The Bugle Limousin - Nov 2015

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Limousin November 2015 - Issue #73

Tour de France returns to Limoges

The 103rd edition of the Tour de France will once again be visiting the Limousin. After a 7 year absence, Limoges will host both a stage finish and a departure in July next year. The race will also honour the Limousin's most famous ever cyclist, Raymond Poulidor. cycling heritage and it is a pleasure to come back.”

The following day will see the riders head east out of Limoges and towards a tricky finish in the Massif central, but not before passing through Masbaraud-Mérignat, just outside Bourganeuf in the Creuse, the hometown of French cycling great Raymond Poulidor.

The Tour de France often tips its cap to former greats and the route of the 5th stage is a clear nod to the popular cyclist in the year of his 80th birthday.

Nicknamed “Pou-Pou”, Raymond Poulidor was one of cycling's biggest names, although his career coincided with those of Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx - two of the greatest riders to ever take to the roads.

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NEWS - Railway clearance eco-style

The SNCF has been busy using the department's livestock to clear vast stretches of disused railways >> Page 4

NEWS - Hard-working bakers found guilty

Four bakeries have been fined for making bread every day, breaking anticompetition rules that require them to close one day per week. >> Page 6

Bilingual - The great Beaujolais race

Every year wine producers from the Beaujolais region begin a mad dash to get this year's harvest shipped across the world overnight. >> Page 14

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fter much speculation, the route of the 2016 Tour de France has been unveiled and the world's largest annual sporting event will once again be passing through the region. Seven years after it last welcomed a stage of Le Tour, Limoges will host a stage finish as well as a stage departure the following day.

Expect traffic disruption in the region's capital, therefore, on Tuesday 5th July when the peloton arrives in Limoges following the longest stage of next year's race from Saumur. “The welcome is always warm in Limoges,” said race director Christian Prudhomme after the route was unveiled. “It's a city and a region with real

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nbelievably - for me at least - this edition marks The Bugle's 6th birthday! I don't suppose I really thought this far ahead when I launched the paper back in 2009, but as it enters its seventh year it is amazing to think how far The Bugle has come. It was something of a gamble launching a free publication, centred solely around news and current affairs, during the worst financial crisis in a generation!

I was fortunate that the French autoentrepreneur status let me do so relatively easily.

If I remember rightly, the paper launched with me sat on a foldout chair, at a rickety 80 cm Ikea table in the corner of the living

room and tapping away at an old laptop that had been “borrowed” from a previous employer... that and a whole lot of enthusiasm!

The only investment was in desktop publishing software and a few dozen corrugated plastic stands - plus a few thousand hours of my life that I will not get back!

If I had stopped to think about it for too long I imagine that I may well have talked myself out of hitting the big red button on the first edition, although from day one the response to the newspaper was amazing.

We have come a long way from those early days and I feel that The Bugle has gone on to become an important part of expat life for many people. It is very satisfying to think that

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over the years I have helped so many businesses to swim against the financial tide and prosper. I am proud to have a large number of advertisers who started advertising in the first few editions and are still with me today and going strong, 73 editions later.

Since the day I printed 7,000 copies of that first Limousin edition, the paper has grown considerably. We have significantly increased the area we cover and even added a sister paper in the Dordogne along the way; today 28,000 copies are printed each month across the 2 editions. As they grew, I was always keen to keep a personal and local feel to the papers and have worked hard to make sure that all the goods and services we use come from the area.

We even print the paper locally at the Charente Libre printing presses in Angoulême.

The team at Charente Libre have really bought into what we are trying to achieve with The Bugle and their support has been invaluable in keeping our business local to the area. A big thank you must go to Michel Gonzalez and his team for putting up with the sometimes erratic print scheduling!

I would also like to thank the host of other people without whom The Bugle would struggle to exist: Bill, Jonathan, Sophie, Paula, Michelle, Brian, James, Rob... I could keep going. You know who you are and your efforts are greatly appreciated!

The Limousin is famed for the number of centenarians that live here and as we enter our seventh year, my little newspaper has also reached this milestone: October's Dordogne edition was the 100th to be published under the Bugle banner. Many thanks to all our loyal readers and here's to another 100!

Until next month!

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Elephant Haven finds new land Flu season begins again

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here is always plenty of wildlife to see whilst walking through the Limousin: cows, sheep, buzzards, deer and even wild boar are never too far away. If you live in the south of the Haute-Vienne, however, you will soon be able to add another animal to the list of local wildlife... elephants!!

The Elephant Haven sanctuary is the brainchild of Flemish couple Tony Verhulst and Sofie Goetghebeur, who each have 20 years' experience working with animals at Antwerp Zoo. Before embarking on this adventure to create a home for retired elephants, Tony had been a fulltime carer for the zoo's pachyderms since 2001. The couple unveiled their project in 2014 before moving to the region to begin planning and fund-raising in earnest.

The project certainly caught the public's imagination and was initially focussed on a 25-hectare site just outside Oradour-sur-Vayres.

Unfortunately, the sale of this land fell through, but the Elephant Haven has now signed a compromis de vente on a new site near Bussière-Galant. The 28 hectares of land have been secured for €278,500 with the possibility to purchase adjoining land in the future.

“The new land is a much more positive choice and a much more realistic purchase for Elephant Haven, in comparison to the previous land,” the couple said. “At this stage there are some important conditions that need to be sorted out before we sign the sales act, but we expect the process to be completed by spring 2016.”

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Retired elephants could soon be wandering this land near Bussière-Galant “A big factor in deciding to launch this project is the gradual phasing out of live animals from circuses across Europe,” Tony told The Bugle when the project was initially unveiled. “A number of European countries are in the process of banning animals from circuses and many others are looking to follow suit.

Animals which have been part of a circus, such as elephants and lions, cannot usually be returned to the wild and we want to provide somewhere they can live out their days in peace, as the alternative is often euthanasia.”

Whilst the Elephant Haven will be open to the public, its founders are keen to stress that they are not creating a zoo.

There will be not be any other animals at the sanctuary, there will not be any breeding programmes and the public will remain separated from the elephants at all

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Tony and Sophie are holding an Information Day on Saturday 31st October from 2:30 pm to 5 pm at the new site, where members of the public can find out more about the project and how the land will be developed in preparation for the first elephants. Local businesses and residents can also find out how to get involved.

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The threshold for an epidemic is defined as 177 infections per 100,000 inhabitants for two consecutive weeks, but February saw an average of almost 500 new cases per 100,000 people across France. The Limousin was the worst hit region in the entire country, with 1,901 cases recorded per 100,000 inhabitants.

The epidemic was at one point so severe, with two million people struck down by flu, that the health minister enacted emergency protocols to deal with the crisis.

Last year's most common strain was slightly different to the one used to develop the standard vaccine, which rendered it largely ineffective. Experts have said that this should not be the case this year and have once again urged those at risk to get a flu jab. The over-65s, pregnant women and those with a chronic illness are considered most at risk and these three groups of people should have received a voucher offering them a free vaccination which can be collected from their local pharmacy and administered by their GP. If you haven't received such a letter, vaccines can be purchased direct from a pharmacy or prescribed by your GP. The campaign for vaccination, which began in October, will run until 31st January next year. ■

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Arriving in the Creuse, the travelling farm was joined on

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As a result, Poulidor never won the Tour, finishing as runner-up on three occasions and standing on the third step of the podium an impressive five times.

This led to him acquiring his other nickname of “The Eternal Second” - in fact, in 14 Tours, 12 of which he completed, he never once even pulled on the prestigious yellow jersey.

Raymond Poulidor at the 2004 Tour

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Poulidor was born into a farming family and left school at 14 to help out working the land. His poor farming background often led to jokes from his competitors in later life, but he once famously quipped, “No race, however difficult, goes on as long as a harvest”.

The 3,519 km race will not feature a

prologue or a team time trial, a structure that should favour the climbers. It does include two individual time trials totalling 54 km, however, making it ideally suited to the all-round talents of defending champion Chris Froome, who was among the big-name riders in attendance at a presentation ceremony in Paris.

Bastille Day (July 14th) will see the riders finish on the wind-swept summit of Mont Ventoux, a crippling 22.7 km ascent at an average gradient of 7.5%.

It is the same stage that Froome won in 2013, effectively securing his first Tour de France win. “There are a couple of time trials in there, albeit they are not traditional time trials,” said Team Sky's boss Sir David Brailsford. “Ventoux is somewhere he really likes going. He has been there before and, if he performs well up there, that could be good.

I can't see any reason why he won't be rubbing his hands together. You have got to race what is in front of you. That is the great thing about the Tour de France - every year is different.”

“It challenges every aspect of cycling - time trials, mountains, a technical descent,” said Team Sky's Froome. “It's such an amazing, special race. I'm still 30 years old and feel I have a lot left in my legs. It suits me better than this year's Tour. The beautiful thing about the Tour de France is that it's not specifically about one stage. I think it's going to take a complete cyclist, but the stage that certainly stands out for me is Mont Ventoux - I know how difficult this climb is and how much time can be won or lost.”

Tour director Christian Prudhomme described the route as “a sporting challenge in beautiful surroundings”.

Indeed, the opening stage will pass the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel, which former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower once described as the “most beautiful kilometre in France”, before

ending along the windswept shores of Utah Beach, site of the D-Day landings.

The race will pass through 4 mountain ranges, including stages in the shadow of Mont Blanc, before culminating in a sprint up the Champs-Elyseés in Paris on 21st July.■

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Bakers guilty of working too hard

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s the country debates the 35-hour week and Sunday trading, France's labour laws have again hit the headlines after four bakers were fined for working too hard. A court in Dax, in south-western France, handed €500 fines to the artisans, adjudging they had flouted a 1999 prefectural order obliging bakeries to remain closed for at least one day per week.

Following the ruling, the business owners said that they would now most likely have to lay off staff due to the resulting drop in revenue. “We’re company bosses who are disgusted at being so in France,” Stéphane Moreau, one of the convicted bakers, told AFP news agency. “We’ll have to work less, pay less VAT and less payroll taxes and, if need be, lay off staff.”

Another of the bakers told RMC radio: “I have been left with a criminal record just for baking bread. Tomorrow I will have to lay people off.

France is doing everything to find jobs for those who are looking but me, because I make bread, I have to lay people off.”

The case originally hit the headlines earlier this year, when Stéphane Ca-

zenave was first ordered to close one day per week. Mr Cazenave, who runs a bakery in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, is a celebrated baker and last year won “best baguette” at the national Fête du Pain competition. “I am angry because in France, people are being prevented from working,” he said. “We are companies. All we are asking to do is do business, create wealth, and in France, we are blocked by absurd laws and decrees. This means a net loss of €250,000 of revenue per year...

I’m going to have to lay off one or two employees.”

In a country suffering record levels of unemployment and a stagnant economy, the ruling has been met with reactions that vary from frustration to outrage.

Some, however, said it was only right that bakers be forced to close.

Eric Scherrer from the retail trade union Clic-P, argued that French laws must be respected. “There is a rule in place that says bakers and other professions in the food industry must close for at least one day a week. It’s because it’s an artisanal trade where people can work a lot, much more than the legal limits. These people need to have a rest day each week. We can’t

just allow them to work non-stop. It’s absolutely necessary that both bosses and employees have a day of rest.”

It should be pointed out, however, that no labour laws relating to workers were being broken; Mr Cazenave currently employs 22 staff, all of whom have two days off a week and satisfy all labour laws in terms of working hours and conditions. It is the bakery as a whole that is at fault under the 1999 decree.

Others claim that the rule is necessary to promote competition and allow everyone a share of the market, arguing that if every bakery were allowed to remain open seven days a week, then there would be too much supply for the demand. Supporters believe that forcing businesses to close at least once a week encourages competition by allowing customers to shop elsewhere when their usual bakery is shut.

Former PM François Fillon was one of many high-profile opponents to the ruling, summing up the bakers' frustration: “The fact that working in our country can be considered an offence and that the passion of a craftsman can be restricted, should alert us to the absurdity of our system.” ■

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Under previous rules, you were only considered to be a breeder if you raised and sold at least two litters per year.

An exception is made for pedigree litters. In this case the unique number assigned in the LOF (Livre des Origines Français) will suffice, but for more than one litter per year, a Siren number will also be required to appear on any advert by law.

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eeks ahead of a major climate conference in Paris, the government has announced changes to the way fuel is taxed in France, potentially heralding the end of the country's love affair with diesel more than 80% of fuel currently bought in this country is diesel.

In 2016 and 2017, the amount of tax charged on a litre of gazole will rise by 1 centime, whilst the tax on a litre of unleaded will drop by the same amount.

Further changes will then surely follow as the government moves to eliminate the difference in taxation between the two fuels.

“Diesel has historically benefited from favourable

financial treatment, with a level of tax nearly 20 centimes less per litre than petrol,” said a statement from Prime Minister Manuel Valls. “This gap has introduced a high number of diesel vehicles which has led to legitimate concerns by a number of French about the impact on air quality.”

The car industry has argued that diesel emits less heat-trapping carbon dioxide than petrol, but, without sophisticated controls, diesel engines may also produce harmful levels of poisonous nitrogen oxides and lung-clogging particles. Revelations that Volkswagen equipped 11 million of its diesel cars worldwide with software that can switch off those

pollution controls - except when it detects it is undergoing official testing - have again highlighted the major downside to diesel. One million of these vehicles are believed to be on the

roads of France and confidence in the industry has been severely dented.

Whilst the move will hit the majority of motorists in the pocket, Emmanuelle Cosse of the Europe Écolo-

gie Les Verts “Green” party was cautiously optimistic: “I'm not going to say well done, just that this is an interesting development... we would like it to go even further.” ■

Law change signals end of phone book

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uried in the pages of the voluminous loi Macron is one clause that has gone unnoticed and could spell the end of the phone book as we know it. According to Le Figaro - and largely unreported until now - one of the changes included in the set of laws aimed

at modernising the French economy is the removal of any obligation to produce a paper copy of the phone book, known affectionately in France as the “bottin”.

Solocal Group, the company which publishes the directory, has had no official contract to supply a Pages Blanches to every

household since the end of 2014 and this situation has now become permanent and official.

The company may continue to produce the book, but only in the few areas where it remains commercially viable to do so. With the ever-increasing popularity of online directories, however, the days

of the phone book appear numbered.

Another feature of the Macron Law that has caused more waves is the removal of any obligation on Orange, the country's telecoms provider, to provide pubic telephone boxes.

Previously, Orange was required to maintain at least one payphone

in each commune, but this obligation has now been abolished. As a result, it is expected that almost all of the 40,000 telephone boxes still in operation will disappear over the course of the next decade.

As recently as 1990, there were as many as 300,000 public payphones in France. ■

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Ireland to scrap small value coins

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f you are planning to travel to the Republic of Ireland, then go through your pockets before you board the plane as there is no point taking your 1 or 2 cent coins with you.

The Bank of Ireland recently announced that, from 28th October, all cash transactions would be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents as it begins phasing out smaller coins. Ireland follows Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, The Netherlands and Sweden, all of whom have begun similar phasing out schemes.

“As a country we are good at making changes

like this,” said Ronnie O’Toole of the Irish central bank. “We migrated to the euro ahead of most other countries, and the indications so far are that consumers and retailers alike will embrace rounding.”

Initial indications are indeed positive, with a recent trial in Wexford showing that 100% of retailers and 85% of consumers approved of the move. The only organisations to voice any concern were charities, for whom bronze coins in collection boxes are a valuable source of income.

One and two cent coins will remain legal tender

in Ireland, but will not be issued by banks or retailers. There has been no word from the French government as to whether or not it has plans to introduce similar rounding schemes in the near future.

The rounding will apply to the total of the bill, when it is paid in cash, and not to individual items. Under the changes a transaction in Ireland totalling €10.22 will be rounded down to €10.20 when paid by cash and a shop costing €11.23 will be rounded up to €11.25.

