The Bugle - June 2013

Limousin residents protest against aircraft noise One group of local residents have had enough of the constant noise pollution created by trainee military pilots based nearby >> Page 5

June 2013 Issue #44

New euro banknotes introduced

INSIDE > > > NEWS - Bonfire bans still in force

Before you are tempted to light a bonfire, make sure you are aware of your local rules >> Page 3

NEWS - Wind farm windfall

♦ The new notes are part of the “Europa” series of banknotes ♦ Just 0.0017% of all euro notes are believed to be fakes ♦ The 5 euro note has been rolled out already, with larger denominations to follow

new coating which has been applied.

Although the new notes are more secure, counterfeiting has not proved to be a huge problem for the eurozone.

In the first half of 2012 a total of 251,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation.

That is just 0.0017% of the 14.6 billion genuine euro banknotes in circulation during the same period.

Initially, only the €5 note has been introduced, with the remaining notes to be launched in the future in ascending order of value (€10, €20, €50, €100, €200 and €500) - no timeframe has yet been given for the larger denominations. The new notes are the same size and very similar in

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PRACTICAL - Scams and how to avoid them

We take a look at the most common internet, email and phone scams and how to avoid becoming an unwitting victim >> Page 14

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s of May this year, the European Central Bank has begun the phased introduction of the second generation of euro banknotes. The new notes are being called the “Europa” series as they feature an image of Europa – a figure from Greek mythology and the origin of the name of the continent – which appears in the hologram and watermark of the banknotes.

The Europa series of banknotes includes new and enhanced security features which the ECB hopes will offer better protection against counterfeiting. Their durability has also been improved by virtue of a

The story of one village's efforts to find something to spend all its money on! >> Page 7

Brive Rugby Club beat Pau to win promotion back to the Top 14 France's top flight >> Page 3

Your indispensible guide to the region's Businesses >> Centre Pages

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2 ♦ IN THIS EDITION

Welcome to

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ricket is on the television... therefore it is summer. It's a simple rule. If somewhere in Britain you can hear the sound of leather on willow, then put on your flip flops and pour yourself a gin and tonic. I tried to explain this principle to one of my neighbours recently when I turned up in the pouring rain with soaking wet pieds nus. Weirdly, they did not understand. The fact that the rain was coming down horizontally and the mercury was only just above zero may have had something to do with it. Cricket = summer = flip flops. It is a simple equation.

As we go to print, my flip flopped feet finally don't look so silly, as the weather has started to pick up again and the sun has finally come out. After the cold and the wet of the last 6 or 8 months, I think we are due a good summer. On the first day of the recent cricket test match between England and New Zealand, the covers had ice on them on the morning of day 1 - that is a little bit bonkers!!

I think I read recently that Disneyland Paris has registered

another loss. I took my family there about a month ago (ironically, in the only island of good weather for months - we were lucky). The news story caught my eye as I could not quite believe what I was reading. A loss? Surely not. I have just been there and seen what they charge. I spent most of the weekend wondering how much a 36-year-old kidney goes for and whether I really needed both of them. I did some calculations and worked out that if it turned out my kidneys were in good shape, I should be able to feed my family of 4 for about 36 hours on Disney food!!

Fortunately, we were in one of the self-catering lodges a short drive away from the park, so we were able to take our own food and make sandwiches for the park.

I understand that when you are in a captive market like a theme park, you can expect to pay over the odds.

I've got no problem with that, but there is a limit. We were not long in the park when we saw a stall selling balloons. “Oh, look Daddy... Minnie Mouse!!” My wife insisted that we buy our daughters one each - we had been collecting all our €2 coins for months for just such frivolous

expenditure. “OK,” I said - a father's love knows no bounds - “so long as they're not something stupid like 5 euros each!”

It turns out that my love does have a limit, and it is somewhere south of €7.50 for a bag of helium!!!

Quite how the park manages to run at a loss while charging that much for a balloon is beyond me. And it wasn't like no one was buying them; every second child was holding at least one - snotty-nosed reminders of my cheapness. Perhaps I should change my marketing material to say “Advertise with The Bugle for less than the price of 2 balloons per month”.

On a more serious note, we receive an alarming number of emails and phone calls from people who have been contacted by fraudsters and scammers. More often than not, people's alarms have gone off and they are just checking that it is indeed a scam. But we unfortunately also hear from people who have been defrauded in some way. It always makes me angry when people lose money like this. I remember my Nan was conned and my overwhelming emotion was not sympathy or incomprehension, it was anger.

One reader contacted us having lost a few hundred pounds to the Microsoft Help Desk scam and it prompted us to write an article on the scams that we have come across most often in France. When the information is presented in another language it can make us even more

vulnerable to being duped.

Just this morning I received a call from a reader with a scam I had never come across before: an image popped up on their computer, taken minutes earlier through the computer's own in-built webcam.

A message appeared alongside it saying that they had been illegally downloading and unless they paid a fine in the next few days, the police would be after them. It just goes to show that these scams are constantly evolving. Please do take a look at the piece we have written and keep your wits about you! EDF, Orange and your bank, or indeed any other reputable institution will NEVER contact you by email asking for information.

Until next month!

Steve Martindale Editor

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LOCAL NEWS ♦ 3

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nly one year after being relegated from the Top 14, Brive Rugby Club have been promoted back to France's top division of rugby. After a long and arduous campaign encompassing 32 matches in the Pro D2, it all came down to a meeting between Brive and their rivals Pau, with the winner returning to the top flight.

The match, played in Bordeaux, was beamed live into the place de la Guierle in Brive and the locals enjoyed a first half to remember, comfortably leading 17-3 going into the break. At the final whistle, the scoreline looked even more comfortable with the team from the Corrèze winning 30-10, a result which means that the Limousin will once again be welcoming France's top teams next season - including Jonny Wilkinson and his fellow Toulon galácticos.

Brive's English centre, Jamie Noon, was understandably delighted with his side's promotion. “It is a dream to finish the season like that!” said the former England international. “It was our aim at the start of the season, something that I desperately wanted to achieve with this club. And it's something that we have now achieved, thanks to every single person in the team.”

The club's most famous supporter was also quick to offer his congratulations: “I am very proud of them,” said President François Hollande, who apparently watched the game from the Elysée Palace. “This victory reflects well on Corrèze as well as on the region as a whole.” ■

Bellac tax seminar in English a huge hit!

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n an attempt to help the region's English speakers understand how to fill out their French tax returns, the Direction régionale des finances publiques this year organised an information meeting in Bellac. The first lesson that was learned...? Next year, they will need a bigger room!!

A previous meeting organised in Limoges last year attracted a mere 2 people, Saint-Junien fared better with 20 or so, but the first ever meeting of its type to take place in Bellac brought 80 expats through the doors.

Paul Chatail, director of the DRFIP, along with a member of the tax office of Saint-Junien and a local tax inspector from Bellac, were able to answer a number of questions, in English.

“Faced with the complexity of our tax system, and the significant difference between ours and other countries' tax systems, these residents sometimes find themselves tackling a language barrier when trying to get accurate information,” explained Mr Chatail. “This meeting allowed our experts to explain the nature of tax residency, to explain the various agreements that exist between our countries and most importantly to help avoid double taxation between Britain and France.” ■

Now that spring has (finally!) sprung, many of us will have been tackling our overgrown gardens, a process that often ends up with huge piles of clippings, cuttings and general garden waste. A nice big bonfire may seem like the best way to deal with all this green waste, but be warned, it is not always legal to start fires in your garden!

The prefect of the Creuse recently issued a reminder that bonfires are banned from 1st March until the 30th September. Exemptions can be made for businesses and certain professionals, but for the general public, garden fires are banned until at least autumn. In the Haute-Vienne, a decree from 18th November 2011 states that bonfires are banned year round.

If in doubt, check with your local mairie.

The ban is motivated by several factors: small bonfires are often the cause of more serious wildfires; the smoke and smell from burning damp vegetation can be a source of tension between neighbours; and uncontrolled burning of household waste can produce fine particle pollution.

The Creuse prefecture outlined the alternatives in its recent reminder: mulching, composting, or taking green waste to your local tip (déchetterie). ■

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4 ♦ LOCAL NEWS

SHEEP SHEARING CHAMPIONSHIPS Press Release

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INTERNATIONAL FRENCH NATIONAL SIX NATIONS JULY 5, 6 & 7, 2013 LE DORAT - HAUTE-VIENNE

n 2001 the city of Le Dorat hosted the International Sheep Shearing Championship. The event was a real success counting 110 competing shearers and a total of 5,000 visitors.

In 2013, the Local Limousin Wool Network (LLRL : Laines Locales Réseau Limousin) in partnership with the Sheep Shearers’ Organisation (ATM : Association des Tondeurs de Moutons), the city of LE DORAT, the Tourist Information Bureau and the local trade association will once again host this event July 5, 6 & 7 in Le Dorat, commune of the Pays du HautLimousin.

During this event the National and International Shearing Championship will take place, but also, for the first time in France, the Six Nations Sheep Shearing Championship (France, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, and Wales), a championship in which France has been participating for the last 3 years.

The sheep shearing trade has the uniqueness of being athletic and spectacular, especially for the non-initiated. The shearing competitions organised in different regions of France draw and fascinate an ever increasing crowd. The media also loves this kind of unique and unusual show where the level of performance of the athletes is surprising.

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The championships are the opportunity for the general public to discover and learn more about this trade. All throughout the event, a host comments and educates the audience about shearing.

These competitions are also big annual or biannual meetings for the profession. Indeed, shearing being a seasonal activity, the professionals must travel to follow the different seasons throughout Europe and the world.

