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Ryanair to
start flying
from Brive
INSIDE > > >
NEWS - Leeds to open
2014 Tour de France
Leeds has won the bid to host
the Grand Départ of the 2014
Tour, with 3 stages to be held
in Britain
>> Page 6
NEWS - New tax on
second homeowners
♦ Brive Vallée de la Dordogne will become
Ryanair's second hub in the Limousin
♦ Initially 2 flights a week to Maastricht
from April 2013
♦ Ryanair also announces return to Clermont
management of Brive Airport
have made little secret of
their desire to attract one of
Europe's largest airlines onto
its runways. Jean-Louis Nesti,
president of the syndicate
that owns the airport, was
understandably delighted to
be welcoming the Irish airline
giant. “I am over the moon at
the launch of this new link,”
said Mr Nesti. “It will attract
tourists from Holland, Belgium
and Germany, which represent,
after the UK, the countries with
the most significant number of
visitors to the areas covered by
our airport.”
>> continued on page 5
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>> Page 13
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R
yanair
has
announced
that it is to
fly from Brive
Airport
for
the first time
in 2013, with 2 flights a week
to Maastricht. The flights will
initially run every Wednesday
and Sunday from 3rd April
until the end of October. The
low-cost airline already has
an established presence in the
Limousin through Limoges
International Airport, but the
new flights into Brive Vallée
de la Dordogne will give
Ryanair a second base in the
region.
Since opening in 2010, the
Changes in capital gains tax
are the latest government
move to target France's
wealthy
>> Page 8
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in his passport and joined other
rich French abroad >> Page 7
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o, did you get what you wanted
for Christmas...? I think I must
have been a naughty boy at
some point in 2012 and that
someone grassed me up to
Santa, because what I got for Christmas
was a visit from the in-laws!! Anyone who
reads this piece with any regularity will
know just how much I love visits from my
wife's wonderful parents!! Still, at least this
one was a last-minute trip, so there was
little time for the dread and foreboding that
comes before – kind of like ripping off a
plaster quickly, but in reverse.
I guess I shouldn't complain, in fact
maybe quite the opposite. My 2 favourite
things to talk about on this page are the
weather and my in-laws. The fact that they
arrived yesterday for a surprise Christmas
visit at the end of one of the most depressing
month's weather I can remember has given
me plenty to write about – a 'perfect storm'
of editorial topics, if you will.
I was at the supermarket yesterday with
my father-in-law after they arrived, buying
some essentials (whisky, sleeping pills, ear
plugs...), when I bumped into someone
that I knew through the paper. I introduced
my father-in-law and the lady in question
shot a nervous, quizzical look between the
pair of us. I imagine that she had taken my
ramblings in this column a bit too seriously
and was worried that we were about
to 'make a scene'. So to put the record
straight, it's not that I don't get on with my
in-laws, more that I love to complain about
them (and to be fair, they give me plenty
of ammunition). They, on the other hand,
think that I am wonderful, naturally.
It was terrible to read about the tragic
events of the school shooting in America in
December. I think having young children
of my own makes this kind of story even
more disturbing these days. I can't imagine
what it must be like to lose your child in
that way – it literally does make you feel
sick. But even for the thousands of other
children in the local community, what
must it be like to have to come to terms
with a tragedy on that scale at such a young
age? After the event a genuinely emotional
President Obama spoke of a “loss of
innocence” and I think that is exactly right.
Children just shouldn't have to deal with
that kind of thing.
Obama seems like a sensible man and
I hope that the politicians can use the antigun momentum built up in the wake of
this most recent shooting to push through
tighter gun controls; at the very least to reintroduce the ban on assault rifles, which
the previous administration inexplicably
let expire. The NRA will tell you that
guns don't kill people, people kill people.
Maybe. But people with an assault rifle kill
an awful lot more people.
From a distance, America's gun laws
seem absolutely absurd to me. I know
that the right to bear arms is enshrined
in the Constitution, but I suspect that
the Founding Fathers may have added a
clause or two if they had known that semiautomatic assault rifles would one day be
available on the high street. I lived in a small
village in the UK, where you theoretically
had the right to graze your sheep on the
village green, similarly enshrined in law.
Following the industrialisation of farming,
I imagine these days that people would
have a thing or two to say if the local
farmer turned up outside the post office
with 1,000 bleating sheep.
The gun ownership argument in the US
always reminds me of that used by the
Chelsea tractor drivers doing the school
run back in the UK. The ridiculous cars which have never seen a field in their lives
- get bigger and bigger and the bull bars
on the front get closer and closer to head
height for a small child. The often-quoted
reason for such impractical city vehicles
is that the driver is simply “protecting my
children from other people on the roads”.
This is regardless of the fact that the car
they are driving themselves is much more
likely to cause serious injury to someone
else's child!
I did quite a lot of target shooting as a
young man and have handled a few guns
in my time, but I was taken aback when
I first saw the local police and gendarmes
carrying handguns in public over here - I
suppose it depends on what you are used
to. I don't bat an eyelid these days when I
drive past members of la chasse wandering
around with their shotguns over their
shoulders.
I remember being on a business trip to
America once and being pulled over by
the police for not obeying a traffic sign.
My colleague stopped and, as you would
in the UK, got out of the car... not the done
thing in America! The policeman drew his
weapon, pointed it straight at my petrified
colleague and told him in no uncertain
terms to get back in his vehicle and place
his hands on the wheel. It was the first
time that he had seen a gun up close and it
was being pointed straight at him. He was
visibly shaken for days.
Fortunately, gun crime is rare in rural
France. I would struggle to live here with
my young family if that were not the case.
Here's to a happy and safe 2013! Until
next month!
Steve Martindale
Editor
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Final section of 2x2
opens on RN141
A
fter a wait of
nearly 40 years,
the two main
towns of the
Haute-Vienne - Limoges
and Saint-Junien - have
finally been connected by a
dual carriageway. In early
December, the final section
of 2x2 voies opened between
La Barre and Le Breuil to
complete one of the region's
largest infrastructure projects
of recent years.
On the morning of Tuesday
11th December, transport
authorities redirected traffic
away from the old single
carriage RN141 and onto the
brand new 7.6 km stretch of
pristine bitumen. Once all
the slip roads are complete
by March, the journey time
between Saint-Junien and the
region's capital will be cut
by 2 minutes. The primary
objective of the project,
however, was not the small
gain in time but road safety.
The number of serious road
accidents in the region
can be expected to drop
dramatically over the coming
years. Figures show that 70%
of all traffic injuries on the
entire length of the RN141
came on this 7.6 km section
and the fork in the road at the
Oradour-sur-Glane exit was
one of the worst black spots
on the Route Centre Europe
Atlantique.
Days after the new road
opened, the only vehicles
that could be seen on the old
one were a few local cars and
a handful of tractors.
One person who is glad to
see the back of the constant
stream of heavy traffic is
Maurice Lacouchie, owner
of a local farm. He used to
maintain a plot of land on the
other side of the main road:
“At its worst, it would take
me 15 or 20 minutes to get
across in a tractor.” Today,
he can wander across on
foot in a matter of minutes.
“Of course, you can still
just about hear the traffic,
but it's nothing like it used
to be!” he said, pointing to
a noise reduction barrier in
the distance flanking the new
dual carriageway. “It's going
to be peaceful round here
now.”
Not everyone is so happy,
however. Only days after
the new section came into
service, Francis Séguin,
who runs a garage in La
Chapelle-Blanche,
was
starting to see problems.
“It's a nightmare!” fumed the
local businessman. “I'm sure
that the politicians and press
are delighted, but they could
have thought to add some
signposts for traffic. Even
the locals are getting lost!”
As if to prove a point, while
he voiced his grievances to
Le Populaire, a customer
came in complaining that it
had taken him 20 minutes to
find the garage from the new
road.
One added bonus of the
new
dual
carriageway,
however, may be for the
region's cyclists - the old
RN141 could now become
one of the country's largest
and quietest cycle lanes!! ■
A
local schoolgirl has had a
frightening experience when she
was left on the bus at the end of
the school run. The 5-year-old
from La Croisille-sur-Briance, named in the
press as Maud, boarded the bus after school
as usual. However, the rest of the pupils
from her class were on an away day and the
bus driver thought that she had gone with
them.
At the end of his round, the driver returned
to his house, locked the bus and went inside
without realising that Maud was still sitting
patiently in the back. After ten minutes left
alone and with darkness approaching the
brave young girl decided she need to take
matters into her own hands. She managed to
open the emergency door and set off up the
road in search of help.
Fortunately for all concerned, the girl's
instincts were good and 700 metres up the
D12 she came to the centre of La Croisillesur-Briance, although by this point she was
in tears. A local lady recognised her and
she was soon reunited with her relieved
family.
Her father was understandably angry.
“For now, we have not made an official
complaint, but we have written to the local
council,” he said. “Despite the human error
by the driver, there needs to be some kind
of system in place to stop this happening.
Everything turned out fine, but it could have
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been so much worse!”
The story has echoes of the near disaster
that befell a 3-year-old boy from Bessinessur-Gartempe in the Haute-Vienne who
did not know how to undo his seatbelt and
spent a day trapped inside a school bus in
2011. The boy was usually unbuckled by
an 8-year-old neighbour who travelled to
school with him, but his neighbour was not
on the bus that day. The boy's absence was
not noted from school as attendance is not
compulsory for children of that age.
Later that day, the boy's mother received
a call from the regional transport authorities
to say that her son had not in fact been at
school, but had spent the day locked inside
the bus at their main bus depot in Limoges. A
driver had been alerted by cries as he began
his evening round at 4 pm. Fortunately the
boy was unharmed by his ordeal. ■
4 ♦ LOCAL NEWS
O
n December 8th, Miss
Bourgogne was crowned
Miss France, but this
year's annual beauty
pageant will be remembered locally
for 2 other reasons. The first is that
it was hosted in the Limousin - more
precisely at the Zenith in Limoges a coup for the region as it represented a chance to shine a national light
on one of France's more rural areas.
The other reason people may be
talking about the 2012 edition in
years to come is for the controversy surrounding the home favourite,
Miss Limousin - Sandra Longeaud.
The scandal, which broke shortly
before the event, surrounded a
poster campaign for the 2011 Salon
du Chocolat in Limoges. The Miss
France rules are very clear: no entrant may appear nude in any photos before entering the competition
or during her reign. In the poster,
which reappeared on the internet
at the worst possible time for the
local hopeful, Ms Longeaud is not
strictly speaking 'naked'; she looks
to be wearing briefs but the only
thing she is wearing on top is a lot
of melted chocolate.
Although she was not disqualified from the competition, it was
made clear that the 'chocolate shot'
would be discussed by the judges at
the start of the event at which point
the entrants were quickly whittled
down to 12. Sure enough, Miss
Limousin was eliminated at the
first hurdle.
The photo was taken before Sandra Longeaud was crowned Miss
Limousin and is clearly not an 'erotic' image, so why the fuss? As Sylvie
Tellier, director of the Miss France
tournament explained, “Even in underwear, this is considered naked...
and that is against the rules”.
Speaking before the tournament,
Ms Longeaud tried to play down
the controversy. “The photo is not
provocative in my opinion,” said
Limousin's first lady. “I am not naked. These photos were taken by
professionals and I am wearing this
second skin, this layer of chocolate
that covers me. I don't understand
what I have to apologise for.” ■
© d.r. Salon du Chocolat.
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Ryanair unveils Region's apple growers receive
compensation for frost damage
flights from
Brive airport
>> continued from pg 1
“This new deal will
generate
about
15,000
passengers a year, 80% of
whom will originate from
areas around Maastricht,”
said
Jonathan
Brisy,
Ryanair's head of sales and
marketing for France and
Belgium. This is good news
for the region when you take
into account that the average
Dutch tourist spends €55 per
day in the region and stays
for around 2 weeks.
Maastricht is the fifth
city to be served by Brive
Airport, joining flights to
London, Paris, Amsterdam
and Ajaccio.
When
Brive
Airport
opened to much fanfare
in 2010, many questioned
whether the region needed, or
indeed could handle, another
airport. The project was the
20-year-old brainchild of the
mayors of Brive and Souillac
(in the Lot department) and
was originally called BriveSouillac Airport. When the
name was changed at the
last minute to Brive Vallée
de la Dordogne, not only did
it cause much consternation
amongst the politicians of
the Lot department, who
had invested heavily in
the project, but it was also
taken as a sign that British
tourists would be a primary
target. Not many north of
the Channel will have heard
of the Lot department, or
indeed the town of Souillac,
but
adding
the
word
Dordogne generates more
marketing clout with the
average Brit!
When it opened, many
feared that the larger airlines
would play Brive, Limoges
and Bergerac airports off
against each other in order
to acquire more favourable
deals. Europe's low-cost
airlines, and Ryanair in
particular, are known for
their aggressive negotiating
tactics with small regional
airports. In theory, the
airports have agreed to a
non-aggression pact where
they will not enter into direct
competition with each other
and this has so far appeared
to be the case.
After securing its first
Ryanair flights, however,
Brive will certainly be
keen to add new lines,
something that would be
good for expats, but could
be expensive for the airports
in the long run if they start
competing with each other.
Elsewhere, Ryanair has
also signed a 3-year deal to
return to Clermont-Ferrand,
with regular flights from
April 2013 to Charleroi
(Belgium)
and
Porto
(Portugal). ■
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T
he
beleaguered
apple growers of
the famous 'golden
triangle' of SaintYrieix-la-Perche, Lanouaille
and Pompadour finally have a
reason to smile as it has been
announced that they will
receive 50% compensation
for their lost crops in 2012.
In April, more than 80% of
all the trees in the area were
hit by a freak, 'black frost'.
The standard compensation
provided from state funds
following disasters of this
nature is 35%.
“With a compensation
level of 35%, you can be
sure that many businesses
would have gone under,”
said Serge Frescaline of the
FDSEA (the Departmental
Federation
of
Farmers
Unions). The president of
the Corrèze FDSEA agreed,
saying, “It is a ray of hope
for an industry which in
this department accounts
for 4,000 jobs. This is not
insignificant.
Remember
that these apples are the only
ones in France that benefit
from an AOC. We must fight
to protect it.”
A black frost occurs
when the internal frost
damage on a plant is so
severe that it causes it to
turn black. On April 17th,
it was not so much the low
temperature that caused the
damage, more the length
of time that it remained so
cold. Speaking at the time,
local apple grower Pierre
Lortolary explained: “At
2 in the morning here, the
temperature under cover
was -3ºC, and at 6 in the
morning it was -5ºC. You
can see the flowers falling
in the wind… I will not be
harvesting anything this
year.” Sadly he was proved
right.
Across the golden triangle,
85% of all apples picked
are of the famous ‘golden
du Limousin’ variety, a
type of Golden Delicious.
These apples were awarded
an appellation d'origine
contrôlée (AOC) in France
in 2005, which means that
only apples grown in this
area may be called golden
du Limousin. The region’s
most famous fruit was then
given appellation d'origine
protégée (AOP) status in
2007, which is the equivalent
of the AOC but on a Europewide level and remains the
only apple in France with
this protection. ■
Crédit Agricole to
invest €90 million
In one of the most significant private investments in recent years,
French bank Crédit Agricole has announced that it will be spending
€90 million over the next 3 years in the Limousin and Auvergne
regions.
Announcing the sizeable investment, director general of Crédit
Agricole Centre France, Marc Deschamps, said that the money would
be used to improve and renovate its 210 branches in order to “better
service client relationships” and “reinforce commercial potential” as
well as “contributing to the economic activity of the region”.
“We are going to attract more customers and they will be more
warmly welcomed,” promised the group's boss, while arguing that
there is definitely a future for physical branches. “People have been
saying for 30 years now that banks have no future on the high street,
yet ours have never performed so well.”
The money will also be used to start a number of mobile banking
buses for rural communities, as well as establishing new branches
across the regions.■
6 ♦ NATIONAL NEWS
D
e s p i t e
facing
stiff
competition
from
more
e x o t i c
locations such as Barcelona,
Berlin and Florence, it
is Leeds in the north of
England that will host the
start of the 2014 Tour de
France. The largest annual
sporting spectacle on Earth
will head through Yorkshire
on 5th and 6th July, before
moving south for a third
stage, finishing in London.
The race last visited the
UK in 2007, when London
hosted a prologue ahead of
a road stage from the capital
to Canterbury, attracting two
million spectators. 2014 will
be the fourth time that the
Tour has travelled north of
the Channel.
Rotterdam,
in
the
Netherlands, hosted the 2010
Grand Départ, while the
2012 race started in Liège
in Belgium and this year's
100th edition will begin in
Corsica.
British Cycling president
Brian Cookson said: “Like
every other cycling fan, I am
thrilled the world's biggest
bike race is coming back
to this country. The huge
numbers who turned out
to support the 2007 Grand
Départ and the London 2012
[Olympic] road races show
the passion we have for
cycling. I'm sure Yorkshire
will give the 2014 Tour de
France a welcome which
will stand out in the race's
rich history.”
Many people are giving
credit for the coup to the
tourism body Welcome To
Yorkshire (WTY), which ran
a stunning promotional film
highlighting the dramatic
Yorkshire landscape. They
were backed in their bid
by cycling heavyweights
Mark
Cavendish
and
Bradley Wiggins. The WTY
team put on a show for the
French delegates during the
bid process, flying them
by helicopter to the North
York Moors and Yorkshire
Dales national parks and
then landing at Harewood
House near Leeds where
they dined on food prepared
by top chef Simon Guellor
of the Box Tree restaurant
in Ilkley.
The
body's
chief
executive Gary Verity, a
keen cyclist himself, said:
“We served them Yorkshire
lamb because we thought
it was the absolute best of
Yorkshire produce.”
The tactics obviously
worked and the world's
media will descend on
Yorkshire next year. “It
will mean that, less than
two years after hosting the
Olympics, the British public
can look forward to another
of the world's biggest
sporting events coming to
the country,” said Mr Verity
with obvious pride. “I am in
no doubt they will come to
Yorkshire in their millions,
lining the length and breadth
of the route to cheer on the
champions of world cycling
and our home-grown British
heroes.”
