied programming,
entertainment,
practical
information, games, music, news, sport
but also….. for its new Assiette Anglaise,
broadcast Monday to Friday every week
at 10:45 am - 94.3 FM.
English Plate, as it translates literally,
offers a light-hearted look at everyday
English expressions and phrases and
considers what the equivalent might be in
French. France Bleu Creuse have teamed
up with The Bugle to expand the Assiette
Anglaise once a month to discuss the
main stories from each month's paper.
The new addition will broadcast just
before the Assiette Anglaise, with the
next programme scheduled for 10:30 am
on Wednesday 3rd November where we
will discuss a selection of stories from
the paper and discuss them with hosts
Jacques Cassyan et Hervé Leprêtre.
With 35% of the radio audience,
France Bleu Creuse is the biggest radio
station in the Creuse, and has the highest
audience share of any of the regional
France Bleu radio stations. ■
Verdict on the auto-entrepreneur status
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auto-entrepreneurs have full
access to both the pension and
health-care systems, but if they
declare a zero turnover, they
pay no tax or social charges.
An individual’s situation will
not be looked at, however, for
36 months, which means that
people can theoretically receive
3 years of benefits without
putting anything into the system.
Director of the URSSAF for
the Haute-Vienne, Nicolas
Duvillard said, “This number
[of people zero-declaring] will
only increase without access to
real-time figures, which is why
we have produced this survey.”
“The other problem we are
seeing is that of faux status
(false status)”, continued Mr
Duvillard, “where businesses
are forcing their employees to
change status to that of autoentrepreneur. In this way they
continue to effectively be
salaried employees, but the
employer makes significant
financial savings. In this case
we can redefine the professional
relationship between employer
and employee, or bring charges
against the business in question.
These are big cases that can
yield significant penalties.”
As early as August 2009,
Jean-Pierre Limousin, head of
the CCI for the Haute-Vienne,
described the scheme as “a way
to clean up black-market labour;
a move generous in sentiment,
but catastrophic in practice.”
The URSSAF say they are
now paying more attention
to the applications for autoentrepreneur status and are
also checking more closely that
auto-entreprises are not just
repeatedly billing one client – a
sure sign that these clients are
‘false employees’.
Critics further point out
that no auto-entreprise in
the Limousin has gone on to
upgrade their business. But
despite its flaws, can the autoentrepreneur system really be
labeled a failure?
The fact that 48% of new
businesses have failed to declare
any turnover implies that more
than half have been trading and
therefore making social and tax
contributions. A large number
of those would otherwise have
previously been working on
the black, or not working at all
and therefore representing a
net drain on the system. That
no business has yet upgraded
to a larger business should not
come as a surprise. The turnover
ceiling for a commercial autoentreprise is €80,000 and
€32,000 for a business providing
services and the system has
been in existence for less than 2
years. To grow a business from
nothing to having a turnover on
that scale in little more than 1
year would be impressive to say
the least. ■
The investigation dates back to
spring. “We heard reports of an increase
in heroine supply in the Rochechouart
area. We opened up a file and the
investigation soon focused on one local
man,” explained lieutenant-colonel
Ludovic Ehrhart. At the same time,
departmental criminal investigators had
an open file on a Limoges man they
suspected of dealing. When the two
forces combined their intelligence, they
discovered the two local dealers had the
same supplier: the man from Mayenne.
The three men appeared before
a judge in Limoges before being
remanded in custody. ■
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McDonald's marches on
A
ccording to a
recent
book
“Sixty million
Frenchmen can’t
be wrong”. By
that token, 2.5 million burgers
must say something too: this is
the number of burgers sold by
the fast food giant McDonald’s
in the Haute-Vienne every year!
When the French company
Quick are taken into the
equation, the figure exceeds 3
million.
The American chain, which
currently employs 400 people
in its 6 restaurants in the HauteVienne, saw a 40% increase
in sales between 2007 and
2009. And it is not just the
Limousin’s largest department
that has a love affair with fast
and easy food: France is the
largest per capita consumer of
McDonald’s in the world and
the company’s second biggest
market outside of the USA.
The figures for the HauteVienne are on the increase and
only headed in one direction.
The latest addition to the
franchise – at the newly opened
Family Village to the north of
Limoges – estimates sales of
450,000 ‘meals’ in the coming
year. We can also add to that
figure the fact that Santa is due
to deliver another restaurant
with the Christmas presents this
December near Casseaux.
McDonald’s success has
been a cultural phenomenon
in a country that prides itself
on its haute cuisine and that is
for the most part vehemently
anti-American and resistant
to cultural imperialism. A
key factor in McDo’s success
has been its acceptance by
France’s notoriously protective
agricultural
industry.
By
sourcing 80% of its produce
locally, it has brought the
French farmers onside and
avoided any protests from that
sector.
Additionally,
besides
simply being cheap in difficult
economic times, McDo has
benefited from a shift in eating
habits among France’s youth.
‘Le Snacking’ is a muchreported recent phenomenon,
where the younger generations
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Frugal Bugle
are choosing to grab a
sandwich, burger or kebab
at lunchtime, rather than the
traditional sit-down meal more
commonly associated with the
French. Today, lunch takes just
over half an hour. In America,
one in two people take their
main meal in the form of a
snack; whilst this figure is only
one in seven in France, it is on
the increase. Ten years ago, the
average length of a French meal
was 1 hour and 22 minutes.
The fast food chains are
working hard to change the
image of their products being a
naughty treat. Whilst there is no
doubt that people want faster
and faster meals at lunchtime,
not everyone is willing to
sacrifice quality for speed.
There has been an increase
in what is being called ‘fast
good’ food, a shift exemplified
by chains such as Exki which
specialise in home-cooked,
hand-made organic snacks.
“You no longer have to have a
Coke or a portion of chips with
your burger,” explains David
Chatard, one of Limoges’
McDonald’s owners. “You can
also choose water, bio apple
juice, raw vegetables, salads,
pineapple….”
Main
meals
are
the
mainstay of France’s average
McDonald’s
restaurant,
with 70% of business being
conducted between midday
and 2pm and 7pm and 9pm.
A further key to their recent
success has been the McDrive,
which represents around 50%
of total sales. Once at the
head of the queue the average
customer is served in 20-25
seconds. “When the lights
change, our teams move like a
Formula One pit crew,” smiles
David Chatard.
One fast food regular,
Marie-Yvonne, who takes her
9-year-old granddaughter to the
Quick restaurant in the centre
of Limoges every Wednesday,
sums up the attitude of many
French people towards fast
food: “I live right next door and
I look after my granddaughter.
It’s not a very balanced meal,
but it is not every day and she
enjoys it.”
Flying in the face of the
image that France is a nation
who watch what they eat portrayed by books such as
Mireille Guiliano's best-seller
French Women Don’t Get
Fat - 6 of France's 63 million
inhabitants are now considered
obese and 20 million are
overweight. ■
Saint-Junien receives
its third 'flower'
Garden enthusiasts in Saint-Junien are celebrating as the HauteVienne town, more famous for
its leather gloves than its horticulture, has been awarded its
third ‘flower’, joining an elite
club of communes in the department boasting this honour.
“You can not underestimate
the importance for a town such as
ours to have such a keen interest
in our public spaces,” said Pierre
Allard, mayor of Saint-Junien as
he accepted the award from the
Comité Régional du Tourisme du
Limousin. “Residents and tourists alike appreciate our efforts.
The members of the jury have
seen the work we have put in
and were particularly impressed
by our large public areas such as
those in front of the train station
and the Collégiale.”
In the commune’s greenhouses, the chief gardener, Philippe
Coupechoux, was proud of the
achievements of his 11 employees and promised that no effort
would be spared to maintain
the town’s three-flower rating.
He did, however, warn against
getting carried away: “We are
not looking towards a fourth
flower.”
Saint-Junien has a budget
of €465,000 for its public areas of which it spends €65,000
on flowers. The 69 hectares
maintained includes 830 trees,
40,000 plants and 7,600 bulbs. ■
LOCAL NEWS ♦ 5
L
a
Creuse,
often
referred to as “la
France
profonde”
is not a familiar
destination
even
among many French, but its capital
Guéret could soon be rubbing
shoulders with the likes of Lisbon,
Milan, Budapest and Kiev as part
of a new trans-European highspeed rail link.
A major step in completing
the theoretical continuous highspeed line from Lisbon to Kiev is
the Transline project (otherwise
known as the Transversale Alpes
Auvergne Atlantique or T3A),
which aims to create three new
TGV lines between Bordeaux,
Lyon and Nantes.
Being able to travel from Lisbon
to Kiev via Guéret without changing
carriage sounds like a fairytale for
the Creuse, but could theoretically
become a reality as soon as 2020.
Haute-Vienne would not miss out
either, with Limoges being another
potential stop on the route.
“Creuse finds itself on the EastWest routes from Lyon-Nantes
and Lyon-Bordeaux,” explained
Olivier Bertrand, local councillor
for Saint-Sylvain-Bellegarde, “but
it still requires all the financial and
political players to pull together
to ensure that we are also on the
Paris-Lyon route via Orléans and
Clermont-Ferrand”.
The project, which follows the
recent environmental Grenelle
directives
to
prioritise
the
development of high-speed rail
links in France, is not simply
to allow the middle classes of
Biarritz to easily get to their
chalets in the Alps. It is a project
aimed at opening up France’s more
rural areas and boosting local
economies.
Michel Caniaux, spokesperson
for Altro, the company in charge
of Transline, said “This project
deserves to be fully investigated,
particularly in Creuse where it can
make a huge difference by bringing
new people and opportunities to the
region. And what’s more, it is not
a project that runs in competition
with the Limoges-Poitiers LGV
or the existing Paris-OrléansLimoges-Toulouse
line
which
retains its inter-regional focus.”
The only factor left to overcome
is the small matter of finance.
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From Lisbon to Kiev via Guéret on the TGV?
Here things get more complicated.
Despite the fact that its supporters
claim that the costs of running a
TGV line through Creuse will be
significantly cheaper than over –
or through – the Massif Central, in
reality the line’s future will rely on
European funding. Campaigners
will be keen to stress the wider
benefits to Europe of completing
a piece of the jigsaw that will
allow high-speed rail travel from
Lisbon to Kiev… with maybe a
quick stop-over in Guéret for some
authentic Limousin steak? ■
6 ♦ NATIONAL NEWS
EU votes to increase maternity leave
entitlement to 20 weeks on full pay
Currently across Europe,
women are entitled to a
minimum of 14 weeks’
maternity leave, but the rate
of maternity pay varies widely
from country to country.
Danish
MEP
Britta
Thomsen, of the Socialists
and Democrats (S&D), said
the measure would encourage
women to have more children,
at a time of widespread
concern about Europe's ageing
population and low birth rates.
Nadine Morano, the French
minister for the family, voiced
her concern with the new
proposals, putting the potential
cost at €1.3 billion per year for
France. For its part, the British
government predicts that
the 20-week proposal could
cost UK businesses an extra
€2.8 billion a year. The UK
Department for Business said
it was “very disappointed”
by the vote. “We know other
member states share our
concerns about the real costs
of this directive,” a department
official said.
And what of paternity leave?
The European Parliament also
wants to force countries to
offer two weeks' paternity
leave at full pay. ■
France
France has 16 weeks' paid
maternity leave at 100%
of salary (up to a ceiling).
Mandatory paternity leave
is 11 days but the employer
will provide a few extra
days on top. The take-up
rate of the benefit amongst
mothers is 99%.
UK
Women get 52 weeks'
maternity leave. Six weeks
is paid at 90% of average
salary. Weeks 7-39 are paid
at a maximum of £124.88.
Over the total period,
women end up with average
compensation of around
40% of salary. The takeup rate for the 39 weeks is
84%. There is two weeks'
mandatory paternity leave
in the UK, at a statutory
rate.
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T
he
European
Parliament
in
Brussels
has
backed
a
draft
law to introduce a minimum
maternity leave entitlement
across Europe of 20 weeks
on full pay. However, even
though MEPs have approved
the 20-week plan it cannot
become law unless the EU
member governments back it
too, and both the French and
the UK coalition governments
are amongst those lobbying
against it.
The plan was adopted in
a first reading in October,
but long negotiations are
expected with the EU member
governments
known
collectively as the ‘Council’ before the new rules become
law. A majority is required
within the Council for it to
come into force and it is not
yet sure what compromises
will be required to secure its
future.
On
the
question
of
introducing
a
20-week
minimum entitlement, the
vote was 327 MEPs in favour,
320 against. On full pay, the
vote went 354 in favour, 308
against.
How they
do it across
Europe...
Germany
Women get 14 weeks' paid
maternity leave at 100%
of salary (with no ceiling
payments - so it could be
very expensive). Some 2%
of this is funded by health
insurance but the rest is paid
for by the employer. This is
quite unusual and obviously
places a heavy burden on
businesses. The take-up
rate is almost 100%. There
is no mandatory paternity
pay.
Iceland
Iceland has one of the
most interesting systems.
Couples get nine months'
paid leave at around 80%
of salary. Three months is
reserved for the mother,
three months must be taken
by the father and the couple
can choose to share the
remaining three. By 2007,
dads were taking their full
allocation of 13 weeks; the
rest was being taken by the
mother.
USA
The USA has 12 weeks'
maternity leave mandated
by federal law but there is
no pay during this period. A
number of states - including
California, Rhode Island
and Hawaii - have disability
benefits that can be used
by pregnant women. Only
42% of mothers in America
access some form of paid
maternity cover. This is
low compared to other
developed countries. ■
NATIONAL NEWS ♦ 7
Two new expat radio
stations launched
There has been good news on the
airwaves for French and British
expats on both sides of the Channel with the unveiling of two
new radio stations: a French language station in London and an
English language station in Paris.
A date of November 17th has
been set for the launch of French
Radio London (FRL)*, which
will broadcast in French on
London’s DAB digital radio network. FRL will be London's first
French terrestrial radio station
and will be aimed at the estimated 400,000 native French speakers living in London as well as
Francophiles of all nationalities.
The new station describes itself
as having “an enticing blend
of entertaining and informative
output” including music (80% of
which will be French), talk programmes and interviews.
The station's CEO Pascal Grierson was understandably upbeat: “We look forward to broadcasting a unique French voice on
London's airwaves. This is an exciting development for listeners
as well as UK and French based
commercial partners who will
benefit from a dedicated platform to reach French-speaking
London residents and the wider
Francophile community. A bientôt sur la DAB!"
Hot on the heals of the news
of the launch of FRL came the
announcement by the American
University in Paris of plans for
World Radio Paris. AUP has applied for a licence to broadcast
on 99.9 FM. The station has been
in operation since 2005 although
has until now only been available
online and is run by a team of
over 50 volunteers and AUP students. David Blanc, president of
WRP, said: “Obtaining the right
to broadcast on 99.9 FM is not
going to be easy. We need lots
of support letters from influential
organizations, consulates, cultural centres and various interest
groups in Paris”.
WRP hopes to offer Parisians
a 24-hour-a-day radio service for
news and entertainment in English, including BBC and NPR
(National Public Radio) programs. ■
* www.frenchradiolondon.com
SocGen trader given jail Judges given power
term and fined €4.9 billion to revoke citizenship
A
J
érôme Kerviel, the so-called
“genius of fraud” whose €4.9
billion loss at France’s second
largest bank, Société Générale,
made him a household name in
January 2008, has been sentenced to
five years in jail, with two suspended,
for “breach of trust, computer abuse
and forgery”. The size of the bank’s
losses shocked a world that was yet
to witness the collapse of Lehman
Brothers or hear of Bernie Madoff,
but with hindsight, the scandal was
a harbinger of the financial crisis that
was just around the corner.
Mr Kerviel was also ordered to
repay “four billion, nine hundred and
fifteen million, six hundred and ten
thousand, one hundred and fifty four
euros” in damages to the bank, despite
the fact that he currently works as a
computer consultant in Paris earning
€2,300 a month. Société Générale
subsequently announced that it would
not be chasing Mr Kerviel for the
money and did not expect to recover
it – it would take him 177,000 years
to repay it on his current salary.
The judge, Dominique Pauthe,
condemned Kerviel as a cool and
callous criminal who exploited the
lax internal checks within the bank to
break the rules and take spectacular
risks. His defence throughout the trial
was that his trading practices were
an open secret and that his superiors
were well aware of the risky positions
he was taking; he was simply the one
to get caught.
“I would like everyone to shoulder
their responsibility and, at the
Jérôme Kerviel will probably never have to pay back the €4.9 billion
moment, I am the only one paying,”
the 33-year-old told French radio. “I
really get the feeling that they wanted
to make me pay for everyone else,
that the Générale had to be saved
and that the soldier Kerviel had to be
killed.”
Olivier Metzner, the defendant's
lawyer, was angry at the ruling: “This
is a completely unreasonable ruling
which says that the bank is responsible
for nothing, not responsible for a
creature it has made, and that only
Jérôme Kerviel is responsible for the
excesses [and] the crises of a banking
system,” he said, adding that he would
“quite obviously” be appealing.
Speaking
during
his
trial,
Kerviel told the court: “The daily
encouragements of my superiors
didn't put the brakes on me, but rather
encouraged me”, claiming that his
superiors must have been aware of his
massive illicit trading positions which
at one point amounted to €50 billion.
“On a trading desk, we are all 50 cm
from one another. Everything is seen,
everything is heard.”
Although it was fined €4m by the
French banking commission in 2008
for its failure to efficiently control
its trading floor, SocGen had denied
any knowledge or involvement in
what it called Kerviel's “financial
terrorism” and has largely escaped
criticism in the lengthy ruling. The
court seems to have discounted
completely the argument put
forward by Kerviel's defence that
the bank knew of his extravagant
trades and turned a blind eye as long
as he was making money. ■
bill has been passed by
France’s Lower House of
Parliament that will allow
foreign-born nationals to
be stripped of their citizenship and
deported for certain crimes as part of
President Nicolas Sarkozy's law and
order crackdown.
Members of the Lower House of
Parliament, the National Assembly,
passed the measure after a first
reading by 294 votes to 239 in a
vote made against a backdrop of
mass strikes and demonstrations
in opposition to the government's
pension reforms.
Under the new law, French
nationals would have their French
citizenship revoked if they are
convicted of violent crimes against
police and other officials. This
punishment currently only applies to
terrorism charges.
It would also allow police to
deport foreign nationals, including
those from other European Union
countries, for repeated acts of theft,
aggressive begging or for illegally
occupying land.
Although the Roma are not
specifically mentioned in the
wording of the new law, critics and
political opponents say the crime
crackdown is a vote-grabbing move
that stigmatises the Roma and other
foreigners and will be used to further
persecute that particular minority.
The bill’s architect, immigration
minister Eric Besson, hailed the vote
as “a big first step in the building
of a European immigration policy”,
referring to a common approach that
several countries have called for.
The bill must be examined by a
parliamentary commission before it
can be voted into law.
Sarkozy announced his law and
order drive earlier this summer after
city riots broke out in the wake of
several high profile violent incidents
involving foreign communities. In
July, in a poor suburb of Grenoble,
southeast France, riots broke out
following a fatal police shooting. A
gang had robbed more than 20,000
euros from a nearby casino and in the
ensuing police chase the two suspects
fired shots, wounding an officer. Police
returned fire, killing one of the men,
Karim Boudouda. Mr Boudouda, 27,
was of North African origin and had
three previous convictions for armed
robbery. It took police several days to
restore order after the resulting public
unrest.
