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an’t believe I’ve already packed away shorts and T-shirts and am wearing winter trousers and sweatshirts! So much for global warming, it hasn’t reached our bit of Blighty this year. We had a baking hot February, then nothing since but mostly grey clouds. I’ve been surprised how windy it is in the garden. I expected that, as we’re surrounded by high fences and on the edge of town, we’d be sheltered but no such luck. Wind resistant plants are now on the list for planting in the redesigned garden, my poor hibiscus from France are not happy! I brought lots of cuttings with me – memories of my French garden and plants friends gave me – just hope they survive with the change of climate.

Not been a happy time recently. As you know, we brought our last three dogs with us. We lost Polar in April, and now in the last month we’ve lost both Bracken and Bebe. It’s been a shock; for the first time in our lives we are dogless, in fact we’ve no animals and it takes a lot of adjustment. We will get another dog, but we’re taking time out to grieve as well as recover from the cost of vet fees and the pet insurance company making excuses as to why they won’t cover the costs! So we’re taking advantage of not having any ties at home and going to visit family and friends around England and catch up with their lives.

Britain really feels like a third world country to us. Latest problem is that because of the lack of lorry and refuse drivers some rubbish will now only be collected every 2 weeks so some people just leave their rubbish bags at their gates to be torn open by vermin.

by Beryl Brennan

Add to that the local tip has withdrawn its booking system so it’s a free-for-all entry to get rid of our rubbish and recycling.

Thinking we’d go at a quiet time in early morning, we ended up having to queue down a busy road with HGV lorries passing us heading for the nearby distribution centres and factories.

We brought some bits and pieces with us in case we needed them for whatever new property we bought. We don’t need a few of them so time to offload them and make more room in the garage. That’s the next problem. Tried advertising them, no takers. Offered them to charities, they don’t want them unless they are perfect - I don’t remember them being so choosy! The dishwasher was turned down because there was a miniscule chip of paint off the bottom of the front door. Doesn’t affect how it works, it’s only 4 years old. So I said I’d paint it. ‘Can’t accept it’, said the man, ‘might have lead in the paint’! We knew health and safety had gone bonkers but ..... Whatever became of recycling?

A bit of good news. D has found a local AmDram group who want someone to run their lighting system so he’s a happy bunny and I’ve found a local RDA group who are short of helpers so I’ll get my fix of horses again. Makes a change to write a positive.

Signing off, speak soon.

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ctober? Where did the summer go? Oh well, time to focus on Christmas then.

As I type this, there are only 106 days to go.

So, by the time you read this we’ll be well into double-digits. Just something to bear in mind. Anyway, I very much hope that you’re all keeping safe and well. It’s a genuine concern of mine. That and the fact I need the readership. So, onwards dear reader, we’ve a lot to talk about.

by Stuart Wallace

20:23 on a Tuesday, the night before you move house, and want me to install your tv equipment before the weekend, that might be a bit of a stretch. If I can, I will. However, the chances are I can’t.

Have a good month.

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Did you know that even though Channel 4 is too tight to pay for its channel to be in HD on the Freesat platform, you can still receive it in high-definition? You can simply add it as a non-Freesat channel. Different receivers do this in different ways, but once you find the correct page in the menus, you need the following details - Frequency : 11126, Polarity : V (for vertical), Symbol Rate : 22000. The channel will not appear in the Freesat EPG (position 104 will still be Channel 4 in SD), but it’ll be saved as a nonFreesat channel. If you have a generic free-to-air receiver you should find Channel 4 HD in the long list of available channels. If not, just input the same details and hit ‘scan’.

Freesat is not the same as Freeview. Right, moving on…

For those of you who have an active Sky subscription card with a sports and/or movie package but then get a new Sky box, you can now pair your card to the new box via Sky’s website. You used to have to call Sky in the UK which could potentially cause an issue as you’re not supposed to use a viewing card abroad. However, using your Sky ID details you can now pair the card to the box yourself. This is only required for the premium services.

Whilst the world of satellite internet used to be a bit hit and miss, I’m hearing good things about the Starlink system.

This is the service offered by SpaceX, the company founded by that Elon Musk fella. Word is that he’s pretty forward thinking. Anyway, the service is gaining traction and is available in more locations across France. I used my address on the Starlink website and it no longer says ‘coming soon’ but allows me to buy the equipment. I’ve not tried it as I don’t need it and it’s still quite expensive. However, from what I read, the speeds are excellent (c.150Mbps download). There are the occasional service drop outs as it is still in the ‘beta’ testing phase, but this doesn’t seem to be affecting users’ enjoyment.