Race director Christian
Prudhomme added: “Since
the resounding success of
the Grand Départ in London
in 2007, we were very keen
to return to the United
Kingdom. Bradley Wiggins'
historic victory last July and
the enormous crowds that
followed the cycling events
in the streets of London
during the Olympic Games
encouraged us to go back
earlier than we had initially
planned.”
Despite being the reigning
champion, it is not currently
certain that Bradley Wiggins
will defend his yellow
jersey in 2013's Tour. Chris
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Leeds to open 2014 Tour de France
Froome, who supported
Wiggins in last year's Tour
and came second overall, has
spoken openly of his desire
to be Team Sky's leader this
year. Wiggins himself has
said that he wouldn't have a
problem if the team selected
Froome to lead the charge in
the 2013 race.
Team principal, Dave
Brailsford, has said that
nothing will be certain until
the Tour begins. “We will see
when we get there,” he said.
“The guys will be trying to
be the best they can be. We
will see what condition they
are in. The legs will do the
talking.”
Froome responded by
saying that as far as he is
concerned, the team had
assured him that he will be
number one. ■
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B
eer, wine and tax
dodgers are at the
heart of increased
tensions
between
France and its neighbour to the
northeast, Belgium. Following
President Hollande's move to
introduce a 75% tax band for
high earners (those earning
more than €1 million), many of
France's super-rich have decided
to move across the border to
Belgium where there are lower
income tax rates and an absence
of wealth or capital gains taxes.
One such person to migrate
is Gérard Depardieu, the largerthan-life French actor, who has
moved to the town of Néchin,
population 2,800. It is not hard
to see what attracted him to an
unremarkable property located
within walking distance of
France and only a 15-minute
drive from Lille and its super-fast
train link to Paris.
Daniel Senesael, mayor of
Néchin, insists, however, that
Depardieu is simply fed up with
the big city and prefers life on
the Belgian side of the border.
“I think he wanted to enjoy
the atmosphere in Belgium,
our identity, the rural, bucolic
setting,” the mayor told RTL
radio.
Look in the local Belgian
phone book and you will also
find the Mulliez family, owners
of the French supermarket group
Auchan and the Decathlon sports
shop chain. Earlier this year,
France's richest man, Bernard
Arnault, admitted that he had
applied for Belgian citizenship,
although he insisted it had
nothing to do with paying lower
taxes.
France's prime minister, JeanMarc Ayrault, slammed those
moving abroad as unpatriotic,
saying that they are not those who
are scared of becoming poor, but
are aiming to get even richer.
Branding Depardieu “pathetic”
he said, “We cannot fight poverty
if those with the most, and
sometimes with a lot, do not show
solidarity and a bit of generosity.
Thankfully, few are seeking
exile to exempt themselves from
being in solidarity with fellow
Frenchmen.”
Socialist MP Yann Galut went
further and called for Depardieu
to be “stripped of his nationality”
if he failed to pay his dues in his
mother country, saying the law
should be changed to enable such
a punishment.
The Cyrano de Bergerac actor
retaliated against such harsh
criticism with an open letter to
the prime minister published
in the Journal du Dimanche, in
which he said he was leaving
after paying 85% tax on his
2012 revenues and a total of 145
million euros in tax in forty-five
years. He said was handing back
his social security card which had
never been used. “All those who
have left France have not been
attacked as I have,” he wrote,
saying his reasons for leaving
were numerous and personal.
Elsewhere, another spat is
brewing after France announced
plans to increase the import duty
on beer by 160%. Belgium, with
its undisputed master brewers
of Europe, boasts roughly 180
firms producing over 450 types
of beer to a volume of 18 million
hectolitres a year, with about
a third of exports - 3.5 million
hectolitres - going to France, its
biggest foreign market.
The Belgians say the tax is
discriminatory and protectionist
and will have a potentially
calamitous impact on sales
and jobs. The dispute turned
political when the Belgian prime
minister, Elio Di Rupo, raised the
issue with the French president,
François Hollande, at the Élysée
Palace but was given short
shrift, raising the possibility that
Belgium will introduce a tit-fortat increase in duty on French
wine. ■
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Franco-Belgian tensions as rich flee France
With an estimated $24 billion fortune, Bernard Arnault is the
world's 13th richest person, and the wealthiest in France...
but he is about to become Belgian.
Couple lose savings in EDF scam
A
n English couple have learned the hard way that the
number of scam email frauds is on the increase in France
and Connexion have urged readers not to fall victim to
the same type of attack.
The couple, who have asked to remain anonymous, were
about to return to the UK following a visit to their French
property in the Languedoc when they received an email from
EDF warning them that their bill was unpaid. “It was only €19
so I just clicked the link to the EDF site and paid it. We had
had problems before, when Orange cut us off because we didn't
receive their bill and it went unpaid. So we just thought we
ought to pay it at once.”
The email and the site that the link took them to both looked
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created to look the same as EDF's website. The bank details that
they entered to pay their “bill” were collected by the hackers who
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there was the real bill from EDF. We rang up and discovered
what had happened, but by that time it was too late.”
Unfortunately for the couple, La Banque Postale were not very
sympathetic to their plight: “They said there was nothing they
could do about it since we had effectively given the money away.
They didn't accept that we had been defrauded. They have now
blocked the account but the money has gone. We were planning
to have some work done on the house, so we lost around €3,000.”
Similar emails have been doing the rounds recently purporting
to be from the services des impôts (tax office) or various telephone
and gas companies. As a general rule, reputable companies will
never send you an email containing a link to a page asking
for bank details. It is very easy for scammers to set up official
looking websites and emails. If you do need to go to a website to
pay a bill, always type out the website address yourself and do
not follow a link sent to you. ■
Frenchman
becomes
first to
take wife's
name
A French man from Lyon
has become the first man
in France to take his wife's
surname
following
a
marriage. The 37-year-old,
who married last September,
had a few hurdles to jump,
however, as local officials
seemed unaware of the
gender equality law allowing
him to take his wife's name,
which came into effect in
2011.
Speaking to RTL radio,
the man, identified only as
Philippe S, said: “I contacted
seven town halls, they all
turned me down. They
checked several times the
boxes they could tick on their
computer systems and said it
was simply impossible to
change it to my wife's.”
His request was rejected a
total of seven times - the civil
servants could only offer him
a double-barrelled name
merging his current one with
his wife's. His request was
only finally granted when
he printed a copy of the law
from the government's own
website and took it into his
town hall.
Philippe S claimed that
he wanted to use his wife's
French-sounding surname
because his own Turkish
one was hard to pronounce
and made it difficult to find
work. “I needed my wife's
name to be able to get
ahead in life, not constantly
get knock-backs, and I
feel things are improving
already,” he said. ■
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T
he world may soon
have to change its
stereotypical view of
the French following
the news that the nation now
drinks less wine than ever
before. A study, carried out
every five years for the ministry
of agriculture, has shown that
average consumption has fallen
to 57 litres per year, per person
- barely one glass per person,
per day. This is down from an
impressive 160 litres per person,
per year in 1965.
The number of people who
drink wine on a daily basis has
also dropped to 17%, down from
21% five years ago. In the same
period, the number of occasional
drinkers - those who enjoy a
glass once or twice a week - rose
from 41 to 45%. The number of
French who drink no alcohol at
all has remained stable at 38 per
cent.
“There has also been a real
shift in consumption habits,” said
Caroline Plot, the official who
oversaw the research. “Fizzy
drinks and fruit juices are taking
the place of wine on the French
table.” Wine would be served on
average at half of all meals 30
years ago - that figure has now
fallen to one in four.
“Alcohol in general and wine
in particular have become a
weekend thing, to be consumed
in a convivial or celebratory
setting,” explained Philippe
Janvier, one of the study's
authors.
The French wine industry
has had to adapt to a changing
market in recent years: a decrease
in domestic demand; increased
competition from New World
wines; and the new thirst for
French wine from the Chinese
middle classes.
Although the Chinese market
is proving to be a lucrative one
for French wine makers, it is
also changing the way wine
is being made in France. The
Chinese have been buying up
vineyards all over Bordeaux in
recent years - they now own 20
châteaux in the region - and are
colonising other parts of France.
In the last few months a Chinese
gambling tycoon has purchased
Château de Gevrey-Chambertin,
the Burgundy vineyards that
produced Napoleon's favourite
tipple. Purists fear that in the
future this new breed of owners
will make their wines expressly
for the lucrative overseas
markets and adapt them to suit
the Chinese palette.
Local wine makers are furious
that so much French heritage is
falling into the hands of rich Asian
investors. Jean-Michel Guillon,
the president of a winemakers
syndicate who mounted a failed
local bid to buy the vineyard, is
one such man. “I think France
is selling its soul and that our
politicians must react. We are
starting to say to ourselves that
our heritage is going out the
window. I'm afraid that within
years, Burgundy will no longer
belong to the Burgundians,” he
warned. “I have nothing against
the investor… but if we turned
the tables, what would the
Chinese say if French investors
bought up 10 or 50 metres of the
Great Wall of China?”
Wine is big money in China...
but so is fake wine. In November
2012, police found 10,000
bottles of fake Château Lafite
Rothschild in a derelict house;
one of the most expensive wines
in the world, the haul had a street
value of around €15 million. To
date, Château Lafite Rothschild
alone has won 6 separate lawsuits
against Chinese companies
producing fake wines. According
to one Chinese wine expert,
there is more Lafite '82 currently
on sale in China than was ever
made. ■
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Is France still a nation of wine lovers...?
Government continues to
target second homeowners
W
ealthy second homeowners in
France could soon find themselves
slapped with another unpopular
tax as President François Hollande's Socialist
government continues in its policy of
targeting France's rich. In the firing line this
time are second homeowners. Although it
rejected the budget minister's proposals for a
so-called “super taxe d'habitation” on second
homeowners, the finance department has
approved a hike in capital gains taxes charged
on second home sales.
The new super taxe d'habitation would
have added a further 20% to the current
taxe d'habitation paid by property owners
of “under used” homes - another way of
saying second homes - but only for those
in designated zones tendues (high-pressure
areas). These included Paris, the Riviera, the
Swiss border and other major cities such as
Lyon and Toulouse.
Those lucky enough to own more than one
home will have to sell quickly to avoid yet
more taxes on France's wealthy, however.
They may have avoided this new super tax,
ideal for special occasions
but will soon be hit by the fresh increase in
capital gains tax on large gains. From 2014,
there will be an extra 2% tax imposed on
capital gains of more than €50,000, rising
on a sliding scale to an extra 6% on capital
gains of more than €250,000. This is on top
of the current 19% capital gains tax and
15% social charge on second home sales, so
those selling second homes for a large profit
will see more than 40% of it returned to the
government!
The government had called the new taxes
a form of “social justice” as only the richest
will have to pay. Others, however, have said
it could have a negative effect on an already
troubled housing market as those with second
homes are becoming increasingly reluctant
to sell. The year 2012 saw three changes to
the rules on capital gains tax and those that
can afford to hold on are waiting to see what
happens in the future before selling. Added to
that, the rich and foreign investors will now
be less likely to buy second homes in France,
an area that is increasingly being targeted by
the government as a source of easy income. ■
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Disgraced politician Dominique
fertility falls at Strauss-Kahn settles out of court
alarming rate
A
recent study has dealt a blow to the reputation of French men
in the boudoir. Findings reported in the respected journal
Human Reproduction show that the sperm count of French
males has dropped by nearly one third in the last 20 years.
Based on statistics gathered from 26,600 men, the report's authors
claim that over the course of 17 years they have shown for the first
time a “significant and continuous” decrease in sperm concentration of
32.3% - a worrying drop of 1.9% per year. “To our knowledge, this
is the first study concluding a severe and general decrease in sperm
concentration and morphology at the scale of a whole country over a
substantial period,” said Dr Joelle Le Moal, one of the authors. “This
constitutes a serious public health warning.”
Researchers calculated that in French men with an average age of
35, sperm count was reduced from around 73.6 million per millilitre
of semen in 1989 to just 49.9 million in 2005. Although the drop is
significant, it is still well above the threshold of concern used by doctors
for male infertility of 15 million per millilitre.
It is easy to make jokes about the lack of plomb in the French crayon,
but the debate on male fertility is a serious one that has been ongoing for
many years. This latest research adds weight to the numerous European
studies that suggest one in five young men now has a sperm count low
enough to impair fertility.
Prof Richard Sharpe, from the University of Edinburgh, said:
“Something in our modern lifestyle, diet or environment like chemical
exposure, is causing this. We still do not know which are the most
important factors, but perhaps the most likely is a combination, a double
whammy of changes, such as a high-fat diet combined with increased
environmental chemical exposures.”
The study took place over a period of many years, therefore it was
important to ensure that methods remained the same for comparison
throughout that period, but critics have questioned if this was indeed
the case. Dr Allan Pacey, senior lecturer in andrology at the University
of Sheffield, has his doubts: “In the paper, the authors claim that the
methods for measurement of sperm concentration and motility 'have
not changed noticeably during the study period', yet to me this is an
odd thing to say as in my experience they have changed remarkably
everywhere else in the world. I would argue that the 'jury is still out' on
this issue”.
Despite the seeming lack of male fertility, France still has one of the
highest fertility rates in all of Europe, with an average 2.01 children
born for every French woman. ■
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D
ominique StraussKahn, the disgraced
former head of the
IMF, has settled
his case of sexual assault out
of court with a New York hotel
maid. Nafissatou Diallo claims
that the man many tipped to
be France's next president
attacked her in his room at
the upmarket Sofitel hotel in
Manhattan in May 2011. The
settlement in the civil lawsuit
remains officially undisclosed,
but is estimated to be in the
region of $6 million.
The payment marks an
apparent end to DSK's New York
legal battles, but it has come at
more than just a financial cost
for the 63-year-old. As well
as losing his job at the IMF,
it ended any realistic chance
Strauss-Kahn had for a run at the
French presidency. Following
his arrest, further lurid details
of his lifestyle soon emerged as
other women came forward to
accuse him of sexual crimes. It
is also likely to have contributed
to his separation from his wife,
French journalist Anne Sinclair.
Miss Diallo, a mother of one,
told police that the 63-yearold Frenchman came out of
the bathroom naked, assaulted
her and forced her to have oral
sex when she arrived to clean
his room. She described it as a
“violent and sadistic act”.
DSK was arrested hours later
after hurriedly leaving the hotel
and boarding a plane at John F
Kennedy airport. He claimed
that the act was consensual,
but was taken to Riker's
Island jail and charged with
multiple offences including
attempted rape, sexual abuse,
criminal sexual act, unlawful
imprisonment and forcible
touching. All charges were
later
dropped,
however,
after Manhattan prosecutors
cited “inconsistencies” in the
housekeeper's statements. Mr
Strauss-Kahn was allowed to
return to France, although Ms
Diallo pursued her case through
the civil courts.
Outside the court, flanked by
her lawyers, Ms Diallo smiled
and said: “I just want to say I
thank everyone who supported
me all over the world. I thank
everybody.” DSK, who was
not in court, gave no comment
after it was announced
that a settlement had been
reached; neither did his legal
representatives present at the
court, other than to thank the
judge. ■
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Time for those New Year’s resolutions?
D
by Bugle reader Christine Moshy
ear Diary, In 2013 I
will be fitter, jog at
least 3 times a week,
stop eating chocolate,
be a nicer, kinder, more charitable
person. Another mouthful of turkey
casserole, turkey burgers, cold
Christmas pudding, bûche de Noël.
Haven’t all those lovely Christmas
“goodies” stopped being those
longed for, yummy treats and now
become the stuff of dyspeptic,
nightmares? The last cracker has
been pulled, the last present from
Uncle Joe in Australia opened (not
socks again!), the New Year cards
are trickling in from one’s French
friends (you have until the end of
January to reply), the decorations
have come down to be stowed
away in the attic until next year,
and the only thing that keeps our
spirits up is writing, or thinking
about, our New Year’s resolutions!
Come on, Bugle Readers, own
up! I write them every year, don’t
you? Lists of everything that I plan
to make me into Superwoman by
December 31st 2013. I WILL keep
them this year! I didn’t last year,
or the year before, but this year
I really, truly will make that big
effort and anyway, if I don’t, I do
like writing lists. The older I get,
the more lists I write: shopping
lists (they get left by mistake on
the kitchen table); daily “to do”
lists, which get stapled together
until they get too fat and are
used to light the fire; and bucket
lists!!!!!
Bucket lists? An interesting
name as, with intimations of
mortality, it seems they are called
that because they are lists of
everything we want to do, to see,
to have, to achieve by the time
we “kick the bucket”. Bucket
lists are super, mega-length New
Year’s resolutions. A recent article
in The Guardian Weekly is very
negative about bucket lists, the
writer Kira Cochrane saying that
they encourage “a strange blend
of highly individualised behaviour
and conformity, in which everyone
is hurtling, alone, towards similar
goals”. Do they?
You can even buy books of
bucket lists: 1001 Places You
Must Visit in Your Lifetime, 1001
Books You Must Read, 1001
Films You Must See, etc. Google
“bucket list”, and they all pop up,
along with lists of activities like
swimming with dolphins, climbing
the 7 summits, canoeing up the
Amazon.
There was a film in 2007 called
The Bucket List, in which Jack
Nicholson and Morgan Freeman
meet in a cancer ward, and
throwing care, treatment, money
and possibly pain, to the wind, they
race around the world, packing in
experiences like flying in a micro
light plane over the Serengeti,
gambling in the casinos of Monte
Carlo and so on. It is all very
macho stuff - like Hemingway on
amphetamines - but the smoochy,
Hollywood ending has them dying
happy in the bosom of loving
families, presumably because they
have achieved everything on their
bucket list.
But hands up! Don’t we all write
(or at least think about) those
bucket lists? I do, and have done
it all my life. I don’t get my lists
off the internet, but I suppose most
of my ever growing lists are the
same as most people’s: visit this
and that country (I’ve never made
it to Scotland, next year maybe,
I suspect it will be like Uganda,
without the sun but with the deepfried Mars Bars), run a marathon,
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climb Kilimanjaro. I’ve done that
last one twice, and an added bonus
was that I met my future husband
up there. He is a guide and got me
down the first time when I was
developing high altitude mountain
sickness, thanks to a rather pushy
fellow climber, who wanted our
group to get up those 5895 metres
at breakneck speed. The pushy
guy came from the Pyrenees and
carried a rope with him wherever
he went. At the end of the trip, I
had a few suggestions to make to
him about how he could use it!