The same weekend, 22-year-old
Luigi Duquenet, a French Roma, was
also shot and killed by a gendarme in
the small Loire valley town of Saint
Aignan. The man had, according to
officials, driven through a police
checkpoint without stopping and
knocked over a gendarme in the
process. Media reports suggested
he had been involved in a burglary
earlier that day. A riot erupted and
dozens of French Roma armed with
hatchets and iron bars attacked a
police station, hacked down trees
and burned cars. Duquenet's family
dispute the police version of events,
saying he was scared of being
stopped because he did not have a
valid driver's licence. ■
8 ♦ NATIONAL NEWS
It's official - red wine is
good for your health!
© 2007 - Agne27 (Flickr)
L
who have produced a device
that performs a simple test to
discover which wines contain the
highest concentration of these
polyphenols and therefore the
most health-giving properties:
the more antioxidants there are in
the wine, the better it is for you.
The researchers at the
Polytechnic School of Lausanne,
working with colleagues at
Stanford University in America,
claim to have produced a
machine that can quickly
measure levels of polyphenols
in individual bottles. The
matchbox-sized device has been
tested on 500 Swiss wines and
is ready to be marketed to wine
producers in France at a cost of
€2,000 per unit.
“The antioxidant properties
of wine are well known, but
this machine means we are able
to measure the actual chemicals
in the bottles,” explained JeanCharles Hoda, one of the Swiss
research team. “We started off
looking at this from a medical
point of view, but then we realised
it had an interesting commercial
application. I can absolutely see
people choosing to buy one wine
over another because they can
see it is healthier for them.”
He went on to explain that
the Swiss pilot test had so far
revealed Pinot Noir grapes to
have the greatest health benefits.
“Let's be honest, it must be better
to have a glass of wine than
to take a pill”, he said, before
adding: “Within moderation, of
course!” ■
S
ixties sex symbol
Brigitte Bardot could
one day be calling the
Elysée palace home.
Despite stating that “politics
disgusts me” in a recent interview
with FRANCE magazine, she has
announced that she is considering
running for president in 2012
after President Sarkozy “took
me for an imbecile” over animal
rights pledges.
The former screen icon, who
retired from film making in the
1970s and is now an animal
rights campaigner, announced
that she had been approached
by the Ecology Alliance party
to run for president in the next
elections. The party campaigns
for animal rights and against the
ritual slaughter of livestock by
Muslims for halal meat.
In a recent letter to Mr Sarkozy,
Miss Bardot told the president
that “someone’s voice is needed
to defend animals as neither the
Right nor the Left give a damn!”
In a separate interview, she said:
“Sarkozy took me for an imbecile
by making promises he didn't
keep.”
An issue that the French icon is
keen to address is the introduction
of a new law ensuring that
animals are stunned before their
throats are slit in keeping with
Islamic teaching during halal
slaughter. Miss Bardot claims
that nothing in Islamic teaching
forbids animals being stunned
before slaughter.
Waking the dead!
A woman in Bordeaux gave her family a shock
when she woke up in hospital hours after they
were told that she was “very certainly clinically
dead”. Lydie Paillard, 60, had passed out whilst
in hospital as she was being prepared for a
chemotherapy session, according to Yves Noël,
director of the Bordeaux Rive Droite private
hospital where the woman was being treated.
Doctors managed to successfully resuscitate
the woman and placed her on a ventilator
before calling her sons to break the bad news
to them that she would not be waking up. The
sons were asked for permission to turn off her
life support machine, but refused and instead
Mrs Paillard was transferred to Bordeaux’s
University Hospital. Subsequent scans revealed
The heads of the Ecology
Alliance, Antoine Waechter
and Jean-Marc Governatori,
apparently wrote a letter to
Brigitte Bardot in late September
in which they stated “We think
you are the best person to
represent us for the presidency”.
Mr Waechter has since backtracked, however, denying that
such a move had been made,
saying “Miss Bardot’s work is
valuable but not sufficient to head
a presidential campaign”.
The former bombshell is also
currently fighting plans by Kyle
Newman, a Hollywood director,
to make a film of her life. “A film
about me?” she asked Europe 1.
“Nobody would be able to pull it
off.” ■
that she was not in fact brain dead and 14 hours
after the ordeal began, Mrs Paillard woke up.
“All I remember is that I felt unwell after
receiving an injection to prevent me from
vomiting,” Paillard told AFP news agency by
telephone from hospital where she said she felt
“more tired than usual” after her ordeal.
“My sons… explained to me that the hospital
wanted to turn off the life support system
because it was over and as they refused, I was
taken to the university hospital. I haven't really
realised what's happened but I think my three
sons are the most shocked.”
For his part, Mr Noël described the
incident as “a kind of miracle”. The hospital's
management said it would suggest the family
meet the medical team responsible for
Paillard’s case to discuss the "communication
problem". ■
An embarrassing slip of the tongue
** WARNING – This article contains
some adult content!
T
his month has seen a series of highprofile gaffes by senior politicians.
The incidents must have even
brought a smile to the face of the
king of the gaffe, George W. Bush and have
provided a few light-hearted moments in an
otherwise dour month for news.
Rachida Dati got the ball rolling during a
highbrow interview about foreign investment
funds. The former French justice minister
and current Euro MP, best known for her runin with Carla Bruni and returning to work
just five days after having a baby, boldly
announced that France was “at a time when
fellatio is close to zero”. Of course she meant
‘inflation’. A Freudian ‘slip of the tongue’ so
to speak.
The video of her gaffe quickly became an
internet sensation, with 2.8 million people
watching the clip on one website alone. Miss
Dati laughed off her mistake, claiming that
she had no problem being the butt of the joke
if it cheered the French public up.
In the British press, the Daily Mirror could
not resist and ran the headline: “Minister in
TV cock-up”.
Not to be outdone, current interior
minister Brice Hortefeux had petty
criminals across the country crossing
their legs when he extolled the virtues of
‘genital fingerprinting’. Mr Hortefeux was
apparently attempting to distinguish between
police files of suspects’ empreintes digitales
(fingerprints) and empreintes génétiques
(genetic fingerprints) - mixing the two
expressions to form “empreintes génitales”.
Less rude, but equally revealing was the
gaffe by education minister Luc Chatel. With
speculation rife over who President Nicolas
Sarkozy will choose to lead his government
in the forthcoming reshuffle, Mr Chatel let
© 2007 - Simon Kirby (Wikicommons)
overs of red wine have
long held that a glass
or two a day does you
no harm and may even
be good for you. Indeed, a study
by British scientists published in
Nature magazine in 2006 said:
“Regular, moderate consumption
of red wine is linked to a reduced
risk of coronary heart disease and
to lower overall mortality.”
French bon vivants received
a further boost to their argument
this month with the news that,
sandwiched between guidelines
on responsible drinking, bottles
of wine may soon boast a
surprising new health notice: this
drink is good for you.
The French are notoriously
partial to a glass of red wine
and a typical meal is often rich
and fatty; yet when compared
to other nations, in general, they
have healthy hearts. The secret
to this could be down to the
antioxidants present in red wine,
specifically polyphenols. These
antioxidant chemicals have a
positive effect on the rate at
which the human body and brain
age, and also appear to reduce
the risk of heart disease, obesity,
cancer and even wrinkles.
This is all according to Swiss
and American
researchers
Brigitte Bardot for President...?
Rachida Dati probably wishes she'd
kept her mouth shut
slip that, “The president named me prime
minister,” before hastily adding, “I mean
education minister”. ■
SPORT ♦ 9
2011 Tour coming to the Limousin
T
he Tour
de
France
will
be once again
passing through
the Limousin in
2011 after giving it a wide
berth on the 2010 route. On
Saturday 9 th July, the riders
will be setting off from
Aigurande before heading
south through the Creuse for
a stage finish in SuperBesse
Sancy in the Puy-de-Dôme.
The Tour will again
feature a number of changes
aimed at improving on what
was generally considered a
successful 2010 race. At the
launch of next year's event in
Paris, race director Christian
Prudhomme unveiled a route
ideal for climbers, with only
64 kilometres of time trial in
total, of which 23 are a team
time trial.
The race will start in
the windy Vendée region
in western France, on the
Atlantic coastline, but will
not feature a prologue. The
stage will start on the island
of Ile de Noirmoutie and ride
across the Passage du Gois,
the causeway that cuts across
the bay during low tide. A
repeat of the treacherous
crossing of the 1999 Tour,
when Alex Zülle crashed on
the slippery road and lost
any chance of challenging
Lance Armstrong, should be
avoided, however. In 2011,
the peloton will parade
across the Passage du Gois
before the official start of
the first stage.
The 2011 Tour again
appears to be back loaded,
with the race director
looking to ensure that the
race for the yellow jersey
is very much still on come
the final stages. With three
successive stages in the Alps
in the final week, including
Alpe d’Huez just 48 hours
before Paris, followed by the
race’s only individual time
trial on the penultimate day,
the intention is clearly to
keep the race - and people’s
interest - alive until the very
end.
The team time trial is back
after a one-year absence.
The collective test against
the clock is a completely
flat stage and will certainly
re-shuffle
the
general
classification, even if the
distance of 23 kilometres,
far shorter than team time
trials in the past, might not
open up significant time
gaps.
Three days in the Pyrenees
with two mountain top
finishes will provide plenty
of climbing action in the
second week and will reveal
who has a real chance of
victory before the Grande
Finale in the Alps in the
third week.
The Tour de France
climbed the Alps for the
first time in 1911, and
celebrating their centenary
100 years later, the Alps will
probably decide the overall
winner. Stage 16 from SaintPaul-Trois-Châteaux to Gap
serves as a taste of the pain
to come as three days in the
high mountains begin on July
20th. On the first of these
days, the peloton departs on
a 179 km journey from Gap
to Pinerolo in Italy, the only
time the tour will venture
outside of France in the 2011
Tour.
Three categorized
climbs are on the menu: Col
de Montgenèvre, Sestrières
and the Côte de Pramartino.
Stage 18, without a doubt
the toughest mountain stage,
will finish on the prestigious
Galibier (2,645 m), after
crossing some of the most
challenging climbs of the
Alps: the Col d’Agnel (2,774
m) and the Izoard (2,360 m).
The Galibier will be revisited on the next day via
its northern side as the 109
km-long 19th stage finishes
with the climb to the famous
Alpe d’Huez ski resort.
Although a short stage, this
could prove just as decisive
as the 41 km individual time
trial that will follow on the
race’s penultimate day in
Grenoble.
Although
time-trial
specialists may again be
wondering what they have
done to annoy Prudhomme,
one man that is happy
with next year’s route
is
Luxembourger Andy
Schleck, the younger of the
two Schleck brothers and
the man who came second to
Spain’s Alberto Contador in
the 2010 Tour.
I’m not afraid of
the traps of the first
week. When I go to
the Tour de France,
it’s for winning Andy Schleck
“I like this course,” the
youngest of the Schlecks
said soon after the launch
of the 2011 Tour de France
in Paris. “The four uphill
finishes suit me. Well, this
year’s Tour did suit me as
well. I can’t say the next
one has been made for me,
but it’s a Tour for climbers,
so it’s good for me. The
cobblestones made the 2010
Tour de France special but
that will be replaced by the
wind in Vendée and Brittany.
We have to remember that
some riders have lost the
Tour at the team time trial.
I’m not afraid of the traps of
the first week though. When
I go to the Tour de France,
it’s for winning.”
This year’s runner-up
refused to be drawn on the
possibility that he could
become the official winner
of the 2010 Tour following
Contador’s recent positive
drugs test that is still under
appeal. “This Tour is finished
and I was second on the
podium in Paris and that’s
it,” he said. “It’s important
for cycling to have a quick
answer on that matter and
it’s important for him as well
but not for me. I hope that
Alberto will be at the start
next year. I want to compete
against the best riders in the
The 2011 Tour de France is scheduled to pass through Creuse
world. However, the Tour
de France isn’t only about
Alberto and myself. There
are about fifteen riders who
can win it.”
Britain's Mark Cavendish,
who currently rides for HTC
Columbia but is increasingly
being linked with his British
colleagues at Team Sky, has
won 15 stages over three
Tours de France but may not
find this year's route as much
to his liking, with several
sharp climbs littering the
traditionally flat stages of the
first week. More palatable
for the Manxman is the
repeat visit to Châteauroux
for the finish of stage five,
the town where Cavendish
first tasted victory at the
Tour on his way to four stage
wins in 2008.
The 2011 Tour will run
from Saturday 2 nd to Sunday
24th July. ■
Wood burning
winter warmth
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10 ♦ FRENCH LIFE
Following on from the last edition’s discussion about wood burning, Barry
Creighton from Limousin based stove company Stove-Sellers looks at wood pellet
stoves this month in the second round of his wood burning winter warmth trilogy...
W
o o d
burning
p e l l e t
stoves are
becoming
increasingly popular in France
at the moment as the prices of
oil and gas soar. Even the cost
of wood logs is on the increase
as everybody turns to wood
as a source of heating. But
have you ever considered a
pellet burning stove as a viable
alternative to a wood burner or
central heating system? This
month we are going to look at
these heating appliances and
explain a little bit about what
they are, how they work and
how much they cost to buy and
run, but first let’s explain what
wood pellet stoves are.
Pellet stoves use wood
pellets which are around
6-8mm in diameter and
around 25mm in length. They
are essentially made using
compressed sawdust and have
a very high calorific value
compared to oil & gas. They
can be bought in bags of
15 kg or in bulk (Big Bags)
weighing 1 tonne. You can
buy a tonne of pellets from
between €270 and €350 and
you may need several tonnes
a year depending
on whether you
have just a small
pellet burning
room heater
or a much larger
stove which can
run all the central
heating and domestic
hot water needs of the
largest properties.
The big plus with a
pellet burning stove is its
controllability. Once you
load the pellets into the
stove you can set the desired
temperature and the stove will
do the rest for you. They are
as controllable as a gas boiler
but are much cheaper to run.
Some models have a remote
control enabling you to turn
the heat up or down from the
comfort of your armchair.
They can also be programmed
to come on several times a day
and can even be activated from
anywhere in the world using
a mobile phone if the stove
is linked to a GPRS
module. This is
great if you are
a second home
owner and want
your heating to
come on before
you arrive at
your property in
France. You can
activate your heating
from the departure lounge of
an airport and even deactivate
it if your plane is delayed!
Pellet stoves are ecofriendly too and you can
benefit from the tax credit
in France saving up to 40%
off the cost of the stove if
you have it professionally
fitted. Pellet stoves are more
expensive than wood burning
stoves (prices start at around
€1,500) but they can be easier
and cheaper to fit than a wood
burner, especially if you don’t
have a chimney as they can
be vented straight through an
outside wall in some cases. If
you are looking for a central
heating solution then you can
buy pellet stoves with boilers
inside that can run all your
central heating and domestic
hot water needs. Prices for
these are typically €2,500
- €4,500 for a room heater
stove with a back boiler fitted,
although if you have a much
larger property you may need
a much larger commercial
boiler with a large pellet
storage reserve which will
cost twice as much. However,
they can be much easier and
cheaper to install than a wood
burning boiler system as all the
components such as the pump
etc. are fitted inside the stove
so they are ready to connect up
to your existing radiator circuit
straight out of the box. In many
cases you can just disconnect
that old oil boiler and connect
the pipes to a new modern
and efficient pellet stove and
enjoy all the benefits of using
a renewable energy source for
all your heating needs. You
will need somewhere dry to
store the pellets but for many
of us this is not a problem
as the vast majority of rural
properties have outbuildings
and barns.
Compared to wood logs,
pellets make an excellent
alternative. They are cleaner,
easier to store and easier
to load into the stove than
traditional logs, and if you
use approved pellets you will
find that you always get a
consistent heat from them,
unlike wood logs which have
to be seasoned before you
use them. You will no longer
be at the mercy of your local
woodman or farmer. Perhaps
you have been tearing your hair
out trying to get warm because
you’ve been palmed off with
wood of a dubious quality and
we all know just how much
difference good wood makes
in a stove compared to damp
and unseasoned wood. Pellets
contain less than 10% moisture
and most pellet burners are
well over 90% efficient so
there is very little ash left from
burning pellets and the residue
remaining is little more than
dust.
On the downside, however,
there are a few cons to the
pellet burning pros:
• Pellet
stoves
need
electricity to power their
hardware, fans, controls and
pellet feeders so if the power
fails they cannot be used
unless you have a back-up
power source.
• The fire created within the
stove is very intense compared
to a wood burner and not as
attractive as a wood burner
either so you would be unlikely
to become mesmerised by
watching the pellets burning as
you can be with wood logs.
• Pellet stoves do require
more maintenance and regular
cleaning than wood burners
and you really need to have a
professional fit one and service
one for you (although this is
also true with a wood burner).
• Pellet stoves generate
more noise than a wood burner
when in operation as many of
them have fans which blow hot
air into the room. Most people
learn to live with the noise,
however, and after a while it
becomes hardly noticeable.
• A tonne of pellets generates
as much heat as around 1 ½
cords of seasoned firewood and
2 kilograms of pellets is the
equivalent of 1 litre of heating
oil. A 15 kg bag of pellets can
cost around €4 - €4.80. Heating
oil is a round €1 a litre and on
the rise. The VAT in France for
pellets is 5.5%. Most average
homes will require 2, 3 or even
4 tonnes of fuel in pellet form
each season. It is easy to see
why pellet stoves are much
more cost effective to run than
oil, gas and electric heating
appliances but they may not
always be cheaper than wood
stoves to run, especially if you
have your own supply of wood.
If you’d like to know more
about pellet burning stoves and
wood pellets as a renewable
sustainable fuel source why not
take a look at the Stovesellers.
com website and find out
what pellet burning stove and
boiler products are available
for heating your property here
in France. Stove-Sellers also
supply wood pellets delivered
to your door throughout the
Limousin.
In December’s issue we’ll
be finishing off our wood
burning winter warmer series
by taking a look at the new
generation of traditional cast
iron wood burners and super
boiler stoves just about to
come onto the market here
in France. These new stove
beasts are tipped to take the
market by storm when they
are released with some models
reputedly having outputs of
up to 40kW! So if you are
the owner of a larger property
and need a big wood burner or
wood central heating system
but are on a bit of a budget,
you will not want to miss a
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B2 ♦ DIRECTORY
THE
BUGLE
Accommodation
Accommodation
Le Grand Bourg, Creuse
Pretty village location.
Rooms from €20 per night.
45 mins from Limoges airport.
Ideal for walking, cycling, fishing,
househunting or simply relaxing
05 55 81 08 96
[email protected]
La Courede
Bed and Breakfast
Comfortable B&B. Two double
rooms, en-suite. Guest lounge.
Evening meal on request.
20 minutes from Limoges airport.
05 55 71 08 56
06 75 79 28 71
[email protected]
www.lacourede.eu
Auberge Ourdeaux
Chambres/Tables d’hôtes
Alleyrat, nr Aubusson
05.55.66.98.58- pg 13
Animals & Pets
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La Petite Maison
dans la Prairie
Luxury dog kennels - Training
Pension pour chien - Dressage
Heated, insulated wooden chalets
Supplier of Dog and Cat food
Aliments pour chien et chats
www.chenildanslaprairie.fr
Tue - Sun 9h - 18h
21 La Bussière, 23450 Fresselines
TEL: 05 55 89 75 55
06 68 66 69 84 / 08 75 23 93 20
Champlong
Chatterie
Caring, quiet accommodation
just for cats
JUNCT 22 off A20, Arnac la Poste
Alison & Ray
Tel: 05 55 60 27 83
[email protected]
www.champlongchatterie.com
Hidden France
The Orchard
Beautiful traditional old French
farmhouse in the Creuse. 3 guest
rooms incl a family room.