Programme: Friday July 5th in the evening: The Speed Shear Le vieux Cèdre, 26 place du Champ de Foire. From 21h.

The Speed Shear is a real shearing show - rapidity being the central point of this friendly competition inaugurating the championship.

Saturday July 6th and Sunday July 7th: elimination rounds, semi-finals and finals Place du Champ de Foire. Sat from 9h30; Sun from 8h45.

Several categories of shearers: intermediate, senior, and open classified based on their level of shearing. Several criteria are taken into account: neatness, quality of shearing and rapidity. The judges watch over the competition carefully, paying special attention to

these criteria.

1) The International Shearing Championships - Many shearers come from neighbouring European countries (United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, etc.), and sometimes even from Switzerland and New Zealand to participate in this championship. For the 150 competitors, the goal is to measure themselves against the others in an athletic and convivial ambiance.

This round of the competition is individual and will determine the champion of each category.

2) The Six Nations Championship - England, Scotland, France, Northern Ireland, The Republic of Ireland, and Wales will confront each other simultaneously on the podium in teams of 3.

3) The French National Championship - The goal of this championship is to determine the champion and vice-champion of France who will represent France in the World Championship in Ireland in 2014.

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Specialised in sheep and cattle breeding, it represents: • 17% of jobs in the area • 43% of the sheep livestock of the department • 108 000 sheep spread out across 284 farms (in 2011) • 50% of these farms produce “Baronet” lamb (an official and protected category of lamb that follows a strict set of production rules) Sheep shearers: Approximately 15 shearers work in the North of the Haute-Vienne and about 40 in the Limousin re-

gion.

This championship is the occasion to talk about the profession of sheep shearing to the general public, to measure the competences of the participants and encourage those that would like to become professionals in this domain.

The shearers of Haute-Vienne have already been distinguished in national and international championships, in particular, Christophe RIFFAUD, a breeder from Le Dorat, who was vice-champion of France in 2009. He represented France during the World Championship in Wales in 2010 and has been participating, with his team, in the Six Nations Championship for the past 3 years.

Wool: a resource Shearing is directly linked to sheep breeding. Indispensable for the well-being of the livestock, this seasonal activity is the first step in producing revenue for the members of the wool industry.

The Pays du Haut Limousin produces 270 tonnes of wool each year. Wool, as a local and sustainable resource, represents a real stake for the area. ■

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LOCAL NEWS ♦ 5

Residents protest against aircraft noise

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ne of the advantages of living in central France is the lush rolling countryside, wide open spaces and, especially in the east of the Limousin, beautiful hills and valleys. Unfortunately, this terrain also makes the prefect training ground for the French Air Force.

Most of us will have experienced relaxing in the garden only to be frightened out of our skin as a fighter jet screams by overhead. If you happen to be looking up, you will often see the planes long before you hear them. Once in a while, it is not too annoying - in fact, it can be quite exciting. For a group of residents in northeastern Corrèze, however, enough is now enough.

Since the number of fighters at the local airbase recently increased, the roar of low-flying jets has become a regular occurrence, often for as many as 8 hours a day. “Sometimes, I think I can see the pilot's helmet,” said one resident. “It is as if a storm is breaking directly over your head,” complained another.

The area in question is to the east of the Beaulieu-Tulle-Treignac axis, a zone used intensively for military training. For several years now, trainee pilots have taken to the skies for 5 days each week, starting at 10:30 and often continuing until around 18:00. Night flights are also not uncommon. According to local residents, they would previously only hear the aircraft once a week at most.

“When you consider that people often complain about the noise made by dogs and chickens, I find it baffling that we are not allowed to complain about these aerial exercises,” complained one resident of Soursac. “I am not against this kind of training, but why does it have to be concentrated in our area?”

So angry have the residents become, that they have formed a collective to try to put pressure on the authorities. “We want to tell people that we are taking action,” said Yves Masson. “The idea is to get as many people together as possible so that our voice carries more weight. For exam-

ple, we are planning to have a huissier document the noise and present our case to the European Court.”

Despite the eye-witness testimony of a number of locals, the Ministry of Defence is adamant that planes do not fly below 2,000 metres, claiming that “the planes can appear lower when they are flying down valleys”.

There is a precedent for the Air Force breaking their own rules. In 2011, an unexplained explosion was

heard over much of Haute-Vienne, just after 10 a.m. one morning. For most of the day the Gendarmerie were unable to explain the noise until the Air Force admitted that a Rafale fighter jet had been in the region around that time; the prefecture subsequently surmised that it had probably broken through the sound barrier.

Also in 2011, a Rafale fighter jet crashed near Crocq in the east of

Creuse, killing both pilots. Locals, while upset, were not surprised by the tragedy. “I’ve been expecting an accident like this for many years,” said local resident Michel Baré at the time, adding that he had complained to the authorities on numerous occasions. “The planes pass 20 or 30 metres over the rooftops, day and night. Sometimes we’re in the garden with our grandchildren… it’s terrifying!” ■

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6 ♦ NATIONAL NEWS

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France is celebrating a new world speed record after Frenchman François Gissy broke the record for the top speed reached on a mountain bike. His bike is powered by hydrogen peroxide and recorded a speed of 263 kph (163 mph).

The record was set on a disused runway near Mulhouse in eastern France. Gissy designed the bike and the accompanying rocket himself, with help from Swiss company Exotic Thermo Engineering and engineer Arnold Neracher.

Although he broke the previous record of 242.6 kph, he narrowly missed out on the overall cycling record of 268.8 kph set by 50-yearold Dutch cyclist Fred Rompelberg in 1995, who achieved his feat by riding in the slipstream of a dragster. ■

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French town's wind farm windfall

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ike many mayors of small communes across France, Alain Couzinié, mayor of Arfons in the Tarn department in southwestern France, has got money problems.

The situation got so bad that Mr Couzinié recently called a meeting of the town's 189 inhabitants to try to allocate the budget for the coming year and find a solution.

But the problem faced by the once-poor village is not a lack of money... in fact, they have got too much!! The glut of cash is thanks to 11 wind turbines that were installed on the hills outside Arfons in 2009. The turbines provide enough electricity to power 50,000 homes and the commune receives tax revenue from the state for their use. The government, however, “forgot” to pay this for the first 2 years, meaning the current wind farm windfall has raised the commune's budget from 400,000 euros to 2.3 million euros – or 12,169 euros per inhabitant!!

“It's like it has rained gold on

the village. It's a miracle,” Mr Couzinié told the Daily Telegraph. Another resident, Baptiste Dubois, put it in simpler terms: “We've hit the jackpot. It's EuroMillions on a village scale. Lots of people were initially against the wind farms with people claiming it would destroy local flora and fauna, but that's not the case at all.”

When the village met to decide how to allocate the money, it wasn't gold-plated roadsigns that the villagers asked for. The pressing issues in Arfons appear to be sterilising stray cats, tackling Asian hornet nests, eradicating pigeon droppings and sprucing up the old village phone box. “They were asking for almost ridiculously modest changes,” the mayor said. “At first these proposals over such trifling problems almost irritated me. But I soon realised that it is by pragmatically resolving small problems that you improve the daily life of a village.”

The mayor does have plans to

buy up the village's only café-hotel-restaurant, which shut down a few months ago - a project that will cost an estimated €800,000 when the work required is completed.

He also intends to reopen a local grocery which doubles up as a post office and newsagent.

The European Union plans to provide 20 per cent of the EU's electricity consumption through renewable energy by 2020, and Mr Couzinié encouraged other cash-strapped villages to look into wind turbines. “My advice is don't despair and look at all means of renewable energy to develop their village,” he said.

There is one problem, however, faced by small villages across the country, that money can't solve.

“This village, like most in France, has an ageing population and all the money in the world won't make us younger,” explained the mayor.

“What I hope is that this can help breathe life back into the place, with more young couples and the cries of children.” ■

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8 ♦ NATIONAL NEWS

EU introduces French film industry looks to next generation capitalise on recent success of banknotes president Mario Draghi said the new series of notes would be “more intelligent and more secure than the first series”. Mr Draghi also said that the euro “has over the years become the most visible symbol of European integration”, adding that

>> continued from pg 1 appearance to the existing ones, which will remain legal tender across the 17-member eurozone. The ECB has said that by autumn there will be more new notes in circulation than old ones.

the new notes “continue to reflect the unity and diversity of our continent”. The notes include some text in Cyrillic, following the arrival of Bulgaria in the European and Monetary Union in 2007.

The image of Europa who according to Greek mythology was seduced and abducted by Zeus disguised as a bull - is taken from a famous vase on display in the Louvre Museum in Paris. ■

The €5 note has the toughest life of all the euro banknotes and apparently has a similar lifespan to a ladybird... around 13 months.

If all the €5 notes in existence were collected together they would weigh more than 2 Airbus planes and if all the €5 notes made in 2012 were placed end to end, they would stretch around the world 4.6 times!!

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nternationally, French film is enjoying something of a boom. In Britain, French cinema is experiencing its biggest box office success for over a decade, with 2012 attendances for French language or French-made films up by 157% on the previous year.

According to recent figures, 8 million tickets were sold in the UK last year to see French films, making up 4.6% of the market.

Unifrance, which promotes the French movie industry abroad, described 2012 as “a unique year for French cinema in Britain”, but also pointed out that the increase is not purely attributable to the success of The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius' silent film which won five Oscars, seven Baftas and made in the region of €100m at the box office.

“The figures aren't down to any one film,” said Unifrance spokesperson Sophie Bataille. “The Artist was responsible for 1.6 million admissions [in Britain], but films like Amour, which also won an Oscar, plus Rust and Bone starring Marion Cotillard, and a film like Untouchable, all did very well. The French-produced blockbuster Taken 2, starring Liam Neeson, also boosted profits.”