Anyway, I had only reached
the crater ring when Fares, my
now husband, decided I should go
down, and that was how we met.
I finally ticked off “Get to the
summit of Kilimanjaro” when I
went the extra 110 metres to Uhuru
Peak the following year.
Is this frantic list writing selfdestructive? Is it a distraction
from getting on with life and being
satisfied with what you have?
Personally, I don’t think so. If we
all put up with our lot, we would
still be gnawing bones in caves,
wouldn’t we? Although at least
then we wouldn’t be worried about
how to pay the central heating bill!
I see my lists as a way of being
positive about the future. I know
in my heart of hearts that I will
never see every country in the
world, and that if I did manage to
tick off number two hundred and
something, more countries would
then spring up. I actually have the
old GDR (East Germany) ticked
off, so that one doesn’t really count
any more. And I would rather go
back to Sweden than go to Mali
for the first time. I also have a
few modest things on my lists like
“finish restoring my house in La
Creuse”; I don’t believe that one
will ever be ticked off either, but
what’s wrong with dreaming?
There is nothing better than
dozing off on a freezing Creuse
night, post cocoa, imagining
getting together a team to drive
down the Pan American Highway,
or learning to speak totally fluent
Russian, or reading the complete
works of Balzac (I am on volume
4 - not there yet, another 10 or so
to go! I got distracted by some
light relief from Ruth Rendell).
It’s worth a chuckle too, to look
back at some of the more eccentric
wishes one has had over the years.
When I was 14 and going through
a very weirdo period there were
items like “Buy black eyeliner”
next to “Truly know yourself”
and “Keep hoping that G will fall
in love with you”. Then, after a
school reunion when I was 50, I
noted in my diary “G was there,
what a pompous prig. Nice wife,
though, don’t know how she puts
up with him”. So beware of ticking
off the whole list too quickly, you
might get something you didn’t
bargain for!
In 2013 I really must get to
Scotland..... ■
Sticks and stones may
break my bones...
F
or centuries there has been,
shall we say, rivalry if not
downright warfare between
the British and the French.
A distinct lack of entente cordiale.
Just mention Agincourt and the
French look rather sick but are quick
to riposte with accusations of how
the British burnt Joan of Arc. Love
all – or perhaps love isn't the right
word. Each country gives as good
as it gets and this has resulted in
a number of expressions in their
respective languages which range
from the absurd to the amusing and
from condescending to downright
vituperative.
Of course, the British call the
French 'frogs' and the French call the
British 'les rosbifs', fairly inoffensive
and relating to culinary preferences,
although my French-born son at
school in England once informed
me that his life had been blighted
by constantly being called 'froggy'.
Somehow I doubt it; more likely he
revelled in it, particularly when it
came to the French GCSE results. His
friends may then have used language
which would have obliged them to say
“pardon my French”.
Somewhat
more
pointedly
derogatory, Shakespeare in Henry
VI speaks of things “done like a
Frenchman turn and turn again,”
obviously accusing them of being
by Bugle reader Elisabeth Orsini
turncoats, but then in the sixteenth
century the French were in the habit
of calling creditors 'les Anglais'.
Interestingly
enough,
many
expressions are equivalent in meaning,
thus 'filer à l'anglaise' means to 'take
French leave', in other words to absent
oneself without permission. A 'French
seam' when sewing is a 'couture
anglaise'. Then things get a bit more
indelicate. A condom or 'French letter'
is a 'capote anglaise' and ratcheting
up the vituperative stakes, the 'French
disease' referred to syphilis and 'le vice
anglais' to the supposed predilection
of the British for homosexuality.
Interestingly, a more modern epithet
'la maladie anglaise' refers to strikes,
presumably suggesting that this is a
peculiarly British problem; it seems
to me a case of the pot calling the
kettle black. Somewhat stranger is the
expression 'les Anglais ont débarqué'.
This doesn't mean that the English are
about to storm or are storming the
walls of the citadel but what a woman
might say when she has her period.
On the British side, French kisses,
French knickers or French maids
are likely to provoke silly sniggers
responding to what are considered
slightly salacious subjects.
On a more mundane level, there
are many remarks made about each
other's cuisine. 'A l'anglaise' means
anything boiled, presumably boiled
to death, whilst the French come off
rather better in the stakes with French
toast, French beans, French fries and
French dressing.
Some
of
these
bizarre
misconceptions
about
national
characteristics came to a head
during the Napoleonic wars when
the inhabitants of Hartlepool in the
UK hanged a shipwrecked monkey
because they believed it to be a French
spy (I am allowed to refer to this as
my mother was born in Hartlepool
– no snide comments from anyone
else please!) This rendered the
town notorious but they redeemed
themselves in more modern times
when my French husband arrived
unexpectedly early at my mother's
house in the centre of old Hartlepool.
Finding no-one home he decided to
repair to the local hostelry until we
got back. To his amazement, he was
treated to free drinks from all and
sundry as they claimed he was the
first Frenchman who had dared to
set foot in the town since the monkey
hanging incident. Not only that but,
exhausted from the long drive, the
landlady insisted he have a rest and
then proceeded to boast to everyone
about having a Frenchman in her
bed.
Vive la difference! ■
All rights reserved by Elisabeth Orsini
The Bugle
January 2013
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Accommodation La Petite Maison
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
Beautiful 4 person gîte /chalet
in a charming village
Perfect for nature lovers, walkers.
Available for weekends, week and
monthly rentals from 70€.
Special rate for the Christmas
weekend and New Year.
Call Florence Godson for more details:
06 40 12 93 53
Chatelus-le-Marcheix, 23430
The Linden House
Self-catering gîte in Creuse
Sleeps 6-8
Prices from €250/week
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
05 55 41 17 76
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Animals & Pets
www.cosmoflightschool.com
See page 8
5 Star Accommodation in
our Home (Dept 23).
4 Walks each day & lots of T.L.C.
Contact Karen & Darren
Tel: 05.55.80.95.18
Mob: +44 (0)7700 045 517
[email protected]
www.valhallafarm.org
SIRET: 511 629 610 00011
Need help
with your Puppy
or Dog?
■ Pulls on lead
■ Recall bad
■ Jumps up at people
■ Generally misbehaving
05 55 68 67 56
www.limousindogtraining.fr
Weekly classes & 1 to 1
siret: 753.130.855.00012
Champlong
Chatterie
Cosmo Flight School
at Valhalla Farm
Call Elaine Smith:
Activities
& Leisure
www.thelindenhouse.eu
[email protected]
Dog Holidays
Good Citizens Dog
Training
SIRET: 511 679 011 00011
06.04.17.80.93
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
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Insurance & Finance >> B6
Language Services >> B7
Online Shopping
>> B7
Pest Control
>> B7
Property Maintenance>> B7
Property Sales
>> B7
Retail & Commerce >> B7
Transport/Removals
/Storage
>> B8
General
>> B8
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
SIRET: 520 896 671 00010
[email protected]
ZE DOG (& CAT) HOUSE
Family, cage-free boarding for dogs and cats.
Positive dog training and counseling.
We make sure that “Ze Dog (& Cat) House” is a real
home from home for your companions so that
they, as well as you, spend a great time on holiday!
June Altman, Le Puytren, 87800 Meilhac
Tel: 05 55 58 87 94 or Mob: 06 61 01 12 21
Certificat de capacité n° 87-203 RCS Limoges 750 912 057
The
Orchard
Kennels & Cattery
(Farges, nr. Aubusson)
Small & friendly, English run.
Viewings welcome.
Certificat de capacité.
Also available: Pet foods, treats
& accessories.
Mon - Sat: 9.00 - 7.00
Contact Dave Grant: 05 55 67 58 87
www.the-orchard.eu
siret: 504 584 228 00010
The Caring Cattery
Rochechouart
05 55 03 76 87 / 06 30 02 35 73
Only 30 mins from Limoges airport.
Established, 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
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B2 ♦ DIRECTORY
Antiques/
Brocantes
Building
Services
Architectural
Services
LA GRANGE
ANTIQUE
FLEA MARKET / BROCANTE
13 rue Ledru Rollin, 36200 Argenton-sur-Creuse
YOU NEED SOME FURNITURE?
ASK ME - I HAVE EVERYTHING!!
I SPEAK ENGLISH AND I CAN
DELIVER TO YOU!
tel: 06 08 50 36 26
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
Auto
Services
Architectural
DRAWING
SERVICE
Renovating your
French property?
New build?
Dossiers prepared
Permis de Construire
Déclarations Préalables
Tel: 05 53 52 36 05
[email protected]
www.latuspeter-architecturaldrawings-24.com
SIRET: 493 770 358 00015
Your
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05 55 41 17 76
Le Mécanique
Anglais
30 years’ experience
● All Makes & Models
● Repairs ● Servicing ● CT’s
● Specialist in: Vehicle
Diagnostics and Auto Electrics
Covering 87/24/16 - I can come to you
TEL: 05 53 62 50 46
SIREN: 514 423 532
The English
Mechanic
Car Breakers - C.R.A.L.
Buy/Sell/Scrap
Spare Parts for Sale
05.55.48.21.33 - see pg 9
RING BILL!
Registered Car Mechanic
05.55.81.31.85
See Display Ad - pg B5
Your
advert
here
05 55 41 17 76
Building
Services
Carpenters/Joiners
Le Charme
De Chêne
Handmade solid oak
joinery and furniture
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: 510 156 763 00011
SHUTTERS / VOLETS
Made to Measure
Woodwork
Pine Window Shutters from €35
Pine Ledge and Brace Doors from €69
Bespoke items made
www.scrollart.co.uk
05 55 14 12 43
Oradour-sur-Vayres (87150)
Siren 527 854 749
Your
advert
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Please mention The
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Building
Services
05 55 41 17 76
Building
Services
Electricians
WASTE REMOVAL
SERVICES
La Noneix
06 74 21 47 71
05.55.69.75.67 / 06.89.47.69.71
05 55 37 45 35
siret 532 981 198 00015
Mini Digger
and dumper hire
with driver
From €120 per day
06.43.40.58.85
No Siret: 494 916 760 00015
[email protected]
Robert Johnson
T J Renovations
ELECTRICIAN
SIRET: 493 084 974 00010
Registered in France since 2007
Banque Populaire La Souterraine
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
Website: www.rob-johnson.biz
ELECTRICIAN
Philip Evans
Fully Qualified
French Electrician
All electrical work covered, from
a light switch to a full rewire
Limousin, Charente
& Dordogne covered
Emergency Callouts 24/7
Tel: 06 36 35 56 44
or 05 55 78 16 28
Siret: 533 235 016 00011
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.harlequindevelopments.com
General
• house and barn clearances
• dechetterie runs
• rubbish removal
• cash paid for scrap
• general labouring service
• mini digger hire - with/without driver
* Qualified electrician
* All types of electrical works carried out
* Free estimates
* Departments 23 and 87
05.55.68.67.56
06.06.60.46.97
Renovations & Home
Improvements
05 55 65 00 29 - pg 10
• NICEIC approved Electrician for
8 years in the UK
• Wiring of new installations
(including liaising with EDF)
• Rewiring existing houses/barns
• External & garden lighting
• All aspects of electrical works
• Fully insured - (10 year Decennale)
• Departments covered 19,23 & 87
Keith Sloper
Tel: 05 55 64 94 20
Mob: 07 86 38 09 61
Harlequin Developments are a
Distributor and Installer for
Solarventi, solar dehumidifying and
water heating products, as well as a
range of other renewable energies
Double D
Steven Rofe - 20 Years experience
Salamandre électricité
All aspects of renovation
and refurbishment, big or
small, undertaken.
SIRET: 494.501.067.00016
Lumiere Service
et Energie
Siret No. 501.792.386.00010
Harlequin
Developments
30 years experience in building trade
Full refurbishments undertaken
• Stone/Brickwork • Patios
• Repointing • Studwork
• General Repairs & Maintenance
All areas in the Limousin covered
Contact Tim
05 55 61 08 02 / 06 52 23 89 54
web: www.builderinthecreuse.co.uk
Siret: 750 068 116 00011
Construction
& Property Services
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
DAVID LEE
General Builder
All exterior and interior
work undertaken including:
• Plasterboarding • Plastering • Rendering • Tiling
• Blockwork • Bathrooms and Kitchens • Septic tanks
As seen on Channel 4's Grand Designs Abroad
Covering Limoges and surrounding areas
Free Estimates
Mob: 06 08 07 95 24
Siret: 453 965 493 00027
Michael Courtin
French Stonemason with
20 years Experience in
● Masonry ● Stonework
● Brickwork ● Pointing
● Structural Repairs
LES VIDANGES
LIMOUSINES
Major & Minor works undertaken
throughout the Limousin
10% discount for new clients
Free Devis/Estimates
References Available
06 49 66 44 25
Entreprise
Hines
Building & Renovation
▪ Emptying septic tanks
▪ Unblocking pipes
▪ Cleaning wells
▪ Group rates available
between neighbours
Call David - 24/24 7/7
87800 Jourgnac
Siret N° 750 725 780 00019
Tersannes Timber
www.gatesinfrance.com
05 55 60 14 18 - see pg 5
Call:Siret:
0952278
23 38 59
076 546 00012
● Roofing - New & Repairs
● Masonry
● Plastering
● Dry Lining
● Sand Blasting
● Equestrian Buildings
● Digger/Scaffold Hire
● ... and much, much more
The Reclamation Yard
28 years qualified experience
www.reclamation-yard.com
See our main ad - pg 12
www.entreprisehines.com
[email protected]
05.45.30.72.04
05.55.89.69.46
SIRET: 503 169 237 00016
05.55.41.17.76
DIRECTORY ♦ B3
ADVERTORIAL
Tersannes Timber – Quality Gates and Fencing
S
teve and Tracey Hull
supply a wide range of
timber gates and fencing
products
throughout
France from their Limousin based
business, Tersannes Timber.
Running alongside their livestock
farm, the timber enterprise was
a natural progression for the
couple, who found that they
could not find traditional five
bar gates in France or source the
quality of fencing timber that
they required.
“We arrived here in 2004 and
immediately needed to put up
new gates and fences to keep
our animals in. Straight away,
when we were faced with a very
limited choice of gates, high
costs and, most importantly,
the poor quality of treated
timber in France, we set about
to find alternative sources for
ourselves,” explained Steve.
“Then, as people saw what we
were putting up on our farm, they
wanted the same and in 2005 the
timber business officially began.”
Steve and Tracey have spent
a lot of time ensuring that their
products can cope with the varied
climatic conditions in France. All
the imported timber products are
pressure treated with Tanalith
to ensure a long life, free of rot.
The gates are made of larch,
which is a relatively heavy,
dense softwood that copes well
with changes in temperature and
humidity. “We deliver all over
France and needed a high quality
wooden gate that can be hung
anywhere and will look good for
years to come. There are pine
gates available over here but
these are lightweight and pine is
very prone to bad cracking – only
larch seems to be able to give
consistently good results over the
years,” said Tracey.
The couple work closely with
their manufacturer in Devon
to ensure that their handmade
gates, finished with strong
mortice and tenon joints, are of
the highest quality possible. The
gates, supplied complete with
a galvanised hanging set and
closure, come in a full range of
sizes (3 ft / 0.9 m up to 12 ft /
3.66 m), while larger openings
can be accommodated with a
pair of gates. All the different
sizes can also be supplied to
order in the hardwood iroko,
and curved head gates, made
of Scandanavian redwood, are
also available. The full range
of gates, as well as fencing
materials, is generally in stock,
which is often a pleasant surprise
for clients who are expecting
to have to wait for gates to be
ordered in. “Often we have
an order in the morning and
the gate is delivered that same
week or the client comes over to
pick it up. Clients seem to like
being able to get what they want
straight away!” said Tracey.
Steve is happy to offer any
advice on fitting, while, if the
D.I.Y. approach is not for you,
there is a friendly fitting service
available through a wide network
of independent installers. There
are gates on show at the farm,
as well as a wooden stable
and garage block that can give
ideas about how other available
products such as treated timber,
shiplap and dung-walling can
be used. Please call for an
appointment at any time with
prior arrangement. The website
also offers lots of information
about the products available as
well as a photo gallery. ■
Tel: 05 55 60 14 18
Web: www.gatesinfrance.com
ADVERTORIAL
Steve Booth
Property maintenance
Haute-Vienne
and surrounding area
Project help.
Renovations interior & exterior.
General maintenance.
Conservation and restoration
trained in the UK.
Tel: 05Siret55
06 52 36
Registered
Traditional
Building Services
All aspects of renovation/
restoration covered
including bespoke joinery
and lime plastering.
All work is fully insured.
References available.
Ring Andy on 05 44 19 15 57
Ring Will on 05 55 37 45 35
siret: 532 981 198 00015
Your
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BURTON’s
BUILDERS
Renovation New Build
05 55 41 17 76
05 55 62 48 15 / 06 33 17 17 54
Dave Cardwell - Builder
05 55 98 24 12
See our Display Ad - pg 9
Monte Sarginson
House Renovations
Inside & Out
Experience in Roofing, Tiling
Floors & Walls, Plumbing,
Fitting Kitchens & Bathrooms,
Stonework & Rendering,
Painting & Decorating
Tel: 05 55 63 88 70
Mob: 06 21 34 18 20
Siret no 507 516 748 00013
High Finish Quality Work
Reliable 8 years Limousin - Photos Refs available
SAVE HEAT - GET INSULATION
Blockwork Brickwork Stonework
Repointing Rendering Plastering
Tiling Walls Floors etc
Now available in Bonnat area 23 also 03,18,36
[email protected]
siret: 489 041 830 00030
R & B Construction
ALL ASPECTS OF
RENOVATION & CONSTRUCTION
GET READY FOR WINTER, IT WILL SOON
BE HERE - START NOW!