Prices from €38/night
Certificat de capacité
Small & friendly, English run.
Viewings welcome.
Also available:
Pet foods, treats & accessories
Contact Dave Grant for details
05 55 67 58 87
www.the-orchard.eu
Kennels & Cattery
Chambres d’hôtes
Le Grand Villard
23150, St-Hilaire-la-Plaine
05.55.81.30.39
www.hiddenfrance.co.uk
SIRET: 479 965 758 00010
The Linden House
Self-catering gîte in Creuse
Sleeps 6-8
Prices from €250/week
06.04.17.80.93
Dog Holidays
at Valhalla Farm
5 Star Accommodation in
our Home (Dept 23).
4 Walks each day & lots of T.L.C.
Contact Karen & Darren
Tel: 09.64.37.68.87
Mob: 06.28.48.68.93
[email protected]
www.valhallafarm.org
SIRET: 511 629 610 00011
www.thelindenhouse.eu
[email protected]
05.55.41.17.76
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La Petite Maison
The Caring Cattery
Beautiful 2-person gîte in
the heart of Creuse.
Perfect for house-hunters &
holidaymakers alike.
05.55.80.04.31
www.la-petite-maison.eu
[email protected]
SIRET: 518 135 009 00018
Rochechouart
05 55 03 76 87 / 06 30 02 35 73
Only 30 mins from Limoges airport.
A purpose built secure cattery. Large individual/
family units, tiled floors, shelving, adjoining outside areas. Heated, individual needs catered for.
NEW - purpose built isolation unit.
Certificate of Capacity. Contact Barbara:
[email protected]
SIRET: 494 125 016 00019
siret: 504 584 228 00010
DOG TRAINING
Classes
at Mézières-sur-Issoire (87330)
Do you have a puppy that
wants socialising?
Do you need help with your
dog's training?
Ring MAUREEN SHELLEY
(Kennel-Club Affiliate)
05 55 60 46 37
www.dogdomfrance.com
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
Architectural
DRAWING SERVICE
Renovating your French property?
New build?
SIRET: 477 762 736 00015
SIRET: 520 896 671 00010
SIRET: 511 679 011 00011
Auto
Services
Mechanic
Gary Singleton
06.69.40.92.74
See Display Ad - Pg 13
Dossiers prepared - Permis de Construire
Déclarations Préalables
Tel/Fax: 05 53 52 36 05
[email protected]
SIRET: 493 770 358 00015
Le Mécanique Anglais
Building
Services
Based 87/24 - I can come to you
05.53.62.50.46
RING BILL!
Registered Car Mechanic
05.55.81.31.85
Carpenters/Joiners
Pneumobile
Le Charme
De Chêne
Handmade solid oak
joinery and furniture
See Display Ad - pg 8
Mobile tyre
fitting service
Car/motorcycle/small commercial/
caravan/camping car
Supply & fit any make/size
Fitting only service available
Puncture repairs/wheel balancing
Laser tracking now available
Very competitive rates
Ring for a free quote:
Tel 05 45 31 99 23
SIRET: 521 827 618 00013
Building
Services
Our joinery expertise includes barn
doors, barn door frame openings, staircases, kitchens, windows & doors.
We also make handmade furniture.
Every item is bespoke and
made to measure.
Please visit our website for recent
installations and references.
www.lecharmedechene.com
[email protected]
02 54 25 65 08
06 16 91 64 67
SIRET: 515 110 823 00017
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SIRET: 510 156 763 00011
Architectural
Services
Architectural Plans Drawn
02.48.56.44.69
C&C Carpentry
Carpentry/Joinery/Renovation
30 years experience
Fully qualified
Friendly reliable service
Free estimates
Please visit:
www.limousincarpenter.com
See our Display Ad - Pg 3
Tel: 05 55 68 35 79
SIRET: 511 294 373 00010
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DIRECTORY ♦ B3
ADVERTORIAL
The Riverside Pub - Aubusson
T
he Riverside Pub has
been established in
Aubusson for the last
six years, starting as
part of ‘Aubusson Riverside
Holidays’. Overlooking the
River Creuse, in the medieval
heart of the town, it has
always been a favourite spot
with tourists and locals alike
and soon became a popular
watering hole. So when the
opportunity arose to rent the bar
and restaurant and start running
our own business, we decided
to leave the hustle and bustle
of life in Saudi Arabia and
move to France. It was always a
dream of ours to live in France,
run our own business and live
as self sufficiently as possible.
With our permanent move to
France, our 5 chickens and
vegetable patch in the garden
and the opening day at the pub
on September 18, we realised
all our dreams in one.
The Riverside Pub, Bar
and Restaurant is situated
within easy walking distance
of the heart of Aubusson, in
a mid 19th century tapestry
mill, charmingly converted
into a cosy and appealing
pub offering a relaxed 1950's
style
interior
for lunch
and evening meals.
Our aim is to introduce a
variety of different dishes
for your dining experience,
incorporating a selection of
pub favourites including Fish
and Chips, a healthy option of
salads and grilled fish, as well as
a tasty plat du jour and weekend
specials such as Chicken
Korma, Spaghetti Bolognaise
or Steak and Guinness Pie.
Building
Services
Electricians
Charles Hodencq
Electricité Générale
French Electrician - fluent English
Speaker. Based in Bellac. For
all your electrical needs - safety
checks, re-wires & renovations
06 24 27 01 86 / 05 55 68 62 26
[email protected]
www.charleselec.eu
Siret : 503 121 279 00015
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From
early
November,
the Riverside Pub will also
be able to cater for all kinds
of events in the adjoining
function room. Decorated with
a subtle medieval theme, this
room will soon be available
at very reasonable rates,
for private hire for birthday
Robert Johnson
ELECTRICIAN
SIRET: 493 084 974 00010
Registered in France since 2007
AXA Décennale Insurance
All works to normes NF C15-100
● Fault finding ● Small Works
● Complete rewires
● Consuel certification arranged
● Temporary EDF supplies arranged
● Permanent EDF supplies arranged
● Free quotations
Mobile No: 06 50 63 65 29
WE ALSO SUPPLY SKY BOXES. ALL WORK
UNDERTAKEN BY QUALIFIED TRADESMEN.
CALL OUT SERVICE AVAILABLE
05 55 60 81 67
06 79 43 03 43
Speedy intervention 7/7
Building
Services
SIRET: 485 369 979 00011
General
COFFIN Laurent
Tous travaux électriques/All work
undertaken
Renovations – Installations – Repairs
26 years experience
Français/Anglais parlé - Basé en Creuse
05.55.64.04.40 / 06.08.84.29.51
[email protected]
SIRET: 504 253 048 00012
BRC Renovations
From full renovations to minor
improvements, we can work in
partnership with you, to make your
dream home in France a reality.
For a free quote please contact Brian
05 55 76 21 60 / 06 83 72 94 24
[email protected]
Qualified Electrician
SIRET: 510 742 711 00011
Repairs, Full Re-Wires, New Build
Automated Systems Installation
La Noneix
Experienced Builder
Construction
All Masonry Works
Plasterboarding
Assistance with Architects, other
trades and Permis de Construire
English References Available
Please mention The
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WE COVER ALL TYPES OF ELECTRICAL
WORK INCLUDING :
● 3 PHASE ● AGRICULTURAL
● SOLAR PANELS & GEOTHERMICS
● ALARM SYSTEMS AND SATELLITES
SUPPLIED AND FITTED
ELECTRICITE GENERALE
English Speaking, French Artisans
SIRET: 498 672 708 00019
PIERCE
ÉLECTRICITÉ
[email protected]
in Creuse
No job too small - give us a call
ADVERTORIAL
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.robjohnson.biz
ROGER & SON
05 55 41 43 56
06 50 27 87 54
[email protected]
parties, anniversaries, business
lunches, seminars, Christmas
parties etc. Please contact us on
the telephone number below to
book the function room for your
next event. Catering options
and Christmas menus will soon
be available upon request. We would like to thank all our
friends and family as well as the
local businesses for making us
feel so welcomed in Aubusson.
It was a daunting prospect to
start a new life for ourselves
in France, with limited French
language skills, so we have
been very fortunate to have
such helpful and friendly people
supporting us throughout our
journey. A special thank you
to our wonderful neighbour
and friend Julia Lockyear who
accompanied us to several
business meetings in Guéret, to
Joelle Lafon from the Chambre
de Commerce in Guéret for
assisting us through the process
of starting a business in Creuse
and to Claudine from Café du
Commerce for arranging the
& Property Services
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05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
Established, Professional and
Personal Building Services. Fully
registered with décennale
insurance covering all works.
●Renovations ●New builds
●Roofing ●Stonework
●Carpentry ●Ground works
Large or small projects undertaken
- please view our website.
Contact: Paul or Joanne Rands
05.55.66.44.06
www.lanoneix.com
[email protected]
SIRET: 501 144 596 00019
beautiful flowers for our open
evening on October 9.
We look forward to welcoming
you to the Riverside Pub.
Clare and Andy Osborne
Our opening hours are:
•Wed: 12h – 15h & 19h – 23h
•Thur: 12h – 15h & 19h – 23h
La Coterie Entreprise
Approved septic tank installer
05.55.80.83.30
www.lce23.com
See front page of pull-out
Eco Power
Next generation Solar Systems
www.ecopower.eu.com
05.55.68.67.56 - Pg 11
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DIRECTORY
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Paul Roberts
Mini-digger hire/driver
www.digger23.com
05.55.62.24.52- see pg 3
Phillip Williamson
Interior Renovations
Honest, Reliable Tradesman
● Plastering. Drylining. Studwork
● Kitchens, Bathrooms, Doors &
Windows fitted
● Painting & Decorating etc.
Competitive Rates – Call for a free quote
Tel: 05.55.89.05.81
[email protected]
SIRET: 504 976 689 00019
Sand and Blast
Sandblasting & Floor Sander hire
We provide a fully operated
sandblasting service for wood, stone
and metal. Perfect for stripping away
years of grime or paint.
Contact us for a free quote or see our
website.
www.sandandblast.com
05.55.78.43.71 / 06.67.81.63.46
[email protected]
SIRET: 488 522 921 00011
•Fri: 12h – 15h & 19h – 24h
•Sat: 12h – 15h & 19h – 24h
•Sun: 12h – 15h & 19h – 23h
The Riverside Pub
5 Rue de l'Abreuvoir, 23200
Aubusson.
Tel: 00 33 (0)6 85 89 10 66
Website: www.riversidepub.eu
TBS Creuse
Complete building
& renovation service
Taylors Building Services.
Established in Creuse
since 2002.
Over 25 years experience.
Visit our website to view
our extensive photo gallery:
www.tbscreuse.com
05.55.80.86.34
06.74.05.22.80
[email protected]
See our Display Ad - pg 3
SIRET: 477 556 468 00015
Damp?
Condensation?
Wood Rot /
Woodworm?
Call Robert
05 55 89 69 46
SIRET: 503 169 237 00016
Harlequin
Developments
05.55.68.67.56
06.06.60.46.97
All aspects of renovation and
refurbishment, big or small,
undertaken. Harlequin Developments are a System Partner for
Ecopower, an established and
respected renewable energy company based in the Dordogne.
[email protected]
www.harlequindevelopments.com
SIRET: 494.501.067.00016
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B4 ♦ DIRECTORY
Building
Services
General
BENSON PROPERTY SERVICES
'Providing BUILDING and
MAINTENANCE in and
around the LIMOUSIN'
● ROOFING ● PLUMBING
● HEATING ● BUILDING
● JOINERY ● CONVERSIONS
● INSURANCE ● CHIMNEYS
+33 (0) 555683830
+ 33 (0) 675931954
[email protected]
benson.vpweb.co.uk
SIRET: 489 761 114 00011
Petits Travaux
Internal and
External Work
Small home renovation or repair
Garden maintenance and
landscaping
We ensure fast, neat, quality
work
Stephen Toner - 05 55 66 98 58
Graham Biggs - 05 55 66 98 47
Please call for a free devis.
References available on request
SIRET: 498 849 256 00017 / 512 370 941 00019
Entreprise
Hines
Building & Renovation
● Roofing - New & Repairs
● Masonry
● Plastering
● Dry Lining
● Sand Blasting
● Equestrian Buildings
● Digger/Scaffold Hire
● ... and much, much more
28 years qualified experience
05.55.89.69.46
www.entreprisehines.com
[email protected]
SIRET: 503 169 237 00016
SJR
Property Maintenance
and Renovation
22 years experience
● Plaster Boarding ● Dry Lining
● Partitions ● Tape and Jointing ● Tiling
● Kitchen/Bathroom Fitting
● Decking and Patios ● Repointing
0555638362 / 0626699559
[email protected]
SIRET: 520 824 392 00010
RSW Entreprises
Fosse Septique Specialist
05.55.80.00.57
GODSON
Travaux Publics
www.pilgrim23.com
05.55.62.61.12 - pg 20
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Building
Services
Plasterers
Need A Pair Of Hands?
I'm Your Man!
« LE PLATRIER »
● Small building projects ● Patios
● Velux ● Windows ● Tiling
● Plasterboarding
● Plumbing ● Garden Maintenance
A genuine plasterer
French and English spoken
Traditional Plastering
Rendering, Floor Screeding
Stud partition dry lining
Lime mortar stone pointing
General Handyman
Prices from €15/hour!
Call Barrie:
05.55.02.66.58/06.76.09.68.37
[email protected]
SIRET: 501 338 230 00011
Limousin Property Care
Property Maintenance & Building
05.55.81.19.61
Chris the Plasterer
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only
€15/month
Chez Vous
Fosse Septique installation
and building renovations
05.55.63.44.43 - Pg 12
Masonry
& More
General building
Renovation & maintenance
Reliable, good quality work
30 years exp
Based central 23 - will travel
Martin Sprague
05 55 61 93 07
martin_sprague_1@ hotmail.com
SIRET: en cours
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Creusetec
Satellite Systems
TV/Electronic repairs
Plumbers
0033 (0)5 55 66 60 21
Satellite Sales, Service, Installations.
TV Receiver & Electronic Repairs. Dish
alignments. Sky/Freesat/TNT/FTA Systems. Dept 23 & surrounding areas
[email protected]
http://www.creusetec.com
FOR A QUOTATION
CALL
SIRET: 510 117 328 00011
Connect-Français
05 55 63 53 06
Computer Problems?
[email protected]
Le Bourg, 23360 Nouzerolles
SIRET: 504 612 441 00015
S.O.S. Brico Creuse ALAN COOPER
Building & Garden Services
05.55.62.16.70/05.55.80.83.49
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PLASTERING
Small jobs no problem!
Renovations
Plasterboarding
All Tiling
Tel: 05 55 68 59 24
Mob: 06 37 71 20 57
[email protected]
SIRET: 502 353 675 00015
SIRET: 519 624 084 00017
Building
Services
Property
Management
Limousin Property Care
Plasterer
INSIDE OUTSIDE
- Traditional Plastering
- Rendering
- Pointing
- Stud Partition and dry
lining
- All work Insured and Guaranteed
- Covering depts 87,16 and North 24
Call: MARK CLOUGH
Tel: 09.61.42.55.07
Mobile: 06.43.17.30.51
SIRET: 512 763 178 00013
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Platrier
Limousin & Charente
PC & Mac Internet Assistance
WiFi, ADSL, Dial-up
Helpdesk, Data retrieval
Call Dave
Property Maintenance & Building
05.55.81.19.61
Property & Garden
Maintenance
All the help you need maintaining
your home, Inside and Out!
Winter Services Include:
TREE FELLING, LOG CUTTING,
HEDGE TRIMMING, GROUND
CLEARANCE & PROPERTY CHECKS
For a competitive quote contact
Natascha and Maxim Kay
www.indre-it.com
02.54.25.65.08 / 06.16.91.64.67
NO FIX... then NO FEE !!
We provide a fast and friendly service either
at the client's home, via remote software or
computers can be left with us and collected
when the work is complete.
We can manage the ordering and then
installation of wireless broadband into your
French home.
We can assist in rebuilding your computer
after a virus attack.
PC healthchecks and optimization service.
Virus , trojan , worm removal and protection.
Backup or full disaster recovery installation
and management.
Hardware/software upgrades.
Website and graphic design.
Printer/scanner assistance.
www.Comark.fr
Personalised websites
06.72.98.04.62
Education
[email protected]
05.55.63.84.60
06.30.16.97.34
SIRET: 521 171 561 00017
Computers &
Satellites
English Assist
Improve Your Child's English
Grammar, Writing and Comprehension
Steve Pritchard Solutions
Website design - PC support
www.steve-pritchard.fr
Qualified, experienced English teacher/examiner offers low-cost English lessons to National
Curriculum/GCSE standards. Using free software, through your internet connection, I teach
via an interactive on-screen whiteboard.
Classes also available in Eymoutiers (87)
05 55 64 53 41
Or visit www.englishassist.co.uk
Gillian Harvey, BA (Hons) English, PGCE Education
DIRECTORY ♦ B5
UK QUALIFIED TEACHER
(Ex Deputy Head – Primary Level)
As an experienced teacher who has
worked with primary school children
of all ages (including those with special educational needs) I am offering
tuition in English and maths, either
on a 1:1 basis or in small groups.
To discuss your needs:
Tel: 05 49 48 18 21
or email [email protected]
Based 87/86 border
JJ’s Cafe Bar
Some customer quotes:
‘...more than just a bar’
‘....a bit like Allo Allo and Cheers!’
Come and see for yourself!
Open all week.
39 Place du Champ de Foire
36140, Aigurande
02 54 06 30 77
[email protected]
SIRET: 508 754 314 00013
La ferme du Duc noir
Food & Drink Free
range, rare breed pork
38, Rue de Limoges, 23150 Ahun
05.55.62.56.44
5 days a week 10am - 8pm
Evening/Sunday meals please reserve
[email protected]
www.larecre-ahun.com
SIRET: 509 171 740 00012
SIREN: 483 988 853
C’est cheese
Vetriano’s, Bellac
SIRET: 488 369 224 00016
Sun 10am -3pm, Wed 8am - 3pm
Lunch Mon-Fri 12 - 2
Food served all day incl Sat
05.55.63.90.79
www.lecreusoisbistro.com
Also available online.
For more information, see our website:
Tues - Fri: 09.30 - 17.00, Sun: 11.30 - 15.00
Menu du jour €10
served 12.00 - 14.00, Tues - Fri
Outside catering - Hot and cold buffets
From €7 per person, min 10 people.
Please phone to discuss your requirements.
The deadline for all
advertising submissions is the 15th of
the month for the
following month's
print edition.
Gifts & Crafts
High quality British & French
food at reasonable prices. Menu
du Jour €12, Traditional Pub
Food, Vegetarian dishes, childrens
& snack menus also available
02.54.30.51.95
06.42.54.24.26
Restaurant/Bar
Bar/Restaurant
Find us at local markets selling a
small and tasty selection of excellent
quality english cheeses.