It is only cash transaction that are affected by rounding - electronic pay-

ments made by card will still be calculated to the nearest cent.

The small denomination coins provide a real headache to central banks. Paradoxically, a one cent coin costs 1.65 cents to produce while 2 cent coins cost 1.94 cents each. And there are lots

of them in circulation: 30,664,437,697 one cents and 23,762,291,214 two cents to be precise!

An online poll carried out by The Telegraph revealed that 75% of people in Britain would also be in favour of putting nostalgia to one side and phasing out the penny. ■

Compulsory online tax declarations

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lthough France has developed something of a reputation for its baffling bureaucracy, it is one of the leading countries in the world when it comes to “e-government” - online services for state administration.

France has taken another step in this direction with the news that the country will be moving towards compulsory online tax declarations over the course of the next four years.

Businesses in France have gradually been moved online for tax declarations and TVA

returns over recent years, but the changes will see this also being phased in for members of the public. The government is hoping to eventually save €68 million per year in administrative costs as a result.

Previously, households could choose to declare their taxes either by paper, or online. The online declaration date has typically been several weeks after the paper date and a rebate was offered the first time you declared electronically. In 2010, around 29% of households were already declaring online and

this rose to 40% last year.

Over the coming years, however, more and more of us will have no choice.

In 2016, any household with a 2014 “revenu fiscal de référence” of more than €40,000 will be required to submit their tax return online. This threshold will fall to €28,000 in 2017 (based on 2015's revenu fiscal de référence) and €15,000 in 2018 before becoming compulsory for all households in 2019.

During this period, France is also planning to move to a system of collecting tax at

source, which will greatly simplify the declaration process.

The new rules will apply to any household that is equipped with an internet connection - the forms will carry a box that can be ticked if you are unable to declare electronically. It is estimated that this could make as many as 15% of French households exempt.

Those that do not obey the new rules and can not provide a satisfactory reason why they are not able to, will face a fine of €15. ■

Christmas deliveries on Sunday In a country famous for its resistance to Sunday trading, it may come as something of a shock to hear that in parts of France there will be a postal service on December 20th, the last Sunday before Christmas. Bosses at La Poste recently met with union officials to discuss the possibility of Sunday deliveries in seven major urban areas: Paris, Lille, Rennes, Lyon, Bordeaux, Reims and Nice.

Under the proposals, no letters will be processed on the 20th, but parcels and small packages will be delivered.

The number of parcels sent around the Christmas period doubles to over 2 million per day.

Managers at France's postal service later confirmed the news. “Exceptionally, postal workers may volunteer to work on Sunday 20th December to deliver Christmas packages,” La Poste said in a statement. “The exact details of the operation for the Christmas period are still under negotiation with our union partners.”

The voluntary workers, who will be paid for the shift and receive time off in lieu, will deliver 30 packages between 9 am and midday - they would ordinarily deliver as many as 100 in a day. Officials were keen to stress that this was a one-off operation and that La Poste had no plans to introduce a Sunday service.

As the number of letters being sent has plummeted over recent years with the rise of email, online shopping has meant that packages are still big business. La Poste made €1.6 billion last year from delivering colis and this arm of its business is still growing, despite fierce competition from rival services such as Chronopost. ■

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Euthanasia doctor found guilty over death

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ith public opinion in France increasingly in favour of assisted suicide, the country's euthanasia laws were once again thrown into the spotlight last month after former doctor Nicolas Bonnemaison was found guilty of deliberately killing one of his patients. He had previously been cleared on all charges in 2014 by a lower court, but the appeal court partially overturned this decision, finding him guilty of one of the seven deaths over which he had originally been accused.

Bonnemaison admits administering drugs to seven terminally ill patients, but his many supporters argue that his actions were compassionate.

The case first came to light in August 2011 when the doctor was reported to hospital bosses by nurses in the emergency department, who said they found his behaviour suspicious. Before long, Bonnemaison had admitted giving lethal doses of sedatives to seven patients when they were in great pain and hours from death. Euthanasia and assisted suicide are currently illegal

in France, despite repeated polls suggesting that over 90% of the public are in favour.

Benoît Duci-Ader, the doctor’s lawyer, said before the original trial: “Both defence and prosecution accept this should not be just a trial, but a debate on an important social issue. Yes, it is the trial of Nicolas Bonnemaison. But it is also the trial of how we deal with the end of life.”

Speaking in an emotional address on television, the widow of one the victims said she had asked Bonnemaison to help her husband die, and that what the doctor did was “good”. Patricia Dhooge went on to say that “it would hurt me very much if they gave him any kind of punishment. I'm having a lot of trouble understanding this trial. I want to tell the court, ‘We were there. We agreed’.”

“Medicine is my life, my patients are my life and I miss them,” Bonnemaison told the appeal court before the jury retired. Dressed in black, he appeared very stressed as he said: “I acted as a doctor and I say this to you with a great deal of sincerity.”

Bonnemaison has received con-

siderable support across France and despite the charges carrying a maximum term of life in prison, the public prosecutor in the case had requested a lenient 5-year suspended prison sentence. He acknowledged that the doctor was “not a killer, not a poisoner in the common sense of the terms,” but that he had “deliberately caused the death” of patients.

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Bonnemaison, who has been struck off the medical register, did not react as the verdict was read out.

Euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg and President François Hollande has said he wants to make it easier for some terminally ill patients to request medical help to end their lives in France. Under current laws, French doctors are allowed to take a “passive” decision not to extend

the life of a patient who is dying in great pain. The law also states that doctors may use palliative care, including painkillers, which may have the side effect of shortening life; it stops short, however, of allowing doctors to take active steps to shorten a patient's life.

According to France's national demographics council, there are around 3,000 euthanasia cases in France annually, all of them currently illegal.. ■

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France 3 pulls its own Airbnb offers a night in Paris' catacombs anti-sexism advert

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ometimes you just have to shake your head in disbelief. State television channel France 3 - the equivalent of the UK's BBC 2 - has been forced to pull its own anti-sexism advert... because it was sexist!!

It was meant to be an advert highlighting the importance of gender equality in the workplace and hailing the work of the public broadcaster's large number of female presenters. When the 40-second film was released, however, it was met with reactions that ranged from criticism and derision through to outright anger. So hostile was the reception in fact, that it was instantly pulled from the schedules - and presumably someone in the marketing department got dragged over some particularly hot coals!

The advert opens to show an apparently deserted house where everything is going wrong: something is on fire in the oven that billows smoke; a child’s room is untidy and in disarray; a man’s shirt goes up in flames as the iron rests on it; and the bathroom - with the toilet seat left up - is filthy.

To the strains of a popular 70s song which asks “where are all the women?”, the text on screen informs us that they are all busy working at France 3, where “the majority of our presenters” are female.

Media critics and feminist groups were

understandably bemused and angered, claiming the video, which was made to coincide with a week aimed at promoting equality in the workplace, only succeeded in reducing the role of women to within the household and reinforcing sexist stereotypes. “It’s deplorable! Nothing more than a bunch of sexist clichés!” fumed French feminist group Balle de Sexisme on Twitter.

Prenons La Une, a collective of female journalists, said the advert “feeds clichés rather than deconstructing them. You get the impression that the people who made this video began with the principle that a woman is always behind her ironing board, that she has a massive shoe collection”.

The advert also attracted the attention of the Secretary of State for Women’s Rights, Pascale Boistard, who said on Twitter that: “The ‘female’ campaign on France 3 doesn’t seem to me to be the right way to highlight professional equality in the TV industry.”

The minister went on to mention by name Delphine Ernotte, the station's first female boss.

Ms Ernotte, who garnered a reputation for being tough on sexism when she introduced €10 fines whilst at Orange for sexist remarks made during executive board meetings, apologised for the advert, saying she had not seen it ahead of its release and ordered it to be pulled immediately. ■

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ince its launch, Airbnb has revolutionised the holiday rental market worldwide... and made some enemies in the traditional hotel industry at the same time. The company was again in the headlines in October when it launched a competition to win the chance to spend a night amongst the bones of millions of people in Paris' famous catacombs.

The macabre Halloween offer included a “real bed”, dinner for two, a private concert and breakfast. The American company apparently paid as much as €350,000 to privatise the tunnels for the night of 31st October, town hall sources told AFP news agency. The municipality said the money would “boost capital by finding new sources of revenue and allow for the preservation of this heritage site”.

“Before bedtime, a storyteller will have you spellbound with fascinating tales from the catacombs, guaranteed to produce nightmares. Finally, enjoy dawn with the dead, as you become the only living person ever to wake up in the Paris catacombs,” reads the site's listing, before warning the lucky winners to “respect the catacombs as you would your own grave”.

The transfer of human remains from Parisian cemeteries to the tunnels began towards the end of the 18th century when authorities realised that the decomposition of bodies in the city’s cemeteries was not particularly good for public health. As many as 7 million corpses were subsequently buried in the catacombs, leading to them gaining the reputation as “The World's Largest Grave”. The 2-kilometre section open to the public - a fraction of the total remains a popular tourist attraction with over half a million visitors each year. ■

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Their spread across France has been phenomenal. Last year in my department, Cher (18), I destroyed 6 nests all summer. This year I have been called out 3-4 times a week from July to mid-October. Asian hornets have now made their way north to the English Channel and have also been found in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Earlier this summer, Mike Dilger and a BBC crew filmed me for an article on the One Show which was broadcast on 2nd October.

In their piece I was filmed destroying nests and explaining how the hornets are able to spread so rapidly.

As well as destroying several nests, we filmed the hornets hunting outside the entrance of a hive, capturing the moment when a hornet grabbed a bee with its long legs. The bee is decapitated and its thorax removed, then the protein-rich abdomen is taken back to the nest to feed the larvae.

(Bees are not their only food source, they attack any insect, including the much larger European hornet.)

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It is very important to eliminate this pest for the sake of indigenous insects. Fears are that it is already too late to save France from this invasive species so it is a matter of damage limitation. But is it too late for the UK? Destroying a nest is easy if you can get to it. A new weapon in the armoury has been devised: a 20-metre telescopic pole which injects insecticide directly into the nest, killing the insects whilst they are still in their nest. This means that nests can be de-

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It may seem like a very funny question to British couples, but it is a very common one for French couples.

British couples tend to draft prenuptial agreements only when one or both parties are very wealthy, which means for most people they usually

do not have one.

So when they move to France and they are asked (by banks, administrative bodies, etc.) whether they have drafted a marriage contract, they will of course reply “no”.

The French banks and administrative bodies will then usually put them in the French category of “couples with no marriage contract”, i.e. what is usually called “communauté légale”, or “legal community”, which

is often totally wrong.

Marriage has no financial consequences in the UK, i.e. no matter what you buy during your marriage, if it is done so under your sole name it will remain only yours. However, be aware that as soon as you are married in France without a marriage contract, i.e. “communauté légale”, anything you buy is jointly owned.

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The True Cost of Living Longer - Blevins Franks

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e are living longer. The European Commission’s 2015 Ageing Report projects that, in the EU, average life expectancy at birth for men is expected to increase by seven years, from 77.6 in 2013 to 84 in 2060. For women, life expectancy is projected to increase by six years, from 83.1 in 2013 to 89.1 in 2060. Advances in science and medicine mean it is becoming more com-

mon for someone retiring at the age of 60 to live another 30 years - or more.

The 2015 Ageing Report projects that, in France, life expectancy for males is expected to increase from 78.6 in 2013 to 85.2 in 2060, and for females from 85 to 90.

You need financial security to enjoy your retirement and your pension funds are a key part of that. The new pension freedom in the UK gives everyone with

UK funds the ability to withdraw as much or as little as you want but you need to take care. If you need your pension savings to provide an income for life, you need to be sure that whatever you decide to do with them now, you will have enough to see you comfortably through to the end of your days.

It is also essential to protect your savings and investments from inflation and unnecessary taxation. Inflation is a key threat for retirees. It reduces your spending power year after year.

If, for example, you typically spend about €5,000 a month, and assuming a personal inflation rate of 3% per annum, in 10 years’ time you could need about €6,720 a month to maintain the same spending and in 20 years this will have risen again to €9,030. The longer you live, the more damage inflation can do.

Longevity is also a big concern for the State. Rising life expectancy means that governments will need to raise more funds to cover their pension obligations and increasing health care costs. According to the EU, 30% to 40% of health care expenses are already being spent on people aged 65 or above.

Governments rely on income tax and national insurance/social security from a working population to fund their costs.

However, a recent European Commission report says that the share of the population of working age is expected to decline steadily until 2050, while those aged 65 years or over will increase, accounting for 28.7% of the EU’s population by 2080 compared with 18.5% in 2014.

So, what are governments to do? One solution is to increase tax revenue. In the UK, a 2011 research paper by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) calculated that for public finances to remain sustainable, taxes will have to rise by £82 billion each year to pay for the pension and health care promises made to baby boomers.

It also said that a child born today will pay £70,000 more in tax than they receive from the government in benefits and services to help pay for the shortfall in funding. A child born next decade will pay an extra £160,000. In contrast, those aged 65 have received £220,000 more from the State than they paid in.

The UK government has already frozen the tax-free threshold for inheritance

tax until 2019, to generate an extra £1 billion for the Treasury each year to help fund care for the elderly. This was effectively a tax rise in real terms, affecting thousands of families.

In Portugal, the Health Minister Paulo Macedo indicated earlier this year that tax hikes will be necessary to finance increasing health care costs. This is an issue other countries will be faced with in the not too distant future.

We have also seen a massive step up in the global campaign against tax evasion, as well as increased local efforts here in France. This will help governments significantly increase tax revenue. In his March Budget speech, the UK Chancellor George Osborne said that he wanted to raise £5 billion from anti-avoidance and evasion measures by 2017-18.

January 2016 will see the start of a global automatic ‘exchange of information’ regime. Tax authorities will receive financial information automatically on everyone, which they will compare to what you include on your tax return to check you have properly declared your income and assets.

Retired people should set up their financial planning to shelter as much of their income and wealth from taxation as possible. There are arrangements available to expatriates living in France and elsewhere in the EU that will provide tax mitigation within a legitimate framework. Reducing the amount of tax you have to pay will make your money go further and help fight the effects of inflation.

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In the garden - jobs for November

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ell, the swallows (les hirondelles) have long gone and the cranes (les grues) have flown back southwards, so we can expect the cold to be coming; it's often the case that there is a fairly radical change from one week to another, so be prepared!

Keep an eye on any sensitive plants that you had out in tubs, like agapanthus, gaura, plectranthus, salvia, cosmos atropurpurea, geraniums and other frost sensitive plants. Put the containers in frost-free environments to overwinter.

Remember, quite a few of these plants are actually perennial if you can keep them from getting too cold.

Go round the garden and look at what needs pruning back immediately and see if you can use it as a mulch, laid directly on the earth surface. Remember to collect free bracken from the road verges to help protect sensitive plants, especially in containers.

Sowing can continue now for a while if it's done under fleece or cloches, or if they are at

by Michelle Pierce hand should need be, to help protect the young seedlings. It's often a good idea to sow seed and then lay a layer of mulch, straw, dried bracken, even sawdust directly over the seeds, to help protect them from the cold. Alternatively, sow under a plastic cloche.

Keep harvesting - as long as the frost doesn't bite - as there are still squash, tomatoes, courgettes, herbs, fruit (apples, quince) and leaf veg to pick. The hotties of the summer - chilies, aubergines, peppers, etc.

- have probably already been picked and the old plants composted.