BEST PRICES AS USUAL ON:
● INSULATION ● DOUBLE GLAZING
● ROOF REPAIRS ● KITCHENS
● BATHROOMS
● ALL ASPECTS OF REFURBISHMENT
ROOFING, JOINERY, ELECTRICS,
PLASTERING... ONE CALL COVERS ALL!!
Tel: Dave - 05 55 37 74 06
Tel: Steve - 05 55 69 75 67
(Depts 23, 87 & 19)
siret: 501 792 386 00010
Scaffold
and
Plant Hire
Please ring
Robert
05 55 89 69 46
www.entreprisehines.com
[email protected]
SIRET: 503 169 237 00016
Lovejoy’s
Scaffolding Hire
Strong, fully adjustable
cup-lock scaffolding
Collect and erect yourself to
save costs or delivery and
erection included
Tel: 05 55 68 22 04
www.limousin-builders.com
Siret 789 209 236 00015
BATIMENT SERVICES ROCHE
Tailored solutions for your
projects - big or small.
Can do part or all of your jobs.
• Painting (inside/outside)
• Plaster boarding and insulation
• Floor coverings (laminated floors, carpet, etc.)
• Wall coverings (wallpaper, paper to paint, etc.)
• Handyman jobs
Phone Seán: 06-77-21-24-54
87800 Meilhac - Free quotations.
SIRET: 788 841 021 00017
Your
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Kitchen &
Bathroom Fitting
Including Tiling
and Plasterboarding
05 55 41 17 76
Room construction to
finishing touches
Builder
T: Ian 05 55 53 37 10
E: [email protected]
www.zanado.co.uk
40yrs Experience in quality work,
available for all your
House Maintenance/Projects
including Plumbing, Carpentry,
Masonry, Structural Work, Decorating.
Plus Key Holding service.
Good References. Dept. 23/36
Siret. 484 206 624 00014
497 962 001 00010
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
Celotex
Approved septic tank installer
05.55.80.72.60
Insulation Specialists
05.55.78.57.60 - see pg 6
GODSON
Travaux Publics
www.pilgrim23.com
05.55.62.61.12 - pg 3
RSW Entreprises
Fosse Septique Specialist
05.55.80.00.57
Advertise your business here
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
La Coterie Entreprise
05.55.80.83.30
www.lce23.com
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B4 ♦ DIRECTORY
Septic tanks
systems designed with permissions &
paperwork included and independent
approval with certification.
Building
Services
General
Building
Services
Mini-Digger with driver
05.55.64.18.33 - see pg 10
See Main Ad - Pull-out pg B3
Albo
Windows & Doors
Building
Services
www.albo.cz/english
07 86 95 18 90 - see pg 11
05.55.78.62.29
[email protected]
Magnetic Double Glazing
[email protected]
05.55.60.62.97 - see ad pg B3
Plasterers
Please mention The
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MARK COLYER
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: 531 768 182 00010
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05 55 41 17 76
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Groundworks 05 55 41 17 76
Elegance
Home Improvements
Full, Comprehensive Building Service
Electrics
diagnostic report and remedial works – consuel
approvals - liaison with ERDF for changes. full
re-wires, new-build, additions, modifications.
LIMOUSIN PLASTERING
LIMOUSIN STUKADOORS
19 years experience in:
● Solid plastering ● Skimming
● Dry Lining ● Rendering
● Plasterboard Studwork
Specialising in both
French lime plastering and
English plastering techniques.
10 years tiling experience.
Covering Creuse (23), Haute-Vienne (87),
Northern Corrèze (19) & Southern Indre (36)
For a free quotation & friendly advice
call Mark or Mareike on
Pro-Point Facades
Re-pointing - Rendering - Plastering
Tel: 05 55 76 69 32
Mob: 06 43 11 95 87
Siret No. 513 415 091 00018
« LE PLATRIER »
Chris the Plasterer
A genuine plasterer
French and English spoken
Traditional Plastering
Rendering, Floor Screeding
Stud partition dry lining
Lime mortar stone pointing
FOR A QUOTATION
CALL
05 55 63 53 06
06 23 29 48 19
siret: 539 941 450 00014
SIRET: 504 612 441 00015
GLEN VINEY
Building
Services
Quality Plasterwork,
Internal & External
Caught out last winter?
Don't worry!
We can now offer
winter checks, drain
downs, caretaking,
general DIY, key holding,
as well as our usual
friendly plumbing services.
H20 CREUSE
• Plastering • Rendering • Stud Walling
• Tiling and associated works
• Bespoke polished concrete surfaces for
Window Sills, Shelves, Fire Surrounds etc.
• General Renovation interior and exterior
of buildings to customer's specification.
Le Bourg, 23360 Nouzerolles
All aspects of Plumbing and
Heating work undertaken.
23 Years Qualified
(Previously UK CORGI registered
– Oil / Natural Gas / LPG)
Established and registered in
France for 7 years.
Areas Covered: North Creuse (23)
& South Indre (36)
Tel: 05 55 62 34 66
Office Hours: 8:30 – 18:00
Please give us a call to discuss your
requirements. If you get the answer machine
we WILL return your call the same day.
siret: 494 380 264 00015
Building
Services
Sand and Blast
Siret: 534 396 908 00012
SIRET 538 689 530 00011
[email protected]
TOUTE SWEEP
Chimney Sweep Service
* All types of chimneys cleaned
* Brush & Vacuum
* Smoke Tested * Fully Insured
* HETAS Approved and
member of NACS
* Official certificates of cleaning
issued (Certificat de Ramonage)
* Clean, tidy, professional
& friendly service
Rick Fife
FRENCH REGISTERED
CERTIFIED PLUMBER
[email protected]
Siren: 502 409 949
Plumbing &
Heating Engineer
Le Plâtrier du Limousin
05 55 80 92 91
06 87 92 83 63
05 55 63 78 72
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
Sandblasting
(29 years experience)
ALL PLUMBING &
HEATING INSTALLATIONS
OR ALTERATIONS
EMERGENCY WORK
UNDERTAKEN
ANDY IVES - 06 02 37 62 57
www.stovesellers.com
05 55 63 89 23 - see pg 8
Plumbers
The friendly and reliable plasterer
Registered in France.
Fully insured offering 10 year
guarantee.
Call Stuart on:
• Flue ways cleared
• Birds nests, vermin & debris
removed
• Smoke evacuation & gas
tightness tests
• Official certificates of cleaning
issued (Certificat de Ramonage)
Heating & Plumbing engineer
(18 Years Experience)
Siret: 527 736 326 00010
Chimney Sweeping
Siret 522 804 723 00016
Plasterboarding, Partitioning, Skiming,
Solid Plastering, Floor Screeding,
Rendering: Mono Couche/Coloured Render
Waterproofing Render Systems
Tel: 06 45 18 86 10
Chimney
Sweeps
Plumber
Multiskilled Artisan
05 55 54 95 63
PLASTERER
Martin Walters
Tel 02 54 24 84 62
Graham Carter Plastering
Tel: 05.55.80.83.30
Web: LCE23.com
bathrooms & kitchens
from design to completion; ceilings;
partition walls; drylining.
05 55 78 80 31
[email protected]
[email protected]
Renovation
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 00037
Contact Barry Manning
Tel: 05 55 66 14 11
Mob: 06 31 59 81 08
[email protected]
REMEMBER - BLOCKED FLUES AND
CHIMNEY FIRES CAN BE FATAL...
DON'T TAKE THAT RISK!
SIRET: 534 351 754 00013
CLEAR CHIMNEY SERVICES
All types of chimneys cleaned
Clean and Efficient
Certificat de Ramonage issued
with every chimney swept
Woodburner repairs/installation
Accredited Flue liner Installer
Chimney repairs/maintenance
Fabrication & welding to E.N. 287
TEL. 02 54 06 40 80
[email protected]
siren 535 199 483
Your
advert
here
05 55 41 17 76
05.55.41.17.76
DIRECTORY ♦ B5
ADVERTORIAL
H
ome
technology
is expanding at a
phenomenal
rate
and producing those
“must-have gadgets”.
One area that homeowners are
looking more and more closely
at is home automation and
cinema systems. The ability to
control such things as lighting,
audio, video and CCTV by
using audio and video servers
allows all the equipment to be
located in a central position.
All your video and audio can
be streamed to any desired
location in the home, the servers
will also allow access to the
internet, enabling viewing of
online and on demand services,
such as BBC's iPlayer, radio
channels and film providers,
along with the downloading of
albums. Members of the family
can programme their own
playlists, and listen to their own
particular type of music, whilst
at the same time other members
of the family can listen to or
watch
different formats in
different locations.
Home automation gives you
the convenience of controlling
every device and appliance
in your home, using remote
controls, touch screens or user
compatible Smartphones - you
can even have weatherproof
speakers and TVs for those lazy
summer evenings on the patio!
With HD TVs getting larger
and larger and with 3D TV
starting to come into its own,
the use of projection units and
high quality surround sound
in a dedicated room will give
that “Cinema Experience”.
Customers can even integrate
their CCTV into the system,
allowing the viewing of their
property, or the sending of
alerts to your Smartphone when
Computers &
Satellites
you are away from home, be it
on holiday or just away from
the premises.
Along with TVs and audio
systems, you can even control
your home lighting systems,
allowing you the option of
switching lighting levels.
Electro-Sat will be offering
these services for homeowners
across the region and if you
would like to discuss any of
these features further then our
friendly staff will be willing to
talk through your requirements
with you in person.
After
some
unforeseen
delays in the purchase of our
showrooms in Sauviat-sur-Vige
we hope to be there permanently
in January. However, please do
not hesitate to call us on 03
66 88 06 29 should you have
any questions about Satellite
Broadband, UK TV, CCTV or
Home Cinema systems. ■
GOODWIN
SATELLITE
© 2008 - Hustvedt (WikiCommons)
Home automation
ADVERTORIAL
Food & Drink
Dept 23 & surrounding areas
Le Relais
de
l'Abloux
Bar - Restaurant
Pizzeria
SALES & INSTALLATION OF ALL SATELLITE
SYSTEMS & AERIALS. FAULT FINDING.
Tel: 05 55 62 05 61
Mob: 06 06 47 89 66
siret: 453 067 910 00019
Creusetec
Satellite Systems
05 55 66 60 21
"Tooway" High speed internet via satellite
TV Satellite Sales, Service & Installations.
TV Receiver & Electronic Repairs.
Dish alignments. Sky/Freesat/TNT/FTA.
Most of depts 23,03,63,87,36 covered.
[email protected]
http://www.creusetec.com
SIRET: 510 117 328 00011
NO FIX... NO FEE !!
IT Support for Creuse, HauteVienne, Indre and Vienne
www.indre-it.com
02.54.25.65.08
06.16.91.64.67
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.
● Ordering/Installing wireless & broadband
● Fixing results of a virus attack
● PC healthchecks ● Virus , trojan , worm
removal and protection
● Backups/Disaster recovery
● Hardware/software upgrades.
● Website and graphic design.
● Printer/scanner assistance.
Mayday
Petticoat Lane
05 55 68 47 33 / 06 82 26 31 54
see pg 6
Tel: 05 45 29 03 99
computer services - pc • mac • network
For all your TV
and satellite
installations and repairs
(Sky TV, Internet etc.)
Call Patrice:
06.79.07.91.56
[email protected]
Fast dependable service
Based Séreilhac (87)
5 Rue Nationale – 16150 Chabanais
Visit: www.petticoatlaneshop.com
E-mail: [email protected]
English groceries, Fresh British Beef &
Steaks (to order only), Gammon Steak, Bacon,
Sausage & Cheddar Cheese.
Wide range of frozen items including vegetarian.
Traditional English beers, Sherries & Wine.
Cards for all occasions.
Please don’t forget we will not be open
until 9th January 2013
Opening hours: Mon - Thur 10am – 6pm
Fri 10am – 7pm, Sat 9am – 6pm
siret: 353 613 227 00035
Visit us and compare our prices
Big Dish Satellite
Le Creusois
www.bigdishsat.com
05 55 78 72 98
see main ad - pg 6
Please mention The
to adverts
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
Bar/Restaurant
Les Genêts, Azerables
High quality British & French food
at reasonable prices.
Menu du Jour €12, Traditional Pub
Food, Vegetarian dishes, Childrens &
Snack menus also available
05.55.63.90.79
www.lecreusoisbistro.com
SIREN: 483 988 853
Pizzas to eat in
or take away
36170 SACIERGES-ST-MARTIN
02 54 47 56 74
Le Moulin du Breuil
Your
advert
here
05 55 41 17 76
L'Escale
Restaurant & Bar
05.55.12.99.45 - see pg 8
BAR, RESTAURANT, TERRASSE
RIVE DROITE
05 55 80 37 70 - see pg 11
02 54 24 01 06
23140 PIONNAT
La ferme du Duc noir
Free range, rare breed pork
02.54.30.51.95
JJ’s Café Bar
More than just a Bar - Especially January!!
BURNS NIGHT 25 JAN
with a free Concert.
Meal €14 (inc. that wee dram of whisky)
JJ's CLUB DE MUSIQUE CURRY NIGHT - 12 JAN
39 Place du Champ de Foire, 36140 Aigurande
02 54 06 30 77
[email protected]
SIRET: 508 754 314 00013
8 rue Ledru-Rollin
36200 Argenton-sur-Creuse
Restaurant - Pizzeria
● Italian Specialities
● Traditional Cuisine
● Home-made Desserts
Moules de bouchot available
from July to December
High Quality Food, a Warm
Welcome and a Friendly
Atmosphere await
Closed Sundays & Mondays
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B6 ♦ DIRECTORY
Cross Cut Tree Surgeons
for all your tree requirements
27 years experience
Free quotes and advice
We will not be beaten on price or standard of work
Fully qualified arborist - Fully insured Covering depts: 87, 23, 86, 36, 19 & 16
Reliability guaranteed
[email protected]
Fontaine
Food & Drink La15Petite
Grande Rue, Le Dorat
Café, Bar and Events Venue
Lunch Menu
Free WiFi
05.55.60.29.74
[email protected]
www.lapetitefontaine.com
Please mention The
to adverts
05.55.60.62.14 / 06.78.38.42.44
Handholding
Services
Le Pub
58, rue d'Orjon
Argenton-sur-Creuse
02 54 60 02 14
Open Late!!
Sunday roast & pudding
ONLY A TENNER (€)
Fish + Chips + Mushy Peas,
every Fri + Sat night
Hair salon, Le Dorat
05.55.60.87.37
Opening hours:
Thu 12-2pm & 6pm-midnight
Fri 12-2pm & 6pm-2am
Sat 6pm-2am, Sun 12pm-11pm
Tel: 05 55 69 33 38
Open Monday to Saturday
from 12pm to 2pm and from 6pm to 9pm
BAILEYS
Tel: 05.55.67.15.27
www.restaurant-des-sources.fr
C’est cheese
Find us at local markets selling a
small and tasty selection of excellent
quality english cheeses.
Also available online.
For more information, see our website:
www.cestcheese.fr
09.66.87.02.74
[email protected]
SIREN: 409 679 578
Grimpereau Elagage
See ad pg B6 (below)
▪ Our famous
Fish & Chips
RESTAURANT
DES23100
SOURCES
FENIERS
Menu du jour - €12
(coffee and wine included)
Weekends
Menu gourmand - €18.50
or Menu grill - €21
... local Limousin meat grilled, while
you watch, over an open wood fire
in our chimney dating from 1732.
Local, fresh and homemade produce.
Evening meals by reservation.
05.55.89.15.74 - pg 13
02.54.25.66.58
▪ Carte
Please mention The
to adverts
Weekday lunchtimes
French lessons
& handholding services
Qualified Tree Surgeon Climber
Fish et Frites
Mobile Fish & Chips
05.55.68.78.23 -see pg 7
Sophie Arsac
AUX CEPES
▪ Menu du jour
www.osteopathyforbackpain.com
www.acupunctureforhealthwellbeing.com
06 18 74 05 08 - see pg7
Restaurant
LA veytiZoU, 87130
Neuvic-entier
OSTEOPATHY & ACUPUNCTURE
La Petite Place
Garden Services
SIRET: 489 218 636 00012
Daniel welcomes you at
siret: 530 840 958 00017
Cross Cut Tree Surgeons
for all your tree requirements
[email protected]
05.55.60.62.14 / 06.78.38.42.44
see main ad above
DES LETTRES
ET DES CHIFFRES
Your freelance secretary for
professionals or private individuals.
Let me manage letters, invoices,
book keeping accounts,
checkout reports, CV etc...
Telework possible. Very reasonable rates.
05.55.80.98.35
www.deslettresetdeschiffres.e-monsite.com
[email protected]
siret 531 793 255 00013
Gifts & Crafts
English
Hairdresser
All aspects of
hairdressing, in your
home or mine
Call Jane:
05 49 91 02 23
06 47 94 95 75
Based La Trimouille (86290)
siret: 502 867 211 00018
Insurance
& Finance
Health
& Beauty
Siddalls
Bar & Restaurant
Financial Solutions & Expert Advice
Traditional French and English dishes
Menu du Jour 16€, 4 courses incl. wine
Open Fri-Sat 12pm-2pm & from 7pm
Open Sun 12pm-2pm
Restaurant Menu
05.56.34.75.51
5 Rue de L’Abreuvoir Aubusson
05.55.66.37.10
Ivan Petley
3D Puzzle Maker
Handmade, fully interlocking,
multi-layered 3D puzzles from just €9.
Keyrings €2 plus other unique gift ideas.
Customisation and personalisation possible.
Come and visit the workshop by appointment.
Book club open when bar is open
Your
advert
here
Tel: 05.55.80.29.88
Les Bregères, 23150 St-Martial-le-Mont
[email protected]
The Exchange
05 55 41 17 76
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
Rochechouart
SECOND HAND BOOK SHOP. GREAT
SELECTION OF GIFTS, CARDS, CANDLES
AND HAND-CRAFTED PRODUCTS
500+ DVD's now in stock
Tue 2.30pm - 5pm
Thu, Fri 9:15-12 & 2:30-5pm
Sat 9 - 12
05 55 78 19 24
www.theexchangerochechouart.com
9 rue Dr Charles Poitevin
SIRET 484 479 480 00010
Mobile
Hairdresser
meche-highlighting,
tinting, cutting
and weddings
Contact Debra on
05 55 53 37 10
06 15 63 70 22
[email protected]
www.zanado.co.uk
Siret. 482 420 114 00019
Submissions
Deadline
15th of the month
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
HiFX
International money transfer
www.hifx.co.uk
Blevins Franks
Integrated Tax Planning &
Wealth Management
05 53 63 49 19 - see pg 6
Your
advert
here
05 55 41 17 76
DIRECTORY ♦ B7
ADVERTORIAL
“SolarVenti”- the solar
Harlequin
solution to damp and
Developments humidity
A
E
stablished and registered in France since 2006, we specialise in
all aspects of property renovation and refurbishment, along with
barn conversions and extensions. No job is too big or too small
and we will provide you with a detailed devis at a competitive rate.