Salon de Thé & Bistro
La Récré
Le Creusois
www.cestcheese.fr
09.66.87.02.74
[email protected]
SIREN: 409 679 578
The Exchange
E-mail: [email protected]
05 55 78 19 24
Health
& Beauty
www.theexchangerochechouart.com
9 rue Dr Charles Poitevin
SIRET 484 479 480 00010
Soie et Bois
Depot Vente des Vêtements
Riverside
Pub
Bar ~ Restaurant
5 RUE DE L'ABREUVOIR, 23200 AUBUSSON
Tel: 06 85 89 10 66
Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat & Sun
Lunch & Evening meals
Plat du jour and events venue
www.riversidepub.eu
La Grange - Blond
Dress agency and gallery, specialising
in designer and high quality pre-owned
clothes for women and children, together
with accessories, footwear, jewellery, gift
items, and hand made furniture.
4 rue Principale, St Mathieu, 87440
[email protected]
www.soiebois.com
Tel: 05.55 48.28.89
SIRET: 510 995 681 00010
Indypindy
Couture
Jackie Cawtheray
19 pl. Charles de Gaulle, 87210 Le Dorat
[email protected]
Tel: 05 44 00 03 24
[email protected]
Bar/Restaurant
05.55.60.72.85
Garden Services
La Petite Fontaine
15 Grande Rue, Le Dorat
Café, Bar and Events Venue
Lunch Menu
Free WiFi
Salad Bar
05.55.60.29.74
[email protected]
www.lapetitefontaine.com
SIRET: 489 218 636 00012
Auberge Ourdeaux
Chambres/Tables d’hôtes
Alleyrat, nr Aubusson
05.55.66.98.58 - pg 13
● Couture and design
● Made to measure service
● Home furnishings
● Curtains and loose covers
● Upholstery service
06.83.15.42.84
1 rue Pierre Chambord, Oradour-sur-Vayres
SIRET: 510 986 490 00017
Open 10h-22h for food, all day every day!
4-course lunch menu + wine from ONLY €11
Only 3 mins from A20 (junct 20)
● Moules-Frites (1st weekend every month)
● BBQ nights (every Tue evening)
● Tête de Veau, 29th (for les Herolles)
See our website for more details...
www.aubonvivrerestaurant.com
Tel: 02 54 24 83 31
Couturière, Styliste,
Tailleur
Anything from a new zip
to a wedding gown!
Tue - Sat 10:00 - 5:30
Mon & Sun Closed
Au Beau Rivage
SIRET: 498 924 141 00019
Nicholson
Aboriculture Services
www.arbres24.com -Tree Surgeons
05.53.56.73.86 - pg 13
Comme à la
Maison
Bric à Brac at Soumans
Looking for something special for your
home? Come take a look:
Le P’tit
Marchois
Garden Mowers
Multi Services for your
Home and Garden
Tue-Fri 10h-12h & 14h-16h30
Sat-Sun 10h-16h30
Rue du Champ de Foire, 23600 SOUMANS
47 Grande Rue
23260 Crocq
Hourly or Daily rates.
Handholding
Services
Bar
Landscaping/Gardens/Lakes.
All aspects of Garden Creation
and Maintenance covered.
05.55.53.56.68
SIREN: 508 665 692
www.garden-mowers.com
info@ garden-mowers.com
The Corner
Shop
Atelier d'Art
du Jardin
Large range of British foods.
Special orders can be catered for.
Usually cheaper than the supermarkets!!
5km west of Aubusson
05.55.67.58.87
SIRET: 504 584 228 00010
SIRET: 449 827 625 00038
Tue 2.30pm - 5pm
Thu, Fri, Sat 9:15-12 & 2:30-5pm
Sat 9 - 12
Andy & Clare's
Menu du jour.
Teas, coffees, cream teas
and gateaux.
Hotel - Bar - Restaurant
Busseau-sur-Creuse
05.55.62.40.27 - pg 13
Tel: 02 54 24 84 53
Mob: 06 74 80 66 02
Rochechouart
LES PAPILLONS
Au Bon Vivre
Parnac, opposite the church
FRENCH TRANSLATION
AND ADVISORY SERVICE
● Translation of documents
● Applications for building permits
● Driving documents
● Connection of services
● Dealing with French authorities
● Cartes Vitales
● Advice on buying and selling
property
● Computer lessons also available
in English or French
SECOND HAND BOOK SHOP. GREAT
SELECTION OF GIFTS, CARDS, CANDLES
AND HAND-CRAFTED PRODUCTS
THE BUGLE
DIRECTORY
This large
b&w advert
costs just €20
per month
05.55.41.17.76
Salon de Thé
SERVICES OWEN
● Crockery ● Home furnishings
● Porcelain ● Antiques ● ...much more
Tel: 06.98.63.43.35
SIREN: 478 984 529
Imaginative quality garden
artwork made by craftsmen
Tel: 05 55 81 31 85
email: [email protected]
www.atelierdartdujardin.net
La Petite Place
Hair salon, Le Dorat
05.55.60.87.37
Ladies, fancy having
a pamper?
Invite your friends round and
have a free facial.
See and sample the beautiful
products.
Skincare, make-up,
jewellery and homewares.
Vie at home
05 55 03 79 23
[email protected]
AVON
05.87.00.40.65 / 06.33.90.07.58
Looking for the perfect parttime, flexible job? Avon could
just be the answer. Have fun,
meet people and earn money.
Full training and support given.
Opportunities for promotion.
[email protected]
Santé et Beauté
Beauty and Holistic
Therapy Salon
● UK trained and qualified Sports
Therapist
● Well Established Salon.
● Full Body, Back, Neck & Shoulders,
Indian Head, Reflexology etc
● Waxing, Manicure, Beauté des
Pieds, Tinting, Ear Piercing etc
● Products and Gift Vouchers available
● Loyalty Cards
Tue-Fri 9am-12pm & 2pm-6pm
Sat 9am-2pm
www.limousinbeautysalon.com
05 55 00 92 97
3, Rue Principale, 87740 St-Mathieu
[email protected]
SIRET: 493 871 826 00019
Your Link in France
Handholding Service
www.your-link-in-france.com
05.55.82.03.41- pg 14
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B6 ♦ DIRECTORY
Health
& Beauty
Language
Services
Transport
& Removals
Jewellery
Making Courses
Learn how to make stunning jewellery and stay at
our beautiful B&B
● Soft furnishing (including curtains,
blinds, headboards and cushions)
● Upholstery and chair caning.
● No job too small!
To discuss your individual needs
please call Frances Wills on:
05.55.81.30.39
www.hiddenfrance.co.uk
SIRET: 479 965 758 00010
Helen Bernard
Mobile Hairdressing
& Beauty
● Ladies and Mens hairdressing
● Eye lash & Eyebrow Tinting
● Eyebrow shaping ● Waxing
● Manicure ● Pedicure
● Wedding day packages
Depts 19 & 87
Jaboton
French lessons
Translations
English to French
French to English
Monique DUMASDELAGE
Tel: 06 19 58 21 19
La Traverse, 87800 La Roche L’Abeille
(nr St-Yrieix-la-Perche)
Siret 510 489 701 00019
SIREN: 523 871 853
Visit my website for a full price list
www.helencoiffeuse.info
Please mention The
to adverts
06 79 31 93 98
Online
Shopping
P&S
Removals Ltd
(0033) 02 54 47 14 08
(0044) 01227 713 738
[email protected]
www.pandsremovals.co.uk
Friendly, professional company,
competitive rates. £25,000 Goods in
Transit Insurance included as standard.
Containerised storage. Weekly runs to
France. Free quotation.
Transit Man
Man with van for hire
Collection/deliveries
Large purchase runs
Furniture transport
No object too small
No distance too great!
Household
Services
France/UK/Spain
Based in Dept 23 Creuse
05 55 83 02 77 / 06 81 33 07 15
[email protected]
SIRET: 523 955 151 00015
BLT Shopping
www.shopping.blt-removals.co.uk
General
+44 7900 404 876
Jan Can Clean
Domestic Cleaning Service
Fed up with housework and ironing?
Domestic Goddess available for all
those chores you hate to do!
Regular slots available, or just call
when you need that extra pair of hands.
Areas covered: Confolens/Bellac/St Junien
05.45.84.27.30
[email protected]
SIRET: 521 520 411 00013
Stove Sellers
SIRET: 527 481 097 00014
Furniture in France
Framptons Frozen Foods
www.famousfurnitureinfrance.com
www.framptons-frozen-foods-france.com
Roctroc
Dress Agency
forDépôt-vente
women
Jon the Carpet Man
05.49.83.03.71
Vêtements d’occasion
Specialising in quality secondhand & vintage clothing.
Smart-casual, evening and
special occasion wear.
Shoes, bags, hats, jewellery and
gift items.
Gift tokens available.
Catherine Rowland
4 rue Vaveix, 23200 Aubusson
Tue-Thu 2-7pm, Fri-Sat 10-12, 2-6pm
06.12.15.66.03
Carpets & Flooring
05.55.73.63.16
Limousin Sales
Sale room in Haute-Vienne
www.limousinsales.com
05.55.60.44.95 - pg 14
Sparks Portraits
www.sparksportraitpix.com
on Internet
Picture framing Houses
www.housesoninternet.com
Encadrement d’Art
05.55.50.30.09
1 Rue du 19 Mars 1962
87150 Oradour sur Vayres
La Maison Shopping
Arfeuille Antiques
Framers to La Galerie de Gabriel
Very reasonable rates
Attention to detail
0033 555 414 688
05.55.83.14.47
[email protected]
Based 87/86 border
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
Siren: 521 640 623
D & S Shopping
Services
4 weekly trips to/from UK
05 49 48 18 21
www.stovesellers.com
05.55.63.78.72
Tel: 06 34 95 78 47
BOXWOOD DESIGNS
All types of English & French furniture
05 55 49 83 86
Siret : 493 883 623 00016
05.55.65.12.19
www.NearlyHeaven.com
English-language flying lessons
05.55.48.17.50
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WANTED: A place to exhibit sculpture
French female sculptor, recently installed
in La Châtre, is looking for a free place
to exhibit her work: 25 individual pieces
sculpted in wood and various stones.
Size: 20 cm to 1m 50
All offers considered (restaurant, hotel...)
For further information contact AnneSophie on 02.54.31.49.12
These works can be seen at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/AnneSophieMenant.sculpture
FOR SALE: Baby Ferrets Born
May - ready now. €60 each or barter
for equivalent value of hay or straw.
Feel free to visit these adorable little
animals.Contact us for photos or to
arrange a visit. Based near Dun-lePalestel €60.00 Tel: 05.55.89.98.47
FOR SALE: Dutch Oak Double
Wardrobe Double Wardrobe with
two bottom drawers. Has three solid
oak shelves for use as a storage
cupboard which are removable
for use as wardrobe. Very large
and heavy. Comes in three parts.
Must collect. Good condition.
Priced for quick sale. €400.00 Tel:
05.53.60.31.10 or
FOR SALE: Double One Piece
Wardrobe Double one piece
wardrobe with curved top in
Dutch Oak. Good condition. Very
heavy solid wood. Has removable
shelves. Must collect. €380.00
Tel: 05.53.60.31.10 or Email:
[email protected]
FOR SALE: Assorted TV/Hi-Fi
Equipment Sky Free View Box:
€30. Daewoo Hi-Fi Speakers: €10.
Neon DVD Player (No remote – dog
ate it!): €5. Logitech R20 Computer
Speakers: €10. Schaub Lorenz CD
Digital Audio: €20. Tel: 05 55 62 29
68 (Benevent L’ Abbaye).
E Mail: [email protected]
FOR SALE: EPSON PICTURE
MATE Why not print your Xmas
photos on your own EPSON
PICTURE
MATE?
Excellent
condition. We are in dept 23. €55
Tel: 05 55 62 77 41
FOR SALE: George Foreman
Grilling Machine 2 positions. As
new, with instruction book.
€15.00 Telephone: 05 55 60 22 27
FOR SALE: Peugeot 406 Diesel
Estate S-Reg. Tax and MOT.
Good running order.€850.00 Tel:
05.55.65.84.95
WANTED:
Teacher
wanted
for English boy. Aged 9. Part-
time. Retired welcome. Tel:
05.55.65.84.95
FOR SALE: WOODTURNING
EQUIPMENT
• Large lathe (turns up to 45cm
diameter easily) complete with
Supernova Chuck. • Demonstration
Lathe (less than 2 years old and
hardly used) complete with Oneway
chuck. • Full set of accessory chuck
jaws which fit both chucks. • Large
collection of different gouges and
chisels (some new and unused). •
Number of boxes of turned objects,
ready to sell. • Dust extracter. •
Large collection of bowl blanks,
and other pieces of rare wood, ready
to turn. • Many new parts ready to
use in your own projects (e.g. brass
candlestick inserts). • Collection
of Woodturning magazines, and
some woodturning books (first
editions). • Many other accessories
and essential tools for turning.All
equipment is of a high quality, not
to be confused with cheap lathes &
tools often available. For sale due to
health problems. May exchange for
tractor or old/interesting motor bike.
€1,500.00 Tel 05.55.78.17.76 or
email [email protected]
FOR SALE: Ladies Beautiful
Black "Dennis Basso" 3/4 Length
Suede Coat Size XXXL. Worn once
only. Black Furry Lining, collar
and cuffs. 100% Genuine Leather
and Lining 100% Modacrylic. Cost
£120, will accept 60 Euros.
€60.00 Tel 05 65 31 20 10.
17 miles north of Cahors.
FOR SALE: Long black leather
riding boots Size 7. Length 19"
49.5cm. Calf 14" 35.5cm. Knee 13"
35cm. La Souterraine area.€150.00
Call Judy 05.55.89.12.96(eve) or
email [email protected]
FOR
SALE:
Harry
Hall
Herringbone Show Jacket Single
vent. Would suit tall female. Size
36" 92cm.La Souterraine area.
€125.00 Call Judy 05.55.89.12.96
(eve) or email wildlifegardens@
orange.fr
FOR SALE: Golfer's Starters
Pack Components practically as
new condition. Includes:- Kasco
Bag, folding trolley, 1 Impala 3
Wood, 9 Impala Irons, 2 Putters,
brolly, pair leather shoes (size 7),
2 doz asst balls, umpteen tees...
BARGAIN!! €150.00 Tel: 05 55 60
22 27 or Email: mcdade.thomas@
neuf.fr
FOR SALE: Motorcycle helmet
'TNT' open face with visor, size
XL (61-62cm), black and orange,
hardly worn.
€30.00 Contact: 05 55 68 58 16
FOR SALE: Oil-fired central
heating and hot water system
Fully equipped, with 'Cuenod'
burner and 1450 litre oil storage
tank.
€300.00 Contact: 05 55 68 58 16
FOR SALE: Black mesh fire
screen 120cm wide, with 3 hinged
sections 30 cm-60 cm-30 cm wide
x 65cm high. Excellent condition,
as new.
€80.00 ono Contact: 05 55 68 58 16
FOR SALE: TV stand 3 shelf
black glass TV stand. Size: 110
cm long, 40 cm wide, 50 cm high.
€60.00 Tel 05.45.85.97.27
Free to a good home... Two
cats (mother and daughter) are
looking for a new home due to
relocation to England. Please call
05.55.64.18.33
FOR SALE: Ford Focus Estate
TDCI 1.8LX 2003 RHD, French
reg, 142,000 miles, black, tow
bar, new cam belt & rear brakes
fitted in March 2010, CT'd in
June 2010. €2,000.00 Please call
05.55.67.58.87
FOR SALE: Shower tray
(porcelaine) 70 x 70 cms, single
pivoting shower door and basin
(to be inset or posed). €80.00
E-mail:
[email protected]
WANTED: Part-time Work
20-year-old English woman looking
for part-time work doing cleaning,
housesitting for people going to
work or on holidays. I only want
work in the Centre of France, the
Indre region.Full driving licence
and a car. 13 euros per hour.I have
previous experience in England
and good recommendations from
French and English people.
Tel - 02 54 25 37 69
FOR
SALE:
COMPAQ
PRESARIO
DESKTOP
COMPUTER Four years old,
AMD Athlon 64 processor,
70Gb hard disk, 448 Kb RAM.
Also includes Xerox 17" screen,
QWERTY keyboard and mouse and
Epson Stylus Photo RX600 printer.
All in good working order except
the small LCD screen on the printer.
Sale due to upgrade. €175.00 Email
[email protected] or call: Peter
or Chris on 05 55 66 44 29
FOR SALE: Peugeot 307 Estate
2005 (RHD) CT Nov 2012.
Serviced by local mechanic.New
Turbo, catalytic converter and
tyres. Comes with CD player,
electric windows and aircon.
Very good condition. Priced
for a quick sale. €4,300.00 ono
Tel: 05.55.68.39.21 (daytime)
05.55.68.06.41 (evenings)
WANTED:
Mains-operated
cassette deck DOES ANYONE
HAVE a mains-operated cassette
deck in good working order that
they would like to sell to me?
E-mail
alessandrabartlett@
gmail.com or call 07788 900520
(English mobile)
FOR SALE: Godin cuisinière
(similar to Rayburn) Only lit 3
times. Oven and top unused. White.
Cost €2000 new. Can deliver to
Limousin. Will consider offers/
swapping for other items
€1,400.00 ono Tel: 05.55.33.43.46
Free To Collect... Brother Knitting
Machine KH 830 (needs a new
sponge bar) and 2 Ribbers plus table,
packs of new needles, spares, punch
cards, books, patterns, transfer
carriage, wool winder etc. etc. Ideal
for anyone wanting to have a go at
knitting, for spares or ebay seller. 17
miles north of Cahors, Region 46.
Telephone 05 65 31 20 10
FOR SALE: Hague Linker
Machine For sewing up knitted
garments/fabrics.
Excellent
condition. Buyer collects.€40.00
Telephone 05 65 31 20 10
FOR SALE: DOUBLE BED
(140cm x 190cm) Base, Mattress
and Legs. Epeda Multispire
mattress,Epeda
Multilatt
base
and 15cm wooden legs. Excellent
condition, rarely used. €250.00 ono
Email: [email protected] or call:
Peter or Chris on 05 55 66 44 29
WANTED: Work for Project
Manager Semi retired English
Project/Design Manager now living
in 36 region and actively seeking
either full or part-time involvement
in construction projects either
residential or commercial. Have
comprehensive C.V. that I can
forward by e.mail or post. I can take
on any project from the outset to
completion, co-ordinating the design
and trades on site, being responsible
for obtaining competitive tenders,
the agreed cost plan/budget, the
agreed programme and quality of
the end product. Contact Richard
Noble 02 54 24 00 38 e.mail
[email protected]
WANTED: Work Work needed
for English man. 48 years old. Ex
licenced taxi driver in Sevenoaks,
Kent, England. Looking for work
in France in the area of Bonnat
near Guéret dept 23. Willing to try
anything. Currently caring for sick
wife. Call Nigel on 06 04 46 73 92
WANTED: Male, 40, looking for
work Lived nr Bellac for 6 years
so have very good knowledge
of area. Above average French
speaking but not fluent. All types
of work considered. Will accept
cheque d'emploi or short term
contracts. Jack of all trades master
of none. Car available. Clean French
driving license. Willing to travel
maximum of 50 kms on a daily
basis. Tel: 05 55 60 70 12 or Email:
[email protected]
FOR SALE: Set of 4 70’s style
dining chairs In fair to good
condition, the seats have been
recovered in brown velor type
material. The chairs would benefit
from a quick coat of varnish as one
of them was always left near the
central heating radiator.