Starlink is an alternative to Nordnet’s ‘Neosat’ service, also satellite broadband. The service offers speeds of up to 100Mbps (which you’ll probably never get). Bear in mind though, that if you are thinking of moving to this service from something like BigBlu, you cannot use the same equipment and the satellite that the dish is aligned to is also different (Eutelsat 7.2°E). Worth looking into though if you are unable to have a decent telephone line based service.

Don’t forget that if you have either TNTSAT or Fransat (not to be confused with Freesat), the viewing cards will expire 4 years after first activation. You’ll get notice in advance but if you don’t renew it before the expiry date, you’ll lose nearly all the channels.

As always, please feel free to get in touch if you would like any further information or would like to discuss your requirements. Contact details can be found on the advert.

That said ... I try to be accommodating, I really do.

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A-Z of the Communes in the Deux-Sèvres Saivres

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Grandma’s paring apples, some of them she dries, Some make sauce and puddings, some make spicy pies.

Pantry smells delicious, pockets bulge out wide, Children with their baskets, roam the orchard side.

Grandma’s paring apples, nicest time of year; Firelight and lamplight fill the house with cheer.

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Saugé Vintage Tea Room Château de Saugé

79400 Saivres 06 29 15 36 55 Info@chateaudesauge.com

October brings darker evenings and of course Halloween How about a few ideas for your Halloween Party that everyone will love.….Donna

Enjoy a hearty Beef Pie which can be served cold with salad or hot with mash & veg HALLOWEEN BEEF PIE

750g minced beef 300mls beef stock / beef broth 2 tbsp Worcester sauce 1 tsp smoked paprika 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 tbsp onion powder 1 tbsp garlic powder 1 tsp fresh thyme 1 x 375g packet puff pastry 1 egg to glaze

looks coral in daylight—and glows white under a black light 3 oz. Gin 1/2 oz. lemon juice 1 tsp. grenadine 1 handful ice tonic water

Add the minced beef to the slow cooker add warm stock, Worcester sauce, and smoked paprika, cinnamon, onion and garlic powder and tomato puree. Turn on to high and simmer for 3 hours.

When the beef is cooked and cooled preheat the oven to 180°C. Roll out the pastry. To about double the original size. Line the pie tin and add the mixture, cut out your spooky face from the top pastry and then add to your pie.

Using your fingers pinch up the edges. Trim off any excess pastry.

Brush with egg wash, bake for 45mins @ 180C

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Jekyll & Gin Glowing Cocktails

Mix gin, lemon juice and grenadine in a cocktail shaker; pour into a large glass filled with ice.

Top with tonic water. Garnish with a glow stick (optional).

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Yum Yum

80g butter 275g digestive or ginger biscuits 1 large egg white For the filling 800g full-fat soft cheese 425g can pumpkin purée 200g light brown soft sugar 50g plain flour 5 large eggs, + 1 large yolk To serve 400ml whipping cream ground cinnamon or pumpkin spice, for dusting 25g pecans, chopped 3 tbsp caramel sauce Heat the oven to 220C/200C Butter a deep 22cm loose-bottomed cake tin and line with baking parchment.

Blitz the biscuits to crumbs in a processor and add the melted butter. Add the mix to the cake tin and bake for 10 mins. Remove from the oven, brush with the egg white and bake for another 3 mins (this will help stop the base from becoming soggy).

For the filling, put the soft cheese in a bowl add the pumpkin purée, sugar and flour and beat until combined. Gradually whip in the eggs and egg yolk until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Pour the filling over the baked biscuit base. Place the tin on a tea towel in a roasting tin and pour in a kettleful of boiled water into the roasting tin so the water comes halfway up the side of the cake tin.

Bake for 10 mins, then reduce the oven temperature to 110C/90C fan/gas ¼. Bake for a further 1 hr 30 mins until the cheesecake is set with just a slight wobble in the middle when you gently shake the tin. Turn off the oven, then open the oven door slightly and leave the cheesecake to cool inside for 2 hrs until completely cool.

Remove from the oven and chill overnight.

Carefully remove the cold cheesecake from the tin and transfer to a cake stand or serving plate.