Marketing French films to a mainstream English-speaking market is not always easy. The idea of a film being

'French' often comes with certain unjustified preconceptions involving words like 'pretentious' or 'art-house'. Studio Canal, who released both A Prophet and Rust and Bone, two films by director Jacques Audiard, had a clever strategy for the UK trailers of these films: they didn't have a word of French in them.

“So it helped market A Prophet as a prison thriller, which is what it is, rather than a foreign-language film with subtitles.

It's small strategies like this that are increasing the audience. It's funny that any film that comes from France is automatically seen as 'art-house.' Populaire, for example, is actually a big blockbuster at home.”

Now, in order to try and bolster the influence of the French film industry overseas, the government is considering introducing a 1% tax on the sale of smartphones and tablets - something that would raise an estimated €86 million per year. The move is based around France's so-called “cultural exception” policy, which aims to protect French culture from market forces and foreign competition. Broadcasters already pay fees to fund cultural projects but firms like Google and Apple are currently exempt.

A report, led by Pierre Lescure, the former CEO of French pay-TV channel Canal Plus, suggested that a tax on

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internet devices could help fund culture because consumers were spending more money on hardware than on content. “Today we have extremely sophisticated technological equipment that is extremely expensive to buy, but which contributes nothing to the financing of the works that circulate on that same equipment,” Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti said following the release of the report. “Companies that make these tablets must, in a minor way, be made to contribute part of the revenue from their sales to help creators.” ■

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'Fagin' of Paris Defence budget frozen for 6 years sentenced to 7 years in prison

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illed as a “modern day Fagin”, the head of the biggest child pickpocketing ring ever seen in France has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Bosnian native, Fehim Hamidovic, 60, who was described by his lawyers as a “good grandfather”, was charged with running a widespread pickpocketing operation that police believe was at one stage responsible for up to 75 per cent of all thefts on the Paris Metro.

The Dickensian gang of Roma girls, some as young as 12, were forced to steal cash and valuables from mainly Asian tourists or face punishment in the form of cigarette burns, beatings or worse if they failed to steal €300 a day. The girls, many of whom had been brought to France from the Balkans, were trained to tell police they were 12 years old - an age at which criminal prosecution is difficult in France.

The male leaders kept their distance from the everyday operation of the gang.

When Mr Hamidovic appeared before a judge in March this year, he appeared nonplussed when asked how he was able to fund a lavish lifestyle in his Rome villa, one that included driving a Porsche Cayenne and

spending much of his time gambling, while declaring nothing to the taxman. Investigators estimated that the pickpocket earnings netted him €1.3 million in 2009 alone. The court heard how phone tapping suggested Mr Hamidovic had bought a €58,000 Mercedes and discussed buying and selling a Ferrari and other luxury cars, along with a €30,000 six-carat diamond ring and designer watches. “We gipsies tend to boast about things that aren't necessarily true,” he told the incredulous judge.

Mr Hamidovic claimed to be the victim of a plot to incriminate him by a rival Bosnian clan run by a mysterious man called “Elvis”.

He also claimed that signs that the girls had been beaten could have been “selfinflicted” in further attempts to incriminate him. “There are 500 women and children involved. I'm accused in this affair but have nothing to do with it. It's Elvis,” he said.

The judge disagreed and Mr Hamidovic, who already has a conviction in Austria for people trafficking, will spend the next 7 years behind bars. A further 20 members of the gang were also on trial and were sentenced to between one and five years in prison. ■

The Codfather

White Paper released by the government has fixed France's defence budget at €179.2 billion from 2014 to 2019, effectively freezing defence spending over the next 6 years. Cuts to the defence budget had been suggested, but met with stiff opposition from lawmakers and the armed forces. Although cuts were avoided, the freeze means a further 24,000 jobs will be lost over the coming years. These job cuts are in addition to the 54,000 due by 2015 outlined in a previous White Paper signed by former president, Nicolas Sarkozy.

France's defence spending now stands at 1.56 per cent of GDP, down from a maximum of 2.5 per cent at the end of the Cold War. France currently has 280,000 defence staff, both military and civilian, including 130,000 army personnel, 40,000 navy and 55,000 air force. France will remain Europe’s number 2 in terms of military spending, behind Britain.

The unveiling of the budget looks to have saved several ongoing FrancoBritish projects like the development of a helicopter launched anti-ship missile and the planned renovation of the Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missile. The future of France's only aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, is also now secure, meaning that proposals for France and Britain to 'share' their carriers are still on the table. Both France and Britain currently each have one aircraft carrier in operation, which spend long periods of time in dock being serviced and refitted.

Under the proposals, both countries will be able to use the other’s aircraft carriers and one carrier will always be at sea.

Opponents of budget cuts feared that a reduction in defence spending would hamper France's ability to mount military operations such as its recent intervention in Mali. Under the paper, France

France is planning to invest in drone technology will place more emphasis on fighting cyber warfare and will boost purchases of drones, which it lacked in Mali.

“This recent period has proved that there is a definite lack in the army in terms of equipment,” President François Hollande said. The military won plaudits for its intervention in Mali in January this year, which drove back Islamist rebels overrunning the north of the country.

But the operation showed its limitations in mid-air refuelling, troop transportation and intelligence gathering.

“This new White Paper puts the emphasis on three priorities of our strategy: protection, dissuasion and intervention,” Hollande told reporters. “France wants to maintain its ability to react alone.”

Not everyone was relieved at the contents of the paper. General Vincent Desportes, former head of France's School of War, warned that France's decision

to “sanctify” its nuclear deterrent to the detriment of conventional forces meant “we will end up with a model that doesn't work, namely the nuclear bomb plus gendarmes”.

One area being targeted for spending cuts is the Republican Guard, the elite unit that provides the pomp and ceremony on state occasions. France's spending watchdog, the Cour des Comptes, said that the Guard, which includes the last cavalry unit of the French army, has 2,859 civilian and military staff and costs €280 million a year to run. Two thirds of this budget is allocated for the protection of public buildings, although the watchdog pointed out that the Guard's role was, in reality, mainly ceremonial, noting that “In the event of an organised intrusion (at any of the buildings), the static guards would not be in a position to resist”. ■

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When the changes were initially announced, she warned that if nothing was done, French universities would end up as “five people sitting around a table discussing Proust”.

The influential Académie Française, set up in 1635 and the official guardian of the language, led a chorus of disapproval of Fioraso's proposals, saying they “favour a marginalisation of the French language”.

Courriel, a French language defence association, even branded the move “linguistic assassination”.

In reality, many elite French business schools and Grandes Écoles have been quietly teaching in English for the last 15 years.

According to the left-leaning daily newspaper Libération, 790 higher education courses in France are already taught in English. The newspaper is in favour of the changes

and even ran a front page written entirely in English under the headline “Let's do it”. Fioraso tried to calm any opposition by saying that only 1% of all courses would be affected and that foreign students would still have to learn French.

Despite the protestations of linguistic purists, the move does have many supporters. A collective of senior French academics, including two Nobel prize-winners, backed the proposals in an open letter to Le Monde, saying that it made sense to allow foreign-language teaching in French faculties and that it would make its universities more attractive abroad. Pointing out that hundreds of masters courses in France are already taught in English, they criticised opponents as “totally out of step” with reality. They said English was used in science and by scientific publications and postgraduate students needed to be able to master it. ■

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s the German army invaded northern France and advanced on Paris at the start of the Second World War, one woman decided that her best bet was to head south. She never returned to her Parisian apartment and it seems that no-one has stepped inside there since. It was not until Mrs De Florian died recently, aged 91 and with no next of kin, that authorities became aware of the flat when experts were called in to draw up an inventory of her possessions.

The apartment, located close to the Pigalle red light district in Paris’ 9th arrondissement, had not been touched in 70 years - it was a perfect time capsule of the day the young Mrs De Florian fled. One expert said that it was like stumbling into the castle of Sleeping Beauty.

Another specialist, Olivier ChoppinJanvry, was particularly impressed by a painting of a woman in a pink muslin evening dress - it later emerged that the beautiful woman in the portrait

was Mrs De Florian’s grandmother, Marthe, who had been a renowned actress, socialite and a muse of the 19th century artist, Boldini.

The expert had a hunch the painting might be by Boldini, but could find no record of it. “No reference book dedicated to Boldini mentioned the tableau, which was never exhibited,” explained an art specialist consulted about the work. But then Mr ChoppinJanvry found a visiting card with a scribbled love note from Boldini and he knew he had struck gold. “We had the link and I was sure at that moment that it was indeed a very fine Boldini.”

Although the never-exhibited artwork was not signed by Boldini, it was later confirmed as being his and dated to 1898 after a reference was found in a book by the artist’s widow.

Initially put up for sale at €300,000, an astonishing ten bidders pushed the final sale price up to €2.1 million - no doubt partially inspired by the astonishing story behind the long-lost piece found in the flat that time forgot. ■

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rance's labour minister, Michel Sapin, has refused calls from Socialist MPs to ease the laws on Sunday trading. Speaking on RTL radio, he said that he would not allow such an “important part of workers’ lives” to be “nibbled away”.

Sunday trading laws are relatively strict in France and Sundays are legally considered to be a day of rest. As a general rule, Sunday shopping is not allowed, although a number of exceptions were introduced by the government of Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009: certain zones of the metropolitan areas of Paris, Marseille, and Lille, as well as around 500 tourist towns and cities. Most major stores nationwide open every December on the Sunday prior to Christmas and supermarkets (but not hypermarkets) are allowed to open nationwide every Sunday morning until 13:00 for grocery shopping.