€30.00 Tel: 05 55 03 28 18
FOR SALE: Two Canon Pixma
ink cartridges 510 Black and
511 Colour cartridges, suitable
for Pixma series MP240/MP260/
MP480/MX320/MX330. Bought in
error. €15.00 Tel: 05 55 03 28 18
FOR SALE: Ronseal Diamond
Hard Floor Varnish Antique Pine 2
1/2 litres. 25 euros. Normally costs
£39.95 in the UK. €25.00 Tel: 05 55
03 15 82
FOR SALE: Large lot of
Terracotta Pots Please see www.
thebugle.eu/classifieds.php for more
details. €150.00 the lot. Please
email [email protected] or
call 06 28 56 90 61
FOR SALE: Renault Megane
1.9 turbo Diesel Full CT. Good
condition. Year 2000. Left hand
drive. French registered. €3,350.00
ono Tel 05.55.78.19.24
FOR SALE: ANTIQUE DOG
CART Probably for carrying
children, could be used to display
flowers. In metal and wood. €85.00
Please email:
[email protected]
FOR SALE: DAY BED Single day
bed with ornate decoration. Mattress
attached, castors, fold-up style.
Measures 90 x 195 cms €60.00
Please email:
[email protected]
FOR SALE: ROUND WOODEN
TABLE Wooden table painted white
- diameter 110cms €45.00 Please
FOR SALE: DOG BASKET IN
WILLOW Large dog basket 1
metre x 80cms - our dog refuses to
go anywhere near it! Hence totally
unused. €45.00 Please email:
[email protected]
FOR SALE: RATTAN CHAIRS
AND TABLE Two rattan chairs and
a rattan table. The chairs are folding,
have foot-rests and can be reclined.
Table: 80cms diameter €90.00
Please
email:
sermur2002@
yahoo.co.uk
FOR SALE: SHREDDER ALKO
2400R Only used once€85.00
Please
email:
sermur2002@
yahoo.co.uk
FOR SALE: 1993 (L Reg) BMW
5 Series 2.5 Turbo Diesel Touring
Estate Driven from UK. For spares,
as diesel pump is gone in diesel tank.
Superb gearbox, engine and turbo.
Many other good parts. Buyer collects
(36800 Oulches) €300.00 ono Tel:
+44 (0)7195 866 305 (Keith)
FOR SALE: Various lamp bases 2
celadon crackle effect bases. 46c H x
22c W. 35 euros ea.Green lamp base.
43c H x 26c W. 20 euros.Blue lamp
base. 43c H x 23c W. 20 euros.Call
Mike 09 50 49 33 04 or email for
more photos [email protected]
FOR SALE: Souffle d’Ocre by
Siguier dining table and 4 chairs
110cm round x 75cm high table
with extra leaf 110cm x 40cm with
4 chairs. €500.00 ono Call Mike
09 50 49 33 04 or email for more
photos: [email protected]
FOR SALE: Driza-Bone Original
Wax Full Length Coat As new. 75
euros. Size as label L 110 cm.€75.00
Call Mike 09 50 49 33 04 or email
for more photos walsh515@gmail.
com
FOR SALE: Breeding pair of
large pigs The boar is a Pichon.
The sow is a Great White and has
just had a litter of 11 earlier on
in the year.Price €300 to a good
home.€300.00 Contact Rose or
Steve on 05.55.41.20.66
FOR SALE: Various 2 De-Longhi
2000 watt oil filled radiators with
thermostat. Unused. 35€ each.
General Electric de-humidifier/
air cleaner/ionizer. Unused 75€. 2
mirror finished lamp stands. 25€
each.New white ceramic square
bathroom sink 35€. 2 teak garden
steamer chairs 25€ each. Invicta
inset wood burning stove. Used 3
months only 100€. All in excellent
condition.Tel 05 55 67 15 08
FOR SALE: Marks & Spencer
cherry display cabinet 2 glass
doors. 4 drawers. Cost over £1000.
Immaculate
condition.
Offers
invited.Tel 05 55 67 15 08
Three little kittens... ..need a home.
They are:- beautiful (photos can
be sent) - 6-7 weeks old - black,
black with a white bib and paws
and black & white - friendly, purr
when handled - just starting to
eat proper foodFor collection just
into the Charente, 10 mins from
Rochechouart.If you know of
anyone who would like one, two or
all three, please get in touch with
Rob or Justine on 05 45 21 61 57
FOR SALE: Soplair caravan
awning - Brand new & Complete
Suits Homecar 43 racer, or Hobby.
Information or to view, please
call.€500.00 05.55.67.37.60
FOR SALE: Bread maker
French model. Used once.€20.00
ono05.55.67.37.60
FOR SALE: Computer Desk
Work station style. VGC. 78 cm
x 66 cm, 82 cm high.€20.00 Tel:
02.54.30.59.78
FOR SALE: Mahogany Table
Dining table (antique). Square (90
cm), 77 cm high, centre pedestal,
brass feet, casters.€150.00 Tel:
02.54.30.59.78
FOR SALE: Mahogany Table
Round coffee table (traditional).
Dimensions: 1m diameter, 56 cm
high, with four legs, brass feet,
centre pedestal.€150.00
Tel: 02.54.30.59.78
FOR SALE: Mobile home - 30ft
x 10ft Reasonable condition for
age but boiler not working. Please
telephone for more info.€500.00
onoTel: 05 55 57 11 87
FOR SALE: Building Plot near
Chenerailles Good level plot,
planning permision, electric/water
very close. 1,735 m2.
€10,500 - Tel: 05 55 62 77 41
WANTED: Pool Cover 10m x 6m
minimum Good condition please.
05 55 00 07 90
FOR SALE: 50 Limited Edition
Plates As new, with authenticity
certificates, including complete sets.
€5 each or €195 total collection. 05
55 60 22 27
FOR SALE: Round Intex pool
cover 457cm diameter (15') Brand
new (too small for our pool).€35.00
05.55.67.58.87
FOR SALE: 2 x Left Hand Drive
Renault Megane Headlights From
a 1999 Megane Hatch. Excellent
Condition.€80.00 onoTel: 05 55 81
30 39
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FOR SALE Auvergne-style
Longère
House in a hamlet
with 1.4 hectares of land
near Aubusson
Successful Bed &
Breakfast in Chénérailles
New electrics and plumbing required
but this will be an easy renovation.
Three bedrooms with the scope for
more. Semi-detached house with
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PROPERTIES TO LET
Large 2-storey farmhouse
10 minutes from Felletin
FLAT TO LET
ORADOUR-SUR-VAYRES
Warm furnished modern one bedroom flat to rent.
Includes water, electricity,
heating and broadband
with under cover parking.
Lovely view over the valley. Quiet location.
3 bedrooms upstairs with large modern
bathroom and separate changing room. Bath
and separate shower with WC.
Downstairs is a large open plan living, dining
and kitchen area.
Good heating system with extra wood heater
and cuisinière.
Available fully furnished or unfurnished.
(6, 12, or 18+ mths)
Holiday lets are also available.
For viewings: Sophie Arsac - 0555891574.
€ 390/month
Gite for rent
(near Aubusson)
Long Stay - €320 per month
Short Stay - €100 per week
Contact: Nick or Tessa Wiggins
05 55 49 83 86
To Rent
2 bedroom gite for up to
7 months. Central heated,
Godin log burners, fully
equipped and furnished.
Superb rural location in
the Ambazac forests.
www.grandmontgites.com
Gite available
6 months Oct-Mar
Three bedrooms: two double and one
with three single beds, two bathrooms,
kitchen, lounge, dining room & sunroom,
parking and small garden, Sky TV,
washing machine & dishwasher. All fully
furnished for short or long term rent.
Tel: 05 55 67 58 87
2 bedrooms, open-plan
kitchen/living/dining area,
shower-room, small courtyard.
Bénévent-l'Abbaye
€320/month excl. utilities
Photos on www.pilgrim23.com
Tel: 05.55.62.61.12
€70,000 ono
It has three large letting rooms all with ensuite. Large family room with two rooms and
en-suite. Dining room/Breakfast room. Good
sized utility room. Newly fitted kitchen to a
high spec. Large apartment on second floor
for owners. Rooms to renovate. Enclosed
courtyard garden. Garage availble to rent.
€160,000
Tel: 05 55 62 91 97
www.grandemaison-chenerailles.com
Reach 11,000
potential buyers
or tenants for
only €12.50 /
month
(+ €5 for an
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TO LET
CHARMING 2 BED
LITTLE HOUSE
Situated in a quiet and pretty little
hamlet approximately 5 minutes
from the historic town of Chalus and
shops, supermarket, restaurant, and
other local amenities.
2 beds, shower/wc, kitchen/lounge
and a cellar. Additionally, the use of a
small barn (for storage).
Unfurnished.
€380/month excl. bills.
Long or short term rental.
Telephone 0044 1642 284 143
or (mobile)
0044 7984 188 619.
250 m² living space plus 300 m² of
barns and detached outbuildings. Built
from granite with a new roof. Peaceful
location. 10 km from Guéret.
14,200 m² of land with 3 streams.
Please telephone:
05 55 73 06 61
or e mail [email protected]
Building Plot
near Chénérailles
€298,000 (offers accepted)
Good level plot, planning permision,
electric/water very close. 1,735 m2.
05 55 81 30 15
Tel: 05 55 62 77 41
Grande Maison
Large house with
barn and stables
For more information call:
Large house for sale in the village
of Peyrabout (10 mins from Guéret).
Approx 300 m² in total comprising:
● Main house with 3 bedrooms
● 1 studio flat ● Garage area
There is also a small garden
in front of the house.
€130,000
€10,500
Located in a small hamlet
in the commune of Crozant.
Also includes a second small,
stone house nearby. Large
garden with trees and
vegetable plots - 2,400m²
05 55 89 80 99
TWO FULLY RENOVATED
STONE COTTAGES
Tel: 0555802140/ 0625513130
House with lakes
near Bourganeuf
Peaceful hamlet. Close to amenities in
Bussière-Poitevine
Main cottage: 2 beds/lounge/fully fitted
kitchen/sun lounge/bathroom/sep. w.c./patio.
Adjacent cottage: 2 beds en-suite/lounge/
fitted kitchen/bathroom/separate w.c./patio.
Lovely garden with open views 2,600 m².
For quick sale €155,000
Property with 2.5 hectares of land including 2 lakes (1.22 hectares & 1080
m2)fed by their own natural source.
The house has 81 m2 of living space,
ready to move straight into.
€240,000
Tel : 05.55.64.14.56
Mob: 06.15.34.72.13
Full details and photos:
www.houseseparategitelimousinfrance.com
click on 2 adjacent cottages
Tel: +33(0)5 55 60 22 27
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FRENCH LIFE ♦ 11
Solar hot water
F
very hot edition of The Bugle
next month! ■
If you’d like to know more
about the topics raised here,
take a look at Stove-Sellers'
website for more information
on wood burning stoves and
cookers, central heating
systems, chimney installations
ollowing on from
last month, we’re
going to take a
look at hot water
from solar power. Did you
know that the Earth receives
more energy from the sun
in one month than man
has consumed throughout
history?!
Heating
domestic
hot
water is one of the largest
consumers of energy within
the household, and most
common ‘balloons’ are fitted
with
2-3kW
immersion
heaters.
For
some
reason
the
thermostats tend to be preset to ‘red hot’ in France
which further increases an
already high energy demand.
So what do we do? We add
cold water to cool it down
to a temperature that we can
stand!
glass (plates) with water
pipes sandwiched in between.
Evacuated tube collectors
consist of individual vacuumsealed Pyrex tubes.
Both systems perform
equally well on a hot sunny
day; however, under all other
conditions, vacuum tubes are
significantly more efficient
than flat plate panels. The
primary reason for this is
that evacuated tube systems
are just that… evacuated.
Because they are a sealed
vacuum, ambient temperature
has virtually no effect upon
performance, so if the sun
is shining, it doesn’t matter
whether it is warm or cold
outside, leading to efficiency
levels of up to 93%.
A common misconception
is that it needs to be sunny
for solar thermal systems to
work. This is not the case
One method of reducing
this energy demand to
virtually zero is to use solar
energy.
Solar energy can be
captured in two ways: as
solar photovoltaic or solar
thermal energy. This month
we will take a look at the
solar thermal method which
captures ultraviolet radiation
(UV) to heat water in solar
tubes or collectors.
There are two main types
of solar thermal system:
flat plate collectors and
evacuated tube collectors.
Flat plate collectors are
essentially two pieces of
as solar systems capture UV
light. Okay, they are not as
efficient on a cloudy, overcast
day, but they still perform
very well year round.
One small solar panel
can also reduce your CO2
emissions by 300 kg every
year! For the average
household one 30-tube solar
panel will produce up to 250
litres of hot water per day,
which is about the size of
your average boiler.
Environment
efficient. In fact they can
even be orientated East/West
and don’t have to be perfectly
inclined to your angle of
latitude; flat on a roof or on
a wall works pretty well and
they can also be groundmounted.
and chimney sweeps at
www.stovesellers.com or call
05.55.63.78.72
Facing which way?
South is good but Southeast
or Southwest is almost as
Solar panels also provide
an efficient means of
swimming pool heating, so
if you’d like to take the edge
off your pool’s temperature
and extend your swimming
season, you can do so in an
eco friendly way.
One question that often
arises is that of using
solar thermal systems for
central heating. Whilst they
can produce a degree of
supplementary heat in spring
and autumn, the contribution
in winter will be minimal
which is of course when you
need your heating the most.
Heating a house is a whole
lot different to heating an
insulated tank of water!
A typical system for the
average home is likely to
cost in the region of €3,500€5,000. The energy savings
have so many variables it
makes it difficult to provide
a general cost versus
return figure. That said, the
investment payback is likely
to be within 5 years, after
which you can enjoy free hot
water for life! If your motives
are purely ‘green’ then do it
regardless.
Generally speaking you will
not need planning permission
as these systems satisfy the
‘permitted
development’
requirements, but as always
run it by your Marie first if in
any doubt.
Arthur Smith
Harlequin Developments
www.
harlequindevelopments.com
Tel: 05.55.68.67.56
Mob: 06.06.60.46.97
12 ♦ FRENCH LIFE
High-tech chicken coops
Readers’ Contributions
In the most recent edition of his monthly column CHICKEN CORNER,
Paul Lay looks back on a year of columns and gets tempted by technology.
You can find all his previous columns at www.thebugle.eu/archive/
Several years ago I bought my first few
chicks for the princely sum of three
euros each, and have been keeping
a small flock going ever since. What
started off as a bit of fun and a way to
get cheap eggs has turned into a minor
obsession, and now I couldn’t imagine
life without ‘my girls’ roaming around
the back garden. The idea behind my
column here is just to share with you
my experiences of raising chickens and
offer my thoughts on chicken-related
matters.
C
an you believe that this is
already the first anniversary
of my little column?! I’m
sure my editor will have
mentioned elsewhere in the paper
that it is also coincidentally the first
anniversary of The Bugle, so I will not
bang on about it, but it has given me
occasion to return to my piece from this
time last year to see what I was writing
about way back then. It appears I made
a rather bold promise to acquire a
turkey, bestow upon him the name Noel
and cook him for this year’s Christmas
dinner!
Whilst I still wholeheartedly agree
with the sentiments of that first column
– that if we are prepared to eat meat,
we should be aware of exactly where it
comes from and get to grips with how
it ends up on our plates – I am afraid
I never got round to buying that young
turkey. Maybe next year…?
A lot can change in 12 months:
chickens have come and gone; a
rabbit has arrived and stayed; I have
had chicken-based joy and heartbreak
in equal measure; and if you believe
what you read in the papers, I have
eaten in the vicinity of 1,095 of the
world’s most delicious free range eggs
(see last month’s column). It has been
a tough year in the yard, however… I
believe that only 2 of the chickens I had
at this time last year are still with me.
And then there was the disappointment
of the chicks that never hatched (see
September’s edition). However, the
pleasure and enjoyment I get out of
looking after my chickens has not
waned in the slightest.
As the first gentle frosts have started
to arrive, the logistics of keeping
chickens over a harsh Limousin winter
are slowly coming back to me. During
the summer months, my girls spend the
vast majority of their days outside and
their food and water dispensers tend to
follow them… it’s just easier. But they
are already spending nearly 12 hours
of each day in their coop and the first
thing they do of a morning is run for a
drink. I have now moved the dispensers
into the coop, the first of the winter
tasks. Soon we will face the daily battle
against frozen water. I have heard of all
sorts of crazy solutions but the reality
is that if it is anything like last year, all
liquids left outside will freeze overnight
into a brick, often cracking whatever
receptacle is trying to withhold them.
The only solution is to bring the water
in at night and put it back out in the
morning – not the hardest job in the
world but surprisingly onerous.
One other solution that was presented
to me by a fellow enthusiast a few
years ago, and one that I am afraid I
gave serious consideration to, was a
heated plate onto which a metal water
dispenser could be placed. The product
in question could be either battery or
mains operated and promised to prevent
a moderate amount of liquid from
freezing in even the harshest of winter
conditions.
With the first frost come certain logistical issues
It was my wife that questioned
whether it was really worth the money
(I remember it not being an insignificant
amount) to not have to carry a small
bowl of water less than 50 metres once
every day; after all, I do make the trip at
least once a day anyway to collect my
morning eggs! I did have to think about
it for a while before agreeing with her.
Like I said, it is a surprisingly onerous
task.
Now that I think about it, the same
person also sent me a link to a website
where you could buy a sunlight-operated
automatic chicken door. The theory was
that you would open the chicken-sized
‘cat flap’ of a morning and when the
light dipped below a certain level, it
would automatically close, shutting the
ladies in for the night (assuming they
had already taken themselves to bed).
I am a sucker for a gadget at the best
of times and I had already removed
my credit card from my wallet before
common sense thankfully prevailed.
You’ll be happy to know that I
continue to eschew these modernday gimmicks and I am keeping it
old-school in the yard. The water is
room temperature and refreshed every
morning and the door to the coop is still
operated by nothing more than a touch
of evening elbow grease. Long may it
continue!
Until next time! ■
A
s fuel shortages
threatened
to
disrupt
public
services across the
country this month, not every
town was worried about huge
piles of uncollected rubbish
building up in the streets.
Perpignan is one of 60 French
towns that have fallen back
on a cheaper and greener way
to collect household waste,
ditching the dustbin lorry in
favour of the more traditional
horse and cart.
In fact, the very first
dustmen in the country used
a horse and cart to transport
public refuse. The concept
was first introduced in Paris
by a French prefect by the
name of Eugène Poubelle
– the man after whom the
dustbin would later be
named. He was a lawyer,
administrator and diplomat
and as prefect of the Seine
region
introduced
new
hygiene measures in Paris.
Poubelle decreed that
owners of buildings must
provide those who lived there
with three covered containers
of between 40 and 120 litres
to hold household refuse:
one for perishable items; one
for paper and cloth; and the
third for crockery and shells.
Parisians began to name their
boxes after Poubelle, a habit
encouraged by the newspaper
Le Monde, which called
them ‘Boîtes Poubelle’. The
population of Paris, at the
time close to two million
people, needed a system
to empty the containers
regularly. The method of
choice was the humble horse
and cart.