Our work includes full renovations, extensions, insulation and plaster
boarding, tiling, replacement windows and doors, re-pointing walls,
parquet flooring, staircases, kitchens and bathrooms fitted.
We undertake insurance work - floods, fires etc - and send regular update emails, together with photographs, to clients who may live outside
France, to keep them fully up to date with their project. References are
gladly given from previous/current clients.
We are now able to offer an even wider range of renewable energy
products from some of the world’s leading manufacturers.
Harlequin Developments have just been appointed Distributors
and Installers of industry leading wall and window mounted
controlled ventilation systems from SIEGENIA-AUBI. These
award-winning German products offer:
Effective protection from mould, damage caused by humidity
and safety hazards. Healthy fresh air without harmful substances
or noise. Truly cost effective and sustainably energy efficient.
For more information, a devis, or simply to discuss your project,
please feel free to contact us.
Language
Services
simple solar energy system
that runs on its own, even
when you are not there and
provides a free heat supplement in
winter.
The SolarVenti air panel was
invented more than 20 years ago
to use the sun’s energy for airing
and ventilation of the thousands
of holiday homes on the West
coast of Jutland, houses that
were left empty and unheated for
long periods, houses with damp
problems, mould and bad odours.
How it works
The principle behind SolarVenti
is simple: a small, built-in solar cell
powers a 12V fan that is connected
to an air vent, a control unit and an
on/off switch.
Whenever the sun shines, the
air in the solar panel is heated and
the fan, receiving power from the
collar cell, introduces warm, dry air
Mouse 2 House
www.mouse2housedeliveries.com
05.55.68.78.23 - see pg 5
into your home at the rate of 20 to
100 cubic metres per hour.
In Southern Europe, SolarVenti
is not only used for ventilation/
dehumidification purposes; with
far more winter sunshine hours, it
also provides a substantial heating
supplement.
A DIY Solution?
The installation process is very
straightforward and should only
take two or three hours. All that
is needed is a drill, hammer and
chisel to make a hole in the wall.
Roof installations are also possible.
There are no electrical or water
connections and it can be safely left
running, even when the property is
empty.
With a range of panel sizes,
and the option for wall or roof
mounting, SolarVenti is suitable
for all types of buildings, caravans
or even boats!
ADVERTORIAL
Property
Maintenance
SOLARVENTI - Available in the Limousin
From Harlequin Developments
Tel: 05 55 68 67 56
Mobile: 06 06 60 46 97
Property
Sales
UK shopping delivered
to your door
Depot Vente des Vêtements
05 55 41 46 88 - pg 9
Chénérailles
Native qualified teacher
Pest Control
Stress Free
Property Services
Security and Storm Damage Checks
Housekeeping & Winter Care
Key-holding & Changeovers
Care & Maintenance
Post Collection & Bill Paying
References available
- Small groups
- 1 to 1
Elisabeth Sicard
05 55 80 44 83
05 55 81 35 95 / 06 74 03 07 05
[email protected]
Free trial lesson!
[email protected]
Houses on Internet
www.housesoninternet.com
05.55.65.12.19
Retail &
Commerce
Native French Central France DOVE HOME CARE
Care and maintenance
Translator
for your home
Pest Control
25 years experience
Proposes French teaching
and conversation as well as
personal development.
Please call:
05 55 69 71 40
Online
Shopping
Dératisation, Déinsectisation,
Désinfection
02 48 60 83 72 / 06 74 33 02 38
www.applicateur3d.com
Curative and preventative
rats, mice, moles, flies, woodworm,
bed bugs, fleas, wasps, hornets
La Petite Barre, 18210 Bessais Le Fromental
SIRET No. 498 544 741 00024
Submissions
Deadline
15th of the month
05.55.57.09.34
see advert on pg 2
Soie et Bois
La Maison Shopping
FRENCH CLASS
Alinéa
Meuble & Déco
Key Holding, Security Checks,
Cleaning, Change-overs,
General Gardening.
References available
Tel: 09 66 41 66 95
Mob: 06 62 95 78 43
Your
advert
here
05 55 41 17 76
Stove Sellers
www.stovesellers.com
05.55.63.78.72
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]
Tel: 05.55 48.28.89
SIRET: 510 995 681 00010
Moulin de Tintin
Furniture, interiors & gifts
www.moulin-de-tintin.com
05.55.79.57.60 - see pg 3
Your
advert
here
05 55 41 17 76
Eco Entrepot
05.55.41.17.76
87230 Bussière-Poitevine
05.55.68.74.73 - see pg 11 [email protected]
Get down The Shed
Please mention The
to adverts
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B8 ♦ DIRECTORY
ADVERTORIAL
Spotlight your business to
an estimated 30,000 readers
E
very month 13,000+
copies of The Bugle are
printed and distributed
across the region. Thanks to
our targeted distribution where
we personally visit each of
our 350+ distributors every
month, and adjust the number
of papers left accordingly,
we make sure that the right
number of copies go in the
right places. The Bugle has an
estimated monthly readership
of over 30,000 people!!
That means as many as
30,000 pairs of eyes will
be reading this text in the
coming few weeks… and they
could be reading about your
business! An Advertorial like
this one costs just €50, that’s
600 potential new customers
or clients for your business for
every euro spent!
As our newspaper has
grown in popularity and The
Bugle has established itself
as the primary source of free
local and national news in
the region, our advertising
has also become increasingly
effective. Advertorials are just
one of the advertising options
we offer, but they have become
a very cost-effective way of
attracting new customers and
raising the profile of your
business. Because we only
feature a handful of businesses
each month, we highlight
those businesses prominently
and deliver your message in a
targeted manner.
Advertorials
are
now
available in 4 sizes:
• 1/6 page - €50 (this one)
• 1/3 page - €100
• 2/3 page - €200
ADVERTORIAL
Transport,
Removals
& Storage
• full page - €300.
If you would like to find
out more about our Advertorials, or any of our other advertising options, please feel
free to get in touch with us on
05.55.41.17.76 or drop us a
line at [email protected] ■
MAN + VAN
Fiat Ducato with 11m² load capacity
Collections / Deliveries
Removals / Brico Runs
All over France.
Competitve hourly rate incl fuel.
Please ring or e-mail for a quote.
Based nr Aubusson Dept 23
05 55 83 02 77 / 06 81 33 07 15
[email protected]
SIRET: 523 955 151 00015
Parking For
Limoges Airport
Cheaper parking for all
types of vehicles
Book now!!
www.parkinglimoges.com
05 55 03 37 96
Please mention The
to adverts
Man & Van
Transport
Genuine/Reliable/Honest
Local + Europe + UK runs
Goods In Transit Insurance
14m3 capacity
4.2m load length
French Spoken
05 55 33 21 59
87150 Oradour-sur-Vayres
www.frenchvanman.eu
Siret 530 213 644 00012
ADVERTORIAL
From low-cost shutters to beautiful handmade
staircases - made right here in the Limousin
“Merry Christmas and
Happy 2013” to all our
customers and all who
may use our woodworking
services in the near future.
Our 2013 gift is a discount
of up to 100 Euros based
on 10% of whatever you
order before the end of
January 2013. The offer is
valid on any of our timber
joinery products including
shutters and doors.
We love to build any
crafted items and are
keen to be asked to create
bespoke items such
as staircases, shutters,
windows, doors and gates
to your sizes. Top quality
and economical shutters
start from only €35 each.
Although our business
is based on our low-cost
shutters and ledge and
braced pine doors we are
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
proud of our staircases
and other products made
from old oak sourced from
retired French joiners. If
you need to match existing
turned items such as an old
stair spindle or would like
a new front door in old oak
then we can help. We live
and work ethically and as
a result we also build eco
products from composting
toilets to rustic gates.
References are available
and we are happy to advise
on your project. We are
based in Oradour-surVayres but make products
for all of Limousin with
Customer Quote:
a new delivery service
“Many thanks again, I
being offered soon to more
distant locations. You are love my door & staircase”
Regards, Jo
welcome via appointment
to visit our workshop to
discuss your requirements For more information
about our services:
in more detail.
ADVERTORIAL
General
W: www.themanwithavan.info
Tel: (+33) 07.61.21.85.15
Siret : 532 526 001 00013
Your
advert
here
05 55 41 17 76
FIRE LOGS
FOR SALE
45cm Oak - €40/m3
45cm Mixed Hardwood - €35/m3
(poplar/cherry/hornbeam)
The Man
With A Van
Who Can
Affordable Moves/ Single Items
Regular UK runs - check website
Europewide/ limousin based
www.scrollart.co.uk
or call us on:
05 55 14 12 43
Siret: 752 051 482 00012
O r a d o u r- s u r- Va y r e s
(87150) ■
Buyer collects from 36160 Lignerolles
02 54
30 51 95
(evenings best)
siret 508 166 642 00019
Carrefour du
bois Limousin
www.chauffagebois-limousin.com
05 55 63 72 45 - see pg 11
Submissions
Deadline
15th of the month
Ebénisterie Hemming
BABY/INFANT
EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE
To raise funds for the SPA dog rescue
centre in Guéret.
High chair, buggy, play pen,
travel cot, fire guard,
stair gate etc.
Each item will incur a hire charge
of 7 euros, plus a refundable
8 euros deposit.
Quality handmade wood furniture
For more INFO or to HIRE
Call Jean: 05 55 54 96 36
[email protected]
02 48 63 15 09
To advertise in the
Bugle Business Directory
05.55.41.17.76 / [email protected]
FRENCH LIFE ♦ 11
Septic tanks
Electrics
systems designed with permissions &
paperwork included and independent
approval with certification.
diagnostic report and remedial works – consuel
approvals - liaison with ERDF for changes. full
re-wires, new-build, additions, modifications.
It's amazing what you
can find on the internet
W
by Arthur Smith from Harlequin Developments
after lunch just forgot what he
had been doing that morning,
gave a Gallic shrug, and
wandered off into his potager,
unaware of the future chaos
this would cause.
The whole story ties
in to France, because it
appears that the ‘aliens’ are
actually living in a ‘partially
renovated’ (aren’t we all)
mountain property near
Bugarach.
Truly amazing what you
can find out with a few
clicks…
ell, it’s that
time
again
when
we
look forward
to a new, unspoilt year twelve months filled with
hope and expectation. Three
hundred and sixty-five days,
all pristine, unused, and
available for us to do with as
we wish.
And if you’re reading
this, the world didn’t end in
December. On this subject,
after a lot of research, I have
finally got to the bottom of this
story. It wasn’t a Mayan who
caused all this fuss about the
world ending in 2012, that was
just the Hollywood version.
It was in fact, a Frenchman,
from the Mayenne (an easy
mistake to make). It seems old
Jean-Pierre was busy writing
out future years' calendars
when he noticed it was time
for aperitifs. Off he went, had
a few too many Ricard (other
brands are available), and
******
Also on t’interweb, it seems
that millions of pounds of
European taxpayers’ money is
to be spent on a scheme aimed
at reducing the flatulence
of Colombian cattle. A
£15 million grant to ranchers
in the South American
country is part of a £2.9 billion
package of ‘climate aid’ to
developing countries.
Wooden windows and doors
Aluminium clad windows
WOODEN WINDOWS AND DOORS Sliding glass and Bi-fold doors
Solar windows
Top quality products
French doors and garage doors
at very
affordable prices !
Internal and external doors
For an electronic brochure, please email: [email protected]
OR
For a free quotation, contact Mark on: 07 86 95 18 90 (French mob)
The initiative aims to
improve animal diets by
cultivating trees and plants
on their grazing lands, and in
doing so, reduce the amount
of methane escaping into the
atmosphere through belching
and flatulence.
I would suppose in many
places it would just be a case
of leaving out the sprouts and
stuffing on Christmas day…
******
At the time of writing
this piece, here in ‘Middle
of Nowhere’, Limousin, we
are in danger of ending up
completely submerged if
the current rain continues
for much longer, which got
me thinking… It appears
that the Department for
International Development
are
funding
meetings
between tribal ‘rain-makers’
and meteorologists in Kenya
to make it rain. They should
just get France Météo to
predict a settled sunny spell
- that always makes the
heavens open around here!
******
After drinking a bottle
of ‘biodynamic’ wine over
Renovation
bathrooms & kitchens
from design to completion; ceilings;
partition walls; drylining.
the festive period, I read
that the Prince of Wales
has embraced ‘biodynamic’
farming,
and
admitted
planting seeds according to
phases of the moon.
But rather than ploughing
a lonely furrow (sorry), it
seems that the Prince is
inspiring a new generation
of ‘cosmic’ farmers. These
farmers grow fruit and
vegetables according to
signs of the zodiac and
encourage
their
cows
and sheep to develop a
personality of their own.
Indeed, the personality
of animals is so important
that biodynamic farmer
Sebastian Parsons admits
to meeting with other
enthusiasts to "talk about
the politics of the herd, who
is the leader, who is coming
up, who is the troublemaker,
and who likes to do what".
Carpe diem, dear readers
- 2013 stands before us,
and from today we are
the ones writing history,
and tomorrow could be
whatever we want it to be,
if we have the will to make
it so.
I sincerely hope that it
brings you all you wish for. ■
Arthur Smith
Harlequin Developments
www.harlequindevelopments.com
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Mob: 06.06.60.46.97
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Rabbit in Red Wine
Gibelotte de Lapin
This dish tastes better if cooked the day before you
need it, then reheated the next day. This is a very
easy recipe and if you do not like rabbit, why not
exchange it for chicken.
Ingredients (Serves 6):
1 Rabbit, divided into 6 portions
1 tbsp Olive oil
Seasoned flour for coating
200g Smoked bacon lardons
12 Shallots, peeled but left whole
2 Cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
3 Sprigs of thyme
3 Bay leaves
300ml Chicken stock
750ml Red wine
1. Preheat the oven to 170°C. Coat the rabbit in the
seasoned flour. Heat the oil in an ovenproof dish, add
the rabbit and brown all over. Remove the rabbit and set
aside.
2. Put the bacon and shallots into the dish and fry off for
about 5 minutes, until lightly brown.
3. Put the rabbit back in the pan with the garlic, herbs,
wine, and stock, bring up to the boil, cover and place in
the oven. Cook for 1½ hours, or until the rabbit is tender.
Serve with boiled potatoes and green beans.
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We are taking a break over January and February to recharge,
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Watch this space for our re opening date and events in March.
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12 ♦ FRENCH LIFE
The Perennial
Vegetable Garden
Last month I looked at forest gardens, and so it seems
a logical continuum to talk about perennial vegetable
gardens. If you look at the work you need to do over and
over again to grow annual veg, compared to how much
work you do on a tree or bush in order to get a crop, you
immediately realise how labour-intensive this kind of
gardening is. Don't worry, I'm not going to suggest you
stop growing tomatoes and peppers, just that you think
about simplifying things by growing more perennials.
There are numerous advantages - crop rotation is not a
problem, soil structure is generally better, it's less work
for you, and you have a longer term productivity ratio that
is much higher.
Globally, in traditional peasant economies around the
world, very few people garden like modern European
gardeners, but this has become such a way of life for
us, that few of us question whether it's the best option.
This is really a return to more of the idea that cottage
gardeners had, before easy access to artificial fertilizers,
pesticides and plug plants. Whose grandfather or great
grandfather didn't have things like gooseberries and
rhubarb, artichokes, sorrel and asparagus alongside the
salads and tomatoes? Bigger kitchen gardens always had
this kind of mix, because it really makes sense to have
crops that require different levels of labour. So if you want
to grow productive crops, but prefer to do it with a little
less effort, increase the quantity of perennial vegetables in
your potager.
For more info read Martin Crawford: How to Grow
Perennial Vegetables ■
Michelle Pierce - Un Jardin en France plant nursery
[email protected] - 05 45 89 36 54
05.55.41.17.76
[email protected]
In the garden - jobs for January
T
he days are starting
to get longer, I tell
myself, and the
knowledge that a
new gardening year is on
the horizon is just lovely!
However, it's too early to
really get cracking, and you
need to restrain yourself.
There are still a good number
of weeks ahead of us where
the weather can be « bad »
(although, of course, we need
that annual cycle of snow
and rain to fill up the water
table), and a very early start
can be of little advantage, in
the end.
Use this time to plan ahead
Initially, I sort through my
seed saved from previous
years, so that I don't buy
anything I've already got.
Then, I like to look at seed
catalogues, old magazines and
books. I make a wish list of all
the things I'd like to sow. This
usually covers pages! Kids in
sweet shops come to mind!!!!
Then I whittle it down into
a more realistic quantity.
Do I really need six types
of chard? I try and factor in
some new things every year,
for the pleasure of growing
something unknown. If I was
super organised, I'd then make
a rough plan to know what I'd
plant where, and when, to keep
on top of crop rotation. This
can seem very complicated
but basically just means not
planting the same patch of
ground over and over with
the same family of vegetables
in order to reduce pests and
diseases accumulating. It also
makes sense in that one type
of plant will absorb different
minerals etc. from the soil
than another.
Sowing can start indoors
A propagator is ideal,
but a warm airing cupboard
or windowsill will do fine.
Don't sow in too large a
quantity - you may end up
with fifty pepper plants
getting leggy indoors as
they wait desperately for the
better weather! Naturally,
if you have a polytunnel,
greenhouse, or even cold
frames, then it's easier to
park them. Hardy annuals
like cornflowers, poppies,
marigolds, scabious etc can
be sown, as well as herbs like
parsley. Avoid the really heatloving ones like coriander and
basil. It's your last chance to
plant garlic, but frankly any
heads that are lingering in
shops are probably not that
special by now. Wait for the
new ones to arrive.