So is it a lazy time in the garden, a time when we can just kick back and relax? Well, no, not really. There is the harwill be coming down vesting and transformthick and fast now, so ing to be done of the spend time gathering up last summer veg picked this precious commodin October/November: ity to spread in a thick endives to be grown in layer on bare ground, buckets in cellars; seeds or round trees, shrubs to be saved and dried and plants in borders. If of favourite varieties; they're very thick, leathself-sown seedlings to ery ones, shredding first be moved to better posican help, but it's always tions before they get too good to mix these with big; clumps of perenother types. Bracken can nials to be divided and be collected for similar re-homed. The leaves

Le chrysanthème de la Toussaint Long ago, when I was first in France, I made the horrible faux pas of offering my neighbour a beautiful chrysanthemum at Toussaint, not knowing as I do now, that of course all those glorious pots of chrysanthemums that suddenly find their way into the shops around this time are destined for your nearest and dearest in the cemeteries where they rest.

Sometimes it's hard to look at these fancy and made up beauties and see that they could be nice in the garden. The poor devils seem so terribly far removed from real living things! However, that's to forget a large chunk of gardening history. When they were first brought back from China, they were a sensation. A flower that resisted cold temperatures?! Flowered at the end of the year when nothing else is in flower?! That had several colours?! And was single or double?! Wow!!

We have rather lost this feeling of awe, but those artificial things that we see these days are the over developed cousins of the first beauties. The old boys with their allotments in times past knew them fine, along with the asters and the dahlias.

A rich show for the autumn.

So maybe we should take a leaf out of their book and go back to growing these lovely autumn flowers. Find varieties that are suitable for the garden. The pots in the shops have been grown quickly, under glass, for maximum flowering size.

They can find it hard to adapt to real garden conditions, so may be better kept in big pots, but there are plenty of varieties of this large family, grown by nurseries as herbaceous perennials, that will be happy in the ground. Put them where you can see them, in the sun and where they have a nice backdrop of other foliage to set them off. They are easy to grow, easy to propagate and offer really good value.

And the neighbours might understand if you offer them one, or more... but not at Toussaint!! ■

purposes and the young growth of nettles shooting up in our Indian summer of October can be cut back and air dried to feed your ground in early spring.

Grass growth has slowed down but not stopped, so mow on dry days and put the blade up so that you don't scalp the surface. Leave some areas longer for the wildlife. Leave places for hedgehogs to hibernate where they won't be disturbed, or in your way.

Clean up any piles of debris with caution - at this time of year you may be destroying somebody's home. Ditto for bonfires.

Start feeding the wild birds and try to mix what you give them - not only fat balls, but loose grains and seeds and put up

some nest boxes for the spring. These need to be at least 2.5 m off the ground, a bit protected from the worst of the weather and not in full sun, or the young will bake!

Start reading seed catalogues and making wish lists, then compare two or three suppliers for the best price - you may well be surprised at the differences in price for the same variety and the money you save means you can buy more new things to try out.

Plant your leeks and cabbages if you haven't already and your onion sets, 'grey' shallots and garlic - make sure they all look in good, perky condition. Same goes for bulbs. Now that we buy our bulbs ready packed in

cellophane packages, it's not rare to see a lovely photo hiding pretty tired bulbs and corms (from last year?) which are unlikely to do well. Make sure they look firm, free of mould and have a generally fresh look. Plant reasonably quickly after buying - commercially they're often kept in cold storage, so the warmth of a house or kitchen can start them sprouting.

Mark where you planted them with a label or twig to avoid putting a fork or spade through them later.

So there are plenty of things to get on and do; the frenetic rhythm of summer is behind us for a while and we all need a reason to go outside into the fresh air.

Good gardening! ■

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tradition has in recent decades become a national and international event. Every year, there is a race to be the first to bring Beaujolais Nouveau to markets around the world. By the time it is over, over 65 million bottles will have been distributed and drunk around the world - nearly half of the region's total annual production.

Originally, what we now know as Beaujolais Nouveau was simply a wine created to celebrate the end of the harvest. It was only fermented for a few weeks and was intended for immediate consumption.

Wine producers began to see the marketing potential of Beaujolais Nouveau and by the 1970s the ‘race’ to get the first bottles to Paris became a national event, attracting considerable media

orks will be popping around the world on 19th November as lovers of Beaujolais Nouveau mark the start of a new French vintage by enjoying large quantities of the popular drink.

At one minute past midnight on the third Thursday of every November, over a million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau begin their journey from little villages and towns, through a sleeping France to Paris and on for immediate shipment to all parts of the world.

For a few short days, banners everywhere will proclaim: “Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé!”

The biggest festival takes place in Beaujeu, the capital of the Beaujolais region. This small and quiet commune springs to life during the third weekend in November, hosting a massive party called Sarmentelles (sarments is the French word for the cuttings from the grapevines - these are burned in the centre of town just prior to the wine's release). Huge barrels are opened and revellers indulge in the new wine for the duration of the festival.

What was once a very local

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es bouchons vont sauter dans le monde entier le 19 novembre lorsque les amateurs du Beaujolais Nouveau célèbreront l’arrivée du vin primeur français et feront couler à flots cette boisson si populaire.

Aux 12 coups de minuit, le troisième jeudi du mois de novembre, plus d’un million de caisses de Beaujolais Nouveau quittent les villes et petits villages et traversent une France endormie jusqu’à Paris où elles seront expédiées immédiatement aux quatre coins du monde. Pendant quelques jours, des banderoles annonceront partout que « Le Beaujolais Nouveau » est arrivé !

Le plus grand festival se tient à Beaujeu, la capitale du Beaujolais.

Habituellement calme, la petite commune reprend vie lors de ce fameux week-end et héberge une immense fête nommée « Les Sarmentelles » (les sarments sont des rameaux de vigne ; ceux-ci sont enflammés en centre-ville juste avant la mise en perce des tonneaux). Les fêtards peuvent ensuite s’adonner au plaisir de boire le vin nouveau pendant toute la durée du festival.

attention. This soon spread to other countries in Europe in the 1980s - North America and Asia joined in the madness in the 1990s. In some places, the wine was delivered by hot-air balloon, elephant, motorcycle and helicopter… Concorde was even drafted into service one year!

The man largely credited with ‘inventing’ this annual drinking frenzy is Georges Duboeuf, the so-called King of Beaujolais.

It is Duboeuf who is credited with turning the release of Beaujolais Nouveau into a global phenomenon - a marketing masterstroke for a wine that often comes from the region’s worst vineyards.

That said, I’m sure plenty of us will still enjoy getting caught up in the ritual again this year! ■

The Bugle thanks French teacher, Sophie Arsac, for the translation of this month's bilingual article on a topical aspect of FrancoBritish culture.

Ce qui n’était autrefois qu’une tradition locale est devenu un événement national et international en quelques dizaines d’années.

Chaque année, c’est la course pour être le premier à accéder au marché mondial. Au total, plus de 65 millions de bouteilles seront distribuées et bues sur la planète, soit presque la moitié de la production annuelle de la région.

A l’origine, ce vin connu aujourd’hui sous le nom de Beaujolais Nouveau avait pour simple vocation de célébrer la fin de la récolte. Il n’était fermenté que pendant quelques semaines puis consommé immédiatement.

Les producteurs de vin prirent conscience du potentiel marketing du Beaujolais Nouveau et dans les années 70, la compétition pour livrer les premières bouteilles sur Paris

engendra un véritable événement médiatique national.

Le phénomène se répandit bientôt à d’autres pays d’Europe dans les années 80 puis la fièvre gagna l’Amérique du Nord et l’Asie dans les années 90. Parfois le vin fut livré en montgolfière, à dos d’éléphant, à moto ou en hélicoptère… Une année, le Concorde a même été mis à contribution !

Le « créateur » de cette frénésie est Georges Duboeuf, surnommé également « le roi du Beaujolais ». Il a réussi un véritable coup de marketing en transformant la mise sur le marché en un phénomène mondial alors que le vin provient souvent des pires vignobles français.

Ceci étant dit, je suis sûr que beaucoup d’entre nous seront heureux d’être une nouvelle fois pris au piège de ce rituel annuel ! ■

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wt112 top loader washing machine V/good condition, little used, 84cm tall 40cm wide 62 cm depth.

We are in dept 23 near Chénérailles. €100.00 Tel: 05 55 62 77 41 FOR SALE: Chest Freezer Length 80cm width 60cm.

Approx 8 cubic feet.

Excellent condition. Near Treignac. €140.00 Tel: 05 55 98 63 94

WANTED WANTED: URGENT Isolated house to rent or buy. No near neighbours and no traffic. Consider anything in regions Centre or Limousin. Tel: 02 54 38 81 76

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Business Directory

Your indispensable guide to finding local businesses & artisans Animals & Pets Auto Services Building Services Architects/Surveyors Carpenters/Joiners Electricians Fosses Septiques General Groundworks Painters/Decorators

Animals & Pets

Plasterers Plumbers Roofing Sandblasting >> pg 18 >> pg 18-19 Chimney Sweeps Computers/Satellites >> pg 19 Food & Drink >> pg 19 >> pg 19-21 Garden Services Gifts & Crafts >> pg 21 Handholding Services >> pg 21

>> pg 18 >> pg 18

Cats and Dogs Boarding Kennels

Purpose built kennels - dept 16.

45 years animal care experience.

Fully insured and vet approved.

Individual kennels plus family pens.

Walking off lead 4 times a day.

Michael and Wendy Aldrich

catsanddogs2009@hotmail.co.uk

REGISTERED FARRIER MARECHAL FERRANT NOW TAKING ON NEW CLIENTS CHRIS SELWYN Dip WCF REGISTERED FARRIER ▪ OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE ▪ ALL DISCIPLINES AND REMEDIAL WORK UNDERTAKEN ▪ RELIABLE, HONEST SERVICE ▪ CONTACT TO DISCUSS YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND AREA ▪ BASED IN 87 BUT WILL TRAVEL ▪ REFERENCES AVAILABLE

TEL: 06 30 96 02 02

E: info@englishfarrierinfrance.com W: www.englishfarrierinfrance.com siret: 799 169 479 00018

FREELANCE EQUESTRIAN TRAINER English Spoken - 30 years experience Fully qualified - B.H.S.I.I. Specialise in dressage and eventing Based in dept. 87 Contact: Diane Smeaton

Email: smeaton.diane@orange.fr

Mobile: 06 40 07 47 78 siret: 813 001 708 00011

Please mention The Bugle when responding to adverts

>> pg 21 >> pg 22 >> pg 22 >> pg 22 >> pg 22 >> pg 22 >> pg 22-23 >> pg 23 >> pg 24 >> pg 24

The Caring Cattery

MOTOR PARTS

05 55 03 76 87 / 06 30 02 35 73

Suppliers of Car & Van Spares & LHD headlights, anywhere in France

Rochechouart

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.

Certificate of Capacity. Contact Barbara:

05 45 66 14 62

bdowning77@wanadoo.fr www. caringcattery.moonfruit.com

Siret: 494 030 919 00018

SIRET: 494 125 016 00019

Champlong Chatterie

The Orchard

Caring, quiet accommodation just for cats JUNCT 22 off A20, Arnac la Poste

Alison & Ray

Tel: 05 55 60 27 83

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

champlongchatterie@me.com www.champlongchatterie.com

Contact Dave Grant: 05 55 67 58 87

SIRET: 520 896 671 00010

siret: 504 584 228 00010

Valhalla dog holidays

www.the-orchard.eu

Auto Services

Small, friendly English-run kennels in Bétête (23270).

Open 365 days a year.

Call Leanne on:

CHARENTE

JOHN SOWERSBY

+44 (0)1377 255470 +44 (0)7830 170761 motorptscharente@aol.com www.motorpartscharente.com

Building Services Architects/ Surveyors CHARTERED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

Pre-purchase & Structural Surveys.

Verbal & written reports.

Structural calculations & drawings.

Redevelopment ideas & solutions.

FR: 0033 (0)6 05 56 42 81 UK: 0044 (0)7448 466 662

Web: www.versineer.com Email: enquiries@versineer.com

or email

leaberry24@yahoo.co.uk

>> pg 24 >> pg 24 >> pg 24 >> pg 24 >> pg 24 >> pg 24 >> pg 24-25 >> pg 25 >> pg 25

Architectural DRAWING SERVICE Renovating your French property?

New build?

Dossiers prepared Permis de Construire Déclarations Préalables

Tel: 05 53 52 36 05

lavieilleabbaye@orange.fr SIRET: 493 770 358 00015

Tim Haw B.Eng C.Eng M.I.Struct.E

05 55 80 42 47

Animal communication

Health & Beauty House Clearance Insurance & Finance Language Services Pest Control Property Sales Retail & Commerce Transport/Removals /Storage General

At Masterplans.eu we can help guide you through your planning application in France.

From initial feasibility to completed dossiers.

We will compile all the relevant drawings and complete the necessary paperwork to ensure your application proceeds smoothly.

We are equally at home working with clients here in France or those living abroad.

Tel: 05 55 80 72 83 Mob: 06 33 07 29 72 Email: info@masterplans.eu www.masterplans.eu Siret: 790 016 984 00011

Building Services

Siret: 498 843 051 00018

LCS 23 Autos

Car and Van Sales European Transport

Gentle healing for people and pets.

Complementing conventional treatments by easing the side effects. Helping to identify the causes of allergic reactions and behavioural problems. More information at:

06 23 29 24 70 - see pg 17

www.ame-et-corps.com Tel: 06.66.24.85.49

Registered Car Mechanic

English, French, German - and Animal spoken! Katharina Maiss

See Display Ad pg 19

RING BILL! 05.55.81.31.85

ALBION BUILDING SURVEYORS RICS Chartered Surveyor

35+ years experience, fully insured - pre-purchase house surveys - digital floor plans - project monitoring

www.surveys-in-france.org

Tel: 06 43 86 73 27

Carpenters/ Joiners A. Wright

Carpenter & Joiner 06 35 12 10 66 see main ad - pg 4

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NOVEMBER 2015 ○ THE BUGLE ○ www.thebugle.eu

ADVERTORIAL

Neptune - by French Lily

T

he nights are drawing in, log burners are lit and we are getting our homes warm & cosy for the colder months ahead. Creating the warmest of welcomes has been Neptune’s inspiration this season with lots of new furniture and accessories being added to the range.

Christmas will soon be upon us and we love dressing our showroom with Neptune’s festive accessories. From throws and scented candles to beautiful decorations, there is something for everyone.

Come and join us on the 28th & 29th November between 10am and 4pm for a mince pie and warm drink. Pick out a

new decoration for your tree, a gift for a loved one or just treat yourself to something nice.

For this event only, we will be offering reduced prices on all furniture & accessories that are on display in our Limousin showroom*, this offer will not continue after the weekend.

For further information on the Neptune range, to request the Autumn/Winter 2015 directory or for any other information, please contact Neptune by French Lily on 05.55.80.92.91. ■ *does not include Christmas accessories

French Lily Cuisines et Intérieurs Vervaux, 23240 Saint Priest La Plaine, 05 55 80 92 91 Open Sat 10am-4pm | info@frenchlily.fr | neptune.com

SHUTTERS

LEDGE & BRACE DOORS MADE TO MEASURE

SUPERIOR QUALITY SUPPLY ONLY PRODUCTS FROM 45 EUROS IN SOFTWOODS OR LOCAL HARD WOODS SIMPLE ORDERING ONLY TEN DAYS TURNAROUND Please explore our website for more info: www.scrollart.co.uk

05 55 14 12 43

Oradour Sur Vayres (87150)- siren 752 051 482

Building Services

Lumiere Service et Energie Steven Rofe 20+ Years experience

• 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 05.55.69.75.67 / 06.89.47.69.71 email: rofesteven@yahoo.co.uk

Pink Electrique

Building Services

Building Services

Tel: 05 55 63 10 68 Mob: 06 64 59 48 64

Fosses Septiques

General

Steve Johns

Stephen Cullinane & Son

Ruth & Geoff Kowalczyk All electrical work, home automation & security.

Project management. See our website for more information. French qualified and insured.

30+ years worldwide experience.

Departments covered: 23, 36, 87.