Incidentally,
Eugène
Poubelle also campaigned
successfully
for
direct
drainage. A resurgence of
cholera in 1892 led to a decree
in 1894 that all buildings were
to be connected directly to the
sewers at the expense of the
building's owner – a process
that many of us in rural
France with fosses septiques
will know is still ongoing!
Now, over a century later
a growing number of French
towns are returning to horsedrawn refuse collection as
a better way to deal with
recycling.
The mayor of Peyrestortes,
near Perpignan says that the
primary factor in his decision
to reintroduce horse-drawn
carts to collect recycling in
the narrow streets of his town
was a practical one: “You
can't turn a waste collection
vehicle around here. We used
to block streets to traffic and
keep waste in open skips.” So
he sold off a dustbin lorry and
bought two Breton carthorses
in their place; but crucially,
has he saved any money? “It's
too early to tell. But money
isn't the only reason. The
exhaust smells have gone, the
noise has gone, and instead
we have the clip-clop of
horses' hooves!”
Jean-Pierre
Enjalbert,
mayor of a commune in the
greater Paris area is certain
he is saving money, as the
novelty of the horses has
increased recycling rates.
“By using the horses for
garden waste collection,
we have raised awareness.
People are composting more.
Incineration used to cost us
€107 a tonne, ridiculous for
burning wet matter. Now we
only pay €37 to collect and
compost the waste.”
Not
everywhere
that
has
experimented
with
introducing horse-drawn carts
has succeeded, with many
Culture
Source: SITA
Binmen with serious horsepower
reverting to the combustion
engine in just a few months,
leading some to claim that the
move is usually no more than
a cheap publicity stunt.
SITA, France's second
largest waste management
and
recycling
company,
has now integrated the
“collecte hippomobile” into
three towns in the Aube
department in central France.
Alexandre Champion, who
instigated the idea at SITA,
blames other factors for the
failures: unsuitable horses;
untrained workers; inadequate
terrain; and poor equipment.
According to Mr Champion,
“housing estates or old town
centres with flat terrain work
best, with a circuit of under 20
km a day”.
Another place trialing
animal power is Sicily
where Mario Cicero, mayor
of the 14th-century town
Castelbuono pioneered glass
and cardboard collection
using
two
packsaddle
donkeys in 2007. Three years
on, Cicero has done his sums
and calculated a cost saving
of 34%, as well as winning
over a sceptical population
and putting more donkeys to
work.
“Compared with €5,000–
€7,000 annual running costs
for a diesel truck, an ass
costs €1,000–€1,500 and
can live 25-30 years. A truck
costs around €25,000, lasts
around five years and can't
reproduce!” ■
FRENCH LIFE ♦ 13
Rural France facing a boar invasion
be sent to the local veterinary
laboratory before boar can be
sold as meat. The principal
concern is trichinella, a
type of parasite that is quite
widespread and can be
transmitted to humans if they
eat undercooked or raw pig
meat. Freezing the meat for
three weeks and then cooking
it until the juices run clear
is an adequate preventive
measure.
In Germany the potential
worries are worse as wild
boar are still feeding on
mushrooms, truffles and
berries contaminated with
caesium from the Chernobyl
disaster nearly 25 years ago.
As a number of specialists
have now pointed out,
the wild boar population
needs to be managed more
effectively, but what can
be done? It helps to start
with what makes wild boar
so successful. They are
omnivorous, opportunistic
and highly mobile, able
to cover between 2 and
15 km a day. They will eat
almost anything they come
across, including grass,
nuts, berries, carrion, roots,
tubers, refuse, insects, small
reptiles - even young deer
and lambs.
Boar are prolific breeders.
A sow can become fertile at
as young as eight months
old if she has access to
good feeding. Litter size
varies between two and six
depending on the weight
of the animal. They have
also proved adept at finding
various ways round the
hunting
strategies
that
have successfully checked
the proliferation of other
Female boar are carrying larger litters and mating from an earlier age than ever before
says François Klein, who coordinates research into deer
and wild boar at the agency.
One local famer near
Gentioux knows exactly
why so many crops are
being damaged: “There is
a population explosion of
boar, the likes of which we
have never seen before. In
the commune of Gentioux we
recently identified 15 or so
herds, with 30 pigs in each
herd!”
Jouanny Chatoux, vicepresident of the Young
Farmers association claims
the situation is becoming
serious. “The south [of the
Creuse] is the most severely
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mammals such as deer or
mountain goats.
“Under
favourable
environmental conditions, the
sows start reproducing after
only a year, whereas other
ungulates [hoofed mammals]
take twice as long. Every
year they produce a litter
of five piglets on average,
whereas most other species
only have one at a time,” says
Eric Baubet, head of the boar
study programme at France's
Wildlife and Hunting Agency
(ONCFS).
“The females seem to be
reproducing
increasingly
young and the conventional
pattern for reproduction,
with a pause in the summer,
is often no longer valid,”
SIREN: 453 573 388
T
he wild boar
population
is
soaring at an
alarming
rate
right
across
Europe, despite the best
efforts of hunters. The
problem is becoming serious
in France, particularly in the
centre and on the Millevaches
plateau in southern Creuse,
the problem is almost out of
control.
Despite a nationwide drive
to check their numbers,
launched last year by the
environment minister, JeanLouis Borloo, the boar
population is still rising
steadily. Even a tenfold
increase in the number being
shot by hunters over the last
30 years (more than 560,000
were slaughtered in France
in 2009) has failed to quell
their numbers. In Creuse, the
rise is even more marked: in
1989, 51 boar were shot in the
green and blue department;
last year that number was
3,600, and still the numbers
rise.
The problem is not
restricted
to
France,
however; in Germany, Italy
and across almost the whole
of Europe, wild pigs have
seen a spectacular population
boom in recent decades.
Although the most common
complaint you will hear is
from farmers with damaged
crops, wild boar do pose other
problems. There were 20,800
collisions between cars and
boar in France last year, at an
estimated cost of well over
€100 million. The health of
the boar entering the food
chain can also be a worry. A
sample of the viscera has to
Nature
affected, but also the east.
Because of the departmental
policy from 10 years ago
of feeding the wild boar,
mothers are now carrying
more litters and carrying
them at a younger age. It is
the fault of the departmental
chasse.” By way of proof,
Mr Chatoux points out
that of the 6 hectares of
maize in the commune of
Gentioux, 4 hectares have
been completely destroyed.
This in itself is becoming
expensive as farmers can
claim compensation for
damage to crops caused by
boar. In 2009, the total paid
out was €160,000; in 2010,
with the season still under
way, that figure has already
topped €500,000.
“The farmers are at
their wits end,” continued
Jouanny Chatoux: “Some
businesses risk going under.
People should know that
every night farmers are
patrolling with guns to
self-regulate the problem.
I have heard that in some
communes, large ditches
have been dug to contain the
bodies of the dead boar. Why
can the boar not be classified
as a ‘nuisance’ for a few
years? We should be able to
hunt them, with or without a
permit.” ■
14 ♦ FRENCH LIFE
Practical
Are you unable to receive broadband? Is your
connection slow & unreliable? WiMAX may be the answer!
Following the announcement in August’s edition of The Bugle that WiMAX installation
would be free for Limousin residents we received a massive response from readers
wanting to know more. With the news that the deadline for free installation has been
pushed back to the end of the year, The Bugle asked Steve Pritchard from Steve Pritchard
Solutions to explain a bit more about WiMAX and how to make the most of this offer.
W
hilst significant steps
forward
have been
made with
broadband coverage in France
over recent years, the unfortunate truth for many people living
in rural areas is that they still find
themselves in ‘broadband black
spots’ where coverage is either
not available at all or connections
are slow and unreliable.
The good news for residents
of the Limousin is that an alternative option – WiMAX - is
available for many people across
the region. WiMAX provides
broadband internet and telephone services, allowing data to
be communicated across a series
of transmitters – very much like
the mobile phone network. A discrete antenna of approximately
40 cm² mounted on your house
is all that is required to access the
service.
The Limousin has invested
heavily in WiMAX as an alternative option for people in rural
areas who cannot receive traditional broadband services via a
phone line and is one of only 4
departments in France currently
benefiting from “full” coverage.
In reality around 90% of people
are able to connect to the service.
Axione, the operator in charge
of developing the region’s
WiMAX network, announced
earlier this year that there would
be no installation charge if you
signed up before the end of September (see August’s edition of
The Bugle). The offer applies
to new customers only and the
installer must be one of the four
major companies currently offering WiMAX in the region (Alsatis, Vivéole, Idyle Telecom and
Numéo). This subsidy has just
been extended from the end of
September until the end of 2010.
There is absolutely nothing to
lose, therefore, in submitting an
application to see if you can benefit from the service. In the event
that the technician is unable to
connect from your property then
it will have cost you nothing to
try! There is usually a set-up cost
of anything from €250–€350 for
this service.
In the Limousin, broadband
speeds of 2 Mbps are currently
being offered. By way of an example this is more than sufficient
for streaming video & music or
for making Skype voice & video
calls. The optional telephone
package allows unlimited calls to
be made to landlines in 27 countries. Even better, there is no requirement to keep a France Telecom line with this option, saving
€16.00 per month for line rental!
WiMAX is offered at a monthly subscription of €29.90 for the
first 6 months, rising to €34.90
thereafter. There is a one-off setup fee of €49.90 for the optional
telephone service which offers
free calls to landlines in 27 countries for €9.90 per month.
If you currently have a package with France Telecom, Or-
ange or one of the other main
operators but are unhappy with
their service or feel you may be
paying too much for calls & internet, why not let Steve carry
out a free review - with no obligation - to see if you could save
money by switching? Steve is
a partner of Vivéole, one of the
companies authorised to install
WiMAX in the Limousin.
For more information please
visit Steve Pritchard’s website
www.steve-pritchard.fr/WiMAX
or contact Steve by email at
[email protected] or on 05
53 55 16 15. ■
www.steve-pritchard.fr
Tougher laws introduced to deal with spousal abuse
Local lawyer, Laure CHAVERON, informs us of a tough new law recently introduced to deal with violence within couples.
SIRET: 493 208 888 00021
In 2009, 149 women died as victims of their partner or husband.
In an effort to offer more protection to the victims of spousal
abuse, particularly the ones who dare to report the offence to the
Police, the French government has brought in new legislation. The
new Law is dated July 1st 2010, but actually came into force on
October 1st this year.
You can now obtain from French Judges an 'ordonnance de
protection', or 'protection order'. With this order the violent spouse
can be forced to leave the matrimonial home. The order can last
for up to 4 months and can be given by the judge very quickly. It is
not only the victims who can introduce such a claim, the General
Prosecutor also has the power, provided he has the victim's consent
- some victims need to be protected but cannot act themselves due
to fear.
. Moreover, prison sentences and fines have been increased for
offences committed between couples. See December’s edition of
Got a story
for
The Bugle?
[email protected]
05.55.41.17.76
The Bugle for a full explanation of the law surrounding spousal
abuse. ■
Laure CHAVERON, Avocat
5 rue Henri Beaune, 23230 Gouzon
Téléphone 05 55 80 15 76
[email protected]
http://avocats.fr/space/laure.chaveron
Food and Drink
Quick and Easy Cassoulet
This recipe is provided by Chef George and compiled by Frances of La Grande Maison
(Tables et Chambres d’Hôtes), Chénérailles www.grandemaison-chenerailles.com
Cassoulet is a rich, slow-cooked bean stew or casserole originating in the south of France,
containing meat (typically pork sausages, pork, goose, duck and sometimes mutton), pork skin
(couennes) and white haricot beans.
The word ‘cassoulet’ takes its name from its traditional cooking vessel, the cassole, a deep, round,
earthenware pot with slanting sides.
Numerous regional variations exist, the best-known being the cassoulet from Castelnaudary, the
self-proclaimed "Capital of Cassoulet", Toulouse, and Carcassonne.
This recipe is a quick and easy version of the dish and makes a tasty treat for those cold winter nights.
Ingredients (Serves 6):
6 cooked chicken pieces (roasted in oven)
200 g smoked lardons
400 g smoked garlic sausage
800 g of drained white beans
1 litre chicken stock
1 sprig of fresh rosemary
Salt & pepper to taste
1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/Gas mark 6 and roast the
chicken pieces.
2. In a large frying pan, brown the lardons and sausage. Remove and set aside.
3. Now add the drained white beans (haricots blancs) to the frying pan and stir to soak up all the
meat juices.
4. In a large oven proof casserole pot add the chicken, lardons, sausage, beans and chicken stock.
5. Add a sprig of rosemary (leaves only) and black pepper. Stir to coat meat. Cover and cook for
30 minutes.
6. Check seasoning. Add salt if needed and serve with warm crusty bread.
FRENCH LIFE ♦ 15
Culture
NOVEMBER DATES - Three major annual events in France: November 1st - la Toussaint, a public holiday in France when
many visit graveyards to pay respects to the dead; November 11th - l'Armistice, another public holiday to remember the dead
from the Great War; November 18th - Beaujolais Nouveau, the annual celebration of the Beaujolais region's famous red wine.
1st November - la Toussaint 11th November - l'Armistice
F
just to see the flowers on display.
Another reason that families
pay so much attention to their
gravesites at this time of year
is that the upkeep of the graves
is a public responsibility in
France. When they appear no
longer to be regularly visited,
or become unstable and begin
to decay, notices are attached to
them asking relatives to contact
the council. If no one claims
guardianship of the grave the
council will take over its care and
possibly move the memorial to a
council maintained area. ■
rance honours its war
dead on l’Armistice
(Armistice Day) on the
11th November. This
is a day when every commune
in France will typically hold a
ceremony at their cenotaph and
lay wreaths. Thanks to state grants
handed out in the years after the
First World War, almost all of the
36,000 or so communes in France
have a war memorial to their
dead, usually with the names of
each local soldier who was killed.
War memorials in France
did not always serve this
role. Historically, they were
erected to commemorate great
victories; remembering the dead
was a secondary concern. In
Napoleon's day the dead were
shovelled into mass, unmarked
graves. The Arc de Triomphe
in Paris, and indeed Nelson's
Column in London, contain
no names of those killed in the
victories they commemorate.
It was not until the great
losses of the First World War that
remembrance took centre stage
and most communities erected a
war memorial listing those men
and women who had gone to war
18th November - Beaujolais Nouveau
Beaujolais Nouveau and by
the 1970s its release and the
‘race’ to get the first bottles to
Paris became a national event
attracting considerable media
attention. This race to deliver the
first bottle soon spread to other
countries in Europe in the 1980s,
and North America and Asia in
the 1990s. In some places, the
wine was delivered by hot-air
balloon, elephant, motorcycle,
helicopter, by relay runners and
Concorde was even drafted into
service one year!
The reason that the date was
fixed in 1985 as a Thursday (as
opposed to the 15th that it had
always been until that point)
was to make the most of the
wine consumption during the
weekend that followed.
The man largely credited with
‘inventing’ this annual drinking
frenzy is Georges Duboeuf, the
so-called King of Beaujolais. His
empire reaches just about every
corner of the Beaujolais region,
just north of Lyon, and roughly
10 percent of the wine flowing
out of the region comes from
his cellars. It is Duboeuf who is
chiefly credited with turning the
release of Beaujolais Nouveau
into a global phenomenon – a
marketing masterstroke for a
wine mainly borne of the region’s
worst vineyards, a wine barely
removed from the fermentation
vat, a wine that many say is
nothing more than pleasantly tart
bar-room swill.
That said, I’m sure plenty of us
will still enjoy getting caught up
in the ritual! ■
than soldiers. Understandably,
such memorials provoked anger
among veterans and the military
in general. The most famous is
at Gentioux-Pigerolles in the
department of Creuse which
was built in 1922. Below the
column, which lists the names of
the commune’s fallen, stands an
orphan in bronze pointing to an
inscription declaring: ‘Maudite
soit la guerre’ – ‘Cursed be war’.
Feelings ran so high over the
Gentioux peace memorial that
it was not officially inaugurated
until 1990 and soldiers at the
nearby army camp of La Courtine
were under orders to turn their
heads when they walked past it. ■
and not returned. In many cases,
the World War I memorials were
later extended to also show the
names of locals who died in the
Second World War.
In modern times the main
purpose of war memorials is
no longer to glorify war, but to
honour those who have died, as
will happen right across France
on this day, and indeed across
much of Europe.
After World War I, some
towns in France set up pacifist
war memorials. Instead of
commemorating the glorious
dead, these memorials denounced
war with figures of grieving
widows and children rather
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C
orks will be popping
around the world on
18th November as
lovers of Beaujolais
Nouveau mark the start of a new
French vintage by enjoying large
quantities of the popular tipple.
At one past midnight on
the third Thursday of every
November over a million cases
of Beaujolais Nouveau will begin
their journey from little villages
and towns, through a sleeping
France to Paris for immediate
shipment to all parts of the world.
For a few short days, banners
everywhere proclaim: "Le
Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé!"
What was once a very local
tradition has in recent decades
become an international race
to bring Beaujolais Nouveau to
markets around the world. By
the time it is over, more than
65 million bottles, representing
nearly half of the region's total
annual production, will have
been distributed and drunk
around the world.
To begin with, the wine
producers of the area created
a ‘wine of the year’ simply to
celebrate the end of the harvest.
The wine was only fermented for
a few weeks, and was intended
for immediate consumption,
certainly not later than a few
months. It was not until the
establishment of the Beaujolais
Nouveau AOC just before the
Second World War that the
release date for this wine became
fixed each year.
Wine producers began to
see the marketing potential of
© 2010 - Laure Chaveron
the vast range of potted varieties;
sellers will take over the
pavements outside cemeteries.
So
linked
has
the
chrysanthemum become with All
Souls’ Day that it is considered
strange - even rude - to give
them as a gift in France, not even
in bouquets among other cut
flowers. A recent advert shown
on British television features a
young English man who takes a
fancy to an Italian girl and leaves
a bunch of chrysanthemums on
her door step. Passers-by see
the flowers placed next to her
battered moped and burst out
crying because they assume
she's dead. You need to know
the custom to ‘get’ the advert…
maybe not the ad agency’s finest
hour!
Were
you
to
take
chrysanthemums to a friend
recuperating in hospital, they
may well assume that you don’t
expect them to make it!!
The cemeteries themselves
are amazing sights at this time of
year, the most famous probably
being
the
Père-Lachaise
cemetery in Paris and it is well
worth a visit during Toussaint,
© 2009 - Abhishek Mishra (wikiCommons)
L
a Toussaint (All Saints’
Day) falls on the first
of November and as
the name suggests it
is the Catholic Church's day for
remembering the saints. The
jour des Morts (All Souls’ Day)
which follows on November
2nd is the day of the dead when
people pray for the souls of the
departed. It is an important day
on which families remember
those no longer with them and is
a very spiritual time of year. The
1st is a public holiday in France,
but the 2nd is not, so you will see
many people visiting graveyards
on All Saints’ Day when they are
actually marking All Souls’ Day.
Today, Toussaint is marked
by the lighting of candles in
cemeteries and the decorating of
graves with flowers, particularly
chrysanthemums. Stone lanterns
of the dead, which are lit during
the festival, can also be found
in many cemeteries, especially
around the Massif Central.
Chrysanthemums
are
everywhere at this time of year:
stalls will appear at roadsides;
large marquees will be erected
in supermarket car parks to hold
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16 ♦ GAMES & HOBBIES
Crossword
Caption Competition - November
Clues and answers in English
Send your entries to [email protected] and we will print the best ones in
next month's paper. Winner receives a modicum of kudos.