Whip the cream to soft peaks and spoon in big dollops over the cheesecake. Dust with a little cinnamon or pumpkin spice, sprinkle over the chopped pecans and drizzle with the caramel sauce before serving.

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MEGAN’S KITCHEN Gluten Free Recipes

by Megan Like

Gluten/Lactose Free Peanut Butter Bites

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number of children knocking at my door. I had been told that it was not a particularly celebrated custom here, all the emphasis being directed to “Toussaint” the following day. So that first Halloween I was surprised when the doorbell rang around 4pm and there in a scary costume was a little girl asking most politely “bêtises ou friandises madame? After a moment of panic, I mumbled “ah oui, attendez s’il vous plait” and disappeared into the kitchen to raid the cupboards for “les bonbons”. After the third or fourth caller I was now relying on my small packets of chocolate biscuits that hadn’t been used for the summer picnics.

The following year I entered into the ghostly spirit and with many decorations and a make-do tombstone in the garden from the small granite blocks we had previously lifted from the path; I was ready for the visitors. I’m not sure what they made of the strange English lady who answered the door in a purple witch’s hat offering a bowl that grabs your hand as you attempt to take a sweet.

Unfortunately, last year, having stocked up with bags of sweets no-one could visit due to the lockdown.

Undeterred this year, I will dust off my witch’s hat and broomstick and hope that the children of village will visit again, waking my screaming door ghost and asking “des bonbons ou un sort”.

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by Alison Morton

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Alison has compiled a selection of articles from this column in ‘The 500 Word Writing Buddy’, available as an ebook and paperback.

The sequel to her latest thriller, ‘Double Identity’ will be out in October.

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This Month’s Book Reviews Hope Nicely’s Lessons in Life

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However, the book I am reading at the moment is giving me cause to depart from my original idea, at least for the first try.

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been reading two of his series for some years when, all of a sudden, I saw he had started a new series. Of course I tried the first instalment and found that the series is set in the XV century, when the English, in the person of Henry V, had the regency and occupancy of the French throne for a time. The main character is an English cleric living in Paris, the bastard I will start by mentioning Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and son of an English nobleman. His name is Edward Holmes, Sherlock Holmes. I have read most of the Holmes books and his close friend is Gower Watson, an English archer who and have never been really impressed by them, either from a fought at the battle of Agincourt, where Holmes’ father had detecting point of view or as a piece of gripping literature. Too died. Their landlady, named Constance Bonacieux, was lifted much rests upon Holmes revealing all at the end, with Watson from The Three Musketeers, written by Dumas père, a little bumbling along good naturedly as narrator and marvelling at tongue-in-cheek, I think. I have the talents of his friend. Conan enjoyed the series, both from the Doyle was, as I understand it, historical and from the detecting never a fan of his own work and aspect, which is more open than ... the book I am reading at the tried to finish the series written that of the original Holmes. The for The Strand Magazine (with moment is giving me cause to depart times were uncertain, and Edward the supposed death of Holmes at Holmes ran considerable risks the Reichenbach Falls) in 1891, from my original idea ... with the arbitrariness of the law with the intention of devoting and the great people of the times. his time to more serious works.

(More about that in a later article.)

However, public opinion caused him to revive Holmes and to continue writing about him for a while longer. Conan Doyle was more interested in history and That was my first encounter with a Sherlock nearly-look-alike. historical novels, and four of these particularly come to mind: The second was through a series by an American author, Laurie Sir Nigel, The White Company, Brigadier Gerard, and Micah R. King . The first book, called The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Clark, all being excellent and interesting, if somewhat dated for finds us in 1915, with a Holmes, at that moment 51 years our modern, super-charged tastes. old, retired to the Sussex coast and meeting a fifteen-year-old orphan girl of good family. She has a keen mind that matches that of Holmes, and they become partners in the fighting of But why write about Holmes in the context of French language crime. The series extends to thirteen or fourteen books, and I and French authors? Now that has its origins with a French am still waiting for the last one, pre-ordered on Amazon. author, Jean d’Aillon, who writes a continuous stream of historical books, both series and individual novels. I had

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This now takes me to a discovery I made just this month. The one sometimes sees << >> as an indication of the spoken magic of Kindle e-readers is that the algorithm tries to present word, but mostly there is no indication at all and it is left to the its owner with suggestions of new reader’s judgement as to which books that might interest based person is speaking and, indeed, on past purchases (one venture whether the person is speaking into books for a teenaged grandSoon they become involved in a simple and not just thinking. This daughter resulted in months of book goes halfway to helping death, together with their housekeeper the hapless reader by putting Young Adut (YA) books being presented). This time, it suggested all conversation in italics and and a street urchin ...