Email: info@pink-electrique.fr www.pink-electrique.fr SIRET: 788 709 871 00016

SALAMANDRE

électricité Keith SLOPER

Siret No. 501.792.386.00010

Electricians

sales@thebugle.eu 05 55 41 17 76

INSTALLATION23 BARWICK - Electricity ÉLECTRICITÉ SHAUN BARWICK QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN

Available for all types of electrical work Small jobs, new builds, renovations, rewires Consuel assistance and certification service available Fully insured with 10 year workmanship guarantee Based near Châlus (87230)

- Plumbing - Air conditioning and heat pump - Small renovations (bathrooms, kitchens, etc.)

Dutch and English spoken Creuse / Puy-de-Dôme E-mail: installation23@gmail.com

Tel: 09 72 35 74 73

Email: barwick.shaun@gmail.com

Mob. 06 40 56 96 12 Tel. 05 55 67 57 64

@iret: 794 282 368 00016

Siret: 753 054 030 00014

Tel: 05 55 64 94 20 Mob: 07 86 38 09 61 * Qualified electrician * All types of electrical works carried out * Free estimates * Fault finding * Consuel certification arranged * Temporary and permanent EDF supplies arranged * Departments 23 and 87 No Siret: 494 916 760 00015

Fosse Septique Specialist 20+ years experience All aspects covered: Paperwork and permissions arranged Installations (full/part) Upgrades (to current regs) Inspections

Digger and dumper hire

Groundworks, foundations, driveways, etc.

Building & Renovation services Free devis and site visit

05.55.64.11.73

We guarantee to beat any like for like quote ! siret: 514 556 208 00015

Your advert here

LES VIDANGES LIMOUSINES

05 55 41 17 76

06 49 66 44 25

▪ 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

From the foundations to the roof Established 9 years in France 05 55 81 00 53 - see pg 12

R & B Construction ALL ASPECTS OF RENOVATION & CONSTRUCTION • House & barn renovations • Garage/loft conversions • Bathroom/shower rooms • Doors/windows • Roofing • Patios/decking • Plumbing & Electrical • 10 year Guarantee Insurance

See our website: www.rb-first-construction.com Tel: 05 55 37 74 06 (Dave) Tel: 05 55 69 75 67 (Steve) (Depts 23, 87 & 19) siret: 501 792 386 00010

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To advertise in The Bugle Business Directory, call 05 55 41 17 76

RING BILL! Registered Car Mechanic 05 55 81 31 85 (contrôle technique)

SIRET: 494 617 798 00017

■ ... much more Dept. 23 & surrounding areas

Ladies fashion accessories

NEUVIALLE MENUISERIE

no job too small - very competitive rates

Paula Robinson

30 Years’ Experience Joiner Kitchens, Bedrooms & Bathrooms Flooring & General 2nd Fix Finishing, Joinery & Decking Emergency Lock Services

tres.jolie1@orange.fr Facebook: search for “Tres Jolie Milhaguet”

Mike Christie 05 55 64 35 11 (Home) 07 87 38 58 88 (Mobile) mgchristie2013@gmail.com

Mail order available or find me at a local market

(see Notice Board for more details)

05 55 78 62 29 06 04 08 29 53 siret 753 125 061 00014

Siret: 802 265 728

■ Services ■ Brakes ■ MOT Prep

Très Jolie

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Entreprise Hines Building Services All Internal & External Works, completed to a high standard.

We also supply KWIKSTAGE scaffold for hire - either DIY or full scaffold service provided.

See website for more info - www.entreprisehines.com - 05 55 89 69 46 - robert.hines@orange.fr

siret: 503 169 237 00016

Building Services

sales@thebugle.eu 05 55 41 17 76

Davis & Davis

General

30 years' Experience in Construction, Renovation & Project Management Quality Workmanship Guaranteed Internal/ External Developments Barn conversions, loft conversions, new-build, drylining, plastering, rendering, spray rendering, tiling, installation of kitchens/ bathrooms, painting, carpentry, replacement doors & windows, velux installation, groundworks, landscaping, decking & much more...

Barry Haggerty

Qualified Mason Pointing a speciality Brickwork Stonework Blockwork Masonry No job too small Free quotes Over 30 years' experience Dept. 23 & surrounding areas

No job too big (or small). Give us a call for a free competitive quote.

05 55 60 29 50 / 06 04 13 30 57 email: davis-davis@sfr.fr

Based Arnac-la-Poste - Covering depts 87, 23 & 19 Siret: 498 203 652 00017

La Noneix

Construction

Tel: 06 42 19 20 06

& Property Services

Email: barrydhaggerty@gmail.com

Established, Professional and Personal Building Services. Fully registered with décennale insurance covering all works.

RSW Entreprises

●Renovations ●New builds ●Roofing ●Stonework ●Carpentry ●Ground works

Fosse Septique Specialist

05.55.80.00.57

See our Display Ad - pg 13 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

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

Large or small projects undertaken - please view our website.

Contact: Paul or Joanne Rands

05.55.66.44.06 www.lanoneix.com Paul.rands@orange.fr SIRET: 501 144 596 00019

T J Renovations

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 16 30 / 06 85 37 04 35 web: www.builderinthecreuse.co.uk

Email: tjrenovations96@yahoo.fr Siret: 750 068 116 00011

Your advert here 05 55 41 17 76 Septic tanks

systems designed with permissions & paperwork included and independent approval with certification.

Property Maintenance Services

Qualified Tradesman 20+ years experience Offering extensive handyman and general maintenance services Small jobs a speciality, able to work with you on your renovation projects Affordable & reliable, a quality job every time Servicing 23 and surrounding areas. Call Jim:

French Lily

Kitchens & Interiors 05 55 80 92 91 - see pg 2

email: jones23entreprise@orange.fr Jeff Jones: 06 38 25 74 62

All types of building work, groundwork, renovations, decorating and maintenance

Paul Goldsmith Interior Renovations

Renovations & Home Improvements

05 55 65 00 29 / 06 33 19 99 64 email: double-d-23@live.fr siret: 510 357 155 00017

TEL : 05 55 69 24 82

E-mail : sdscouverture@gmail.com Siret No: 524 866 621 00013

Harlequin Developments All aspects of renovation and refurbishment, big or small, undertaken.

Harlequin Developments are a Distributor and Installer for Solarventi, solar dehumidifying and ventilating products.

05.55.68.67.56 06.06.60.46.97

S.J. GODBY ENTREPRISE

ALL ASPECTS OF RENOVATION WORK • All types of plastering • Plasterboarding, studwalling • Lime mortar pointing • Window and door openings • Stone work • Sand blasting Free and friendly quotations, no job too small Fully qualified and registered artisan for over 19 years Covering dept 23

Contact: 07 89 71 25 69 E-mail: stuart.godby@live.fr siret: 434 085 338 00037

Paul Jones Renovation

Experienced and fully registered artisan, offering a high quality finish and service • 10yr Décennale Assurance • Full house/barn renovation • Plasterboarding walls and ceilings • Tape and Jointing • Kitchen Installation • Roofing works • Carpentry • Patios/Decking

Tel: 05 55 69 28 12 Mob: 06 73 18 63 47 Email: pauljones@orange.fr www.pauljonesrenovation.com

harlequindevelopments@live.com www.harlequindevelopments.com SIRET: 494.501.067.00016

Max Huggett

Experienced and fully registered builder with 10 year Décennale Insurance Offering a broad selection of building services in depts. 87, 19 & 23.

From one off installations to complete renovations, construction, landscaping and ground works.

E: info@maxhuggett.com

T: 05 55 69 37 64 M: 06 80 92 23 82

www.maxhuggett.com

Registered for 8 years in France

High quality work, excellent references available • Kitchens • Bathrooms • Tiling • Wood flooring • Loft conversions • Pointing • Windows • Plasterboarding Covering Creuse and Indre

e: lasout@live.com

t: 09 66 03 52 89 SIRET 494 123 847 00019

La Coterie Entreprise Approved septic tank installer

05.55.80.83.30

www.lce23.com See our main ad below

GODSON

Travaux Publics www.fossepro.com 05.55.62.61.12 - pg 3

sales@thebugle.eu 05 55 41 17 76 Steve Johns Assainissement

fosse-septique23.com

English & French spoken - Siret: 518 511 340 00011

WASTE REMOVAL SERVICES

upvc-solutions

• house/barn/garden clearances • dechetterie runs • rubbish removal • cash paid for scrap • general labouring service • mini digger - with/without driver • Vehicle with 1.5 tonne crane

concrete floors, concrete terraces, concrete retaining walls, openings, underfloor heating, insulation, steps.

05 55 37 45 35 06 74 21 47 71

uPVC windows, doors, porches & conservatories Available in white or oak woodgrain.

Visit our website for more information.

www.upvc-solutions.webs.com email: muckalt@orange.fr

siret 532 981 198 00015

Renovation

siret: 503 133 159 00015

bathrooms & kitchens from design to completion, ceilings, partition walls, drylining.

see our portfolio at www.LCE23.com

05.55.80.83.30

siret: 810 322 123 00011

05.55.64.11.73 - see pg 11

siret no: 495 067 829 00020

Concrete

Carpenter Builder

Double D

Siret: 792 049 025 00010

Roofs constructed & repaired Attic conversions & velux fitted Chimney repairs Kitchen & Bathroom fitting Tiling Dry Lining All work fully insured Free Quotation

Quality Workmanship Since 1986

Portfolio available to view at www.jonesentreprise.com

05 55 66 23 97 06 27 25 07 78

All Renovations and Constructions

JONES ENTREPRISE

registered and insured for all work we do

trading 7 years

sales@LCE23.com

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ADVERTORIAL

ADVERTORIAL

Satellite broadband solutions Advertising with The Bugle

S

atellite Broadband has seen some changes this last month. TOOWAY has reached saturation for domestic customers in the beam covering central France and the service has been restricted for new customers for the foreseeable future.

This leaves SES as the main operator. Our most popular package is the SES L package with 10GB a month allowance for only €29.95. We offer DIY or our own installation service using our own staff.

CCTV - We can offer a wide range of equipment from Quality DIY to full HD IP based systems. We have spent some time researching the transmission of CCTV pictures over Satellite BB and can now offer a reliable service.

Wi–Fi - We see many questions about coverage on the forums with answers like:- open the doors, put it in the window. We can design and supply systems with total coverage of your house,

W

no matter how large. For example, if you have Gîtes we can create networks to limit your guests' bandwidth consumption (ideal for Satellite), whilst giving you the full bandwidth.

UK TV - There have been many changes recently, luckily most haven’t effected our area.

However, if you are using an old

Sky box to receive Freesat then Sky have made some technical changes to the signal which may stop channels working. The solution is simple: buy a modern Freesat box. If you are having problems with UK TV, or even French TV then... call the Mikes on 05 55 09 15 73

SAT-ELEC - where knowledge and experience provide the complete solution.

The two Mikes are happy to prepare a custom package for you on all or any of the above.

Call Mike G: 05 55 09 15 73 - 06 38 16 01 61 or Mike T: 03 66 88 06 29 or email: info@sat-elec.co.uk

Hire KWIKSTAGE Scaffolding Large stock response Scaffold Hire Good ratesRapid for long & short term hire DIY or Full Scaffold Service See our website or phone for details

05 55 89 69 46

www.entreprisehines.com robert.hines@orange.fr SIRET: 503 169 237 00016

A. Wright

Erected or self-erect Delivery or collection All areas covered Call Dave:

06 42 73 83 37 siret: 795 207 067 00013

see main ad - pg 4

sales@thebugle.eu

See our Display Ad - pg 7

05 55 41 17 76

05 55 98 24 12

Entreprise Hines 05 55 41 17 76 Building & Renovation ● Roofing - New & Repairs ● Masonry ● Plastering ● Dry Lining ● Sand Blasting ● Equestrian Buildings ● Digger/Scaffold Hire ● ... and much, much more

Building Services

Building Services

Painting and Decorating

Double D

Mini-Digger with driver

05 55 63 53 06

See Main Ad below

Mini Digger

with Driver for Hire

Landscaping, ditching, land clearance etc.

Also general Garden Maintenance John Bonella

87440 Marval

05 55 78 62 29

siret no. 523 183 580 00019

john.bonella@gmail.com

A genuine plasterer French and English spoken Traditional Plastering Rendering, Stud partition dry lining Lime mortar stone pointing

experience, now based in Haute-Vienne.

Specialist services: Interior & exterior painting & decorating, wallpapering, plastering.

FREE QUOTES

Tel: 05 87 19 91 50 Mob: 07 81 26 88 65 Web: www.sjcmontluc.fr Email: sjcmontluc@yahoo.fr

05 55 63 53 06 06 23 29 48 19 christopher.willis@orange.fr Le Bourg, 23360 Nouzerolles SIRET: 504 612 441 00015

Building Services

Le Plâtrier du Limousin

GLEN VINEY

The friendly & reliable plasterer

Siret: 534 396 908 00012

Plasterboarding, Partitioning, Skiming, Solid Plastering, Floor Screeding,Rendering: Mono Couche/Coloured Render Waterproofing Render Systems (18 Years Experience) Email: glenviney1@btinternet.com

05 55 41 17 76

sales@thebugle.eu 05 55 41 17 76

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Siret: 527 736 326 00010

kathleen.willis@orange.fr

05 55 80 92 91

info@platrierlimousin.fr

Your advert here

Quality Plasterwork, Internal & External

Tel: 06 45 18 86 10

Kathleen Willis

siret 802 262 35200015

CALL FOR A FREE QUOTATION

siret: 792.130.932.00017

PLASTERER

Groundworks john.bonella@gmail.com

Qualified craftsman with over 25 years UK

Painter & Decorator the Plasterer

CALL KATH

Colour Consultations

05.55.78.62.29

Chris

Plasterers

Room Re-designs

Renovations & Home Improvements 05 55 65 00 29 - pg 10

Simon Carter

Painters/ Decorators

www.entreprisehines.com robert.hines@orange.fr SIRET: 503 169 237 00016

T: 05 55 41 17 76 E: sales@thebugle.eu W: www.thebugle.eu

10 year guarantee.

Covering depts. 23 & 87.

Call Stuart on:

Interior and Exterior

28 years qualified experience

05.55.89.69.46

For more information on advertising in the Bugle Business Directory, give us a call or send us an email:

Dave Cardwell - Builder

Your advert here

Carpenter & Joiner 06 35 12 10 66

ith 6 years’ experience delivering print advertising to an expat market, The Bugle represents one of the most cost-effective ways to let English speakers know about your business. An advert with The Bugle starts from just €11.20 HT per month – that’s less than 37 cents a day to put your business in front of 30,000 people each month.

In the Limousin we have more than 300 distribution points across the region and surrounding areas where readers can pick up a copy for free.

We also distribute 3,500 copies through Limoges Airport, which means that we are in the perfect position to target not only residents and secondhome owners, but also tourists and those new to the region.

The Bugle is the only English language newspaper dedicated to the Limousin - in fact, today, The Bugle is the only free English language newspaper in France and we are growing all the time.

If you would like to discuss any of our advertising options further, why not give us a call today to find out more about the ways that we can help you grow your business.

50,000 sq ft of covered showrooms & 2 large external display areas - All reclamation bought & sold - Demolition undertaken - Specialists in oak beams - Metalwork & stonework - Indian stone flooring - Plywood, all in 8x4 sheets: internal, external and marine grade Open Mon-Sat 8.30am to 6pm - www.reclamation-yard.com Only 1km from Confolens on the D952 Ansac-sur-Vienne road

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Le Viaduc Bar-Restaurant Le Bourg, 87250 Folles

Menu du Jour - 4 courses + wine for €12.90 Full à la carte menu - locally brewed beers - regular events Opening times - Tue-Sun: 10h-14h30. Wed-Thu 18h-21h. Fri-Sun: 18h-22h. Closed Mon & Tue evening.

www.le-viaduc-bar-folles.com

Building Services

For more information on advertising in the Bugle Business Directory, give us a call or send us an email:

Plumbers Martin Walters

sales@thebugle.eu

Plumber

05 55 41 17 76

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.