The 2009 relaxation came after an embarrassing incident when President Sarkozy had to call around Paris' shops to get them to open on a Sunday for US First Lady, Michelle Obama, who had enquired about a spot of weekend retail therapy during a state visit. The changes allowed all stores to open in tourist areas (previously, only sports, toy and cultural shops were allowed). The most visible result is that now clothing stores open every Sunday in places such as the Champs Elysées in Paris and central Marseille, Cannes and Nice.

In the interview on RTL radio, the minister said the situation was very complex and the law made it even more complex. He also highlighted the paradox that while the majority of French people wanted shops open on a Sunday, an equally large percentage did not want to work on Sundays themselves. ■

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Geneviève Fioraso, the Minister for Higher Education, hopes that by increasing the number of courses

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The European Commission this month put forward plans to ban restaurants from using refillable jugs and bowls of olive oil. From January 1st 2014, it said, olive oil “presented at a restaurant table” must be served in pre-packaged, factory bottles with a tamper-proof dispensing nozzle and adequate labelling in line with EU industrial standards.

Officials defended the ban as a protection for consumers, who

would now know that they were getting a safe, guaranteed product with proper labelling of its origin and with tamper-proof, hygienic dispensers. European Commission spokesman, Olivier Bailly, said: “We are just making clear when you want olive oil of a certain quality you get exactly what you’re paying for.”

However, critics were quick to complain that restaurant owners would not be able to select artisanal oils to serve to their clients, but would be forced to buy homogenous, mass-produced oils from registered factories. Sam Clark, the food writer, chef and proprietor of the award winning Moro restaurant in London, told The Daily Telegraph that the ban would stop him serving his customers specially selected Spanish olive oil in dipping bowls with bread when they are seated at their table. “This will affect us.

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tion as one that would kill off artisan producers and accelerate the demise in Europe of traditional ways of making and serving food, in favour of large industrial producers. “It is very upsetting.

Haven't they already done enough damage to artisan products?” he said.

Even some of the EU's own officials were dismayed by the new rules. “This is the sort of thing that gets the EU a deservedly bad name. I shouldn't say so but I hope people disobey this ban,” one official said. “It will seem bonkers that olive oil jugs must go, while vinegar bottles or refillable wine jugs can stay.” Responding to the ban, Martin Callanan MEP, the leader of the European Conservatives

and Reformists Group, asked: “Is it April 1st? With the Euro crisis, a collapse in confidence in the EU and a faltering economy, surely the Commission has more important things to worry about than banning refillable olive oil bottles?

They should be seeking to reduce unnecessary packaging.”

Under a barrage of criticism and ridicule, Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos was forced to shelve the plans within a week, conceding that the ban plan had failed to muster sufficient support.

However, he continued to defend the idea, saying he would convene producers, traders, restaurateurs and consumers “round the same table” in a bid “to find a better way”. ■

Hollande auctions off Élysée Palace wine collection in austerity drive

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n a move of austerity that previous presidents would have considered unthinkable, François Hollande is practising what he preaches and selling off 1,200 of the Élysée Palace's finest wines.

Hollande has gone out of his way to appear a “normal president” and to contrast his simpler style with the “bling bling” image of his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy. This largely symbolic move comes after trimming the presidential and ministerial fleet of cars, and cutting ministerial salaries by 30%.

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Hollande is known to be a wine drinker, and according to the auction house, the wines being sold will be replaced through the purchase of other less pricey wines. In a statement, the Élysée said that “the proceeds from this sale will be reinvested in more modest wines, and the excess will be returned to the state budget”.

The money raised will represent a tiny, if delicious, drop in the €60 billion ocean of public savings that the government aims to find over the next five years.

Wine sales of this nature are rare, but not unprecedented. In 2006, Bertrand Delanoë, then the newly elected mayor of Paris, auctioned off 5,000 bottles from the cellars of the Mairie of Paris. With some bottles of Romanée-Conti fetching €5,000, the auction raised nearly €1 million. The British have been in on the act as well; auction house Christie's sold 54 of the government's vintage wines in March this year in an effort to make the cellar self-funding. ■

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had thought I would start off this month by prattling on about the annual return of good weather... but I thought I'd wait for the saints de glace to pass, just to be sure. Well, it looks like the old wives' tales aren't going to work this year. At time of writing, late May, the temperatures are below average for the season, eastern France has suffered from extensive flooding, grape formation in some areas has been compromised and the wild and windy weather is set to go on for a while. So, being optimistic, we'll say that we hope to see the sun back in June.

Until then, try and keep on top of the grass (in between showers), which is growing like nobody's business, and the weeds. This is easier said than done as wet soil pulls up in big clumps around roots.

One possibility is just to cut the growth off at ground level, gaining some time until the soil dries out and you can go back

and get the little blighter!

But even despite the relatively horrid weather, things are growing in the garden and the land doesn't look much the worse for wear. Yes, we can all grumble about the fact that we can't yet barbecue comfortably outside, but the trees and shrubs are catching up on dry years and the water table will be less critical later on in the year.

“Wow!!!” is what I say every year in May/ June. Well, more like “wow, wow, wow!” as waves of exquisite blossom succeed each other. Starting off with the camellias, ornamental prunus, then the amelanchiers, viburnums, crab apples, fruit blossom, magnolias, lilacs,

wisterias... we sure do live in an exquisite area. All these flowering trees are so important for bees and other pollinators and so, if for no other reason, try and plant the maximum chez vous, and ideally in such a way as to give a succession of blossom over a long period.

With caution, depending on your site, plant out your

tomatoes. It can be a good idea to do as the old boys do and place the plants in between two vertically placed tiles. These absorb the heat of the day and release it overnight, and also shelter the tender plants from rain damage or hail. On hot sunny days, just lay them down and replace them at nightfall.

All heat lovers can benefit from this – although personally I wouldn't plant out peppers, chillies and aubergines just yet.

Once the sun gets going things will race away, so have plants ready for that moment, and then just pop them into place and watch them grow.

Don't slow up on the sowing.

Your first crop of lots of things will soon be/is ready, so after you've harvested it you need to replace varieties. Sow regularly to keep a constant source of young plants - so much more satisfying than buying plants in. Remember to leave a few plants to go to seed – especially those that have been in tunnels, cloches or greenhouses. In a few weeks' time you'll have next year's seed crop ready.

Do remember to label varieties before the stalks are dry (and while you remember what they were).

The first harvests of some herbs can be made, e.g. mint, thyme, lovage, etc. Either dry the leaves to keep for later use, or use to make flavoured vinegars and oils.

Start planning for late season crops and decide where you are

going to plant them and what you really want to grow over the winter. It pays to give this some thought now and aim to regroup varieties into the same few beds. Then you can put the remaining areas under textile or mulch, and not be bothered by a row of chicory or leeks.

Prune off the lilacs which have finished flowering - the dead flowers aren't nice to look at and can lead to lilac blight.

Keep an eye on your fruit if a tree or bush is too laden, thin out. Be ruthless, they say, and you'll get better fruit. I can never manage to be hard hearted enough!

Also keep an eye on the borders and fill any empty gaps. If you buy plants from garden centres, remember to harden them off a bit before planting, and to give them regular feeding in the beginning to compensate for the transition to 'real life' conditions.

Lastly, distrust gardening mags (!), having read articles in several this year which talked about harvesting artichokes, eating broad beans, picking peas, etc., all at times when none of this is possible in my garden. I realise that articles are not necessarily written at the time of the edition they're printed in - unlike this one!!

So if a gardening star talks about doing something and you feel depressed because outside in your garden nothing is happening... don't worry!! ■

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09 64 20 88 97 / 06 47 84 06 83 Email: contact@abcperfect.com

CARREFOUR BOIS LIMOUSIN Order your winter firewood today

All wood is stored under cover and cleaned before delivery

Oak, Beech, Hornbeam - Logs of 50, 33 & 25 cm Home delivery loose or palleted - depts 23/87

www.chauffagebois-limousin.com

05 55 63 72 45 / 06 76 05 81 38 (8h30-12h & 14h-18h)

Exclusive suppliers & installers of hidden fences, indoor boundaries and remote trainers.

Using unique patented FM radio signal technology to keep your dog(s) contained and safe, from a small garden to a large estate.

www.canicloture.fr

Simon & Tina Hatcher, 8 rue des Hirondelles, 17150 CHIVES Tel: 05 46 59 06 81 - email: canicloture@hotmail.fr

www.abcperfect.com

20211438CC1243

www.ohmycod.fr

FRENCH LESSONS (group or individual) ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE TRANSLATION & INTERPRETATION Justine McComish-Lorain. Based near Coussac-Bonneval (87500)

The Bugle June 2013

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8 Page Pull-out Section

Your indispensable guide to finding local businesses & artisans Accommodation Activities & Leisure Animals & Pets Antiques/Brocantes Auto Services Building Services Architects Carpenters/Joiners Electricians General Groundworks Painters & Decorators

Plasterers Plumbers Sandblasters Tilers Chimney Sweeps Computers/Satellites Courses & Classes >> B2 Food & Drink >> B2 >> B2 Garden Services >> B2-B4 Gifts & Crafts Handholding Services >> B4 Health & Beauty >> B4 >> B1 >> B1 >> B1 >> B1 >> B2

>> B4-B5 >> B5 >> B5 >> B5 >> B5 >> B5-B6 >> B6 >> B6 >> B6 >> B6-B7 >> B7 >> B7

Insurance & Finance Language Services Online Shopping Pest Control Property Maintenance Property Sales Retail & Commerce Transport/Removals /Storage General

Cattery Accommodation The Linden House Animals & Pets The Caring Rochechouart Self-catering gîte in Creuse Sleeps 6-8 Prices from €250/week

05 55 03 76 87 / 06 30 02 35 73

Only 30 mins from Limoges airport.