Last Month's Winners
Across:
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5. Small thin biscuit (5)
8. Dissonance (5)
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19. Athlete (7)
21. Hinged window blind (7)
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5. Decorative covering (9)
6. Photographic film (7)
7. Synthetic silklike fabric (5)
11. Short accounts of incidents (9)
14. Quashed (7)
16. Private place with peace
and quiet (7)
17. Marine mammal (6)
18. Alleviates (5)
20. Emblem (5)
22. Nothing (3)
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submissions for content and
advertising is the 15th of the month for the
following month’s print edition.
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cabbage, Edith couldn't believe it when he returned instead
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The solution to all this month’s puzzles can be found on page 15
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ♦ 17
Letters to
The
Editor
From October's paper...:
I
Dear Ed,
cannot fail to notice the high number of
cars, vans etc around this region that have
UK registration plates but carry no UK road
tax.
When you look closer the owner usually has
a French insurance sticker and MOT. I am
under the impression that if you live here for
more than 6 months then the vehicle should be
re-registered.
What concerns me is where are these
vehicles actually registered? The UK – no,
as the UK road fund licence is non-existent.
France – no, as they do not have French plates. What happens if one is involved in an accident? Are the French police ignorant as to the UK
licensing or have these drivers discovered a
LEGAL loophole?
Regards,
David Cunningham
Car insurance on UK plates
Mr M.A. Carrier
Via email
W
ith reference to
Mr Cunningham’s
letter [see above],
I also have given thought
to this subject. I agree
with all the points that Mr
Cunningham made (i.e.
English plates and French
plates: where are the vehicles
registered?) For insurance
purposes in the event of an
accident, for those living
here longer than 6 months
without the correct plates for
this country - France - then
theie insurance will be Null
and Void!!
Apart from the routes
nationales
and
the
autoroutes, if you are
involved in an accident
then it is a 50/50 claim
irrespective of who caused
the accident. We had an
accident in our first year here
which wasn’t our fault!!!! I
did a lot of research after
that!!
Yours Sincerely
Mr M.A. Carrier
ED - This issue has provoked a good deal of response in the last month. I must confess, I don't know exactly what the law states in this respect, but it certainly seems
like a 'grey' area that will affect many expats. I am going to do my best to find out
exactly where you stand when driving around on EU plates in France to run it in a
future edition of The Bugle.
Puy de Dôme pie
Phone box credit card charges
Tim McCarthy
Via email
I
regularly
read
your
newspaper when visiting
my holiday home in La
Nouzillle near Rochechouart
and find your paper a great
source of knowledge and local
information.
I wanted to inform your
readers of my experience when
calling home to the UK using a
public phone box. I hadn't set
up roaming for my blackberry
on this particular visit and was
shocked to receive charges
on my credit card statement
for two calls that I made
from a public phone booth in
Rochechouart to the United
Kingdom on the 11th and 13th
September.
Both of these short calls
were for approximately 5/7
minutes and I was charged
£37.00 and £51.90.
I followed the instructions
in English as written in the
phone box outlining what to
do to make an overseas call.
The instructions stated that the
operator would inform me of
the charges. However this was
not an option because as soon
as I input my credit card details
the automated recorded voice
told me to dial the international
number I required. I would not
have made these calls if I had
known what I was going to be
charged.
This is an outrageous cost
for two short calls and I just
wanted your readers to be
aware.
Yours sincerely,
Tim McCarthy
New book by Indre Nature
Heather Booth
Via post
I
have been a member
of ‘Indre Nature’ for
several years so receive
information from them on a
regular basis. Not only do they
organize regular walks within
the Brenne National Park and
the northern Creuse but they
also produce information
about flora and fauna.
Their
latest
excellent
publication is L'Atlas de
répartition des orchidées
de l'Indre. This contains
excellent
photos
and
descriptions of 46 species
found in the area as well as
information about where to
find them. The main text is
in French but English and
Dutch names are given for all
of the orchids included. The
detailed diagrams and maps
can all be understood with
a limited understanding of
French.
The book is available
by post from Indre Nature,
Maison de l’Environment,
Parc Balsan, 44 avenue
F.
Mitterand,
36400
Chateauroux for €20 (postage
€3.92) or from good book
shops.
I am enjoying reading
about the orchids found in
the area in preparation for my
spring walks.
Please join ‘Indre Nature’
if you are interested in the
environment and like to meet
others with similar interests.
The outings are friendly and
cheerful and a chance to
practise your French.
I hope to see some of you
on future outings.
Heather Booth
Importing vehicles to France
Anonymous
Via email
Dear Editor,
I
was particularly interested in the comments of Mr
David Cunningham with respect to the mechanism
whereby UK permanent residents in France appear
Andrea and Bruce from Felletin-based vegetarian B&B, 3 Place des Arbres, have written in to offer us their take on a shepherd’s pie, inspired by the
famous dormant volcano, the Puy de Dôme.
We live just over an hour away from the amazing Puy de Dôme. This vegan take on the shepherd's pie, using puy lentils and aduki beans, is our tribute to
this natural monument.
Ingredients:
200 g aduki beans soaked overnight or in boiling water for 3 hours and cooked on a rolling boil for about 45 mins (or 400g of tinned aduki beans)
200 g puy lentils (rinsed in cold water) cooked for 25 minutes (or 400 g brown or green lentils)
1 large onion (diced)
1 tbsp tomato puree
½ tsp smoked paprika
2 large carrots (diced)
1 cube vegetable bouillon
1 tsp chopped fresh thyme
4 medium mushrooms (diced)
200 ml red wine
1 tsp oregano
4 plump cloves of garlic (chopped)
2 tsp sweet paprika
black pepper
1 carton of passata
½ tsp hot paprika
To make the bean mixture, fry the onion and mushrooms in olive oil until the onions are soft. Add
the garlic and carrots.
Add wine and herbs (if dried).
Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat and cook until the carrots start to soften (about 5-10 mins).
Add the rest of the ingredients. Simmer gently, adding water from the potatoes (see below) if
necessary until it resembles a thick stew (bear in mind that more water will be absorbed during the
oven cooking process).
Meanwhile…
To make the topping, peel and chop 1 ½ kg of potatoes and boil with ¼ tsp salt until soft.
Drain and reserve the liquid to add to the mixture above, as required.
Put 50 ml of the liquid back into the potatoes. Add 25 ml of whichever milk you prefer (we like
oat milk for this recipe), 1 tsp grainy mustard, 1 heaped tsp hot Dijon mustard and 1 tbsp vegan
margarine. Mash until you can mash no more. The mash should be creamy. (If you prefer you can add cooked finely chopped leaks or onions to the mash).
Set the oven to 180°C.
Take 4 -6 cocottes (or if you prefer one rectangular lasagne dish). Distribute the bean mixture between the cocottes.
Pile the mash on top of the mixture and fashion it into a volcano shape (this is playing with your food – don’t tell your mother!)
Once your artistic masterpieces are complete sprinkle with some paprika (this together with the leeks – if you have added them to the mash – will give the
appearance of vegetation growing up the Puy. Kind of…)
Pop in the oven for 30 minutes, until the mashed potato is browned.
Serve with green beans, peas or salad.
to flout a law which requires them to register
imported vehicles within a specified time, usually
quoted as being six months. A conversation with
a local gendarme seems to confirm this view
although clever motorists advance the proposition
that they are not "permanent" if they have a UK
address. This may not necessarily be their own
residence, but that of a compliant member of
family or friend.
But can the gendarmerie be bothered to follow
this up and do they understand the grave legal
significance of untaxed UK vehicles?
After eight years in France I am not able to
advance a legal case for the widespread practice.
This letter amounts to personal reminiscences
that may not help solve solve Mr Cunningham's
dilemma.
To begin the story: When I arrived in France
I bought a new Renault car from a local dealer.
No problems, therefore, with its registration. As
I had a poor command of the French language
and customs the car dealer kindly offered to jump
through the hoops to register a BMW motorcycle I
had imported: a perfectly straightforward model for
which I foresaw no problems. It took several months
to get the certificate of conformity, carte grise,
insurance and the machine on the road. You will be
aware, no doubt, that the French "MOT test" is not
(YET) applicable to motorcycles. I was assured that
this bureaucratic delay was standard practice.
Subsequently I attempted to register a more
powerful model. In France a certificate of
conformity required expensive modifications to
reduce the power of the engine. The paperwork
went on for months despite my best efforts and
AXA summarily cancelled their cover after six
months. This seems to be at the whim of the local
branch manager.
And so it went on over the years. We have
always obeyed the letter of the law with respect
to certificates of conformity etc. but the system
makes it difficult, time consuming and potentially
expensive. A thankless task, so you can understand
why people join the increasing number of those
who ignore the whole tedious process.
18 ♦ WHAT’S ON
MONDAY
Evaux-les-Bains
Mérinchal (1st Mon)
TUESDAY
Auzances
Bénévant-l’Abbaye
Bussière-Poitevine
Champagnac-la-Rivière
Genouillac
Gouzon
Laurière
Limoges (Le Vigenal)
Peyrat-le-Château
Rochechouart
Royère-de-Vassivière
Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles
WEEKLY MARKETS
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Ahun
Bourganeuf
Chambon-sur-Voueize
Cognac-la-Forêt
Clugnat
Le Dorat
Isle
Limoges (pont St Martial)
Nantiat
Séreilhac
Boussac
Coussac-Bonneval
Dun-le-Palestel
Guéret
Limoges Bastide et Corgnac
Magnac-Laval
Oradour-sur-Vayres (except
3rd Thu)
Peyrat-le-Château
Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs
Saint-Victurnien
La Souterraine
(Friday - cont.....)
Saint-Sulpice-Laurière
Verneuil-sur-Vienne(15h-18h30)
All markets are in the morning unless stated otherwise.
BY DAY
Aixe-sur-Vienne: 1st Fri
Ambazac: 1st Wed
Auzances: 2nd Tue
Bourganeuf: 1st & 3rd Wed
Boussac: 1st & 3rd Thu
Bujaleuf: Last Mona
Châlus: 2nd Thu
Châteauneuf-la-Forêt: 2nd Sun
Cognac-la-Forêt: 1st Tue
Cussac: 4th Sun
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Aixe-sur-Vienne
Ambazac
Bessines-sur-Gartempe
Bosmie l’Aiguille (16h - 19h30)
Bujaleuf
Châlus (except 2nd Fri)
Châteauponsac
Châtelus-Malvaleix
Couzeix (16h30 - 19h30)
Le Dorat
Felletin
Limoges (place des Bancs et
Beaubreuil)
Nexon
Pierre-Buffière
Rochechouart
St-Etienne-de-Fursac
Aixe-sur-Vienne
Aubusson
Bellac
Bonnat
Bussière-Poitevine
Châteauponsac
Condat-sur-Vienne
Eymoutiers
Feytiat
Flavignac
Guéret
La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice
La Souterraine
Limoges (place des Bancs et
place Marceau)
Le Palais-sur-Vienne
Nantiat
Bessines-sur-Gartempe
Blond
Crocq (1st and 3rd Sun)
Panazol
Peyrat-le-Château
Saint-Paul
St-Sulpice-le-Guéretois (3rd Sun)
Saint-Vaury (2nd Sun)
Veyrac (2nd Sun)
(Saturday - cont.....)
Peyrat-le-Château
Rochechouart
Saint-Junien
St-Léonard-de-Noblat
Saint-Mathieu
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
MONTHLY FOIRES
Domps: 2nd Tue
Dun-le-Palestel: 1st Thu
Evaux-les-Bains: 1st Mon
Eymoutiers: 1st & 3rd Thu
Feytiat: 1st Sat
La Souterraine 2nd & 4th Sat
Magnac-Bourg: 2nd Sat
Meuzac: 4th Mon
Mézières-sur-Issoire: 2nd & 4th Mon
Nexon: 3rd Fri
Oradour-sur-Vayres: 3rd Thu
Peyrat-le-Château: 3rd Mon
Peyrilhac: 3rd Sun
Pierre-Buffière: 1st Fri
Royère-de-Vassivière: 2nd Tue
Saint-Germain-les-Belles: last Sat
Saint-Jouvent: 1st Sun
Saint-Junien: 3rd Sat
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat: 1st Mon
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche: 2nd & 4th Fri
Sauviat-sur-Vige: 2nd Mon
Veyrac: 2nd Sun
BY DATE
1 (day before if public holiday): Bellac
3: Bellegarde-en-Marche
3: Châteauponsac
5: Bussière-Poitevine
5: Chénérailles
6: Bussière-Boffy
8: Compreignac
9: Saint-Sulpice-Laurière
11 (Sat if 11 is a Sun): Bessines-surGartempe
13 (Sat if 13 is a Sun): Le Dorat
15: Oradour-sur-Glane
17: Mortemart
18: La Croisille-sur-Briance; La
Jonchère-Saint-Maurice
20: Chénérailles
21: Ambazac; Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles
22 (Mon if 22 is a Sun): Magnac-Laval
23: Razès; St Laurent sur Gorre
24: Nantiat
25: Blond - St Paul
26: Nouic; Rochechouart
28: Cieux
29: Laurière
CLUBS, CHARITIES & ASSOCIATIONS
Charente Limousine Exchange
CLE is a non-profit organization which helps people to settle into the
area and integrate with their local communities. CLE organizes regular
discussions on aspects of living and working in France, together with a
variety of social activities. Members are sent a regular newsletter keeping
them up to date with group news and upcoming events.
Membership costs EUR 15 per family per calendar year. For more
information visit www.charente-limousine-exchange.com
Christians together in Limousin La Souterraine Area
We hold a time of fellowship and Bible study every Tuesday afternoon.
Barbara and Cedric look forward to welcoming you. 05 55 71 09 04
Cancer Support France, Creuse branch
Drop-in service, Maison des Usagers, Guéret hospital
(For directions call the hospital reception on 05.55.51.70.90 & ask for the
Maison des Usagers at the Acceuil on arrival)
The service is manned by two active listeners, there to answer any queries
or questions. We provide a forum for anyone who wishes to discuss aspects
of cancer, be it for them or a family member. The service provides a face to
face opportunity which some people may find more useful than talking on
the telephone.
22 November 14h – 15h30
27 December 14h – 15h30
Use your free time to help those who are or
could be touched by Cancer.
C.S.F. in the Creuse is a young association which is giving a valuable comfort in
terms of listening, understanding and informing and has the potential to do more
when called upon to support.
To do this we need new members who are ready to continue to promote the aims
of the association by organising and running fundraising events. It is likely that
you have heard of or even been to a quiz night, garden fete or fair which our
members have successfully run over the past 4 years. We must do more and time
constraints on some of the fundraising team mean that we want new members to
try and continue the successes so far.
We welcome your involvement on whatever scale you see you could offer.
Call Mike Walsh on 09 50 49 33 04 to get involved with us and help make a
difference.
The St Jean English Library
The St Jean English Library in La Souterraine continues to grow. New
shelving has increased its book stock to 3,000 books and many more books
are still waiting for shelf space. Caxton’s, the Library café has expanded
its menu and now serves English teacakes and crumpets imported specially
from England. The Library is also offering French lessons, given by a
French national, as well as English lessons for French speakers.
To meet the increased demand the library is now open on Tuesdays as well
as Thursdays and Saturdays, from 9.30 to 12.30 each day. You can find it in
La Souterraine just below the Porte St Jean, between the Hotel St Jean and
the newsagents. For more information contact Rodney on 05.55.63.03.87.
"The Library" at Dun le Palestel
Located in the Route des Rateries, just behind the Biblithèque Municipale,
you will find the Anglophone Library, which offers a wide variety of
reading material, DVD’s, talking books and videos. This is not a ‘shhhh,
quiet’ type of library but one where members are encouraged to have a chat
and a cup of tea and during their visit.
For more information, go to www.ententecordiale-creuse.org or telephone
Linda Ward on 05 55 89 69 65. We look forward to seeing you there soon.
Activities taking place at the English Library
Opening hours: Thur (Market Day) 10 am – 4 pm, Sat 10 am – 12.30 pm
Café Club Franglais: First Tue of every month. 10 am to noon (Linda Ward)
Club de Scrabble: One Mon each month. 2.30-4.30 pm (Mme Charmillon)
Café Philo: One Saturday each month (Mme Brell)
Art and Craft Group: Thursdays. 2 pm to 4 pm (Chris Hardy)
Aide à l’Anglais: Wednesday morning for young children wishing to learn
English and Thursday evening for adults
Faceaface is an association founded to facilitate and encourage
interaction between all members of the local community. As our first
venture we have created a library.
Where? In the Mairie of St Priest which is just off the D4 between
Mainsat and Chenerailles
When? The first and third Mon afternoon in every month between 2-5pm.
To join all you have to do is donate six books and pay €5 per person or €8
per household. If you would like more information please contact us at:
[email protected] or just come by and see us. Everyone is welcome!
The Harmonics
This is our 6th season of singing as a group, previously known as Performing
Arts Group and this year renamed to 'The Harmonics'.
A group of 18 and although predominantly English, we have had French,
Dutch, American and Belgian folk join us. Our concerts are in support of a
variety of charities including British Legion, L'Oregon at Civray and Retina
and thus non profit making.
Our music is varied classical, madrigals, spiritual, songs from the shows etc.
and we sing in French, English, Swahili, Latin, whatever the music demands.
We meet Wednesday 14h – 16h in the Salle d'Annexe behind the
Mairie in Civray. Interested? We'd love to see you so contact: Heather
Rathbone tel 05 49 971078 or Dolly Ait Boualou email address sylvia.
[email protected]
Alcoholics Anonymous
If you or someone you know has a drinking problem, there is now an
English-speaking meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous at 2 Avenue Pierre
Traversat, Limoges. Thursday evenings, 7.30 to 9.00 pm.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a Fellowship of men and women who share
their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve
their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The
only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are
no dues or fees for A.A. membership and A.A. is not allied with any sect,
denomination, politics, organization or institution. Our primary purpose is
to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
Contact - Roger 05 55 76 22 65 or Nancy 02 54 24 09 74
Or check our website at www.aafrancesud-ouest.com for details of this and
other English-speaking meetings in the South West of France.
Amateur open mic night @ Vautredeix
(Just outside Gouzon, next to Saint-Sylvain-sous-Toulx). Poets, musicians,
whatever you may be.... Everyone welcome to perform or just enjoy the
company. Every Friday night 7pm onwards. Free. Bring a bottle. For more
info contact [email protected]
Tai Chi at Boussac and La Châtre
Tai Chi classes in Boussac (Tuesdays 18.15 - 19.45) and in La Châtre (Thursdays 18.15 - 19.45).
The first two lessons are free, the subscriptions are 36 euros per month, and
folks can go to both venues having paid this fee. There are two free day-long
sessions per year. The style is that of Yang, and the teachers are part of a national organisation called the FMIPTC (Fédération des mouvements indépendants de pédagogie des techniques corporelles).
All ages and abilities welcome, but folk must bear in mind that they will be
on their feet, doing the equivalent of what one might classify as light exercise,
for about an hour and a half. For more information, contact 05 55 65 08 20.