Building Services

05 55 10 96 03

Building Services

Roofing

Siret 522 804 723 00016

Benjamin Jourdan

Sand and Blast 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.helplomberie.com e: benjaminjourdan@hotmail.com

25+ years roofing experience All aspects of roofing, large or small 15+ years experience plastering/boarding Fully registered and insured Trading in France since 2007 Call Mark for a free quotation

* 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

siret: 517 848 826 00023

mumford.toiture@orange.fr

H20 CREUSE

Eurl Réno-Gén

Siret No. 493 159 412 00011

ROOFING SPECIALISTS

Heating & Plumbing engineer

05 55 63 89 23

All types of roofing External insulation Carpentry work Dormer windows Velux windows Zinc guttering Chimney repoints Lead flashing, etc.

Contact Phil Andrews:

see pg 9

Your advert here

Mob: 06 42 38 54 22 Tel: 02 54 30 11 20

05 55 41 17 76

Email: philip.andrews@orange.fr siret: 509 180 410 00011

CONTACT : PAUL CHARLESWORTH TEL : 06 28 28 04 63

05 55 09 15 73

We only use our own qualified staff No call out charge Free quotations All areas covered Quality work from qualified Staff 5 Place de la Republique Sauviat-sur-Vige 87400

05 55 68 47 33 / 06 82 26 31 54 see pg 10

TOUTE SWEEP Chimney Sweep Service

Contact Barry Manning

Tel: 05 55 66 48 55 Mob: 06 31 59 81 08

barry@toutesweep.com

REMEMBER - BLOCKED FLUES AND CHIMNEY FIRES CAN BE FATAL... DON'T TAKE THAT RISK! SIRET: 534 351 754 00013

Chimney Sweeping • Flue ways cleared • Birds nests, vermin & debris removed • Smoke evacuation & gas tightness tests • Official certificates of cleaning issued (Certificat de Ramonage)

www.stovesellers.com

05 55 63 78 72 Siren: 502 409 949

Food & Drink

Approved Supplier

Mayday

MUMFORD TOITURE

05 55 71 49 13 - 06 78 60 96 16

m: 06 29 97 50 16

UK & French Satellite TV

Dishes & Freesat boxes always in stock Terrestrial digital aerial installations From a single outlet to multi-point systems

computer services - pc • mac • network

see main ad below

Roofing & Plastering/ Plasterboarding Service

Formerly Electrosat

siret no 798 364 600 00014

www.pmcbatiment.fr Installation, servicing & maintenance of all types of boiler: wood, gas, fuel, pellet...

Solar panels installed and maintained.

Underfloor heating, bathrooms, kitchens, etc...

General electric works up to full house rewire.

Will travel.

Sat-Elec

bobby@sandandblast.com steve@sandandblast.com

Roofing Specialists

05 55 66 60 21

SIRET: 510 117 328 00011

Wi-Fi, Data Networks, CCTV For sales, service or advice call Mike G on:

Chimney Sweeps

Satellite Systems

martin@creusetec.com http://www.creusetec.com

TOOWAY BROADBAND

05 55 76 31 59 / 06 77 40 95 92

Creusetec High speed internet via satellite from "tooway" & "SES Astra".

TV Satellite Sales, Service & Installations.

Dish alignments. Sky/Freesat/TNT/FTA. Most of depts 23,03,63,87,36 covered.

www.sandandblast.com

PMC BATIMENT

Plumber/Electrician

Computers & Satellites

Sandblasting

SIRET: 812 727 253 00013

Tel 02 54 24 84 62

leviaduc-bar-folles@hotmail.fr

For all your TV and satellite installations and repairs (Sky TV, Internet etc.)

Call Patrice:

06.79.07.91.56

libre.antenne87@gmail.com Fast dependable service Based Séreilhac (87) siret: 353 613 227 00035

GOODWIN SATELLITE

SALES & INSTALLATION OF ALL SATELLITE SYSTEMS & AERIALS. FAULT FINDING. Dept 23 & surrounding areas

Tel: 05 55 62 05 61 Mob: 06 23 40 18 64 Email: garygoodwin@wanadoo.fr siret: 453 067 910 00019

Big Dish Satellite www.bigdishsat.com

05 55 78 72 98 see main ad - pg 2

Try Something Different

Chez Jacques Marsac (23)

• Cosy atmosphere • Speciality Crêpes • Large burger menu • Over 20 whiskeys • Book corner, pool table • Fish & chip night (2nd Fri each month) • Curry nights (by reservation)

05 87 40 02 83 closed Wednesdays

Le Viaduc - Bar/Restaurant

www.le-viaduc-bar-folles.com Le Bourg, 87250 Folles see main advert above

Le Champsac

B&B Restaurant Bar Tabac & Salle des Fêtes

good food! good company! good night out! open all year regular events private parties

www.lechampsac.com

lechampsac@orange.fr 12, Rue des Fontaines, 87230 Champsac

pmcbatiment@yahoo.fr www.pmcbatiment.fr

ROOFING SPECIALISTS

Insurance guarantee on all work. 15 years’ experience.

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Siret : 531 655 231 00011

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Granulés du Limousin

Traiteur

www.traiteur-limousin.com

Cocktails

thierry-le-costoec@traiteur-limousin.com

Event Catering

La Saunière (23000) 07 71 61 95 49

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ADVERTORIAL

“SolarVenti”- the solar solution to damp and humidity

A

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

by Hans Jørgen Christensen, from Aidt Miljø, with the backing of the Danish government.

He wanted 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 - houses that left their owners with discomfort, lots of work and expense. He wanted a system that would be safe, simple, without the need for radiators, water and/ or mains electricity. Slowly but surely, the first Solarventi model came together.

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 solar cell, introduces warm, dry air into your home at the rate of 20 to 100 cubic metres per hour.

The initial models were more than capable of keeping the cottages dry (and ventilated), even with the limited sunshine hours available in Denmark during the winter season. Since that time, the technology has really come along in leaps and bounds. Now, more than 20 years later, the 3rd and 4th generation Solarventi have exceeded all expectations.

In Southern Europe, Solar-

26, Ecurat 23150

Atelier d'Art du Jardin Cream teas on the terrasse Sat & Sun - 11h00 to 17h00

*NEW* Restaurant now open Lunchtimes: 12h-14h (by reservation) A la carte menu from €5.50-€12 Evenings: from 18h30 (by reservation) Menu (€25) or à la carte 2km from Chénérailles and the Chateau Villemonteix.

tel: 05 55 81 31 85

email: ecurat123@hotmail.com www.atelierdartdujardin.net

Mandys-curry-2-go Mobile Curry Take Away For menus and venues:

www.mandyscurry2go.com

venti is not only used for ventilation/dehumidification purposes; with far more winter sunshine hours, it also provides a substantial heating supplement. Several technical and governmental studies show that incoming air temperature can be increased by as much as 40°C. 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. In fact, the Solarventi was originally designed to be a DIY product - in Scandinavia it still is.

There are no electrical or water connections and it can be safely left running, even when the property is empty. Solarventi requires no maintenance

British Corner Shop

British food, delivered worldwide www.britishcornershop.co.uk see main ad - pg 2

Sue and Rob Manning

BEEF

Turkey & Goose EARL Les Fromentaux

Excellent beef available from our farm direct to you.

All bred fed and finished here in Vilenne.

A box of beef is 14-18 kg at €10.90 per kg

Order your Christmas Turkeys & Geese now Tel: 02 54 25 34 73 10 Route de Vilenne, 36200 Celon

Follow us on facebook e : mandyscurry2go@gmail.com

Le Creusois

Parties 20+ & events catered for

Les Genêts, Azerables

m : 07 70 39 12 23 siret: 498 199 306 00016

Deadline for all advertising is the 15th of the month for the following month's edition. sales@thebugle.eu

05 55 41 17 76

Bar/Restaurant

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

JJ’s Cafe Bar

Some customer quotes: ‘...more than just a bar’ ‘....a bit like Allo Allo and Cheers!’

- if the property is unoccupied during the hot summer months, then it can be left running at low speeds for ventilation and dehumidification purposes or simply switched off.

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!! Following the patenting of its design in 2001, Solarventi has only recently been actively commercialized. Over the last six years, Solarventi units have been installed in more than 24 countries and demand is increasing rapidly. From Greenland to Australia, Solarventi is finally getting the recognition it deserves. ■ Units start from €630 TTC. Several ex-demonstration models available at reduced prices, call for details.

Free range old spot pork for sale Antibiotic free Available on demand in either whole (approx 55-80 kg) or half carcass

Gardening

Restaurant AUX CEPES

T.A.D. 23

No job too small. Reasonable prices.

Contact Steve or Sherrie

All aspects of garden maintenance

E: sherrieetstevejardiniers@gmail.com

LA veytiZoU, 87130

Tel: 05 55 69 33 38 see main ad - pg 4

Petticoat Lane 5 Rue Nationale – 16150 Chabanais

Tel: 05 45 29 03 99 Visit: www.petticoatlaneshop.com E-mail: sales@petticoatlaneshop.com 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.

Opening hours: Mon - Sat 10am – 6pm Visit us and compare our prices

Moulin de Chevilou

www.chevillou.com

tel: 05 55 75 86 13

Le Moulin du Breuil

cafebarjj@yahoo.co.uk SIRET: 508 754 314 00013

All general

05 55 65 13 45

39 Place du Champ de Foire 36140, Aigurande

www.frenchweb.eu/jjscafebar/

Please mention The Bugle when responding to adverts

Sherrie et Steve Jardiniers

tel (evenings):

Come and see for yourself - Open all week.

02 54 06 30 77

Garden Services

€3 / kg

see main ad - pg 10

See our Notice Board events listings

SOLARVENTI - Available in the Limousin From Harlequin Developments Tel: 05 55 68 67 56 Mobile: 06 06 60 46 97

BAR, RESTAURANT, TERRASSE 23140 PIONNAT

05 55 80 37 70 - see pg 10

Undertaken

(Travaux d'Accès Difficiles)

• Tree Surgery • Garden Clearance • Strimming • Pruning

T: 05 55 81 14 51 M: 06 85 78 81 32 siret: 788 438 562 00019

Cross Cut Tree Surgeons

for all your tree requirements beverley.pawson@yahoo.co.uk 05.55.60.62.14 / 06.78.38.42.44

see main ad below

Your advert here 05 55 41 17 76

M: 06 58 72 03 43 Siret No: 811 161 835 00001

sales@thebugle.eu 05 55 41 17 76 Gardening Services

Grass Cutting Strimming Pruning Hedge Cutting Also other General Jobs, i.e. Painting & Woodworking Contact Joachim

Tel: 05 55 66 54 43 Mob: 06 82 59 38 13 English, French & German spoken

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Cross Cut Tree Surgeons

for all your tree requirements 30+ years experience Free quotes and advice We will not be beaten on price or standard of work Reliability guaranteed Fully qualified arborist - Fully insured Covering depts: 87, 23, 86, 36, 19 & 16

beverley.pawson@yahoo.co.uk

05.55.60.62.14 / 06.78.38.42.44

siret: 530 840 958 00017

24 ♦ DIRECTORY

Gifts & Crafts

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Handholding Services

Insurance & Finance

Ecole de Langue

Leggett Immobilier

All your language needs under one roof!

see main ad - pg 9

Agence Marche Limousin

02 54 31 12 55

Bilingual Estate Agency www.ieafrance.com

86, Rue Nationale, 36400 La Châtre

www.ecole-de-langue.net

'ROUSSIS MAID'

05.55.89.15.74 - pg 14

See our Display Ad - pg 3

Translation/interpretation Dealing with utilities/banks Permis de construire Sourcing/supervising artisans 1-2-1 conversation classes

Your advert here

Retail & Commerce

Jonathan Critchley jcritch.7@gmail.com

05 55 41 17 76

Quality product at affordable prices.

Customized, if required, especially for you.

Available blank or with either English or French greetings.

see main ad - pg 10

Tel: 06 86 89 81 02 siret 528 539 448

The Exchange 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

Très Jolie

Ladies fashion accessories 05 55 78 62 29 / 06 04 08 29 53 see main ad pg 19

French lessons & handholding services

www.hollainfrance.com

A HELPING HAND

05 55 62 50 38 siret: 792 285 025 00013

Sophie Arsac

French lessons & handholding services

HiFX

International money transfer

Les Bregères, 23150 St-Martial-le-Mont alison.petley@wanadoo.fr

Blevins Franks International tax and wealth

Chez Amanda Depot Vente des Vêtements

Learning to meditate

Meditation class in Limoges for beginners and advanced participants Each Tue at 7pm at 1, rue des Frères Bonneff, 87100 Limoges First session free of charge, then 4 evenings at a total fee of €35.

Working in small groups in a beautiful space.

NEW- Class in St-Junien 2nd Mon of every month www.ame-et-corps.com or call Katharina Maiss on:

Tel: 05 87 77 95 59 Vintage Style Paint, Wallpaper & Fabrics.

Christmas Gifts, Cards & Wrap now in stock.

Gift vouchers.

Cream Teas, Mince Pies & Hot Chocolate. www.monchiccottage.com

La Petite Place

26, Ecurat 23150

Atelier d'Art du Jardin Open Sat & Sun - 11h00 to 17h00

Hair salon, Le Dorat

05.55.60.87.37

See our Display Ad - pg 4

sales@thebugle.eu 05 55 41 17 76

management advisers

www.blevinsfranks.com See our main ad - pg 12

email: ecurat123@hotmail.com www.atelierdartdujardin.net

The Spectrum IFA Group with over 20 years' experience advising expatriates throughout Europe on all aspects of financial planning. Represented in Creuse

by Tony Farrell:

Tel: 05 55 89 57 94 Mob: 06 15 28 54 82

Email: tony.farrell@spectrum-ifa.com TSG Insurance Services S.A.R.L. Siège Social: 34 Bd des Italiens, 75009 PARIS "Société de Courtage d'assurances" R.C.S. Paris B 447 609 108 (2003B04384) Numéro d'immatriculation 07 025 332 - www.orias.fr SIRET No.: 500 064 183 00014

Please mention The Bugle when responding to adverts

Central France Pest Control Dératisation, Déinsectisation, Désinfection

02 48 60 83 72 / 06 74 33 02 38 www.applicateur3d.com Email: info@applicateur3d.com rats, mice, moles, flies, woodworm, bed bugs, fleas, wasps, hornets

La Petite Barre, 18210 Bessais Le Fromental SIRET No. 498 544 741 00024

Property Sales

Language Services

French Lily

Kitchens & Interiors 05 55 80 92 91 - see pg 2

vendéepools

www.vendeepools.com 06 31 17 25 60 see main ad - pg 7

Stove Sellers www.stovesellers.com 05.55.63.78.72

See our Display Ad - pg 6

Furniture, interiors & gifts

www.beauxvillages.com

Freephone: 08 05 69 23 23 see main ad - pg 4

www.limousin-bilingual.com

debarrasser87

- Speaking and Understanding for life in France - Relaxed but purposeful - Confidence-building Free taster class (3hrs) Funding possible if in/seeking work

www.ferraille87.com see main ad - pg 7

Email: homer.jennifer@gmail.com 87120 Eymoutiers

Tel: 09 73 13 62 10

SIRET: 510 995 681 00010

www.moulin-de-tintin.com 05.55.79.57.60 - see pg 3

Cendrillon - Bourganeuf

House Clearance Specialists

8 rue Principale, St Mathieu, 87440

Email: soieetbois@gmail.com Web: www.soiebois.net Tel: 05.55 48.28.89

Moulin de Tintin

Beaux Villages Immobilier

Sympathetic French Tuition

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.