Established, purpose built secure cattery. Large individual/family units, tiled floors, shelving, adjoining outside areas.

Heated, individual needs catered for.

NEW - purpose built isolation unit.

Certificate of Capacity. Contact Barbara:

06.04.17.80.93

www.thelindenhouse.eu info@thelindenhouse.eu

Apartments in the heart of Limoges Old Town

Shops and restaurants close by.

3 prices for 3 increasingly high-spec apartments: 40€/50€/60€ per night - minimum 2 nights On foot: bus station 2mins, train station 10mins.

Fully furnished for 2 people: kitchen, bathroom, all towels and linen included.

French breakfast pack available by prior notice - €7.

Wifi available. Call Eric for more details:

Activities & Leisure

05.55.80.04.31

www.la-petite-maison.eu sue@la-petite-maison.eu SIRET: 518 135 009 00018

05.55.41.17.76 sales@thebugle.eu

Champlong Chatterie

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

Tel: 05 55 60 27 83

email: tipar@hotmail.fr

Beautiful 2-person gîte in the heart of Creuse.

Perfect for house-hunters & holidaymakers alike.

SIRET: 494 125 016 00019

champlongchatterie@me.com www.champlongchatterie.com

+33 (0)6 77 90 83 37

La Petite Maison

bdowning77@wanadoo.fr

DAY TICKET FISHING Enjoy a day's fishing at Lake Brillac, situated in Brillac, 16500.

Carp, Roach, Zander and Perch.

Sport fishing only - no kill policy.

Full day ticket €10 pp

Open daily Night fishing available on request.

Equipment hire/bait available at extra cost.

lakebrillac@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: 09 74 76 76 62

www.etangbrillac.weebly.com Siret No. 511 322 554 00011

Cosmo Flight School

www.cosmoflightschool.com See page 10

ZE DOG (& CAT) HOUSE

Family, cage-free boarding for dogs and cats.

Positive dog training and counseling.

We make sure that “Ze Dog (& Cat) House” is a real home from home for your companions so that they, as well as you, spend a great time on holiday!

June Altman, Le Puytren, 87800 Meilhac

Certificat de capacité n° 87-203 RCS Limoges 750 912 057

Dog Holidays

The Orchard Kennels & Cattery

at Valhalla Farm

4 Walks each day & lots of T.L.C. Contact Karen & Darren Tel: 05 55 80 95 18 / 06 52 58 17 95 valhallafarm@europe.com www.valhallafarm.org SIRET: 511 629 610 00011

CaniClôture

Invisible boundaries for dogs

www.canicloture.fr

05 46 59 06 81 - see pg 12

sales@thebugle.eu

>> B8 >> B8

Your advert here 05 55 41 17 76 Antiques/ Brocantes

Tel: 05 55 58 87 94 or Mob: 06 61 01 12 21 Email: zdh@ze-dog-house.fr

SIRET: 520 896 671 00010

5 Star Accommodation in our Home (Dept 23).

>> B7 >> B8 >> B8 >> B8 >> B8 >> B8 >> B8

(Farges, nr. Aubusson)

Small & friendly, English run.

Viewings welcome.

Certificat de capacité.

Also available: Pet foods, treats & accessories.

Mon - Sat: 9.00 - 7.00

Contact Dave Grant: 05 55 67 58 87

www.the-orchard.eu

LA GRANGE ANTIQUE

FLEA MARKET / BROCANTE

13 rue Ledru Rollin, 36200 Argenton-sur-Creuse YOU NEED SOME FURNITURE? ASK ME - I HAVE EVERYTHING!!

I SPEAK ENGLISH AND I CAN DELIVER TO YOU!

siret: 504 584 228 00010

tel: 06 08 50 36 26

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B2 ♦ DIRECTORY

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. siret: 503 169 237 00016

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

Auto Services

Le Mécanique Anglais 30 years’ experience

● All Makes & Models ● Repairs ● Servicing ● CT’s ● Specialist in: Vehicle Diagnostics and Auto Electrics Covering 87/24/16 - I can come to you

Email: lemeca24@gmail.com

TEL: 05 53 62 50 46 SIREN: 514 423 532

The English Mechanic

Building Services

www.masterplans.eu We offer a comprehensive Architectural Drawing Service for your projects.

Architectural Services

05 55 80 72 83 / 06 33 07 29 72

CHARTERED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

Building Services

Pre-purchase & Structural Surveys.

Verbal & written reports.

Structural calculations & drawings.

Redevelopment ideas & solutions.

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

05 53 56 72 59 / 06 58 04 21 94 +44 (0)7910 283 965 Web: www.versineer.com Email: enquiries@versineer.com UK Reg No. 5245744

05.55.41.17.76 sales@thebugle.eu

Architectural VINTAGE AND DRAWING CLASSIC CARS SERVICE PAUL RICHFIELD

From the 20's to the 60's.

All mechanical and maintenance work undertaken Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure, 16260 Charente

T: 05 16 09 84 46 M: 06 12 88 04 57

Renovating your French property?

New build?

Dossiers prepared Permis de Construire Déclarations Préalables

Tel: 05 53 52 36 05

lavieilleabbaye@orange.fr

E: paul.richfield@cegetel.net

www.latuspeter-architecturaldrawings-24.com

siret no: 378 681 944 00021

SIRET: 493 770 358 00015

Car Breakers - C.R.A.L.

Your Home - Get it right first time

Buy/Sell/Scrap Spare Parts for Sale 05.55.48.21.33 - see pg 13

Thinking of improving or extending your house?

RING BILL!

I am a retired British architect based in the Creuse near Aubusson, ready to work with you and your ideas.

Registered Car Mechanic

05.55.81.31.85

See Display Ad below

Please mention The Bugle when responding to adverts

Supplying all the necessary drawings, elevations & photo realisations for your application. We also offer a floor plan service. Dossiers compiled for: ● Certificat d'urbanisme ● Déclaration préalable ● Permis de construire

Déclaration Préalable / Permis de Construire, General advice, Good reputation, Reasonable rates Please contact: Neil Parkyn

tel: 05 55 66 75 53 carol.neil@orange.fr

Please mention The Bugle when responding to adverts

Building Services

info@masterplans.eu siret: 790 016 984 00011

Carpenters/Joiners SHUTTERS / VOLETS Made to Measure Woodwork

Pine Window Shutters from €35 Pine Ledge and Brace Doors from €69 Bespoke items made

www.scrollart.co.uk

05 55 14 12 43

Oradour-sur-Vayres (87150) Siren 527 854 749

Nicholas Hemming Wood Craft

www.nicholashemming.co.uk

02 48 63 15 09 - see main ad pg 11

SUNMAN

Carpentry & Joinery www.sunmancarpentry.com

05.55.60.15.57 - see below

Le Charme De Chêne Handmade solid oak joinery and furniture

Our joinery expertise includes barn doors, barn door frame openings, staircases, kitchens, windows & doors.

We also make handmade furniture.

Every item is bespoke and made to measure.

Please visit our website for recent installations and references.

www.lecharmedechene.com contactus@lecharmedechene.com

02 54 25 65 08 06 16 91 64 67

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

Electricians

05.55.69.75.67 / 06.89.47.69.71

ELECTRICIAN

Pink Electrique

Philip Evans

Fully Qualified French Electrician All electrical work covered, from a light switch to a full rewire Limousin, Charente & Dordogne covered Emergency Callouts 24/7

Tel: 06 36 35 56 44 or 05 55 78 16 28

Email: philip.evans@live.fr

email: lsetenergie@yahoo.co.uk Siret No. 501.792.386.00010

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.

Tel: 05 55 63 10 68 Mob: 06 64 59 48 64 Email: info@pink-electrique.fr www.pink-electrique.fr SIRET: 788 709 871 00016

Building Services

Siret: 533 235 016 00011

Robert Johnson

ELECTRICIAN SIRET: 493 084 974 00010

Registered in France since 2007 Banque Populaire La Souterraine Décennale Insurance All works to normes NF C15-100 ● Fault finding ● Small Works ● Complete rewires ● Consuel certification arranged ● Temporary EDF supplies arranged ● Permanent EDF supplies arranged ● Free quotations

Mobile No: 06 50 63 65 29

Email: robrjhnsn@aol.com Website: www.rob-johnson.biz

Salamandre électricité

General Big Stone Co www.thebigstoneco.co.uk

Stone flooring, delivered to France see pg 5

ENTREPRISE SMITH BUILDING SERVICES Established, Qualified Builder/Electrician 30 years experience

Keith Sloper Tel: 05 55 64 94 20 Mob: 07 86 38 09 61

All internal & external building, electrical and plumbing works from start to high quality finish.

* Qualified electrician * All types of electrical works carried out * Free estimates * Departments 23 and 87

Tel: 05 55 89 00 89 Mob: 06 04 06 55 28

email: anthonytsmith15@gmail.com

No Siret: 494 916 760 00015

Siret: 533 577 128 00010

SIRET: 510 156 763 00011

Advertise your business here Carpentry & Joinery

05.55.60.15.57

www.sunmancarpentry.com

05.55.41.17.76 sales@thebugle.eu

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DIRECTORY ♦ B3 ADVERTORIAL

Materiaux Mondial - Affordable Quality

L

imousin residents Barry Green and Jan Nys, an AngloBelgian partnership have created a new and exciting business based in MagnacLaval in the north of the HauteVienne. Materiaux Mondial specialises in sourcing quality materials at affordable prices for the home and garden. They have become the first approved dealers in France for Log Cabins LV, a market leader and innovator when it comes to designing and creating interlocking wooden buildings.