The Melting Pot
We are a group of people who regularly meet and share things and try and
integrate with the French Community. We are an association that has been
in existence for 4 years since 1st August 2006. We meet every month in the
Ancienne Ecole in Darnac, on a Wednesday morning from 10 am till 12 pm,
except for the first Wednesday, when we meet in the evening at 8 pm. We
have more than 45 members at the moment, some French and British. We
hold information meetings, plant swaps, some members give talks and we
regularly have guest speakers on subjects concerning living in France. In the
evening meetings we hold quizzes, Whist Drives and BBQ's at members’
homes, also Boules and BBQ. Evenings and occasional trips around the area.
We look forward to seeing you! Contact: [email protected]
Learn how to jive at Lussac-les-Eglises in an exciting, fun,
friendly group that meet every Monday at 8pm, at the Salle Polyvalente,
Lussac-les-Eglises. Everyone welcome whether you’re on your own or part
of a couple, young or young at heart. This is a great way to keep fit, have
some good laughs and meet new people. For more info contact Alwyn on
O5.55.60.27.05 or Hank on 05.55.68.42.09. See you there!
Learning Together – Apprenons Ensemble
‘Learning Together’ currently runs language lessons at the Maison des Associations in Rochechouart. There are French lessons at different levels as well as English lessons for adults and separate ones for young children.
The Association has also in place planned social and cultural events for the forthcoming winter and spring 2011, including a games evening on the first Thursday
evening in each month at ‘La Meteorite’ in Rochechouart, a lunch arranged on a
Thursday each month at different venues, trips to the Cine Bourse in St-Junien, a
visit to La Mégisserie Theatre in St-Junien on November 21st and a pre-Christmas celebration meal with live music on December 11th.
Membership costs 10 euros per household per annum. French classes cost 30
euros for a term of six lessons, taster sessions cost 5 euros. There is no charge for
English lessons at present. Social and other cultural events are charged pro rata.
For further details please visit our website at www.learningtogether.me or contact
one of us by email at [email protected].
CSF Charente-Plus Coffee Morning
A coffee morning was held on
the 25th September to raise funds
for CSF National. The event was
hosted by Kath Shaw who took the
lead with lots of support from Jane
Thomas and Rosemarie Steven and
of course Kath's husband Phil. We
raised money by charging 3 Euros
per person for their coffee and a slice
of cake. There were many stalls selling, jams, chutneys, cakes, plants, books,
hand-made cards, paintings and bric-a-brac. We also held a raffle and tombola.
All items had been donated by friends and organizations. Joy gave her time and
offered nail paintings to the ladies.
Despite the cold and rain over 60 people attended the coffee morning and although
most visitors were British, we also had French people who came along to support
us. The event was a huge success and over 770 Euros was raised for CSF National
branch. We would like to thank everyone for supporting our event and especially
those people who gave up their time to help out. A Big Thank You to you ALL.
Could You Be An Active Listener for
CSF Charente Plus?
I represent CSF Charente Plus, the local association that gives free and
confidential support for those English speakers affected by cancer to
departments 16, 17, 86 & 87. We have a large area to cover and are in need
of more Active Listeners (AL’s). There is an initial 2-day training course
with a follow-up some 6 weeks later. It is at this stage that you make
your mind up if you still feel you want to become an AL. That done, we
then take up references. The kind of support you may give varies as each
client will have differing requirements. You have a wealth of information
that we provide so you are armed with at least some of the answers to
questions that could be asked of you. Sometimes all you are required to
do is point someone in the direction of information, then again you may
be asked for a home visit. Whatever the support you give, you are not
abandoned after your training. There is a buddy system in place and our
AL co-ordinator Viv Milne is always at the end of the phone to assist if
you need it. If you are interested in becoming an AL, then please email
Viv on [email protected] and she will answer any questions
you may have. We are not inundated with clients, we are here for the
few, and they are so important to us. We exist for them and without our
Active Listeners to give the support we could not provide the service. We
hope to reduce some of the worry and pressure that can be associated with
experiencing a serious illness when you may not speak the language of
the country. Please don’t forget, our service is free and confidential. Our
helpline number is 06.45.35.32.30.
Pat Hyatt, President, CSF Charente Plus.
Tel: 05.55.48.62.98 (George) or 05.45.89.37.12 (Linda)
or 05.55.48.13.52 (Le Régence)
WHAT’S ON ♦ 19
Sat 20th to Sun 21st Nov VERNEUIL-SUR-VIENNE
Marché artisanal de Noël
Artisanal Christmas Market offering decorative objects for the
home, candles, mirrors, jewellery, wooden crafts, leather goods etc.
Salle de Pennevayre. Sat 20th 14h-19h & Sun 21st 9h-19h. Free entry.
Contact: Dynamisons Verneuil Tel 05.55.48.05.62.
Wed 24th Nov GUÉRET
Classical Music Concert: 'Le chant de l’âme russe'
Concert of music by Russian composers such as Moussorgski and
Chostakovitch under the direction of Jérôme Kaltenbach by the
65 musicians of the Orchestre de Limoges et du Limousin and
Russian baritone Mikhail Kolelishvili.
Espace André Lejeune. 20h30. Tickets €19 (concessions available).
Contact: Tel 05.55.52.84.97.
Fri 26th Nov AIXE-SUR-VIENNE
Concert 'Opus V'
Concert by wind quintet 'Opus V': Debussy, Dvorak, Tchaïkowski.
Centre culturel Jacques Prévert. 20h30. Tickets 7€/4€/2€. Free for
under 6's & students of the Ecole de musique et d’arts plastiques
d’Aixe-sur-Vienne.
Contact: Services Culturels d’Aixe-sur-Vienne
Tel 05.55.70.77.02. www.mairie-aixesurvienne.fr
Sat 27th Nov AIXE-SUR-VIENNE
Marché de Noël
Christmas Market. All day. Place de l'église.
Contact: Comité de Jumelage Tel 06.58.47.80.24.
JJ’s Café
Aigurande
Acoustic Music Club
2nd Saturday of every month, 8.30 pm. All musicians, singers, listeners very welcome. Free entry.
Saturday, 20th November
SOIREE CHILLI AND JAZZ MANOUCHE
with the fabulous trio A.M. KETENES
Chilli con carne available by reservation €8
Female backing singer (from Les Fabuleuses Tartiflettes) is looking for a band to sing with or maybe
to start a band. If you are interested please contact Jacky on 02.54.06.30.77 or email cafebarjj@
yahoo.co.uk (mark 'band')
JJ's Cafe Bar, 39 Place du Champ de Foire,
36140 Aigurande
Tel: 02 54 06 30 77
Auberge Ourdeaux
Alleyrat
Fish & Chip Night Saturday 6th Nov
Open from 7pm onwards
Battered Cod Chips & Mushy Peas 12.50€ pp
Alternative choice & Vegetarian option available
Dessert Menu also available
Call Alison to reserve.
Afternoon Tea & Card Party Thur 11th Nov
2pm-5pm. Tea/Coffee and delicious Cakes.
Cards provided by Phoenix cards: cards for all occasions plus Christmas cards & calendars.
We are open every day for Lunch & Dinner by reservation
Contact Alison for booking
Alleyrat, nr Aubusson - 05.55.66.98.58
Au Beau Rivage
Pionnat, Busseau-sur-Creuse
BONFIRE NIGHT PARTY Friday 5th Nov
Fire to be lit @ 8pm - Fireworks @ 9 - 9.30pm
Jacket potatoes, sausages, soup and chilli available @ 10€ per
person (5€ per child) reservation if possible by Wednesday
3rd November please 05 55 62 40 27
Fri 12 Nov Open mic @ 8pm
Fri 19th Nov Quiz & Raclette - €2 pp @ 8pm
Fri 26th Nov – Déjà vu @ 8pm
Also available every Sunday throughout winter Traditional
Sat 27th to Sun 28th Nov SEREILHAC
27e Salon Gourmand
27th Gourmet Fair organised by the Lions Club of Aixe-sur-Vienne.
Salle polyvalente de Maison Neuve. Entry €1. Free for children.
Sat & Sun 9h-18h. Proceeds from the fair are used to fund the
work of the various local, national or international charities that
the Lions Club of Aixe-sur-Vienne supports. Contact: Lions Club
Tel 05.55.70.29.68. Email [email protected]
Thu 9th to Sat 11th Dec CHABANAIS
Christmas Pantomime 2010 - “Babes in the Wood”
Theatre Chabanois is proud to present its next production, the
pantomime “Babes in the Wood”, which will be staged in the
Salles des Fêtes, Chabanais (16) on three dates: December 9th
(7.30pm), 10th (8.15pm) and 11th (4.00pm). It is hoped that the
different start times will allow a maximum of folk to be able to
attend. Tickets are 6 Euros for adults, 4 Euros for children aged
5 to 12 years and free for those 4 years and younger. There is a
family ticket for 2 adults and up to 3 children at 20 Euros.
Advance booking is recommended. Tel 05.45.31.88.70.
The Babes are, as tradition dictates, abandoned in the wood,
but our wood is Sherwood Forest so Robin Hood and all the
usual characters are there, as well as the Kids’ Nurse. This is a
traditional panto, in English, with Robin played by Georgina
Huish, complete with lots of thigh slapping, the gorgeous Maid
Marion by Milie Poyser, the evil Sheriff of Nottingham by Ian
Clare (booo) and the nurse, in suitably outrageous style, is Barry
Shipman. Come along and enjoy a real British Panto in the heart
of the Charente Limousine. See you there. Oh no, we won’t! Oh
yes, we will!
Bugle
Notice
Board
Arfeuille Antiques
On the D4 between Auzances & Mainsat
Would like to announce a NEW line of quality reproduction kitchenalia such as aide de memoires,
kitchen chalkboards, soap dishes, utensil holders,
allumettes etc which are ideal as Xmas presents.
We are also offering 25% off any buffet, armoire
or bed on presentation of the coupon on pg 4.
05.55.83.14.47
Au Bon Vivre - Parnac
Moules frites weekend 6th & 7th Nov
Please note that we are closed from
23rd November, reopening on the 29th for
tête de veau as usual.
02.54.24.83.31 www.aubonvivrerestaurant.com
La Récré - Ahun
Thursdays are ladies coffee mornings at La
Récré with our Chatterbox Club. Pop in for a
coffee & a slice of home-made cake.
On Thu 25th November Claire will be bringing
in some of the jewellery she makes to sell. We
have pencilled in a date for a coach trip to
Limoges on Sun 19th December.
Book Exchange – open daily, no annual fee.
Bring one, swap one or buy one for €1. Also
videos €1, DVDs €2.
Dean is also your local Avon representative.
Pop in for a catalogue!
05.55.62.56.44 - www.larecre-ahun.com
th
1 course Sunday roast @ 12€ pp. 24€ à la carte menu also
available. Reservations preferred but not essential.
05.55.62.40.27
The Exchange
Rochechouart
... will be closed from the 3rd November to
re-open Tuesday 9th November.
A NOTE FOR YOUR DIARIES!
The AIPB Christmas Carol Service will take place at
Boussac Church on Friday December 10th 2010 at
19:30. To be followed by Christmas Refreshments.
Look out for our adverts & posters nearer the time!
CALLING ALL SINGERS!
In order to prepare for the above, we would like to
invite anyone interested to join us for rehearsals of the
English and French carols we shall be singing.
The rehearsals will be very informal and will take place
at the Maison Paroissiale, opposite Boussac church, at
8.00pm on Friday 19th and Friday 26th November.
PIERCE ÉLECTRICITÉ
UK SATELLITE TELEVISION
SUPPLIED AND INSTALLED
FROM €130
PRICE INCLUDES: DISH, CABLE
AND SKY BOX WITH REMOTE.
PLEASE CALL: 05 55 60 81 67
SIRET REGISTERED.
Les Papillons
Oradour-sur-Vayres
Sat 27th November - Craft Fair, 10am - 5pm
Please call JACKIE (05 44 00 03 24)
or DIANA (05 55 78 21 98)
if you would like to have a table for your craft.
Sun 28th November - Choral Recital & Buffet
Please ring for details.
Tel: 05 44 00 03 24
NOTE FOR YOUR DIARY
Xmas Market - Civray
After last year's success, Attitude and the Mairie
of Civray are organising another Xmas market in
the Salle d'animation next to the Civray Mairie on
Tuesday 14th December between 10am and 5pm,
in aid of the Collectif alimentaire de Civray (the
people who give out food parcels to the needy).
Anyone wishing to book a stand can do so either by
emailing for a booking form at attitudecivray@gmail.
com or phoning 05 49 87 34 02. Stands cost 15 Euros
for the first table and €10 Euros for each subsequent
one. Display grills cost €5 and electricity will be
available.
Santé et Beauté
Saint-Mathieu
... would like to announce the launch of our
new website:
www.limousinbeautysalon.com
where you can find a full list of all our
Holistic and Beauty therapies, all our prices
and more information on our salon.
Tel: 05 55 00 92 97
20 ♦ WHAT’S ON
November events across Central France
As usual, The Bugle brings you a small selection of upcoming events across the region. November provides us with seasonal gourmet treats in the form
of apples, chestnuts & oysters and the chance to enjoy a glass or two of cider & the new Beaujolais. Music is also on the agenda with the end of the Jazz
à la Sout festival, several classical music concerts and a Battle of the Bands! We have the start of the Christmas markets towards the end of the month and
bring you some dates for your diary for December – look out for the pantomimes brought to you by Theatre Chabanois and Entente Cordiale.
Sat 16th Oct to Sat 20th Nov AHUN
17th Salon des Artistes
Exhibition of the works of 18 local artists on the theme 'Life'.
Visitors are asked to vote for their favourites.
Office de tourisme Ahun. Mon - Sat 9h30-12h & 14h-18h. Free entry.
Contact: OT Ahun Tel 05.55.62.55.93 or visit www.ahun-creusetourisme.fr
Fri 5th Nov GOUZON
Concert Jean-François Prin & Franck Jaccard
As part of the Jazz à La Sout festival the Espace Beaune
welcomes Jean-François Prin (accordion) & Franck Jaccard
(piano).
20h30. Tickets €11 (Adutlts), €8 (Concessions & Under
12's) from the Office de tourisme de La Souterraine Tel
05.55.63.10.06.
Sun 7th Nov GUÉRET
Concert Pink Turtle
For the closing event of the Jazz à la Sout festival, the Espace André
Lejeune (salle polyvalente) welcomes Pink Turtle. This group of
seven jazz/swing musicians raise a smile with their inventive jump,
jive and swing reworkings of rock classics.
17h. Tickets €19 (adults) from the ticket office of the Espace Fayolle.
Sun 7th Nov LA GENEYTOUSE
Chopin Concert
Concert by Josée CARLOSEMA (piano), Martine
ALTENBURGER (cello) & Ismaël MARGAIN (piano)
La Maison du Berger, 87400, La Geneytouse. 18h.
Contact: Tel 05.55.09.73.79. Email [email protected]
Sun 7th Nov SAINT-PRIEST-SOUS-AIXE
30e Journée de la Châtaigne, du cidre et de
l'artisanat
Tickle your tastebuds with a day of delicious delights at
the 30th Chestnut, Cider and Craft Day in Saint-Priestsous-Aixe. The village will play host to 80 artisans (stone
sculpture, clog making, mosaiques, wood turning to name
just a few) & food stalls offering treats such as roasted
chestnuts, crepes made with chestnut flour, black pudding,
fresh apple juice etc.
All day. Paid entry after 13h (€2)
Contact: Association Vivre à Saint-Priest Tel 05.55.70.06.45.
Sun 7th Nov SAINTE-FEYRE
Fête de la pomme
Annual Apple Fair in the town centre. 8h-19h. The apple
producers of the region invite you to come and taste local
varieties of apple, discover how cider is made and nibble on such
delights as boudins and apple crepes.
There is also a vide-greniers in the town on the same day. Bring
some wellies if it rains as the vide-greniers (and parking) is in a
field and can get quite boggy.
Contact: Tel 05.44.00.05.16.
Wed 10th to Sat 13th Nov SARDENT
30ème Foire aux huitres - Oyster Fair
Sale of oysters and gourmet products.
Terrain de l'Ouche (old football ground). Free entry.
Contact: Tel 06.81.83.39.77 www.sardent.com
Thu 11th Nov GLANE
Fête du Cidre et de la Châtaigne + vide-greniers
Cider and chestnut festival.
Organised by the Comité des fêtes de Glane.
Contact: Tel 06.98.89.66.97.
Tue 16th Nov LIMOGES
CELTIC LEGENDS
A spectacle of traditional Irish dance brought to you by Celtic
Legends, celebrating their 10th anniversary.
Zenith Limoges. 20h30. Tickets on sale via FNAC, Limoges
€30/€46.
Fri 19th Nov LES GRANDS-CHÉZEAUX
GREAT FOOD MARKET & BEAUJOLAIS
NOUVEAU CELEBRATION
Starting at 4 pm: Organic produce and Farmers’ market:
Poultry, veg and fruit, chestnuts, traditional sausages and other
Panto - Aladdin
Spectacular costumes, dynamic modern songs, full of
energy, must not be missed!
Entente Cordiale is proud to present a bilingual production of Aladdin
at the Apollo from 2nd – 5th December. Following the success of last
year’s Cinderella there will be an extra performance this year.
This year the Producer/Director is Bruce Veness, the Stage Manager is
Geoff Sale and the Technician is Dick Bloxidge. The cast will include
many familiar faces from last year’s production, plus some newcomers.
Salle Apollo, Dun-le-Palestel
Thursday 2nd - 19:30
Friday 3rd - 20:30
Saturday 4th (matinee) - 16:30
Saturday 4th - 20:30
Sunday 5th - 15:00
Tickets are priced at €8 for
adults, €5 for children. The first
performance is available to
school parties and priced at €5
for each child (accompanying
adults free).
For reservations please call
Mireille Janvier on 05.55.89.27.30 (French) or Carole Sale
02.54.47.37.52 (English). Tickets can also be bought at the
English Library in Dun-le-Palestel.
delicatessen, goat's milk cheese, local beers. Free glass of mulled
wine. Official arrival of Beaujolais nouveau and hunting horn
concert. Free entrance.
Starting at 7.30 pm (by reservation, participation €10). Country
Buffet followed by the movie and debate: ''Nos enfants nous
accuseront.'' This powerful documentary makes the case for
organic agriculture in terms of an urgent call to action.
Les Grands-Chezeaux (A20 exit 21)
Information and Bookings by phone (05 55 76 70 15) or by
e-mail ([email protected])
Fri 19th Nov SAINT-SÉBASTIEN
Soirée Beaujolais Nouveau
Relax and try this year's Beaujolais Nouveau (in moderation!)
with a meal of salade de chou, rôti de porc with gratin dauphinois,
fromage, and then clafoutis.
At the Salle des Fêtes, St-Sébastien at 19:30 hrs.
Reservation for the meal essential (11 euros).
Contact Annie 05 55 63 08 48.
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Battle of the Bands - Rules
The competition is open to 6 bands competing against one another for the
coveted “AIPB Battle of the Bands” Trophy plus a cash prize of € 300. Each
band will play a programme of 3 songs lasting about 15 minutes. A panel of
5 judges will review their performance against the following criteria:
1) Balance of the programme. 2) How well the Band play and sing together.
3) Audience Appreciation.
After all the bands have played the judges will select 2 bands to play off in a
final. The two selected bands will play 2 songs each, lasting about 10 minutes.
The winning band will then collect their prize and play out the evening.
To enter your band, contact the AIPB at:
[email protected] or Tel: 06 48 57 57 98

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