Curative and preventative

Jenny Homer BA hons, PGCE

Cream teas on the terrasse - €10

tel: 05 55 81 31 85

TONY FARRELL INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISER

House Clearance

Artisan art for your garden RDV for weekday visits SVP 2km from Chénérailles and the Chateau Villemonteix

Get down The Shed

87230 Bussière-Poitevine

Health & Beauty

06.66.24.85.49

Tue-Fri 10h-18h / Sun 10h-13h

Eco Entrepot 05.55.68.74.73 - see pg 11

Mon Chic Cottage Le Dorat, 87210

05.55.65.12.19

www.hifx.co.uk

Ivan Petley

Tel: 05.55.80.29.88

Pest Control

www.housesoninternet.com

05.55.89.15.74 - pg 14

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.

see main ad - pg 11

Houses on Internet

It's our business to shout about yours

VISIT ME AT THE FOLLOWING MARKETS: PIEGUT (Wed) CHASSENEUIL (22nd) Send an email to sign up to the newsletter

05 53 56 62 54

Sophie Arsac

Holla!

APRONS HAND-CRAFTED CARDS FOR ALL OCCASIONS

Email: ellinghamroam764@yahoo.com

www.leggettfrance.com

Bilingual Estate Agent in Creuse

05 55 54 95 85 - see pg 3

Please mention The Bugle when responding to adverts

Limousin Spas Alongside the amazing "Rotospa" spa range, we are now able to supply the "Durasport" & "Strong Spas" ranges of quality spas.

All our spas are manufactured to the highest standards & have full manufacturers warranty.

These spas have relatively low power requirements & are very economical.

Prices start from €3,750.

Models seat 2 to 7 people.

For more information on our range check out our website:

www.limousin-spas.com or telephone: 05 55 63 26 20 Numéro Siret: 752 157 610 00011

DIRECTORY ♦ 25

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Advertising in The Bugle Business Directory Advertising your business couldn’t be easier. Text only, boxed listings are available in our Business Directory from just €11.20/month. Alternatively, why not spotlight your business with an Advertorial, available from 1/6 Page (€50 HT) up to Full Page (€300 HT). Both Directory Adverts and Advertorials represent a cost effective way to put your brand in front of more than 30,000 pairs of eyes each month!!

For more information on any of our advertising options, please feel free to give us a call on 05 55 41 17 76 or send an email to sales@thebugle.eu

6-Month Contract

12-Month Contract

€84

Small b&w Directory Ad

(€14/month)

Large b&w Directory Ad

(€18.75/month)

€134.40

(€11.20/month)

€112.50 €126

Small Colour Directory Ad

(€21/month)

Large Colour Directory Ad

(€28/month)

€168

Large Directory Ad 46mm x 71mm (Actual Size) 45 words max

€180

(€15/month)

€201.60

(€16.80/month)

Small Directory Ad 46mm x 46mm (Actual Size)

30 words max

€268.80

(€22.40/month)

Directory Advertising is available either in black and white or colour, and in either small (30 words max) or large (45 words max) format.

Directory adverts may only contain text - no logos, images or artwork are allowed. The minimum contract length is 6 months.

Advertising is payable on publication. All prices are HT.

FABRICA

Everhot stoves supplied & installed across France

www.fabricadesign.com - see pg 9

Your advert here

DSD Removals & Storage The Removal Experts France ↔ UK

• All risk insurance cover • Full and Part load specialists • Professional staff & modern vehicles • Every vehicle from a Luton van to a full removals lorry • Prices from £3.63 per sq ft

+44 (0)1274 724 545

05 55 41 17 76

info@dsdremovalsltd.com www.dsdremovalsltd.com facebook.com/DSDRemovals

Transport, Removals & Storage

The Man With A Van

Affordable Moves Europewide 18m3 Van / 4.5m load length 29m3 available on request Full loads/ part loads/ single items Regular UK runs.

MICHAELS MOVERS Removals

UK ↔ France ↔ UK Full & Part loads All size of vehicles, from Man & Van through to 18 tonne truck Storage facilities in Sussex UK free phone:

0800 840 3058 Mob: +44 (0)7808 338 386 www.michaelsmovers.freeindex.co.uk

sales@thebugle.eu 05 55 41 17 76

www.themanwithavan.info vanrouge@mail.com

(+33) 07.61.21.85.15 Siret : 532 526 001 00013

ToftyTransport LWB HITOP TRANSIT 10m3

+ BOX TRAILER 4.5m3 + CAR TRANSPORTER TRAILER FOR CARS, TRACTORS, MINI DIGGERS, DUMPERS, CARAVANS, BOATS UP TO 5 MTRS LOCAL OR LONG DISTANCE SPAIN/PORTUGAL/HOLLAND/GERMANY/UK

email: tofty55@hotmail.com

tel Steve: 05 55 64 83 58 mob: 07 80 38 56 63 Bourganeuf (23400) siret 518 323 357 00013

MAN + VAN Peugeot Boxer

with 13.5 m3 Load capacity

"Official Transporter of The Bugle"

Central France Storage www.centralfrancestorage.com Dry, safe & secure storage to suit all needs Vehicle storage also possible

Tel: 09 66 03 52 89 Email: lasout@live.com siret: 494 123 847 00019

Buggs Car Hire Bergerac & Limoges Airports

www.buggscarhire.com see pg 8

LCS 23 Autos

European Vehicle Transport Visit: www.lcs23.com or see our ad - pg 17

Collections \ Deliveries \ Brico Runs Transport and Small Removals France - UK - Spain - NL Based Nr Aubusson, Dept. 23

Transition Removals

05 55 83 02 77 \ 06 30 90 58 90

www.transitionremovals.com

jonathanpiddock@orange.fr Siret No : 523 955 151 00015

(+33) 05 55 34 19 46 see main ad - pg 10

• Man with a van service • Friendly, Mature Service, Ex-Police • Living in Limousin, specialising in moves between UK and France • Competitive Rates • Fully Insured

Man & Van Transport

Genuine/Reliable/Honest Local + Europe + UK runs Now also available for House/Barn clearances!

14m3 capacity 4.2m load length French Spoken

09 82 12 69 73 87150 Oradour-sur-Vayres

www.frenchvanman.eu Siret 530 213 644 00012

Your advert here

Mob: 06 40 19 07 36 Tel: 09 86 27 14 14 Email: info@easy-park-storage.com Web: www.easy-park-storage.com

All Limousin covered Anything considered Any quantity

General

BAGGED FIREWOOD

siret 532 981 198 00015

T: 06 74 66 45 26

E: boisensac@orange.fr see main ad - pg 4

Help at home

W: www.milenlighthaulage.co.uk E: info@milenlighthaulage.co.uk

Secure indoor/outdoor parking and furniture storage facilities.

Based in St-Junien, just 20 mins from Limoges.

Competitive rates.

Park, drop off and pick up service to Limoges airport.

Cash paid for scrap

05 55 41 17 76

UK: 0871 218 6425 FR: 05 55 71 73 87

Easy Parking & Storage

www.chauffagebois-limousin.com

05 55 63 72 45 - see pg 22

Tel: 05 55 37 45 35 Mob: 06 74 21 47 71

Please call Mick for further info

E.P.S.

Carrefour du Bois Limousin

BABY/INFANT EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE

To raise funds for the SPA dog rescue centre in Guéret.

High chair, buggy, travel cot (plus mattress/bedding), changing mat, etc.

Each item will incur a hire charge of 10 euros, plus a refundable 10 euros deposit.

For more INFO or to HIRE Call Vanessa: 05 55 64 32 08 or email: eq6763@gmail.com

We can help look after your house, garden and animals and even clean your house.

One off or regular service.

For more information call:

07 81 31 45 47

Your advert here 05 55 41 17 76

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www.thebugle.eu ○ THE BUGLE ○ NOVEMBER 2015

Would you like to receive an electronic copy of The Bugle each month?

We can deliver a copy to your inbox, hot off the press

Simply email - subscriptions@thebugle.eu For more details visit www.thebugle.eu

Crossword Clues and answers (page 30) in English

Across:

1. arachnid (6) 4. not a winner (5) 8. knocked over (5) 9. finished work (7) 10. lasts (7) 11. so be it (4) 12. peak (3) 14. by word of mouth (4) 15. a curved structure (4) 18. not me (3) 21. as well (4) 23. caused by nature (7) 25. natural sugar (7) 26. collection of links (5) 27. premium bond selector (5) 28. crown or family (6)

Down:

1. shallow fry (6) 2. person privy to a secret (7) 3. wholly (8) 4. allows (4) 5. go away (5) 6. competed again (6) 7. have faith in (5) 13. tiny part (8) 16. small bouquet (7) 17. bracelet (6) 19. beneath (5) 20. involuntary eye closings (6) 22. reject (5) 24. finished (4)

SEARCHWORDOKU © - by Anthony Parson Complete the alphabetical Sudoku grid to the left using only the letters already shown, then use the result wordsearch grid to find: A planet

How does it work...?

Complete the Sudoku grid in the usual manner, using only the 9 letters already shown. Once complete, you will be left with a 9x9 wordsearch grid, in which to find the final piece of the puzzle.

See the completed example to the right, the clue for which is "An English county".

Be careful not to jump to conclusions, as with the letters available, the answer could be SURREY, SUSSEX, ESSEX, or as it turns out in this case... SOMERSET.

Solution on page 30

SUDOKU - EASY

SUDOKU - MEDIUM

The solutions to this month’s sudokus can be found on page 28

SUDOKU - HARD

COMMUNITY ♦ 27

NOVEMBER 2015 ○ THE BUGLE ○ www.thebugle.eu

Le Moulin du Breuil Restaurant, Bar, Terrasse

23140 PIONNAT

Sat 31st Oct - Soirée Halloween - €19.50 ****** 17th-20th Dec - Menu 2-for-1 Special Noel Lunch and evening - €14.50 ****** Fri 25th Dec - Christmas Day - €42.50 Join us on facebook: www.facebook.com/lemoulindubreuil and follow us on twitter: @lmdb_pionnat

Tel: 05 55 80 37 70 Mail: info@lemoulindubreuil.com Web: www.lemoulindubreuil.com

Très Jolie

Fashion Accessories Where to find me this month:

Every Wednesday - Piégut Market Items arriving daily, please see my facebook page 'Tres Jolie Milhaguet' to see what's new.

Mail order available, email for more details.

Most items now stocked at the 'Coeur et Etoile', St-Mathieu

05 55 78 62 29 / 06 04 08 29 53 tres.jolie1@orange.fr

Bugle Notice Board Le Viaduc Bar/Restaurant

Over the winter months, Le Viaduc restaurant will be serving a full 3-course roast menu every Sunday lunch, midday-13h45. We will be serving roast beef, lamb, chicken and pork - full menu will be published on our facebook page each week.

Please call 05 55 10 96 03 to reserve.

We have a new addition to our menu.

Tue - Sun mornings, from 10am-midday, we will be serving breakfasts: Continental, Le Viaduc Full English, or Le Viaduc Big Breakfast.

Tel: 05 55 10 96 03 to reserve your place. www.le-viaduc-bar-folles.com

RESTAURANT

AUX CEPES La Veytizou

Mon Chic Cottage

NEW Premises at 21 Place Charles de Gaulle, Le Dorat Home Decor & Gifts Tea, coffee & home-made scones / cakes Official Stockist & Workshop for Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan & Neal’s Yard Remedies Organic Decorative Paint Workshops To learn the basis of using Chalk Paint™ & ask questions, join us on a workshop.

All materials included. To book contact Jay. Opening hours: Tue-Fri, 10h-18h & Sun, 10h-13h.

Workshops on Mon by appointment only.

05 87 77 95 59

info@monchiccottage.com www.monchiccottage.com

Petticoat Lane

This month we will be at the following markets: Saturday 7th November - Aigre

we will be doing a delivery service to Aigre (all orders must be in by Thursday 5th November)

Sunday 8th & 29th November – Panazol Wednesday 18th November - Bourganeuf Our Christmas stock is in and we will be at the following Christmas Markets: Sunday 6th December – Aigre Tuesday 8th December – Civray

sales@petticoatlaneshop.com http://www.petticoatlaneshop.com/ 5 Rue Nationale – 16150 Chabanais

Tel: 05 45 29 03 99

LCS23 Autos

We are now making weekly runs to and from the UK with our LWB van, car trailer and car transporter.

If you need anything transporting, from cars, vans, motorbikes and tractors through to household items and DIY goods, get in touch for more information.