Interlocking wooden buildings

There are over 350 standard models on the website. They have solutions for residential houses, garden offices, chalets, holiday homes, garages,

Natural Stone Paving workshops, summer houses and garden storage. However if you have a particular project in my mind you can take advantage of their bespoke design service. Contact them to discuss your requirements.

No project is too small or too large.

Steve Johns

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

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

Glamping Pods – The “Europod” Materiaux Mondial are proud to introduce the revolutionary “Europod” camping pod.

This unique self-contained, fully insulated building has been designed to be fully in-

Paul Brown From small repairs to renovations Garden maintenance La Souterraine & surrounding area

Mob: 06 06 43 90 81

Email: brownpaul006@gmail.com Siret: 483 059 242 00022

Your advert here

06 49 66 44 25 87800 Jourgnac Siret N° 750 725 780 00019

Dave Cardwell - Builder

05 55 98 24 12

See our Display Ad - pg 9

Magnetic Double Glazing

SOLAR PANEL CLEANING

harlequindevelopments@live.com www.harlequindevelopments.com

RSW Entreprises

▪ Emptying septic tanks ▪ Unblocking pipes ▪ Cleaning wells ▪ Group rates available between neighbours Call David - 24/24 7/7

Davis & Davis

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...

SIRET: 494.501.067.00016

LES VIDANGES LIMOUSINES

flyscreensandmore@gmail.com 05.55.60.62.97 - see ad below

30 years' Experience in Construction, Renovation & Project Management

05.55.68.67.56 06.06.60.46.97

Materiaux Mondial offers a wide range of natural stone paving and tiles for both indoor and outdoor projects.

Their prices for natural stone paving are comparable to the fabricated concrete pavers you will find widely available across France. The product

05 55 41 17 76

Harlequin Developments are a Distributor and Installer for Solarventi, solar dehumidifying and water heating products, as well as a range of other renewable energies

Quality Workmanship Guaranteed Internal/ External Developments

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

Fosse Septique Specialist

05 55 60 29 50 / 06 04 13 30 57

See our Display Ad - pg 15

Based Arnac-la-Poste - Covering depts 87, 23 & 19

05.55.80.00.57

scaping supplies including:

stalled in minutes with the minimum of work. The Europod arrives fully built, there is no need for expensive base work and you can use this beautiful building as soon as the lorry leaves. The glamping pod gives a completely warm and snug environment ideal for an extra room in the garden for the private individual, or on a commercial camp site to generate a significant income.

email: davis-davis@sfr.fr Siret: 498 203 652 00017

Protect your investment, ensure maximum output, extend the life span of your panels.

Dirty solar panels can lose up to 30% of their energy output if not cleaned on a regular basis.

We can also clean your windows, patio, driveway, decking areas and guttering, etc.

Please ring for a free estimate, for either a single or regular clean.

Mick - Home 05 55 61 94 76 or Mob 06 02 33 08 80 siret: 791 880 198 00019

• Fencing panels and trellis • Fence posts • Rural and equine fencing • Metal grill fencing and gates • Hard wood and pine decking • Pergolas and arbours • Railway sleepers • Wood treatments

is not only 100% natural but also 100% unique. Every tile and every slab is individual.

You will find no two alike.

Fencing, gates and landscaping materials Materiaux Mondial offer a wide variety of fencing, railings, gates, decking and land-

Monte Sarginson

Their showroom and offices are located in Magnac Laval, on the new Zone Artisanale, next to the dechetterie. They offer a delivery service if you are unable to collect. ■ Materiaux Mondial Telephone: 06 04 17 43 22 www.materiauxmondial.fr Z.A. Lieu dit Sirvenon 87190 Magnac-Laval

Tony Hall

House Renovations General Builders 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

WASTE REMOVAL SERVICES

All types of building work undertaken

Over 35 years experience References available Décennale Insurance - All areas covered

Tél: 02.54.06.91.54 hall.anthony@orange.fr Siret: 504 350 604 00014

Lovejoy’s Scaffolding Hire

• house and barn clearances • dechetterie runs • rubbish removal • cash paid for scrap • general labouring service • mini digger hire - with/without driver

Strong, fully adjustable cup-lock scaffolding Collect and erect yourself to save costs or delivery and erection included

06 74 21 47 71

www.limousin-builders.com

05 55 37 45 35 siret 532 981 198 00015

R & B Construction ALL ASPECTS OF RENOVATION & CONSTRUCTION

Tel: 05 55 68 22 04 Siret 789 209 236 00015

Skilled Workman

Building Renovations & Small Jobs • Velux Windows • Roof Repairs • Tiling • Plumbing • Plaster boarding • Garden Projects & Maintenance

*Special Spring Discounts* • House & barn renovations • Garage/loft conversions • Bathroom/shower rooms • Doors/windows • Roofing • Patios/decking • Plumbing & Electrical

05.55.02.66.58 / 06.76.09.68.37

Tel: 05 55 37 74 06 (Dave) Tel: 05 55 69 75 67 (Steve)

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See our website: http://www.rb-first-construction.com (Depts 23, 87 & 19)

siret: 501 792 386 00010

For more info please call Barrie Or visit my website

www.bw-renovations.co.uk SIRET: 501 338 230 00011

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B4 ♦ DIRECTORY Septic tanks

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

Building Services General La Noneix

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

●Renovations ●New builds ●Roofing ●Stonework ●Carpentry ●Ground works Large or small projects undertaken - please view our website.

Contact: Paul or Joanne Rands

05.55.66.44.06

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

05.55.41.17.76 sales@thebugle.eu

KWIKSTAGE Scaffold 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

Traditional Building Services

All aspects of renovation/ restoration covered including bespoke joinery and lime plastering.

All work is fully insured.

References available.

Ring Andy on 05 44 19 15 57 Ring Will on 05 55 37 45 35 siret: 532 981 198 00015

La Coterie Entreprise

Approved septic tank installer

05.55.80.83.30 www.lce23.com

See our main ad - pg 10

Electrics

diagnostic report and remedial works – consuel approvals - liaison with ERDF for changes. full re-wires, new-build, additions, modifications.

BATIMENT SERVICES ROCHE 87800 Meilhac

Tailored solutions for your projects (big or small)

• Painting (inside/outside) • Plaster boarding and insulation • Floor coverings (laminated floors, carpet, etc.)

• Wall coverings (wallpaper, paper to paint, etc.)

• Handyman jobs Free quotation.

Phone Seán

06-77-21-24-54 SIRET: 788 841 021 00017

Your advert here 05 55 41 17 76 Double D

Renovations & Home Improvements 05 55 65 00 29 - pg 7

Steve Booth

Property Maintenance Haute-Vienne and surrounding area Project help Renovations interior & exterior General maintenance Conservation and restoration trained in the UK

Tel: 05 55 06 52 36 Siret Registered

PATIO & DECKING CLEANING Ring Bryan

05 55 64 87 92 / 06 47 46 62 29 see main advert - pg 11

Celotex

DAVID LEE General Builder

All exterior and interior work undertaken including: • Plasterboarding • Plastering • Rendering • Tiling • Blockwork • Bathrooms and Kitchens • Septic tanks As seen on Channel 4's Grand Designs Abroad Covering Limoges and surrounding areas Free Estimates

Mob: 06 08 07 95 24 Email: david.lee044@orange.fr Siret: 453 965 493 00027

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

28 years qualified experience

05.55.89.69.46

www.entreprisehines.com robert.hines@orange.fr

Travaux Publics www.pilgrim23.com 05.55.62.61.12 - pg 3 ED BREWIS

For all your renovation needs

Kitchen/Bathroom fitting - Plasterboarding Carpentry - Painting and Decorating - Tiling etc Areas 87, 23, 36 25yrs experience / 7yrs in France

Tel: 06 89 45 08 88

E-mail: edward.brewis@wanadoo.fr

siret: 489 041 830 00030

05 55 61 93 07

martin_sprague_1@ hotmail.com SIRET: 531 768 182 00010

Tersannes Timber

www.gatesinfrance.com 05 55 60 14 18 - see pg 11

Building Services

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

05 55 41 17 76

sales@thebugle.eu

Tel: 05.55.80.83.30 Email: sales@LCE23.com Web: LCE23.com

Building Services Plasterers MARK COLYER

LIMOUSIN PLASTERING LIMOUSIN STUKADOORS

20 years experience in: ● Solid plastering ● Skimming ● Dry Lining ● Rendering ● Plasterboard Studwork

Specialising in both French lime plastering and English plastering techniques.

10 years tiling experience.

Covering Creuse (23), Haute-Vienne (87), Northern Corrèze (19) & Southern Indre (36) For a free quotation & friendly advice call Mark or Mareike on

05 55 54 95 63

mcolyerplasteringandtiling@orange.fr siret: 539 941 450 00014

GLEN VINEY

Groundworks 05.55.78.62.29

john.bonella@gmail.com See Main Ad pg B3

Building Services

Siret No: 489 898 585 00018

Your advert here

stooze@wanadoo.fr

General building Renovation & maintenance Reliable, good quality work 30 years exp Based central 23 - will travel Martin Sprague

PROPERTY RENOVATIONS Mini-Digger with driver

BURTON’s BUILDERS

05 55 62 48 15

Masonry & More

GODSON

Insulation Specialists 05.55.78.57.60 - see pg 14

Bonnat Dept 23, 03,18, 36

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

SIRET: 503 169 237 00016

05 55 61 08 02 / 06 52 23 89 54 web: www.builderinthecreuse.co.uk

All Masonry High Finish Quality Work Pergolas Carports Patios

Renovation

Painters/ Decorators Simon Carter

Montluc Painting & Decorating Qualified craftsman with over 25 years UK experience, newly relocated to Haute Vienne Specialist services: Interior & exterior painting, wallpapering, plastering & boarding, floor restoration, tiling.