Fruit trees
It's soon the end of
planting for bare rooted
trees (make sure you trim
the roots a little to encourage
regrowth), and therefore
also for moving young selfsown tree seedings like
peaches, plums, etc. as well
as raspberry canes, currants,
gooseberries and other soft
fruit. Prune them back when
transplanting, and also finish
pruning apple and pear trees.
Avoid doing any pruning if
there are really hard frosts.
You can also clear around
the bases of trees, give a feed
and clean the trunks with a
stiff brush. This helps you
see what sort of pests have
hibernated on the bark. It is
a very good thing sometimes
just to go out and look at
your trees, to get an idea of
whether they look healthy or
not. Then you can keep them
in mind for special attention
later.
Grafting starts in February,
so decide what, if anything,
you want to graft.
Weeding
Keep a weather eye on
the weeds, especially so
that things don't install
themselves right in the
middle of clumps of plants.
You know which weeds are
problematic in your garden,
so prioritise these. Others
can get hoed in later with no
problem.
A clean patch
If you want to clean your
veg patch, you can lay down a
covering of weed suppressant
textile on the ground. Weigh
it down with logs or stables
directly where you want it.
Leave it until April before
taking it up and sowing.
Most of the weeds will
have been killed, or at least
the germination of the next
generation slowed down.
January is quite a good
time to look at the structure
of your garden and see if it
works for you. If there's a
muddy trail going across the
lawn to the washing line,
maybe a path, or stepping
stones might be called for.
Hard landscaping can be a
good use of time this month,
cold conditions permitting. It
is very useful to look at what
other gardeners have done both by visiting gardens, if
you can, and by travelling
on the net. Then if you do
decide to make some changes
you can see what you've liked
elsewhere.
Anyway, whatever you do,
I wish you an excellent 2013
in the garden. ■
Michelle Pierce
Un Jardin en France plant
nursery
[email protected]
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BILINGUAL ♦ 13
The “Kate Effect” on the French
T
here is a growing
trend in France
for a British or
American-style
wedding.
Much of the interest in
British style has been linked
to the so-called “Kate
Effect” - the influence of
the royal wedding between
Kate Middleton and Prince
William.
An area where the trend
is particularly apparent is
in the choice of wedding
cake. A French wedding
typically features a ‘pièce
montée’,
traditionally
a
‘Croquembouche’,
a
delicious cone-shaped cake
made from piling up creamfilled profiteroles with
hard caramel all round the
outside and decorated with
flowers or ribbons. More
and more common today,
however, are multi-tiered
wedding cakes covered in
white icing, a sight that will
be much more familiar to
British wedding guests.
Sales of these Britishstyle wedding cakes have
exploded in Paris, with
some cake makers saying
that the demand doubled
every month during 2012.
French couples seem to like
the way that these cakes
look... but not necessarily
the way they taste. Rather
than the traditional fruit
cake centre, most of these
cakes being sold in France
are made with sponge.
Following
the
royal
wedding, watched by an
estimated 2 billion people
worldwide, fashions are
also changing. The Duchess
of Cambridge wore a floorlength lace gown designed
by Sarah Burton. Since
then, many brides on this
side of the Channel are
swapping
French
silk
for English lace. British
designers
are
enjoying
their new popularity: in
Paris recently, a number of
designers showcased their
creations at an event entitled
“A Very British Affair”.
One of these designers is
even opening a boutique in
Paris to satisfy the increase
in demand from French
brides.
Other areas of French
weddings are also changing:
bridesmaids are becoming
more popular; there is an
increasing
demand
for
wedding planners; and the
traditional sugared almonds
given to guests are being
swapped for less traditional,
personalised gifts. ■
At the reception, the couple customarily uses a toasting cup
called a Coupe de Mariage. The origin of giving this toast began
in France, when a small piece of toast was literally dropped into
the couple's wine to ensure a healthy life. The couple would lift
their glass to "a toast", as is common in Western culture today.
mariage sont régulièrement
remplacés par des gâteaux
à étages recouverts d’un
glaçage blanc et plus
familiers aux yeux des
invités britanniques.
Leurs ventes ont explosé et
certains pâtissiers affirment
que la demande a doublé tous
les mois en 2012. Cependant,
les couples français semblent
davantage apprécier l’aspect
de ces pâtisseries que leur
goût; le traditionnel gâteau
au fruit placé au centre est
ici remplacé par un gâteau
éponge.
Le mariage royal - qui
a attiré 2 milliards de
spectateurs dans le monde
entier - a également influencé
la mode vestimentaire. La
duchesse de Cambridge
portait une robe longue
de dentelle créée par la
créatrice Sarah Burton et
depuis lors les mariés de
Bilingual Crossword
Clues in English - answers in French
Across:
© 2009 - soa2002 (Flickr)
L
e mariage à la
britannique ou à
l’américaine
est
de plus en plus en
vogue en France.
Pour une grande part, ce
nouvel intérêt des Français
pour le style britannique
vient de ce qu’on pourrait
appeler
«l’effet
Kate»,
induit par le mariage royal
de Kate Middleton et du
Prince William.
Cette nouvelle tendance
est
particulièrement
manifeste dans le choix du
gâteau de mariage. Lors
d’un mariage français type,
on sert toujours une «pièce
montée», traditionnellement
un croquembouche; c’est un
délicieux gâteau pyramidal
composé de choux fourrés
à la crème pâtissière
recouverts de caramel et
orné de fleurs ou de rubans.
Cependant, ces gâteaux de
The Bugle thanks local French teacher,
Sophie Arsac, for the translation of this
month's bilingual article on another topical aspect of Franco-British culture.
ce côté-ci de la Manche
ont troqué la soie française
contre la dentelle anglaise.
Les stylistes britanniques
sont ravis de leur nouvelle
popularité: certains d’entre
eux ont présenté leurs
créations lors d’une soirée
parisienne intitulée «A very
British Affair». L’un des
créateurs a même ouvert une
boutique à Paris en réponse
à la demande croissante des
mariées françaises.
Les mariages français sont
également sous influence
britannique dans d’autres
domaines: les demoiselles
et garçons d’honneurs sont
de plus en plus populaires,
les organisateurs de mariage
de plus en plus sollicités et
les traditionnelles dragées
offertes aux invités laissent
la place à des cadeaux
personnalisés. ■
The Bugle, live on France
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KITTENS TO GIVE AWAY
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BUILDING MATERIALS
& EQUIPMENT
FOR SALE: ISOLATION
REFLECTIF (aka tin foil
insulation) 5 layers, 1.5 x 13.34
linear metres, a good 2.5 rolls,
bought too much! €65.00ono
Call Dave on 05 55 64 83 13
FOR
SALE:
Unopened
Leyland blue undercoat and
gloss paint 7.5 litres of each.
€80.00 Tel. 05 17 23 61 12
FOR SALE: Solid Oak old
parquet flooring 5 square
metres 390 mm X 50 mm X
22 mm thick. T&G all edges.
PLUS 1 metre 360 mm and 310
mm long, cut one end. 2.5 m X
2.5 m floor in all. €50.00ono Tel
05 55 69 79 71 (Eymoutiers )
FOR SALE: 7 Radiators,
Brand New, Still Boxed 5 at
200 x 60 x 10, 2 at 60 x 60 x
10, 7 thermostats.EUR 300 the
lot. €300.00 Tel: 06 45 73 57 50
FOR SALE: 1500 old
handmade
roof
slates
(56x28cm/22x11’) in good
useable condition; 2 euros each.
If taking all, a price can be
arranged. Call 05 55 64 27 86
FOR SALE: Plaster 5 sacks
of Thistle multi finish plaster. 9
euros each. Tel 05 55 60 05 01
FURNITURE
FOR SALE: Antique Oak
Dining Table This lovely table
has cabriole legs and seats 6-8.
It is 168cms x 82cms and 76cms
high. Will deliver. €400.00 Call
0555 60 62 97 Email: anthony.
[email protected]
FOR SALE: Dressing table
Sizes 170 x 113 x 50 cm. Made
from reclaimed wood. From
Bexleyheath Kent.E-mail for
pictures or call to arrange a
viewing. Based near Bonnat
23220. €500.00 Tel. 05 55 81
69 61 Email: bridger.nigel@
orange.fr
FOR SALE: Pine Kitchen
Trolley V.G.C. €15.00 Tel. 05 55
78 45 24
FOR SALE: 2 Seater Settee &
Armchair Detachable Covers
+ Small Matching Cushions &
Pouffe. V.G.C.Settee - H 87 x L
175 x W 92Chair - H 90 x L 98 x
W 99Buyer Collects. €50.00 Tel:
02 54 25 39 79 Marie or Tony
Wood
FOR SALE: Pine table Round
77cm diam. €8.00 Tel: 05 55 03
87 56
FOR SALE: French Dresser
with Ceramic Drawers €150.00
Tel: 06 76 52 26 47 Email:
grandemaison-chenerailles@
orange.fr
FOR SALE: Antique 2 seater
Chesterfield Deep buttoned
back and arms in soft brown
velvet dralon. Solid frame on
castors dim: w156 x h74 x d84.
Loc: Confolens 16 St Junien 87.
€170.00 Tel: 0545 71 19 37
FOR SALE: SINGLE BED
Modern 2 drawer divan wood /
white finish 90 X190. Complete
with very clean spring interior
mattress 19 cm deep “ Prince “
make. €40.00 Tel 055 69 79 71
FOR SALE: Rattan Armchair
In good condition. Well made
and strong. Sadly we don’t
have space for it. We are in the
Creuse, dept 23, 10 minutes
South East of Gueret, direction
Ahun. €60.00 Telephone 05 55
80 04 31 Email: [email protected]
GARDEN
FOR
SALE:
Technovert
Garden Rotavator B & S 205
cc, excellent condition, little use.
Buyer collects. €300.00ono Tel:
05.55.00.36.73
FOR SALE: 2005 Topper Gyromass G1252 B40 1.2m
width - excellent condition,
hardly used. €900.00 Tel: 05 55
78 54 20
FOR SALE: New above ground
steel wall swimming pool
Still in package with assembly
instructions. Cost 600 euros
now 500 euros. To be collected
(Bessines-sur-Gartempe).
€500.00 Phone 05 55 60 88 30
FOR SALE: Baler for straw/
hay Claas - small square type,
needs the stub axle repairing, also
one wheel is missing. Everything
else complete, but not tested.
Old but stored inside so in good
condition. Offers. Tel 05 55 61
05 65 (Located near Ahun)
FOR
SALE:
Fleming
Transport Box Suit compact
tractor, very good condition.
€250.00 Tel: 05 45 85 92 34
(eve)
FOR SALE: Folding Chain
Harrows 4 meters very good
condition. €300.00 Tel: 05 45 85
92 34 (eve)
FOR SALE: Flail Mower As
new, suit compact tractor, c/w
roller €800.00 Tel: 05 45 85 92
34 (eve)
GENERAL
FOR
SALE:
Telephone
handsets
&
ext
leads/
Private sale
in Rochechouart
Sunday, 30th December
from 13h00 to 17h00
Furniture, antiques, paintings & prints,
English books, oriental carpets, decorative
objects and women's clothes and shoes.
Near the chateau in Rochechouart.
Call (after 16 December)
or email for the address:
Franklin Mint model unicorns
approx 26cm high in excellent
condition 20€ each. Tel: 05 55
81 74 25
FOR
SALE:
10kw
woodburning
stove
This
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05 55 03 71 12
adaptors/ connectors BT
(English) wifi telephone handset
and Phillips Dect (French)
wifi telephone handset, both
in very good condition. Also
an assortment of phone ext
leads, English/French adaptors,
connectors etc. Offers please.
Tel: 05 55 60 25 92
FOR SALE: Various 1. Canon
MP240 Colour printer/copier in
vgc, needs new ink cartridges.
2. Samsung inkjet phone/fax
in vgc. 3. Rotary clothes line
- large, brand new. 4. Sheet of
opaque glass - 52 1/2 ins x 22
1/4 ins x 4 mm 5. Brand New
Real Wood flooring. Glueless
interlocking hickory planks.
8 packs each consisting of 6
planks 13.5 x 190 x 1220 - total
11.12 m2. Offers please for any
of the above. Tel: 05 55 60 25
92
FOR SALE: Golf Equipment
Lots of top quality golf
equipment including bags,
trolleys, clubs (irons, woods
and putters), balls (new and
used), gloves tees and a pair
of size 9 1/2W Footjoy Dry
Ice shoes. ALSO 1 ladies
gooseneck putter and 1 ladies
mashie niblick, both hickory
shafted and made by Wm
Gibson & Co Ltd Kinghorn
Scotland.
Sensible
offers
please. Tel: 05 55 60 25 92
Email:
malcolmwalden@
yahoo.co.uk
FOR SALE: Various Mens
light grey salopettes size
32-34 waist & ladies cream
salopettes size 29-30 waist,
both unworn 10€ each; large
mirror 66cm x 92cm with
smoked grey surround 25€;
electric mincer with sausage
and biscuit attachment 20€;
white modern sideboard with
two drawers and two cupboards
60€; ladies B’Twin bike with
padlock and helmet unused
90€; teal bedspread 200cm x
214cm unused 10€; Brita water
filter with three cartridges
8€; Quechua single inflatable
mattress 10€; four porcelain
beautiful looking woodburner
features bullrushes in an art
deco style. It is in good working
condition and measures 50cms
(w) x 32cms (d) x 68cms in
height. It has a rear flue of
15cms diameter. Could deliver.
€250.00 T: 0555 60 62 97
Email:
anthony.parson@
gmail.com
FOR SALE: Gents Apollo
Mountain bike With pannier
and storage. 20 Euros each. Tel:
05 55 60 03 34 (87330 Nouic)
FOR SALE: 8 New Epson
Inks T1285 (Fox) 2 x red, 2
x blue, 3 x yellow, 1 x black.
Reason for sale - changed
printer. €60.00 Tel Barbara:
05 55 03 76 87
FOR SALE: MENS COATS
Due to loss of 3 stones in
weight! Quiksilver Parka, XXL,
khaki with quilted soft fleece
lining, half zip and hood with
faux fur, worn only twice, 45 €;
Ciro Citterio quality 3/4 length
black leather jacket, XXL, 50 €;
Stylish black corduroy coat, L,
never worn, 35 €; Ben Sherman
brown suede-effect jacket,
XL, with fleece lining, 35 €.
All ovno. Email for photos.
Tel: 05 55 64 83 13 Email:
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FOR
SALE:
NORDIC
TRACK CXT 1200 cross
trainer BURN OFF THE
CALORIES
AFTER
CHRISTMAS! Can be seen on
Nordic Track web site. In good
condition. Lack of space after
rearranging home forces sale.
100 Euros, cash. Buyer collects.
€100.00 Tel: 05 55 14 28 09
Email: patriciawoodward@
hotmail.co.uk
FOR SALE: Front fork for
racing/road cycle Carbon,
FUNDA 3T PRO in excellent
condition and hardly used.
Buyer to collect. Photos
available. €140.00 Tel: 05 55
64 22 25 Email: geeinfrance@
gmail.com
FOR SALE: Camping car
guide to all the Aires in Spain
and Portugal (in English)
€10.00 Tel: 05 55 78 17 76
FOR SALE: Quantity of
motorcycle clothing Including
leather jackets and trousers,
keprotec jackets and trousers,
gloves, boots, helmets, etc.
Various sizes and prices. South
Haute-Vienne area. Call for
more details. Tel: 05 55 78 17
76
FOR SALE: Poele à fioul/
Deville oil heater Description:
Deville Roméo flamme bleu oil
heater8kw 88m2. Resevoir 12
litre (central heating oil)125mm
rear fume outlet. Dim: h76 x l70
x p40.Loc: between Confolens
16 St Junien 87. €450.00 Tel:
0545 71 19 37
FOR SALE: Guitars 2 Fender
Squier Affinity Stratocaster
guitars:One
Black,
white
pickguard, couple of small
marks but plays fine - Euro 65
One maroon, white pickguard,
skunk stipe neck, perfect
condition - Euro 95 Yamaha
Pacifica Guitar, black sparkle,
black pickguard, refinished
headstock, great player - Euro
85 Laney 120 watt amp head,
built-in effects, footswitch,
massive sound, perfect working
order - Euro 150 Email for
further details and pix rfloate@
hotmail.co.uk
FOR SALE: Various Singer
treadle sewing machine to
restore. 10€Demijohns 1€
each.Full size tennis table;
Coffee maker; Bread maker;
Cot mattress and sheet - Any
reasonable offer accepted. Tel:
06 26 07 72 75
FOR
SALE:
Caravan
Watertight, 17’, 7 berth, towable
with new tyres, suitable storage
/ temporary accommodation.
87130 Masleon. €100.00 Tel:
05 55 56 62 84 Email: pugsley.
[email protected]
FOR SALE: Metal Gun
Cabinet Height 154 cm; width
40 cm; depth 26 cm. Holds 6-7
guns with internal ammo box.
€250.00 Tel: 05 55 42 56 44
FOR SALE: Large Granite
Chimney
Lovely
granite
surround
for
integrated
fire. Width: 1m85, height:
1m40,
depth:
0m70.Very
heavy - collection only. Near
Eymoutiers (dept 87).Selling
for my French neighbours,
price negotiable. €1,500.00 Tel:
05 55 42 56 44 (English) or 05
55 69 73 20 (French - midday
and evenings)
FOR SALE: Vase x 2 Peacock
design, blue, pink and white, 14
inches €10.00 Tel: 05 55 60 03
34 (87330 Nouic)
FOR SALE: Step machine
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with counter €20.00 Tel: 05 55
60 03 34 (87330 Nouic)
FOR SALE: Electric food
steamer 2 tiers, never been
used. €10.00 Tel: 05 55 60 03
34 (87330 Nouic)
FOR SALE: English television
with built in vhs video 21”
Made by AIWA. Silver in
colour.E-mail for pictures or
call to arrange a viewing. Based
near Bonnat 23220. €75.00 Tel.
05 55 81 69 61 Email: bridger.