www.lcs23.com

05 55 80 34 52 / 06 23 29 24 70

On the main road (D979), Between Limoges & Eymoutiers ~~~~~~~~~ Sat 7th NOV - line dancing & chilli +++++++++++ SAT 14TH NOV - Open MIC NIGHT Just for fun, warm yourselves up with a curry, then puzzle over our questions. +++++++++++ THU 19TH NOV - Curry & Quiz +++++++++++ SAT 28TH NOV - MUSIC with JOHN MARTIN

~~~~~~~~~ For more info on any of the above events or to find out about our Christmas Lunch and New Year's Eve buffet, email or give Sue a ring: email: susan.dorrington87@orange.fr or Tel: 05 55 69 33 38

26, Ecurat 23150

Restaurant Ecurat Lunchtimes: 12h-14h (by reservation) A la carte menu from €5.50-€12 Evenings: from 18h30 (by reservation) Menu (€25) or à la carte The tearoom remains open every weekend from 11h - 17h High Tea on the terrasse - €10 Sandwiches, cakes, cupcakes & scones...

Parking available 2km from Chénérailles & the Château Villemonteix tel: 05 55 81 31 85 email: ecurat123@hotmail.com www.atelierdartdujardin.net

JJ’s Café Bar Aigurande Music Club

Next event: 14th November, 8.30pm Mild Goan Pork Curry - €8 pp (by pre-order before 13th November please) JJ's Music Club is for music lovers and is now a members only club with FREE MEMBERSHIP. This is to safeguard the respect of musicians and those who appreciate music. The first visit is open to non-members. It is easy to become a member, you just need to sign the membership form to agree to respect and adhere to the conditions of membership which will be explained on your first visit.

JJ's Cafe Bar, 39 Place du Champ de Foire, 36140 Aigurande

Tel: 02 54 06 30 77

Email: cafebarjj@yahoo.co.uk

Something new for 2016 at Carraciola Sardo our, "JUST FOR FUN" evenings.

This is for all you budding stars out there who feel you have got what it takes to perform to and entertain an audience. We would love to here from you; no age limit or level of talent required, groups or solo. Here at Carraciola Sardo we are committed to raising your profile by providing a platform to showcase you talent. You can be assured of a warm, welcoming audience in our family friendly bar/restaurant.

Your 15 minuets of fame starts here! So what are you waiting for?

Give us a call or email us:

05 55 63 86 05 ristorante@carraciola.com

The Caring Catery Rochechouart

Now taking bookings for 2016 Wishing all customers & readers a good festive season & luck in the coming year.

05 55 03 76 87 / 06 30 02 35 73

www. caringcattery.moonfruit.com

EARL Les Fromentaux

As well as our usual range of beef and lamb - bred, fed and finished here on our farm - you can also now...

ORDER YOUR CHRISTMAS TURKEYS & GEESE Sue and Rob Manning Tel: 02 54 25 34 73

Mandys-curry-2-go www.mandyscurry2go.com Dates for November

Gouzon, Chilled orders only! 3.30pm, (place de l'Eglise) - Wednesday 4th Boussac, (place de l'Hôtel de Ville) - Wednesday 4th (6pm) Aubusson, (place Maurice Dayras) - Thursday 5th (6.30pm) Le Grand-Bourg, (place du marché) - Friday 6th (5.45pm-7.15pm only) Marsac, (Chez Jacques) - Friday 6th (from 8.15pm) Bourganeuf, (place Martin Nadaud) - Wednesday 11th (5.45pm) Peyrat-le-Château, (place du Champ de Foire) - Thursday 12th (6pm) Sardent, (Auberge du lac, Masmangeas) - Saturday 14th (6.30pm) Bourganeuf English Market (Hall polyvalent) - Wednesday 18th (8.30am-12.30pm) Dun-le-Palestel, (place du Champ de Foire) - Thursday 19th (6.30pm)

Tel: 07 70 39 12 23

Email: mandyscurry2go@gmail.com

Via Italia

59 Rue Grande, St-Gaultier

2 pizzas + a bottle of Italian wine for just €20 !!

Eat in only when pre-booked during November and December

02 54 34 24 36 / 06 73 37 45 01

Le Champsac

12 rue des Fontaines, Champsac 87230 Monday 2nd November - Fish & Chip Night Saturday 7th November - Pizza Night Friday 13th November - Mini Beer Festival with guest beers and ciders to try.

Sunday 15th November, 11h-15h Christmas Artisans Market Thursday 19th November - Beaujolais Nouveau Wine Tasting Evening Saturday 21st November - Pizza Night Saturday 21st November Join us to learn those tricky French numbers.

For more information, please contact:

lechampsac@orange.fr www.lechampsac.com 05 55 78 53 50

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CLUBS, CHARITIES & ASSOCIATIONS 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. james@neuf.fr 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 midway 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

Church Notices Anglican Holy Communion Services are now being conducted by Rev Robert Leone at 2:30 pm on the 1st Sunday of each month at the French Protestant Church, Place du Temple, Thiat (87) near Le Dorat (87) and Montmorillon (86) until the Anglican church is ready for use.

For more information email: revrobertleone@gmail.com Monthly Worship in English If your journey of life has brought you here to France, why neglect your journey of faith? We look forward to giving a warm welcome to everyone from whatever Christian tradition (or none) on the 3rd SUNDAY of the MONTH at 3pm. Where? At the Temple in Thiat (in the north of the Haute-Vienne) – we are part of the Parish of the Basse-Marche of the Eglise Protestante Unie de France. The Temple is on the main road close to the Mairie. After worship there is tea/coffee and cake – and a chance to chat.

If you want to know more contact Rev Derek Lawson on 05 55 68 53 03 or Rev Stephen Sawyer on 05 49 84 33 86.

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

Fitness & Fun Drawing and painting classes At Saint-Junien with the CAPCC (art club). All levels welcome, every Monday and Thursday, English and French spoken, friendly atmosphere, materials provided by the club. 45€ / half-term.

Contact: lindsaycox@club-internet.fr for brochure with full details.

Keepfit (Bonjour La Forme) Held at Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs in the Salle Polyvalente: Mon evening at 19.45-20.45 for cardiac and muscle exercises; Thurs afternoon at 15.0016.00 for gentle exersises.

All are welcome to join us. Contact Jeanette 09 62 58 49 03 (Eng) or Catherine 05 55 66 67 30 (Fr) for more info.

PENSOL Indoor Carpet Bowls We meet on Wednesdays at 2.30pm5.00pm. Come along for a fun afternoon, a warm welcome in a warm hall, refreshments and equipment provided. Ladies and Gents welcome.

The venue is the salle polyvalente at PENSOL - 87440 on the D67 between Marval and Dournazac, clearly indicated from the village, or from Piégut-Pluviers take the D91. Come and have a free trial, with our slightly smaller Bowls and 33` carpet. NO heavy lifting. Established club and club Leader. Registered and insured. Please phone Hilary for any enquiries on 09 72 23 13 20 or r.h.brayshaw@gmx.com Tai Chi, Pakua & Qigong Tai Chi, Pakua & Qigong classes organised by the ACAMIES (association culturelle d'arts martiaux internes et d'exercices de santé). Wed: Jarnages, 18h30-20h, Salle Polyvalente.

Thu: Bétête, 19h-20h30, Domaine de Tournessac. Individual classes, courses, massage & treatments also available.

Contact: 06 48 00 02 07 http://acamies.e-monsite.com Keep Fit Amazing abs, breathtaking buttocks!

Come and join our group at the CAPE in Pontarion. We are all ages, all sizes,

men & women, but are serious about keeping fit.

Our “monitrice” is English and will happily provide bilingual instructions.

We meet every Thursday at 8p.m. in Pontarion Town Hall, for a one-hour workout.

Come for a free trial, or call 05 55 64 98 87 or 06 32 42 95 68 for more details.

Indoor Bowling at Oradour-surVayres If you already play or have never tried indoor bowling then come along to a meeting. It's great fun and easy to play.

If you have never played it before we will show you how. We meet every Monday evening starting at 18.30 hrs at La Chapelle, avenue des Chapelles, 87150 Oradour-sur-Vayres. Come and try it - it's free. If you require further information or directions to our venue please contact me - Email: OradourBowling@gmx.com or telephone: 05 55 08 41 75 Zumba!

Regular zumba classes across depts 36, 18 & northern 23. For more info tel 06 58 37 17 04 - email evezumba36@ gmail.com and for details of classes visit www.zumbazumba.fr Indoor Short-mat Bowling at Cussac 87150....and now Outdoor too!

As the premier bowls club in the HauteVienne, we are going from strength to strength with members seeking us out and travelling great distances to continue their love of bowls or simply to 'try us out'. Our reputation as a "very friendly and welcoming club" goes before us. If you've never tried the game, just come along and take a look; there is far more to it than first appears!

We are a formally registered association within the French system and benefit from assistance from our local commune by use of a wonderful indoor venue. AND NOW...the use of a synthetic outdoor court where Flat-green, Crown and Short-mat can be played. Just imagine the summer evenings with a drink in your hand, watching fellow bowlers enjoying the quiet of village, interrupted only by the 'click' or 'tunk' of bowl against bowl!

Our regular sessions indoors are Wednesday evening at 8pm and Thursday Mornings at 10am. Outdoor sessions will be arranged as the spring arrives so keep in touch. Serious bowlers and beginners are welcome club bowls are available for use.

For further information contact cussacbowls-club@live.co.uk or telephone 05 45 29 05 73.

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 at the DOJO, Allée Jean-Marie Couturier, Aubusson.

Chinese gym 17h-18h15 & 18h1519h30 and karate 19h30-21h.

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

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Charities Noah's Ark - NEW LISTING! Noah’s Ark is a French registered charity run by Cindy and Lauren Maasik who have spent the last five years rescuing animals and caring for them on their farm near Saint-Mathieu.

A warm welcome awaits you at their shop and tea rooms in Rochechouart, with home-made cakes, tarts, and quiches followed by plenty of tea or coffee.

For more info visit www.noahsark.fr or Facebook: Noah's Ark Tea Rooms and Brocante, 6, Rue de Poitevin, Rochechuart. Open Tues - Sat 10h-17h. Tel: 05 87 41 26 16.

Farm visits for animal adoption are welcome at La Ferme, Les Dognons, 87440 Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire. Tel: 05 55 70 64 76. Email info@noahsark.com Phoenix Association Phoenix Association is a registered charity that has existed since 2001 to deal with the sad plight of the everincreasing number of abused and abandoned animals in France.

Phoenix does not have a 'rescue centre' as such. Sadly, many of the animals it saves have only ever known confinement and isolation, so instead, the animals are placed in foster homes all over South-West France while they wait for their loving and permanent forever homes. This gives Phoenix a better chance of assessing the animal in the normality and comfort of a home which leads to the virtually 100% successful adoption rate.

Phoenix is not state funded and so relies on fund-raising and donations to cover the very high re-homing and veterinary costs. Phoenix is formed of a committed but fun and positive team of volunteers, and is always on the lookout for more, so if you are interested in adopting an animal, foster caring or becoming a Member, please visit the Contact page of the website at www. phoenixasso.com and www.facebook. com/PhoenixAssociationFrance

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 like to be more supple?

Come to our gym class on Thursday mornings from 10.30am to 11.30am, where we do gentle exercises to help all our muscles and joints. The classes are held in Rochechouart in the Capitole building, upstairs. Our group is part of a National Federation of Gymnastics. For information contact Pauline at pauline. maskell@sfr.fr Learn to Meditate Learn to meditate and meet other likeminded 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 have a love of gardening and a desire to learn more about growing plants, flowers, fruit, vegetables and trees in this region? If you do, then come and join our friendly group to meet likeminded people. With a different topic or visit each month there's something for everyone. We meet on the third Thursday of each month (excluding February) in the Mairie at St-Amand-lePetit (between Eymoutiers and Peyratle-Château). Meetings start at 2.30pm and everyone is made very welcome.

For more information contact Carolyn at carolyn@cnlees.eu or Gerda at g_ hoogenboom@yahoo.ca Agenda for 2015: 19 Nov Slide show presentation by Michel Peyrat; 17 Dec Gardeners' Question Time and Christmas Party.

All meetings (unless stated otherwise) are held on the third Thursday of the month. Meetings start at 2.30pm and are held in the Mairie, St-Amand-lePetit. Starting times and venues of visits tba.

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.

This year the President is Véronique Granet and the Vice President is Michelle Pierce. For further information contact Michelle on 05 45 89 36 54 / unjardinenfrance@gmail.com 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 droughttolerant plants.

For more info contact Michelle Pierce 05 45 89 36 54 or visit: www.auxplantesetc.jimdo.com Les Jardins de Sirius Based in Pressignac, Charente, we are a small association of people who are keen on gardening. As well as finding plants an endless source of interest, we believe that the simple fact of gardening has numerous positive benefits for health, stress, social interaction - in other words, our daily lives - and we’d like to encourage this aspect. We run flower workshops on the first Saturday

afternoon of the month. If you’d like to get involved, have more info on the association or become a member, please contact Michelle Pierce on 05 45 89 36 54 or at unjardinenfrance@gmail.com Integration Connect87 - NEW LISTING! CONNECT is a group for English speakers of any nationality in the area of St-Yrieix-la-Perche. Our Objective is to help people make friends and exchange information. We hold fun events and a Monthly Coffee Morning on the First Friday of every month at Espace Ferraud, rue du Docteur Lemoyne, St-Yrieix-la-Perche. We are a non profit making group and we are run by volunteers, there are no membership fees.

For Further information visit our website www.connect87.info or contact Nikki Evans at nikkifleurie@gmail. com or on 05 53 55 09 83.

French Conversation Group at Les Billanges (87340) We are a small group who meet fortnightly for an hour and a half on a Tuesday evening in Les Billanges, 87340, close to the Creuse/HauteVienne border. We are accompanied by a retired French schoolteacher and a current French teacher of English.

Discussion is informal, loosely based on everyday topics, including some grammar plus general discussion. We need a few more people to help keep it vibrant and to cater for inevitable absences. The only cost is 16€ a year membership of the local Association, which brings with it other social opportunities. At present we are on a summer break but will recommence sometime in September. To find out more please contact Peter Metcalfe at petergmet@gmail.com Familles Rurales in Peyrat-leChâteau Association Familles Rurales now offer assistance in English and Dutch to all non-French speaking people (British, Dutch, German, etc.) concerning all kinds of administrative steps. The service is available in Peyrat-leChâteau and surrounding communes.

We will try to provide information and help you find your way in social and administrative matters. We will also do our best to help you with practical matters such as language problems, payment of bills, hiring workmen, etc. Find Heleen Tichler-Botermans at the AFR office in Peyrat-le-Château on Mondays from 9 am to 12 pm and Wednesdays from 9 am to 1 pm. You are welcome to drop in or make an appointment. www.famillesrurales.org/peyrat-lechateau E-mail: familles-rurales.infopeyrat@ orange.fr Telephone: 06 41 20 06 83 Office address: 19 avenue de la Tour, 87470 Peyrat-le-Château Familles Rurales 2 in St-Yrieix-laPerche Weekly courses in French for foreigners (mainly English and Dutch) living in the area. Held at five different levels, all with the same native French teacher, so it is easy to move from one class to another if you feel out of place.

Level 1 (beginners) - Mon 10h30-12h; Level 2 - Thur 10h30-12h; Level 3 Tue 10h30-12h; Level 4 - Sat 10h-12h; Level 5 (top) - Weds 14h30-16h30.

All courses are held in Familles Rurales' premises at 1 rue de la Piscine (former swimming pool), 87500 St-Yrieixla-Perche. For more info tel 05 55 09 30 86, or Mark GRIEVES (Englishspeaking president) tel 06 76 64 89 94 will be pleased to answer any questions you may have.

International Apero Reseau Due to unforeseen circumstances we no longer meet at Les Picards, Aubusson.

Meetings are continuing Saturdays 11.30 am at various cafes in Aubusson.

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meetings, should you like to join us, please contact Catherine on 06 86 17 80 88 or email Jan at jansenior@yahoo.co.uk for location updates.

We continue to meet to exchange views, make new friends, help and advise one another and help integrate newcomers. We are a friendly group of French and English who enjoy conversation in both languages.

Learning Together – Apprenons Ensemble We are a friendly club based in Rochechouart and our aim is to promote good relations amongst the local French-speaking and English-speaking community. We offer courses of tuition in English and French as well as organising social and cultural events including visits to places of interest.

For further information please visit our website www.learningtogether.moonfruit. com, email us at learningtogether87@ gmail.com or telephone our President Alan Bretman on 05 55 49 08 75. We look forward to hearing from you.

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: www.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 Haute-Vienne. 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 Sale of Second-hand Books, La Croisillesur-Briance On the 18th of every month, during the monthly market at La Croisille-sur-Briance (87130), there is a sale of second-hand books (both English and French) from 9am to 12 noon, at the former restaurant in La Place, opposite the bar/tabac. All proceeds go towards the local school funds (for La Croisille-sur-Briance and St-Méard RPI).

La Souterraine English Library and Information Centre Located in the historic Porte de Puy Charraud, at 10 rue de Portail, La Souterraine, we are a lively, well-stocked English language library with almost 10,000 books and media available to borrow. We have an attractive cafe which serves tea, coffee and a range of home-made cakes.

