When I started this blog I thought that I would put down my thoughts and that others would be able to add their comments so that we could effectively discuss the topics which are fo general interest to people living in this part of France. Unfortunately this has proved not to be the case as [...]
It was advertised in the local newspaper “La Nouvelle République” as La Fete de Bien Etre and I thought it would be a festival of people selling various remedies for problems that I did not know I had. So originally we were not going to go and then I saw that there were exhibitors [...]
Visit to the Festival of Ecology in Nantclar near to Ruffec, Charente (Saturday 23 September)
Six teams take part in the games on the 12 August 2006 in the football stadium
The next door neighbour from our Gite at Les Rimaudes caught a giant fish and it appeared in the newspaper
Every year there is an autumn fair in Adriers and this year it was bigger than ever
The dam has a leak and as a result they (EDF) have had to lower river level by one and half metres
As you can see from the photo albums a good day was had by all with my own team coming an honourable 4th
Want to buy a ram then this is your opportunity
Get your event noticed
Now this is the way to make yourself a fool
Have you ever booked a restaurant or a tourist event and made to feel you would rather have stayed at home — I have twice in the last week
This evening at around 9:30 we will have fireworks to celebrate Bastille Day (14 July) There will also be a buvette to slake thirsts created by the great heat.
I suspect that some will not be in such need of drinks as they will have been well fed at the Football Club Mechoui (spit roasted [...]
Summer means lots of work with swimming pools. Getting them started is only the beginning but usually there are unpleasant surprises
This coming Sunday, starting at 3pm, there will be another tea dance organised by the Comité des Fetes. This will take place in the Salle des Fetes as usual
Tout Bascule
By Olivier Lejeune
This coming Saturday there will be a performance by the touring company of Poitiers in the Village Hall (Salle de Fetes) in Availles Limouzine of this farce which turns on the throwing of a grain of rice after a wedding of a couple of whom the bride is rather heavily pregnant.
The performance [...]
If you want to become really over fed then you should try a lunch with the Federation Nationale des Anciens Combattants d’Algerie, commonly known as FNACA. After soup, three helpings of Choucroute, cheese and pudding we did not need to eat until well into Sunday. Needless to say it was well washed down [...]