[email protected]
FOR SALE: Large picture/
print Sizes 134 x 106 cm.
Framed by beckindale’s of
England. “spirit 1” of horsman
and his horse.E-mail for
pictures or call to arrange a
viewing. Based near Bonnat
23220. €500.00 Tel. 05 55 81
69 61 Email: bridger.nigel@
orange.fr
FOR SALE: Large mirror
Sizes are 138 x 104 cm. Gold
frame.E-mail for pictures or
call to arrange a viewing. Based
near Bonnat 23220. €500.00
Tel. 05 55 81 69 61 Email:
[email protected]
FOR SALE: Boys Toys
Michelin
Navigon
model
2310/2410 Sat nav with all
the benefits, including radar
warnings; covers 40 countries.
Used successfully in Spain,
England and France. Very useful
kit. 40 euros. Tablet disgo 6000
7°5 inch touch screen many
features including YOUTUBE
embedded. 2°2 Android so apps
available. 35 euros. Motorola
Digital photo display with two
4°5 inch screen for displaying
your photos comes with 2gb SD
card. 40 euros. Finally Lexmark
Easy color printer Z640 model
ready for use 15 euros. Call Viv
05 55 81 32 20 Creuse area
FOR SALE: Brand new white
cooker hood 90cms x 50cms
with 3 speed fan, light and
carbon filters. Bought new in
the UK but never used. Still
wrapped in box. €50.00 Phone
02 54 47 20 87
FOR SALE: Mirror 82 x 63
cm incl. Wrought iron surround.
€10.00 Tel: 05 55 03 87 56
FOR SALE: Raclette New,
boxed. €5.00 Tel: 05 55 03 87
56
FOR
SALE:
Industrial
Meat Slicer Good condition.
€150.00ono Tel: 06 76 52 26
47 Email: [email protected]
FOR SALE: Various 3 tier
computer/printer stand 20
EuroMans
bicycle
black,
perfect condition 50 EuroGirls
Bicycle
mauve,
perfect
condition 50 EuroExercise
bike
with
computerized
monitor, perfect condition 100
Euro Tel: 05 55 69 39 04
FOR SALE: Cuisiniere à
Bois Rosieres Woodburning
cooker 10kw white. Logs:
36cm. Choice of top or rear
flue 130mm. Dim: h900 x
w776 x d600.Working when
removed but in need of a
clean. Loc: near Confolens
16 St Junien 87. €100.00 Tel:
0545 71 19 37
FOR SALE: Childs folding
travel cot 120 x 60 with
mattress and carry case.
2 weeks use only, as new
condition.Loc: near Confolens
16 St Junien 87. €20.00 Tel:
0545 71 19 37
FOR SALE: Cast Iron
Woodburner
Invicta
Le
Cossu 8kw. Takes logs up to
60cm.153mm rear flue outlet.
Dim: h830 x w710 x d450.
Good working order only
used 1 season.Loc: between
Confolens 16 St Junien 87.
€300.00 Tel: 0545 71 19 37
FOR SALE: Ceiling light
fitting As new. Gold/wood.
Semi-modern design. Upward
facing. Approx depth 500mm.
Today’s approx price 85 euros,
will accept 40 euros. €40.00
Tel: 05 55 03 87 56
FOR SALE: Heaters 2
Portable gas heaters with
regulators & empty gas bottles
60 euros each1 Oil filled
electric heater with onoff timer
30 euros2 halogen rotating
electric heaters 25 euros each
Please phone 0545 30 23 71
for details
FOR SALE: PEANUTS
FOR WILD BIRDS 1kg bags
5 Euros Tel: 0555 60 62 97
Email: nuts@lifeinlimousin.
com
FOR SALE: Microsoft Media
Desktop 1000 & Logitech
querty keyboards Microsoft
Media Desktop 1000 (querty
ultra-thin
keyboard
and
optical mouse). Unused, still
in sealed box. €35.Logitech
querty keyboard. Used, but in
working order. €10.10 minutes
from Aubusson. Tel: 05 87 36
00 50
FOR SALE: 200+ framed
pictures All sorts. From 3 to
10 Euros each.Contact for list.
Phone 0555-64-48-35 Email:
[email protected]
FOR
SALE:
Kenwood
Combination
microwave
and grill Stainless steel. Good
condition, full working order
with complete instruction
manual. €30 - buyer to collect.
36170 near Limoges border.
€30.00 02 54 25 34 78 Email:
[email protected]
FOR SALE: MICROSOFT
desktop wired keyboard
600 In black with USB
connection. English layout.
Brand-new, never used in
original packaging. €30 + €5
postage or collect. 36170 close
to Limoges border. 02 54 25
34 78 Email: blake.peter@
orange.fr
FOR SALE: 2 Black Iron
3-Armed
Wall
Hanging
Candle Holders With candles
and candle snuffer. Ideal for
hanging on a patio or terrace.
€10.00 Tel: 05 55 48 82 79
FOR SALE: 2 Straw Hats
One mens, one ladies. €5 the
pair. €5.00 Tel: 05 55 48 82 79
FOR
SALE:
Drizabone
Ladies Full Length Waxed
Coat Brown with caped
shoulders.
Chest
105cm.
€40.00 Tel: 05 55 48 82 79
FOR SALE: Ikea oven
White. Used only few times.
V.G.C. Buyer collects. Phone
Patricia for details. €30.00
Tel: 05 55 41 19 28
FOR SALE: White gas
cooker Basic but in good
working order. €20.00 Tel: 09
61 21 30 34
FOR SALE: 4 double glazed
wood framed windows and
wooden shutters Windows
50cm wide x 105cm long.
€150.00 Tel: 09 61 21 30 34
FOR
SALE:
SINGER
Sewing Machine Great for
those ladies who know what
they are doing. Old Industrial
sewing machine in cabinet.
Works needs some attention.
Make Offer. To be collected
(Mainsat). Tel: Sue 0555
675774
FOR
SALE:
AVON
REDCREST
DINGHY
Includes wooden floorboards,
inflatable seat, fibreglass seat,
2 oars, electric pump, outboard
bracket and storage bags.
Dinghy:- Length 2.75m, Beam
1.32m.Capacity:- 4/5 persons ,
320kgs.Ready to go and have
lots of fun.Email for further
details and photos €450.00
Email: haynes.peter@yahoo.
co.uk
FOR SALE: TWO GOOD
QUALITY VERY WARM
SLEEPING BAGS Used only
a few times and in excellent
condition. 55 euros for the
two. Tel: 0555 787902 (near
Rochechouart)
VEHICLES / PARTS
FOR SALE: Citroen Xsara
Picasso MPV Diesel 2002.
Very economical - 50mpg+.
English
plates.
Good
condition. Good running order.
€950.00 Tel: 05 55 65 84 95
FOR SALE: BACK BOX
1.2m wide, used with Siromer
Compact
tractor.
Bought
new in 2007 but hardly used.
€325.00ono Call Dave on 05
55 64 83 13
FOR SALE: Roof rack
(Genuine part) to fit Peugeot
Partner around year 2003
models, also Citroen Berlingo.
Used 3 times. €65.00 Tel: 05
55 69 49 28
FOR
SALE:
1988
MITSUBISHI L200 PICKUP TRUCK 2.5 litre, long
wheelbase, with rear cover,
two wheel drive 155,000 miles.
A good reliable workhorse,
RHD UK registered. Engine
& gearbox excellent but needs
some welding underneath.
Hence only €350 ONO.Please
telephone or email for further
details. €350.00ono Tel: 02
54 25 34 78 Email: blake.
[email protected]
FOR SALE: Volkswagen
Golf Mk 2 1600 Auto
English Registered 1990 4
door hatchback. Has been
used for the last 2 years as a
runabout. Now it’s surplus
to
requirements.
Engine
and Gearbox in very good
condition. New radiator, heater
matrix, battery plus brakes
overhauled for C.T. 2 years
ago. 185/60 R14 tyres on 6J
wheels all in good condition.
Interior and seats in above
average condition. Body work
in good condition. This is the
twin headlight model fitted
with a sunroof. Ideal for a
cheap, reliable, easy start
runabout, or use for spares.
Near Azerables. €100.00ono
Call 05 55 63 60 81 for details
FOR SALE: Hyundai coupe
TSIII
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AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE AN ESTABLISHED PROPERTY BUSINESS
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05 87 88 40 21 Email: chez.
[email protected]
FOR SALE: Misubishi L200
4 Life Diesel. Double cab
pick-up. Aluminium lined
carry boy. Year 2000. 1 owner.
193,000 miles. RHD. French
registered. Grey/green with
bull bar attached. CT until
Aug 2013. Slight damage to
bodywork. Interior in good
condition.
Stereo/
radio.
Towing hitch. €3,000.00ono
Tel: 02 54 36 94 17 Email:
[email protected]
WHITE GOODS
FOR SALE: Fridge +
Freezer Whirlpool upright
fridge + separate Electronic
freezer. EUR 300 for both.
€300.00 Tel: 06 45 73 57 50
FOR SALE: Freezer 2 years
old. An up-right freezer,
Ariston A class.23 inches wide,
22 inches deep, 66 inches
high.Perfect working order,
but does not self de-frost.Cost
680 Euros new, cheap price
200 Euros ovno. €200.00ono
Phone 0555-64-48-35 Email:
[email protected]
beverages and spirits in
Bars/Restaurants etc Email:
[email protected]
FOR SALE: Licence 4
€4,000.00ono Tel: 06 76 52
26 47
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
I am an engineer looking
for a dynamic business
person as agent or partner
for the development and
commercialisation of my 3D
technologies. Interested in the
new way of working? Email me
at: Email: techagent2013@
gmail.com
WANTED
WANTED:
Curved
corrugated metal sheets Pete
tel 05 45 30 72 04 (daytime)
06 24 65 40 33 (eve)
WANTED: House/Garden/
Garage Clearance Single
items or entire contents. Tel:
05 55 65 84 95
WANTED: OLD CARAVANS
Any condition considered, will
collect, cash paid. Pete tel 05
45 30 72 04 (daytime) 06 24
65 40 33 (eve)
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Crystal White, RHD, French
Registered,
Sunroof,
17”
anthracite
alloys,
quad
exhausts, sport suspension
from the Eibach springs,
quilted style leather seats with
matching door-trims, high boot
spoiler, 2.0 liter Beta engine
badged chrome door sills,
metal foot rest and pedals,
iPod connectivity and heated
seats, 30K. Contact for info
or pictures. €11,000.00ono
tel: 05 55 47 34 82 Email:
[email protected]
FOR SALE: AUDI A6 2.5
TDI V6 Colour Green - Year
07/1999 manual transmission.
281,000 km. New MOT. Can
be seen in Bourganeuf. Tel:
FOR SALE: Licence IV
covering whole of Creuse
area
Enables
sales
of
FOR SALE
Building Plots /
Economic Activity Areas
The Brame Benaize Community
of Communes would like to
inform possible entrepreneurs in
Limousin or elsewhere - interested
in developing or setting up a
business - that we have building
plots / economic activity areas
available for sale in JOUAC (87890)
and MAGNAC-LAVAL (87190).
Interested parties can email in
English for enquiries.
[email protected]
Classified
Submission
Deadline:
15th of the
month for
the
next edition
16 ♦ GAMES
Crossword
Caption Competition - January
Clues and answers in English
Send your entries for this month's Caption Competition to: [email protected]
Last Month's Winners
Down:
1. Restricted (7)
5. Perils (5)
8. Detection device (5)
9. Villain (5)
10. The sheltered side (7)
11. Flightless bird of Australia (3)
12. Chasm (5)
14. Complies (5)
19. Prohibit (3)
20. Diplomatic (7)
22. Nimble (5)
23. Light beam (5)
24. Reside (5)
25. Boring (7)
1. Food store (6)
2. Decoration (5)
3. Goals (7)
4. Fin (6)
5. Stiff (5)
6. Stage set (7)
7. Repress (6)
13. Dressing (7)
15. Perplexed (7)
16. Overseas (6)
17. Dialect (6)
18. Tusked marine mammal (6)
20. Test (5)
21. Cowboy tool (5)
Please be aware that the deadline for all
submissions for content and
advertising is the 15th of the month for the
following month’s print edition.
SUDOKU - EASY
© 2012 - macboozle (Flickr)
Across:
WINNER:
"Argh!! How many times have I told you not to squeeze
the tube in the middle!!" - Emma Williams
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
"Boris has gone too far this time!" - James Vance
"You wait all day and then three come along all at once!" - Pauline Kingsley
"Members of the Integrated Transport Policy think-tank enjoy a day out" Mike and Amanda Scott
"You may laugh, but the Swiss Army have ordered fifty." - Mal Alexander
"So is it a bus ticket or a rail ticket I need?" - John Turley
"At least you only need one ticket!" - John Martin
SUDOKU - MEDIUM
SUDOKU - HARD
The solutions to this month’s Crossword and Sudokus can be found on page 19
COMMUNITY ♦ 17
Le Bellerive
Hotel - Restaurant - Café-Bar
We will be closed from 1st-14th January 2013,
open as normal on 15th!
17th Jan - Book Swap Club - Come along
and bring your books to exchange with
other people: 10am - 2pm. Coffees, teas and homemade cakes on sale
and Menu du jour available at midday.
25th Jan - Burns Night Quiz - Haggis, neeps
and tatties supper... and whisky on promotion!
For details of all the events, go to:
www.facebook.com/hotellebellerive
Phone: 05 55 36 20 63
29 Avenue de la Tour, 87470 Peyrat-le-Château
Bugle
Notice
Board
JJ’s Café Bar
Aigurande
Saturday
25th August
JJ’s
Café
Bar
Soirée Chilli n Blues with 'Taurus Blues'
Aigurande
(In aid of the Association Sapeurs-Pompiers, Aigurande)
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Meal Starts 7.30 - 9Concert
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Con
Carne + Tiramisu) €12 pp
Meal
€14 (inc. that
wee dram
of whisky!)
Reservations
optional
but advisable
Reservations preferable but optional
Music
Club Night
Music
+ month.
Curry
2nd Sat Club
of every
8.30 pm.
Tel: Martin - 05.55.66.60.21
Web: http://www.creusetec.com
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every11th
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JJ's
36140 Aigurande
Aigurande
36140
Restaurant & Bar
5 Rue Andre Jouhannaud, Compreignac
Freshly home cooked English and French food
New Year's Eve - Live Entertainment
with Jack Law. A few places left - Book Now!!
Open New Year's Day
12h30 - 14h30 - Traditional English Menu
Sunday Lunch - January Special
Main course only €6.50. Children under 6 eat from the
Childrens menu FOR FREE when with 2 paying adults
(by reservation only please)
HAPPY NEW YEAR
and a big thank you to all who have supported us
in our first year!
See main ad for more information and opening hours
Tel: 05 55 12 99 45
Or see us on Facebook for more details.
Limousin Dog Training
For anyone who received a new puppy for
Christmas, start them off the right way with
training from Limousin Dog Training.
Contact Elaine on 06 04 47 35 19 for details of
her new puppy classes starting in January.
A trained dog is a happy dog.
www.limousindogtraining.fr
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Steve Martindale
Editor-in-Chief: Steve Martindale
Registered Address: Les Quatre Chemins
France
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Barbara would like to wish her customers, new
and old, as well as all readers of The Bugle a
Happy New Year and the best of luck for 2013
Saurette-Durand, 87600 Rochechouart
Tel: 05 55 03 76 87
The Comité des Fêtes in Chéniers is organising an
art exhibition called RENC'ARTS 2013 on May 1st
2013 in the salle polyvalente Pierre Laurent.
Anyone interested in exhibiting is welcome. All
kinds of art will be represented (painting, drawing,
photography, caricatures, sculpture, floral art...)
For further information and to sign up email
[email protected]
La Coterie Entreprise
We are EPARCO approved septic tank installers.
These are compact systems that can be installed
for use intermittently - perfect for holiday homes!!
Tel: 05.55.80.83.30
Web: LCE23.com
Tel: 02
02 54
54 06
06 30
30 77
77
Tel:
www.frenchweb.eu/jjscafebar/
www.frenchweb.eu/jjscafebar/
[email protected]
Email:
Le Moulin du Breuil
23140 PIONNAT
Le Relais de l'Abloux
36170 SACIERGES-ST-MARTIN
Friday 22nd February
Karaoke Night - English & French
Saturday 23rd March
Soirée Cabaret
Tel: 02 54 47 56 74
Daniel welcomes you at
Le Moulin du Breuil would like to thank all their
customers for their support over 2012 and wish
everyone a Happy Christmas and New Year.
We are taking a break over January and February
to recharge, ready for the new season in 2013.
Watch this space for our re opening date and
events in March.
We look forward to seeing you all again and many
new customers in 2013. With very best regards,
Anne, Nick, Rachel and Brett
Tel: 05 55 80 37 70
Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.lemoulindubreuil.com
Le Pub
58, rue d'Orjon, Argenton-sur-Creuse
Saturday 12th & 26th January
Soirée Musicale - Accoustic guitar music night
Other events on our Facebook page - "le pub 36"
02 54 60 02 14
[email protected]
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Rédacteur-en-chef: Steve Martindale
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France
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Pianist/ vocalist available for
events/ gigs/ private parties etc...
New Orleans old time jazz n blues n boogie...
Call: 07.61.21.85.15
Happy New Year
to all our readers
and all the
best for 2013!!
18 ♦ COMMUNITY
CLUBS, CHARITIES & ASSOCIATIONS
Church Notices
English-speaking church services Guéret
Come as you are... This is an invitation to join us at our CHURCH
SERVICE IN ENGLISH. Whether you have a faith or would just like
to attend a church service you are welcome at 3pm on the 2nd Sunday
of each month at the Eglise Evangélique, 9b Place Bonnyaud, Guéret,
23000.
We welcome all who want to join a group of English-speaking Christians
for a time of worship and learning together. Children are very welcome.
For more details contact Jim & Pat Scott on 05 55 67 54 78 / email scott.