There is also a regularly changing display of works by local artists and an interesting brocante area on the ground floor.

The Library offers classes in French for English speakers with a professional teacher and also organises Anglo-French conversation groups in association with the Municipal Library in La Souterraine. There are also a number of thriving special interest groups, such as the Gardening Group, Camera Club, Friendship Group, etc.

We also provide support & assistance in bureaucratic and administrative matters

for both existing British residents as well as newcomers to the area. Whatever your interests don’t hesitate to pay us a visit and you will be made most welcome.

We are open from 09.30 until 12.30, Mon, Thu, Fri & Sat. For more info tel 05 55 89 57 62 during opening hours or visit www. englishlibrary.fr The English Library, Dun-le-Palestel The English Library, which has now been established for over 5 yrs, is situated in the Route des Rateries, beside the Bibliothèque Municipale, Parc Benjamin Bord. The library is a very welcoming meeting place, where you can come and enjoy a cup of tea, or coffee, whilst you browse through our collection of around 7,500 books, DVDs and talking books. Our opening hours are Thursdays, 10h00 – 16h00 and Saturdays 10h00 – 12h30.

Also, on the first Tuesday of every month, 10h00 – 12h00, you are invited to join us for our Club Franglais, which welcomes people from all nationalities, to chat in French, English or any language you wish(!) whilst enjoying a cup of tea, and a piece of homemade cake.

We host a range of other activities too, including the Café Philo, and Club Scrabble.

More information can be found on the Entente Cordiale website at www. ententecordiale-creuse.org or email us at library.ententecordiale@yahoo.com Music Music Club Boussac The venue of the Club de Musique & Music in Boussac "open mic" night has changed.

We welcome musicians of all levels and styles, spectators and all music lovers to join us for an evening of musical entertainment and fun at L'Origan restaurant, 34 rue Vincent, Boussac 23600 from 20h until midnight on the last Saturday of each month. Upcoming events: 28 Nov, 19 Dec. A PA system will be available. For only 8€ Christophe, the chef and proprietor, will be offering a special formule of Fish & Chips or a small pizza of choice from a Reine, Campagnarde, 4 fromages or Creusoise plus a drink. His normal extensive menu is also available. Food will be served until 22h.

For more info please email Dave and Bev at gemsandcrystalsmail@gmail.com or phone 05 55 65 19 24 or Rosie and Mervyn 05 55 65 70 06 mervynjw@aol.com.

We look forward to greeting you all at this new venue.

Open Mic Night If you like music and have ever fancied getting up and having a go, why not come along to our Open Mic Night at “Le Loch Ness” in La Souterraine town centre every Friday around 8.30pm.

L'Orchestre Philharmonique de La Souterraine If you or one of your family are interested in playing in an orchestra and think your standard might be adequate do get in contact with us. We meet weekly on Friday evenings in La Souterraine (apart from the summer holidays) to rehearse. Most of our concerts are around Xmas or May-July. Our members come from all over Limousin so lifts to and fro may be possible if necessary.

Contacts: French language Marie-France Martinie 05 55 30 76 23 / English language Alan Kerr 05 55 56 34 52 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 dave. lee@cegetel.net or Dolly Ait Boualou email sylvia.murray@wanadoo.fr

Support

Pheonix appeal for Muffin Pretty red tabby MUFFIN was born around May 1st – he’s a May-Day boy!

He was found with his sister, Belle, in a gîte garden, where holidaymakers fed and managed to catch them both.

Muffin is still a bit nervous and, though ready to go to a new home, would probably prefer one without children.

Alcoholics Anonymous If you or someone you know has a drinking problem, there are now English-speaking meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous at Limoges, Périgueux and the recently opened meeting at Civray.

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.

For details of the meetings or other information contact Roger 05 55 76 22 65 (Limoges), Ewen 05 53 05 76 62 (Périgueux) or Angela 05 49 87 79 09 (Civray).

Other meetings in South-West France can be located on our web-site at aafrancesud-ouest. com English-speaking council surgery ...for residents of the commune of St-LégerMagnazeix. Every 2nd Weds in the month, an English-speaking council surgery with councillors Manuela Stroescu and Patrick Johnson will take place at the Mairie between 11am and 12pm.

Elizabeth Finn Care Registered charity Elizabeth Finn Care is able to offer direct financial assistance to British and Irish nationals or residents who live overseas. We ensure that our help does not affect any means-tested payments.

For more information contact: Mary Hughes - Case worker France, Elizabeth Finn Care - tel 04 68 23 43 79 or visit www. elizabethfinncare.org.uk and www.turn2us. org.uk L’Association France Alzheimer Dordogne Charitable organisation offering Englishspeaking support and guidance to anyone dealing with the day-to-day difficulties affecting those with dementia, their families and their carers and assistance with how to access the best provisions of care.

English Helpline (available on Tuesday mornings between 10am and midday): 09 64 21 40 86.

For more information email alzheimer. dordogne@orange.fr or visit www. francealzheimer-dordogne.org 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. charenteplus@gmail.com Cancer Support France, Haute-Vienne (supporting Creuse, too) We offer free and confidential support to English speakers affected by Cancer in the Haute-Vienne (87) and Creuse (23). 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, csfhv@frangle.fr

Muffin adores other cats and is getting braver every day.

He’s very vocal at mealtimes and loves a good stroke when he’s eating!

A gentle and affectionate cat, he rewards to the full the bit of time necessary to gain his confidence.

If you’d like to meet Muffin, please contact his foster carer, Caroline Archer, on 05 53 91 39 02 or email carolinearcher1@gmail.com www.phoenixasso.com www.facebook.com/PhoenixAssociationFrance

Les Wolves Guéret Baseball Club

Guéret Baseball Club welcomes boys and girls, men and women of all ages at their practice sessions on: - Thursdays from 6.30 pm to 8 pm at the little esplanade next to the pool (summer time) and 8.30 pm to 10 pm in the Fayolle Gymnasium (winter time).

- Saturdays from 1.30 pm to 3 pm (for children aged 4 to 9 years) at the Terrain Grancher.

- Saturdays from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm at the Stade Léo Lagrange (Annexe 2) during the summer and the same time at the Lycée Jean Favard Gymnasium during the winter.

For more information see the contact details on the above flyer.

We rely on you to help us keep these pages up to date, so please do inform us of any changes to clubs and associations that you run or are members of.

Many thanks!!

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Nepal 2016 Charity Evening Saturday 14th November

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fter watching the awful images coming out of Nepal after the earthquake earlier in the year, my wife Elaine and I felt moved to do something to help.

With advice and a huge amount of encouragement from Bob and Jenny of The Orphanage Fund based at Confolens, we are going to Nepal at the beginning of 2016 to try and do our bit to help.

Most of the aid has been focused on the main urban areas, which has meant that many rural villages have still received very little in the way of aid.

Orphanages by their very nature are easily forgotten, so it was with this in mind that we decided to try to do something, however small, to help children who aren't able to help themselves.

MONTHLY FOIRES

BY DATE

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 Confolens (English Market): 4th Sat Cussac: 4th 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 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 DAY 1: (prev day 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-sur-Gartempe 13 (Sat if 13 is a Sun): Le Dorat 15: Oradour-sur-Glane 17: Mortemart 18: La Croisille-sur-Briance; La Jonchère-SaintMaurice 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 All Markets & Foires are in the morning unless stated otherwise. If your local market is not listed, please let us know - editor@thebugle.eu

We are funding the trip ourselves, but we are trying to raise some funds to go towards buying building materials when we get there.

We are having a Charity Evening on Saturday 14th November at the Salle des Fêtes, 87330 St-Barbant.

Local group The Macadivas have offered their services to entertain everyone, and we have some very special raffle prizes.

There will be a two course meal, and beers, wines and soft drinks will be served at the bar. The evening will start with aperitifs at 19:30, with the meal being served at 20:00, then it's on with the music and dancing until late.

Tickets, priced at €15, are limited, and can be reserved by calling 06 06 60 46 97 or 06 04 47 35 19.

Another part of our fund-raising involves selling a €20 raffle ticket to 50 local businesses.

There will then be a draw, with the winner being the official trip sponsor. The take-up of these tickets has been excellent, but we still have a few left. So if you have a business here, and would like to help, please buy a raffle ticket. Who knows, it could be your business sponsoring our trip.

All the details of our trip can be found on our Facebook page - www.facebook.com/ Smith2016Nepal - which we will keep regularly updated. Any support and donations, payable to The Orphanage Fund, will be gratefully received.

Arthur Smith Harlequin Developments

WEEKLY MARKETS MONDAY Evaux-les-Bains

TUESDAY

Auzances Bénévant-l’Abbaye Bussière-Poitevine Champagnac-la-Rivière Genouillac Gouzon Laurière Limoges (Le Vigenal) Peyrat-le-Château Rochechouart Royère-de-Vassivière Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles

WEDNESDAY

Ahun Bourganeuf Chambon-sur-Voueize Cognac-la-Forêt Clugnat Isle Le Dorat Limoges (pont St Martial) Luchapt (5-7pm) Nantiat Séreilhac

THURSDAY

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

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 St-Etienne-de-Fursac Saint-Sulpice-Laurière Verneuil-sur-Vienne(15h18h30)

SATURDAY

Aixe-sur-Vienne Aubusson Bellac Bonnat Bussière-Poitevine

Châteauponsac Condat-sur-Vienne Eymoutiers Feytiat Flavignac Guéret La Châtre La Jonchère-St-Maurice La Souterraine Limoges (place des Bancs et place Marceau) Le Palais-sur-Vienne Mainsat (4th Sat only) Nantiat Peyrat-le-Château Rochechouart Saint-Junien St-Léonard-de-Noblat Saint-Mathieu Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche

SUNDAY

Bessines-sur-Gartempe Blond Crocq (1st and 3rd Sun) Jarnages Panazol Peyrat-le-Château

Saint-Paul St-Sulpice-le-Guéretois (3rd Sun) Saint-Vaury (2nd Sun) Veyrac (2nd Sun)

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Terrain de l'Ouche (old football ground). 8h-19h. Free entry.

Sun 15th Nov SAINT-LÉONARD-DE-NOBLAT Fête de la Quintaine

Wed 14th Oct to Sun 8th Nov Jazz à La Sout Jazz Festival with events organised all over the Creuse.

Visit www.jazz.lasout.com to find events near you.

Fri 30th Oct to Sun 1st Nov SAINT-JUNIEN 17th Gourmet Food and Wine Fair

SAINT-JUNIEN

Salle des Congrès du Châtelard

30-31 Oct & 1 Nov 2015

17th gourmet wine and food fair For more information see The Bugle What’s On section

Organised by the Lions Club of St-Junien at the Salle des Congrès du Châtelard.

Friday 30th October: 14h-20h30 Saturday 31st October: 9h30-19h Sunday 1st November: 10h-18h Sun 1st Nov BOUSSAC Puces des couturières

Dressmaking fair: Sewing, embroidery, lace, buttons, wool, patchwork, fabric, magazines and much more!

Salle polyvalente. 9h-18h. Free entry. Refreshments available.

For more information tel 06 09 39 10 46 or 06 50 66 77 48.

The Fête de la Quintaine is an old tradition which honours Saint Leonard, founder of the city and the patron saint of prisoners. La Quintaine is a three-foot-high box painted to resemble a prison. After being blessed, it is carried in procession and then mounted on a pole on the place de la Libération. It is then struck and destroyed with mallets by riders on horseback. Spectators clamour for fragments of the smashed Quintaine as they are said to bring good luck and to make hens lay eggs.

In the evening the crowd, armed with torches, run through the town crying "Vivo la sen Lionar ! En dau po ! En dau lar !"

10h30 Blessing of the Quintaine during Mass; 14h45 Procession (departs place Champ de Mars); 15h30 Quintaine tournament (place de la Libération); 18h torchlit procession, bonfire & mulled wine on the place de la République.

Contact tel: 05 55 56 25 06 Mon 16th to Sat 21st Nov BOURGANEUF Semaine Franco-Britannique Mon 16th at 19h: Opening Event. Aperitif, and entertainment at the Salle Maurice Cauvin. Free entry.

Tue 17th from 10h to 16h30: "Scrapbooking" workshop.

Salle Maurice Cauvin. €5 entry. Must be pre-booked.

Tue 17th at 21h: Film Night at the Cinéma Claude Miller, Bourganeuf. "Catch Me Daddy".

Wed 18th from 8h30 to 12h: English Market and car boot sale (free entry). Full English Breakfast with fresh products - €7. Hall Polyvalent. Places for breakfast are limited so please book.

Wed 18th from 14h to 17h: Cookery Workshop. Hall Polyvalent. €5 entry. Must be pre-booked.

Thu 19th from 14h to 17h: Felting workshop. Salle Maurice Cauvin. €5 entry. Must be pre-booked.

Fri 20th from 15h to 17h30: English Tea Room. Salle Maurice Cauvin. A selection of good teas and excellent cakes!

Sat 21st at 19h30: Curry Evening with music. Musical entertainment provided by the group "Jigsaw". Salle Maurice Cauvin. €20 which includes the meal and drinks.

Places are limited to 80 so must be pre-booked.

For more information and bookings visit http://www.francobrit.com/semaine-fb-2015.html Sat 21st Nov BELLAC

Sun 8th Nov SAINT-PRIEST-SOUS-AIXE Journée de la Châtaigne, du cidre et de l'artisanat Chestnut, cider and craft fair & vide-greniers. All day. Free entry.

Sun 8th Nov SAINTE-FEYRE Fête de la pomme Annual Apple Fair & vide-greniers. All day. The apple producers of the region invite you to come and taste local varieties of apple, discover how cider is made and nibble on such delights as boudins and apple crepes.

Tue 10th to Wed 11th Nov SARDENT 35ème Foire aux huîtres Sale of oysters and gourmet products.

Les Fouteurs de Joie « We are not the Rolling Stones ! We are not Metallica ! We are not Mylène Farmer ! We are not Jean-Pierre Marielle ! We are not Dalida ! (…) We are les Fouteurs de Joie ! » Five multi-musicians, funny and sensitive clowns, offer a current and cynical look on all which surrounds us.

Théâtre du Cloitre. 20h30. Tickets: Full price €17,

Concessions €12, with the carte Cloître €10, Under 18s €5.

For more information and bookings visit www.theatre-du-cloitre.fr Sat 21st Nov BOUSSAC AIPB Battle of the Bands This year's AIPB Battle of the Bands competition, the 6th edition, will be held on Saturday 21st November in the Salle Polyvalente in Boussac starting at 19h.

5 groups of varying genres will be fighting for the trophy and prize money of €400 plus a slot on Didier Simard's France Bleu radio show, "Café Musique".

Participating this year are CREP'S (rock/punk rock), DARKNIGHT (hard rock old school), LES CHAHUTIERS (punk rock/reggae/ska), GRIM (poprock) and FLAMING TEARDROPS (rock 60's/70's).

An impartial jury, headed by respected local musician Keith Wildman and including guest judge Elisabeth Leclair from the well-known Rive Gauche Trio, will decide the winner.

As usual all proceeds from this event will be donated to charity. This year we are supporting Guide Dogs for the Blind and HandicArt. Entrance tickets cost only €5, available on the door or from the Tourist Office in Boussac. A bar and fast food will be available throughout the evening. Also available is a tombola with fabulous prizes to win.

Last year's second placed group, "Unpinned Grenades" - a young punk rock band - will be opening the evening and while the groups set up Terry Wildman and John Gregory of Les Trèfles will sing and play aided by young singer/ guitarist Georgie Calladine.

The evening will be hosted by local well-known singer Bev Calladine and Les Troubadours will supply the sound and lighting.

Come along to cheer on your favourite group and dance the night away, all for a good cause!

For more info visit http://www.aipbboussac.fr Sun 22nd Nov LUSSAC-LES-EGLISES Christmas Charity Sale At Tina and Jane's Barn 5, La Trigalle, 87360 Lussac-lesEglises from 1pm-5pm.

There will be mulled wine and mince pies, a tombola and raffle and plenty of stalls selling bits for Christmas, and craft goods.

All in aid of CSF (Cancer Support France) and Twilight elderly dogs home.

If anyone has any donations for the raffle or tombola these would be very welcome. For more info or if you need to book a stall tel 05 55 60 69 23.

Sat 28th Nov BUSSIÈRE-DUNOISE Christmas Market & "Vide ta chambre" Organised by the association "Canailles et Canailloux".

9am-6pm. Open to all artists, crafts people, local producers and the general public. Cost for exhibiting/selling is only 1 euro per table (1m30 x 0,80m). Reservations required.

For more info email pastyagnes@viveole.net or tel 05 55 80 24 41 or 06 79 34 82 56.

Wed 2nd Dec DARNAC Melting Pot Christmas Fair At the Ancienne Ecole Darnac from 10h-12h.

Various stalls, cakes, cards, presents and a lucky dip.

Free mulled wine, mince and apple pies on arrival.

Sat 5th to Sun 6th Dec SAINTE-FEYRE Marché de Noël - Parc Animalier Les Loups de Chabrières Christmas market at the wolf park. Come and do a spot of Christmas shopping: crafts, regional produce...

Entertainment for the children.

Free entry to the park. From 10h.

Contact: Tel 05 55 81 23 23 - www.loups-chabrieres.com Sun 13th Dec DARNAC Marché de Noël On Sunday 13th December, the recently opened Broken Drum Bar et Café in 87320 Darnac will be hosting a Marché de Noël inside their restaurant.

Local businesses, producers, artisans and writers will be displaying and selling their wares from 10 am - 4 pm.

Drinks and snacks will be on sale throughout the day from the bar.

For more info, please visit: www.brokendrum.fr or find us on Facebook: The Broken Drum / le Tambour Cassé.

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