FREE QUOTES

Tel: 07 81 26 88 65 Web: www.sjcmontluc.fr Email: sjcmontluc@yahoo.fr siret: 792.130.932.00017

PLASTERER Quality Plasterwork, Internal & External

Plasterboarding, Partitioning, Skiming, Solid Plastering, Floor Screeding, Rendering: Mono Couche/Coloured Render Waterproofing Render Systems

Tel: 06 45 18 86 10

(18 Years Experience) Email: glenviney1@btinternet.com Siret: 527 736 326 00010

Le Plâtrier du Limousin The friendly and reliable plasterer Registered in France.

Fully insured offering 10 year guarantee.

Call Stuart on:

05 55 80 92 91

info@platrierlimousin.fr Siret: 534 396 908 00012

Pro-Point Facades

Re-pointing - Rendering - Plastering

05 55 78 80 31 See our Display Ad - pg 14

Jimmy’s Plastering Service All aspects of plastering work incl: Internal & External, Sand & Cement, Dry Lining, Rendering.

Also Tiling and General Maintenance.

20+ years experience.

Call Jimmy on

05 55 66 23 97 / 07 61 23 33 63 Siret: 792 049 025 00010

05.55.41.17.76

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DIRECTORY ♦ B5 ADVERTORIAL

“SolarVenti”- the solar Harlequin solution to damp and Developments humidity A E stablished and registered in France since 2006, we specialise in all aspects of property renovation and refurbishment, along with barn conversions and extensions. No job is too big or too small and we will provide you with a detailed devis at a competitive rate.

Our work includes full renovations, extensions, insulation and plaster boarding, tiling, replacement windows and doors, re-pointing walls, parquet flooring, staircases, kitchens and bathrooms fitted.

We undertake insurance work - floods, fires etc - and send regular update emails, together with photographs, to clients who may live outside France, to keep them fully up to date with their project. References are gladly given from previous/current clients.

We are now able to offer an even wider range of renewable energy products from some of the world’s leading manufacturers.

With summer coming, why not think about putting a roof over your terrace/patio area? We will be happy to give you a quote for a traditional oak framed structure, with a roof finish to your specification. All bespoke to your requirements, and using the best local materials. It could also double as a car-port during the winter, and bring an end to scraping ice off car windscreens.

We have several satisfied clients from 2012, who will happily provide references for the quality of our workmanship.

For more information, a devis, or simply to discuss your project, please feel free to contact us.

« LE PLATRIER »

Chris the Plasterer A genuine plasterer French and English spoken Traditional Plastering Rendering, Floor Screeding Stud partition dry lining Lime mortar stone pointing

FOR A QUOTATION CALL

05 55 63 53 06 06 23 29 48 19

christopher.willis@orange.fr Le Bourg, 23360 Nouzerolles SIRET: 504 612 441 00015

Multiskilled Artisan

Graham Carter Plastering

• Plastering • Rendering • Stud Walling • Tiling and associated works • Bespoke polished concrete surfaces for Window Sills, Shelves, Fire Surrounds etc.

• General Renovation interior and exterior of buildings to customer's specification.

Tel: 05 55 76 69 32 Mob: 06 43 11 95 87 Siret No. 513 415 091 00018

Building Services

simple solar energy system that runs on its own, even when you are not there and provides a free heat supplement in winter.

The SolarVenti air panel was invented more than 20 years ago to use the sun’s energy for airing and ventilation of the thousands of holiday homes on the West coast of Jutland, houses that were left empty and unheated for long periods, houses with damp problems, mould and bad odours.

How it works The principle behind SolarVenti is simple: a small, built-in solar cell powers a 12V fan that is connected to an air vent, a control unit and an on/off switch.

Whenever the sun shines, the air in the solar panel is heated and the fan, receiving power from the collar cell, introduces warm, dry air

Martin Walters

Plumber

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.

Tel 02 54 24 84 62 Siret 522 804 723 00016

Rick Fife

Plumbing & Heating Engineer

All aspects of Plumbing and Heating work undertaken.

23 Years Qualified (Previously UK CORGI registered – Oil / Natural Gas / LPG) Established and registered in France for 7 years.

Areas Covered: North Creuse (23) & South Indre (36)

Tel: 05 55 62 34 66

Email: amanda.rick@tiscali.co.uk Office Hours: 8:30 – 18:00 Please give us a call to discuss your requirements. If you get the answer machine we WILL return your call the same day. siret: 494 380 264 00015

H20 CREUSE

Plumbers

Heating & Plumbing engineer

A. Ives Plumbing & Heating

Your advert here

Installations & Alterations Bathroom suites, Showers, Kitchens, Tiling, Complete wetroom installations Emergency work undertaken

06 02 37 62 57 SIRET 538 689 530 00011

05 55 63 89 23 - see pg 12

05 55 41 17 76

into your home at the rate of 20 to 100 cubic metres per hour.

In Southern Europe, SolarVenti is not only used for ventilation/ dehumidification purposes; with far more winter sunshine hours, it also provides a substantial heating supplement.

A DIY Solution?

The installation process is very straightforward and should only take two or three hours. All that is needed is a drill, hammer and chisel to make a hole in the wall.

Roof installations are also possible.

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

With a range of panel sizes, and the option for wall or roof mounting, SolarVenti is suitable for all types of buildings, caravans or even boats!

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

ADVERTORIAL

Your advert here

Please mention The Bugle when responding to adverts

Building Services

05 55 41 17 76

Sandblasting

Chimney Sweeps

sandblasting

SIRET: 510 117 328 00011

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

05.55.78.43.71 / 06.67.81.63.46 steve@sandandblast.com SIRET: 488 522 921 00037

Building Services

www.stovesellers.com

05 55 63 78 72 Siren: 502 409 949

TOUTE SWEEP

Chimney Sweep Service

Tilers

* 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

Phillip Girard Tiling

Tiling walls and floors, tanking systems, undertile heating, laying of natural stone, pattern specialists.

Full design and professional decorating service available.

Contact Phillip for a free estimate

05 44 19 13 97 / 06 81 47 68 94 phillipgirard1970@gmail.com Siret: 750 256 067 00018

05 55 66 60 21

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

We provide a fully operated

www.sandandblast.com

Creusetec

Satellite Systems "Tooway" High speed internet via satellite TV Satellite Sales, Service & Installations.

TV Receiver & Electronic Repairs.

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

Sand and Blast 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.

Computers & Satellites

electro sat

satellite TV/broadband etc. www.electro-sat.fr see main ad pg 11

GOODWIN SATELLITE

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

Tel: 05 55 62 05 61 Mob: 06 06 47 89 66 Email: garygoodwin@wanadoo.fr siret: 453 067 910 00019

Big Dish Satellite www.bigdishsat.com

05 55 78 72 98

Contact Barry Manning

see main ad - pg 4

barry@toutesweep.com

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Tel: 05 55 66 14 11 Mob: 06 31 59 81 08

REMEMBER - BLOCKED FLUES AND CHIMNEY FIRES CAN BE FATAL...

DON'T TAKE THAT RISK! SIRET: 534 351 754 00013

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B6 ♦ DIRECTORY

Cross Cut Tree Surgeons

for all your tree requirements 27 years experience Free quotes and advice We will not be beaten on price or standard of work Fully qualified arborist - Fully insured Covering depts: 87, 23, 86, 36, 19 & 16 Reliability guaranteed

beverley.pawson@yahoo.co.uk

05.55.60.62.14 / 06.78.38.42.44

Fontaine Computers & Food & Drink La15Petite Grande Rue, Le Dorat Satellites Café, Bar and Events Venue

Le Pub

58, rue d'Orjon, Argenton-sur-Creuse

Lunch Menu Free WiFi

05.55.60.29.74

info@lapetitefontaine.com www.lapetitefontaine.com

Call Patrice:

06.79.07.91.56

libre.antenne87@gmail.com Fast dependable service Based Séreilhac (87)

BAILEYS

Bar & Restaurant

5 Rue de L’Abreuvoir Aubusson

Traditional French and English dishes Menu du Jour 16€, 4 courses incl. wine Open Fri 12pm-2pm Sat 11.30am-2pm & from 7pm Restaurant Menu

05.55.66.37.10

siret: 353 613 227 00035

Book club open when bar is open

Mayday

Fish et Frites

We provide a fast and friendly service either at the client's home, via remote software or computers can be left with us and collected when the work is complete. ● Ordering/Installing wireless & broadband ● Fixing results of a virus attack ● PC healthchecks ● Virus , trojan , worm removal and protection ● Backups/Disaster recovery ● Hardware/software upgrades. ● Website and graphic design. ● Printer/scanner assistance.

Courses & Classes

Traditional Black and White Photographic 2 Day Course Develop your film and take a mounted print home.

Expert one to one tuition.

Equipment and materials supplied.

Based 86200. Accommodation possible.

For details: richard.tuckey@orange.fr

See our Notice Board events listings 39 Place du Champ de Foire 36140, Aigurande

02 54 06 30 77

www.frenchweb.eu/jjscafebar/ cafebarjj@yahoo.co.uk SIRET: 508 754 314 00013

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 - Thur 10am – 6pm Fri 10am – 7pm, Sat 9am – 6pm

Cream teas on the terrasse.