[email protected] or Ian & Becky Jefferies on 05 55 61 10 23 / email mail@
otiumsanctus.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. Tel: 05 55 71 09 04
The International Free Church in Creuse
The church presently meets at 10, La Chaudronnière, a small hamlet
mid-way between Crozant and Eguzon. Sunday worship meetings are
held on the first and third Sundays of the month at 10.30am. Fellowship
meetings, for mid-week prayer, bible study and discussion are at the
same venue every Thursday at 7.30pm. For further information contact
Eric Sutton tel 05 55 89 26 62
Fitness & Fun
Cussac Bowls Club
The new arrangements at Cussac gymnasium bring us new facilities and
more sessions for Lawn-Bowling, Short-mat Bowling and Crown-green
Bowling. We will now be able to accept members who have a preference
for other types of bowling, so why not come along and see if we can
satisfy your needs.
If you have never played before or don't have your own bowls, don't
worry. The club has a supply of bowls for your use and most of our nowcompetetive bowlers had never played before joining us a year ago.
Session times: Mon morning OUTSIDE (synthetic lawn); Wed evening
- inside - short-mat bowling (4 mats available); Thurs morning - inside short-mat; Friday morning OUTSIDE (synthetic lawn).
CUSSAC (87150) is in southern Haute-Vienne, just 6km from the
Dordogne and Charente borders and the gymnasium is easily found next
to the school near the town centre.
Ring Roger Hammond on 05 55 50 40 89 or mail roger.hammond@
orange.fr for further information.
Association Equilibre, le mouvement du corps
Yoga for all levels: Tue 18:30 Aubusson, Pied au plancher (Espace
Philips); Wed 18:30 Vallière, salle polyvalante. Pregnancy/Post Natal:
Tue 17:00 Aubusson, Pied au Plancher (Espace Philips) For further
information tel 06 83 24 62 72 or visit www.spaequilibre.yolasite.com
Chinese Gym & Karate
Mondays & Thursdays 19h30-21h at the DOJO, Allée Jean-Marie
Couturier, Aubusson. Warm and friendly atmosphere. For more info tel
06 08 92 30 53
Tai Chi at Boussac and La Châtre
Tai Chi classes in Boussac (Tue 18.15 - 19.45) and La Châtre (Thu 18.15
- 19.45). The first two lessons are free, the subscriptions are 36 euros
per month and members can go to both venues having paid this fee. The
style is that of Yang. 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.
Gym Bien-être
Would you enjoy an afternoon of gentle exercise with a cheerful, lighthearted group? Each week we exercise a different group of muscles, do a
little country dancing & some floor exercise and laugh a lot. The aim of
the activities is to increase suppleness and mental agility. We meet every
Tuesday afternoon upstairs at the Capitole in Ro
echouart between 2pm and 3.30pm. It isn’t necessary to speak French
because you can copy but you will learn some. Come for 2 weeks’ free
trial. For details contact: [email protected]
Learn to Meditate
Learn to meditate and meet other like-minded people. Simple mindfulness
technique. Dechen Choling, Le Mas Marvent, St-Yrieix-sous-Aixe,
87700. Also, ongoing regular group meetings and events. Contact tel
Christina 05 55 03 82 01 www.dechencholing.org
Gardening
Les petits jardiniers du Limousin
http://jardiniers-du-limousin.webs.com Do you love gardening or are
you keen to learn more about it? Then why not come along and join
Les Petits Jardiniers? We’re a friendly group of English, French and
Dutch residents and normally meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month
at 2.30pm in the salle de fêtes in St-Amand-le-Petit, between Peyratle-Château and Eymoutiers. Our meetings are held mostly in English
and we have guest speakers, organise garden visits and swap plants and
seeds. Annual membership is 15 euros pp or 20 euros per couple or pay
as you go for 3 euros per meeting. For more information or to be put on
our mailing list for our quarterly newsletter or monthly agenda contact
Carolyn at [email protected] or Gill at [email protected]
CSF Haute-Vienne press release
At the recent mini Christmas market in
Lussac-les-Eglises, €289,31 was raised for
Cancer Support France Haute-Vienne association.
I thank Tina and Jane for the use of their barn, Joan and
everyone who came along and supported his event.
Finally not forgetting Kevin for his wonderful storytelling.
Karen Blewett
Treasurer
CSF Haute-Vienne
Agenda for 2013: 17th Jan Decorating planters and making decorative
objects for your garden; Feb No meeting; 21st Mar Raised beds, vertical
planting; 18th Apr Clematis and ground cover planting; 16th May Visit
to botanical gardens Limoges and also the vaulted caves under the city;
20th Jun Trees & Shrubs; 18th Jul Farm Visit; 15th Aug Annual BBQ;
14th Sept Flower & Vegetable Show – How does your garden grow; 17th
Oct Barnhaven Primroses; 21st Nov Planting a wildflower meadow; 12th
Dec Xmas party, Gardeners Question Time and Quiz.
Club Liseron – Gardening Club
Meets on the 2nd Mon evening of the month at 19.30 at the Salle des
Fêtes in Massignac. We're a mixed bunch of English & French, who are
united by a passion for gardens and gardening, sharing plants, seeds and
information. More info contact Michelle Pierce on 05 45 89 36 54 or at
[email protected]
Aux Plantes etc
We are an association of independent, ethically-minded and passionate
plant producers. Our aim is to encourage consumers to know more about
the plants they buy, how they were produced and their needs, thereby
avoiding the disappointments that so often come with mass produced
plants. It's not just about us selling you plants - we want them to thrive
and do well for you! Current members include plantspeople specialising
in unusual shrubs & trees, butterfly plants, heritage vegetables and
flowers, irises, perennials and drought-tolerant plants. For more info
contact Michelle Pierce 05 45 89 36 54 or vitist www.auxplantesetc.
jimdo.com
Integration
International Apero Reseau
We meet each Saturday from 11.30am-1pm at Baileys Bar/Restaurant, 5
Rue de L'Abreuvoir, Aubusson.
These meetings offer the opportunity to: exchange views - make new
friends - share experiences - have fun together - help and advise one
another - help intergrate newcomers. Discussions in English (all
nationalities welcome).
For more information please contact Catherine 06 86 17 80 88 or Liz 05
55 66 22 92.
Faceaface
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 Chénérailles. When? The 1st and 3rd 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!
Learning Together – Apprenons Ensemble
Our main aim is to foster understanding and good relations amongst the
local French-speaking and English-speaking populations. To this end we
are offering courses of tuition in English and in French, and organising
social and cultural events and visits. LANGUAGE CLASSES (take
place at the Maison des Associations, Rochechouart) Beginners and
Intermediate - Mon am; French/English Conversation – Tues am;
Advanced and Children’s – Wed am; Conversation (St-Junien) - Thur.
SOCIAL EVENTS Games Night (Rochechouart) 1st Thur; Games
Night (St-Junien) 2nd Thur; Lunch Club – Last Thur. FORTHCOMING
EVENTS - More details in Association Newsletter. For more details visit
www.learningtogether.me or contact Mike or Christine ELLINGHAM 05
55 03 27 67
The Melting Pot
Members of the Ambassador's Club of the Welcome en Limousin
Association. We are a group of around 70 members, both French and
British, who meet with the aim of sharing things and trying to integrate
with the French community. We meet every week at the Ancienne Ecole
in Darnac, on a Wednesday morning from 10am - 12noon, except for
the first Wednesday, when we meet in the evening at 8pm. We hold
information meetings, plant swaps, BBQ's, games nights, visits and have
guest speakers about topics relevant to living in France. Contact: info@
meltingpot-limousin.com
Charente Limousine Exchange
The Charente-Limousine-Exchange (CLE), founded in 2003, aims to
improve the provision of French language courses and to share experiences
and skills among members who live in Charente, Vienne and HauteVienne. CLE provides information to members living and/or working in
France and works with local communities and organisations to tackle
practical issues through forums and workshops, as well as organising a
wide range of cultural and social events throughout the year. The recent
launch of English lessons has been well attended by Confolentais. If you
would like to know more about this group of volunteers, please look on
our new website www.charente-limousine-exchange.com or contact the
Chairman, Barry Leech, on 06 35 96 77 46.
Libraries & Books
Baileys Book Exchange
Baileys Bar/Restaurant, 5 Rue de L'Abreuvoir, Aubusson.
Large selection of English books, plus a few French books and DVDs.
Swap (for each swapped book a small charge of 20cts applies) or buy
books from as little as 50cts.
ALL money received donated to S.P.A. de la Creuse Dog Refuge Guéret.
Books available during opening hours, please check Baileys Restaurant
Ad for details.
Sale of Second-hand Books, La Croisille-sur-Briance
On the 18th of every month, during the monthly market at La Croisillesur-Briance (87130), there is a sale of second-hand books (both English
and French) from 9am to 12 noon, at the old garage in La Place - next
door to the pharmacy. All proceeds towards the restoration of the church.
St Jean English Library, La Souterraine
The La Souterraine Library and Information Centre is now firmly
installed in a beautiful medieval building at the Porte de Puy Charraud,
Route de Portail, La Souterraine. The library has over 5,000 books,
DVDs and other items, as well as its café, Caxtons, which serves English
cakes. The Library also provides French lessons and organises AngloFrench conversation groups. The Information Centre provides support
and assistance with bureaucratic, family and legal problems to British
residents and new arrivals. The library is open from 9.30 -12.30 on
Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Contact Rodney Sabine on 05 55 63
03 87 or at [email protected]. Our website is www.frenchweb.
eu/biblio
The English Library, 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, DVDs, talking books and videos. It is also a
meeting point and arranges a host of activities including: Café Franglais;
Club Scrabble; Café Philo; Sewing Group; Art Group. Library opening
hours: Thu 10am – 4pm & Sat 10am – 12.30pm. For details of activities
or general information visit www.ententecordiale-creuse.org or email
[email protected].
Music
Club de Musique
Takes place on the last Fri of each month from 8pm at La Grange,
Chassignolles (5mins from La Châtre). Open to all musicians,
singers, groups and audience. PA and drum kit available. Bring your
instrument, mic and join in a great French / English musical and social
evening. Bar, hot and cold snacks. Meals available if reserved – see
website for contact details of La Grange. For more info email: geoff@
clubdemusique.fr http://www.clubdemusique.fr
The Harmonics
This is our 6th season of singing as a group. Our music is varied
classical, madrigals, spiritual, songs from the shows etc and we sing
in French, English, Swahili, Latin - whatever the music demands. Our
concerts are in support of a variety of charities including the British
Legion, L'Oregon at Civray and Retina and thus non profit making. We
meet Wed 14h – 16h in the Salle d'Annexe behind the Mairie in Civray.
Interested? We'd love to see you so contact: David Lee tel 05 49 87
53 93 email [email protected] or Dolly Ait Boualou email sylvia.
[email protected]
Support
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 Thu 7.30pm - 9.00pm. 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 tel Roger
05 55 76 22 65 or Nancy 02 54 24 09 74 or visit www.aafrancesudouest.com
Cancer Support France, Charente Plus
Offers free and confidential support to English speakers affected by
cancer in departments 16, 17 & 86. Our helpline number is 06 45 35
32 30. If you need any more information, please get in touch via csf.
[email protected]
Cancer Support France, Haute-Vienne
We offer free and confidential support to English speakers affected by
Cancer in the Haute-Vienne (87). Our helpline number is 06 04 43 39
87. If you would like more information or would like to become a
member or help in any other way, please contact Sue Ware 05 55 00 31
15, [email protected]
PHOENIX ASSOCIATION - Adoption
Lily – 1-year-old Tabby Girl
Sweet Lily is an
affectionate little girl,
who was sadly found
abandoned. She loves
people and a cuddle and
really wants to be sitting
with you by the fire this
winter! She is currently in
Phoenix foster care, and
now all she needs is her
own family to love her.
If you are interested in adopting Lily, please contact Sharon on
05 53 60 73 11 or at [email protected]
Rasta - 12-year-old English Setter
Rasta is our ‘oldie
but goldie’ girl! She is
just gorgeous - gentle,
affectionate, good with
cats, dogs and children.
She’s even been taken to a
restaurant by her foster
mum, who says she settled
down and snored through
lunch! Apparently she
knows how to make good use of her ‘sad eyes’ for a treat!
If you are interested in adopting Rasta, please contact Margaret
& Gary on 05 45 30 10 39 or at [email protected]
Check out our ADOPTION PAGE at www.
phoenixasso.com or FACEBOOK www.
facebook.com/PhoenixAssociationFrance for
other Phoenix animals available for adoption.
WHAT’S ON ♦ 19
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Evaux-les-Bains
WEEKLY MARKETS
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
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Ahun
Bourganeuf
Chambon-sur-Voueize
Cognac-la-Forêt
Clugnat
Le Dorat
Isle
Limoges (pont St Martial)
Nantiat
Séreilhac
All markets are in the
morning unless stated
otherwise.
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.....)
St-Etienne-de-Fursac
Saint-Sulpice-Laurière
Verneuil-sur-Vienne(15h-18h30)
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
Aigurande
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
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)
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
Letters to
The
Editor
Nigel Bridger
By Email
F
EASY
Peyrat-le-Château
Rochechouart
Saint-Junien
St-Léonard-de-Noblat
Saint-Mathieu
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
MONTHLY FOIRES
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
Online classified scam warning
urther to your article
in
December's
Bugle, I am writing
concerning buyers on
“leboncoin.fr”.
Although this is a very
good way of selling items,
there are a number of
drawbacks.
(Saturday - cont.....)
You mentioned people
from Ghana, but they are
not the only ones, there
are operators from the
Ivory coast as well.
They say they are
“expats” from France who
work there, they even give
you addresses in France.
They say they will pay
for the transportation of
any items they wish to
buy. However, they will
send “Western Union”
payments
which
are
bogus, or they will send
“American
Express”
cheques which are fakes.
These cheques can take 6
weeks or longer to clear
properly through your
bank, by which time you
have sent or had collected
your items, only to find
out that your bank has
taken back these funds
and charged you for the
privilege. These charges
can run into hundreds of
euros.
If you sell through
“leboncoin” accept only
face-to-face
buyers
MEDIUM
who pay in cash of NO
larger then €50 notes, as
anything above that can be
fake, which is why shops
generally do not accept the
larger notes.
“leboncoin.fr”
does
work; I have traded
successfully,
but
be
careful.
Regards
Nigel Bridger
PS Also watch out for
the same scams on other
sites.
If you think what you
are being offered “is too
good to be true” then “it
is”.
When selling TRUST
NO ONE.
HARD
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
20 ♦ WHAT’S ON
UPCOMING EVENTS ACROSS THE REGION
Fri 14th Dec to Sun 6th Jan LIMOGES
La patinoire de Noël
Ice rink - place de la République. Free
skating & skate hire.
Sun 6th Jan to Sun 21st Apr
Les Bistrots d’Hiver 2013
The Bistrots d’Hiver are back to liven
up winter Sundays in and around the
Plateau de Millevaches. Organised by
the association Pays’Sage this season
sees a diverse programme including jazz,
manouche, samba, pop-rock... there is
something for everyone! Concerts take
place in auberges and cafes across the
region and take the form of an aperotchatche (debate on something topical
or related to the territory) before lunch
and an afternoon concert. The following
take place this month. For full details
and to download the programme visit
http://www.pays-sage.net/
6th – Tomislav – L’Auberge Felletinoise
– Felletin (23)
13th – Gérard Morel – le Relais des
Forêts – Blessac (23)
20th – Courir les Rues – L’Auberge de
la Fontaine – Cheissoux (87)
26th – I Am A Band – La Mijotière –
Mautes (23)
27th – Chez Nanou – Millevaches (19)
27th – Trio André Garnier – L’Auberge
de la Tour – La Cellette (23)
Tue 8th Jan GUÉRET
Theatre - ‘Dom Juan’
Molière’s ‘Dom Juan’. Espace André
Lejeune. 20h30. Tickets: €16; €6,90
students. Contact: tel 05 55 52 84 97.
Sat 12th Jan AIXE-SUR-VIENNE
Theatre - ‘Deux semaines après
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SIRET: 533 607 115 00011
l’éternité’
Mise en scène by the Compagnie
Asphodèle de Limoges and the Théâtre
du Transport en Commun de Québec.
Recently widowed, a woman comes to
picnic on the grave of her husband. After
years of living in the unhealthy silence
of her marriage, concealing her dreams,
ambitions and desires, she decides to
speak. In talking she will lift the weight
of an eternity from her shoulders.
Centre culturel Jacques Prévert. 20h30.
Tickets: €7 / €4 / €2. Contact: tel 05 55
70 77 00.
Sat 12th to Sun 13th Jan SAINTMATHIEU
Love Letters in the Haute Vienne
Culture en Tête will be presenting
Love Letters, a play by the American
Playwright A. R. Gurney, on Saturday
the 12th and on Sunday the 13th of
January at Saint-Mathieu (87) in the
Salle des Fêtes. Both performances
will be at 15h30. The performance
on the 12th will be in English and the
performance on the 13th will be in
French. Tickets are €8 (€6 for members
of Culture en Tête). The two performers
are Melinda Mullins and Joshua Bryant
who before coming to live in France
acted in a range of popular American
TV shows and theatrical productions.
Tickets can be reserved by phoning Pat
or Peter on 05 55 78 40 65.
Tue 22nd Jan AUBUSSON
Sonate à Kreutzer
By the Quator Béla: Violin Julien
Dieudegard & Frédéric Aurier; Viola
Julian Boutin; Cello Luc Dedreui.
Programme: Leos Janacek - String
Quartet No. 1, Kreutzer Sonata; Dimitri
Chostakovitch - String Quartet No. 7 in F
sharp minor, opus 108; Alfred Schnittke
- String Quartet No. 2; Igor Stravinsky
- Concertino for String Quartet. Théâtre
Jean Lurçat. 20h30. Tickets: €20. http://
www.ccajl.com/
Fri 25th Jan AIGURANDE
Burns Night
Come and celebrate with us with some
really flavoursome traditional fare and
a fab concert by some of our favourite
musicians (Mike Cain, Bev from
Souvenir and others). Concert 9pm
(FREE) Meal €14 (incl. a wee dram
of whisky!) Reservations preferable
but optional. JJ’s Cafe; Bar, 39 Place
du Champ de Foire, 36140 Aigurande.
Tel: 02 54 06 30 77 Email: cafebarjj@
yahoo.co.uk

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