The Case of the Colonels, by Eric indicating a change of speaker by Larrey. I read the description, a paragraph indent. This works for which mentioned a French me and eases the task of reading.

Dr Watson, called Edmond Luciole, and then looked at the author’s name and came to The number of Holmes sequel authors must run into the the conclusion that there might be a French version. Indeed, hundreds, and as I said, I am not a Holmes fan, but the three I there was, the author being French, and the English version have mentioned have, perhaps coincidentally, been well written being one of the few translations of modern French novels into and enjoyable.

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I found the French version, L’affaire des Colonels, downloaded a sample (as I often do with Amazon), and started to read. The blurb at the start of the sample was sufficiently interesting to make me buy the book, and so I settled for a long read.

The book starts with Edmond Luciole, a reformed petty criminal from a good family, inheriting a house in Lyon and starting a new carrier as a journalist. Shortly hereafter, he is asked by a diplomat friend if he could look after a house guest of his for a couple of weeks. The narrator agrees and the guest turns out to be Sherlock Holmes, at the age of fifteen.

Soon they become involved in a simple death, together with their housekeeper and a street urchin of nearly the same age as Holmes. One of the strengths of the book is the characterisation, as each character is well delineated and the speech and descriptions conjure up real and different people. In the first part of the book, Holmes is a well-educated teenager with a keen intellect, and as the book progresses, the typical Holmes attention to and preoccupation with detail develops and the character is recognisably the Holmes that Conan Doyle portrayed. However, this young Holmes in Lyon is a much more human and likeable character than the older, traditional Holmes. All I will reveal of the plot is that the story develops from a suspicious death to one involving the politics of late XIXth century France; to say more would risk spoiling the book for potential readers. The author uses real persons and refers to real persons and events with sufficient footnotes to enable a casual reader to stay attached to the story. So far I have discovered three books in this series My judgement of the use of French in the book is that the quality and complexity is of a high level, and I found the language itself enjoyable. I did not hit many places where it was hard to work out who did what to whom, and the few occasions where I had to use a dictionary, the word was found and explained. Here it is worthwhile noting that I sometimes use an Android tablet and sometimes a true but ancient Kindle.

The old Kindle has an excellent dictionary, which seems to find the most obscure dialect or old French words almost without fail, whilst the tablet fails on even some everyday words. I have no explanation for this but continue to seek to improve matters.

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Additionally and coincidentally, we have just watched the film Enola on Netflix, more or less by chance , and enjoyed it immensely. It was adapted from the first in a series of YA books about the adventures of Holmes’ young sister, Enola, who at the age of sixteen starts her own career as a private detective. It is curious, but the first mention of the name of the film brought up the image of a B29 bomber – the Enola Gay – famous, and infamous at the same time, for its atom bomb run on Hiroshima.

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SAINT-PARDOUX-SOUTIERS €199,950 HAI Ref. A07761 - Renovated 4 bedroom farmhouse with terrace, gardens and parking.

DPE: N/A Agency fees included : 8% TTC to be paid by the buyer

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ARGENTON-L’ÉGLISE €46,000 HAI

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ENERGY CLASS: E CLIMATE CLASS: C

DPE: N/A

ENERGY CLASS: E CLIMATE CLASS: A

ENERGY CLASS: D CLIMATE CLASS: B

Agency fees to be paid by the seller

Agency fees included : 10% TTC to be paid by the buyer

Agency fees to be paid by the seller

Agency fees included : 7% TTC to be paid by the buyer

Ref. 107815 - 2 Bedroom village house with charming garden and potting-shed.

€82,500 HAI

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Ref. 120333 - Charming 2 bedroom house with garden, outbuildings and garage.

MARIGNY

€372,340 HAI

Ref. 104504 - Lovely 11 bedroom gîte complex with outbuildings, garage and swimming pool.

VASLES

€186,650 HAI

Ref. A07652 - 3 Bedroom house with shared pool, garden and parking.

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L’Absie Ref: BVI60632 €220,000

Les Forges Ref: BVI58524 €120,000

Pers Ref: BVI57972 €344,500

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