RDV for weekday visits SVP. 2km from Chénérailles and the Chateau Villemonteix

5 Rue Andre Jouhannaud, Compreignac

Freshly home-cooked Food

Plat du Jour, Mon-Sat: €12.50 Sunday Lunch with real Yorkshire puddings Every Friday Night - Fish & Chips with home-made mushy peas €8,50 To Eat In or Take Away (alternative menu available)

Open: Mon–Sat 11.30–2pm, Fri & Sat eve 7–11pm, Sun 11.30–3pm Party Bookings Welcomed For further information

Les Genêts, Azerables

Le Relais de l'Abloux

05.55.63.90.79 SIREN: 483 988 853

Find us at local markets selling a small and tasty selection of excellent quality english cheeses.

sales@thebugle.eu

Gifts & Crafts

tel: 05 55 12 99 45 or 06 04 09 03 10

High quality British & French food at reasonable prices.

Menu du Jour €12, Traditional Pub Food, Vegetarian dishes, Childrens & Snack menus also available

SIREN: 409 679 578

for all your tree requirements beverley.pawson@yahoo.co.uk 05.55.60.62.14 / 06.78.38.42.44 see main ad above

L’Escale

Bar/Restaurant

www.cestcheese.fr 09.66.87.02.74 cest.cheese@orange.fr

Cross Cut Tree Surgeons

Restaurant & Bar

Le Creusois

Also available online.

For more information, see our website:

06 23 90 45 82 / 05 87 19 85 85 www.paulfosterjardins.com see main ad pg 7

tel: 05 55 81 31 85

● Italian Specialities ● Traditional Cuisine ● Home-made Desserts Moules de bouchot AOC available from July to December High Quality Food, a Warm Welcome and a Friendly Atmosphere await Closed Sundays & Mondays

C’est cheese

Paul Foster Jardins

email: artdejardin@gmail.com www.atelierdartdujardin.net

Restaurant - Pizzeria

Restaurant Camping La Perle

British Fish & Chips in France www.traditionalfishandchips.eu See main ad pg 9

Artisan art for your garden.

8 rue Ledru-Rollin 36200 Argenton-sur-Creuse

www.lecreusoisbistro.com

The Codfather

Open Fri, Sat, Sun and Bank Holidays 11h00 to 18h00 from Easter until the end of September.

Open Monday to Saturday from 12pm to 2pm and from 6pm to 9pm

Visit us and compare our prices

Fourneaux, 23200 St-Médard-la-Rochette info@camping-laperle.nl 05.55.83.01.25 - see page 4

Atelier d'Art du Jardin

Tel: 05 55 69 33 38

02 54 24 01 06

02.54.25.65.08 06.16.91.64.67

Garden Services

26, Ecurat 23150

▪ Our famous Fish & Chips

Come and see for yourself - Open all week.

www.indre-it.com

‘...more than just a bar’ ‘....a bit like Allo Allo and Cheers!’

Oh My Cod Fish and Chips

see main ad - pg 13

▪ Carte

RIVE DROITE

05 55 80 37 70 - see pg 7

www.lesnackshack.com

▪ Menu du jour

JJ’s Cafe Bar Some customer quotes:

IT Support for Creuse, HauteVienne, Indre and Vienne

02.54.60.02.14 - see pg 6

05.55.68.24.19

LA veytiZoU, 87130 Neuvic-entier

NO FIX... NO FEE !!

23140 PIONNAT

Le Snack Shack

AUX CEPES

05 55 68 47 33 / 06 82 26 31 54 see pg 14

BAR, RESTAURANT, TERRASSE

05 55 80 34 26 - see pg 12

Restaurant

Mobile Fish & Chips 05.55.68.78.23 -see pg 10

computer services - pc • mac • network

Le Moulin du Breuil

www.ohmycod.fr

SIRET: 489 218 636 00012

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

siret: 530 840 958 00017

Bar - Restaurant Pizzeria Pizzas to eat in or take away 36170 SACIERGES-ST-MARTIN

02 54 47 56 74

'CARTES DE CHRISTINE'

HAND-CRAFTED CARDS FOR ALL OCCASIONS Quality product at affordable prices.

Customized, if required, especially for you.

Available blank or with either English or French greetings.

Email: ellinghamroam764@yahoo.com VISIT ME AT THE FOLLOWING MARKETS: PEIGUT & PANAZOL (Weekly) CHALUS, CHASSENEUIL & CONFOLENS (Monthly)

www.cartesdechristine.com siret 528 539 448

05.55.41.17.76

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DIRECTORY ♦ B7 ADVERTORIAL

Spotlight your business to an estimated 30,000 readers

E

very month 13,000+ copies of The Bugle are printed and distributed across the region. Thanks to our targeted distribution where we personally visit each of our 350+ distributors every month, and adjust the number of papers left accordingly, we make sure that the right number of copies go in the right places. The Bugle has an estimated monthly readership of over 30,000 people!!

That means as many as 30,000 pairs of eyes will be reading this text in the coming few weeks… and they could be reading about your business! An Advertorial like this one costs just €50, that’s 600 potential new customers or clients for your business for every euro spent!

As our newspaper has grown in popularity and The Bugle has established itself as the primary source of free local and national news in the region, our advertising has also become increasingly effective. Advertorials are just one of the advertising options we offer, but they have become a very cost-effective way of attracting new customers and raising the profile of your business. Because we only feature a handful of businesses each month, we highlight those businesses prominently and deliver your message in a targeted manner.

Advertorials are now available in 4 sizes: • 1/6 page - €50 (this one) • 1/3 page - €100 • 2/3 page - €200

ADVERTORIAL

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

Ivan Petley

3D Puzzle Maker Handmade, fully interlocking, multi-layered 3D puzzles from just €9.

Keyrings €2 plus other unique gift ideas.

Customisation and personalisation possible.

Come and visit the workshop by appointment.

Tel: 05.55.80.29.88

Les Bregères, 23150 St-Martial-le-Mont alison.petley@wanadoo.fr 26, Ecurat 23150

Atelier d'Art du Jardin Open Fri, Sat, Sun and Bank Holidays 11h00 to 18h00 from Easter until the end of September.

• full page - €300.

If you would like to find out more about our Advertorials, or any of our other advertising options, please feel free to get in touch with us on 05.55.41.17.76 or drop us a line at sales@thebugle.eu ■

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LE DORAT (Pl. Charles de Gaulle)

Vera Laine Gift Shop & Salon de Thé

Large selection of gifts, candles, mugs, shabby chic homeware, cards, plus leather goods, jewellery and hair accessories. Affordable prices!

Fresh homemade cakes and free WiFi now available!

We look forward to meeting you!

Contact Jay:

06 35 91 03 83

veralaine19@gmail.com

Très Jolie

tel: 05 55 81 31 85

email: artdejardin@gmail.com www.atelierdartdujardin.net

From low-cost shutters to beautiful handmade staircases - made right here in the Limousin

F

rance is known for its colourful blend of shutters and doors, but like many external products they do deteriorate over time. Sometimes the cost of replacement is prohibitive, so we have developed a range of low-cost shutters (starting from only €35 each) to complement our standard range of Douglas Fir and Oak shutters. Our shutters are made to measure, so little or NO trimming is required.

This makes fitting much easier than standard ‘brico’ kits that often require severe alteration and customisation.

Although we use electrical machinery, we try our utmost to

work within sustainable boundaries and our workshop is still powered using wind and solar as a result our carbon footprint is minimal.

Much of the Oak we use is sourced from retired French joiners and other old hardwood stocks - this makes it more sustainable than felling additional mature Oak trees and also has the benefit of being nicely seasoned, so the quality and figure is unmatched compared to some saw mills. If you have a dry stock of timber we are happy to purchase or use it for your commission.

We love to build crafted items and we are keen to be asked to create bespoke pieces such

as staircases, shutters, windows and doors for new or old properties.

If you would like to know more about our services, please visit our website:

ADVERTORIAL

NEW TO FRANCE? Ame Luna Readings Psychic & Spritual Readings NEED HELP? www.ame-luna.com Sworn Translations from English or Dutch (birth certificates, etc.)

Help and advice with moving to and living in France (EDF, CPAM, RSI, Notaire) - I can accompany you if required

09 70 46 13 06 - see pg 12

www.scrollart.co.uk or call us on: 05 55 14 12 43 E: info@scrollart.co.uk Siret: 752 051 482 00012 Oradour-sur-Vayres (87150) ■

Insurance & Finance

Zen Massage

05 87 41 62 75 / 06 26 83 77 97

www.luna-sanctuary.com

www.pr-translation-services.com

05 55 60 47 68 - see pg 7

Please mention The Bugle when responding to adverts

La Petite Place

Health & Beauty

OSTEOPATHY & ACUPUNCTURE

Siddalls

Hair salon, Le Dorat

Financial Solutions & Expert Advice

See our Display Ad - pg 11

See our Display Ad - pg 14

05.55.60.87.37

05.56.34.75.51

HiFX

lindabodimeade@eircom.net paulbodimeade@eircom.net

see main ad pg 15

05 87 41 07 93 - see pg 11

International money transfer

Handholding Services

Please mention The Bugle when responding to adverts

Integrated Tax Planning & Wealth Management

Ladies fashion accessories 05 55 78 62 29 / 06 04 08 29 53

Colin Anthony

Artisan art for your garden.

Cream teas on the terrasse.

RDV for weekday visits SVP. 2km from Chénérailles and the Chateau Villemonteix

ADVERTORIAL

The English Hairdresser Sophie Arsac

French lessons & handholding services 05.55.89.15.74 - pg 15

Established in Bellac since 2003 13 rue Thiers, Bellac

Tel: 05 55 68 39 21

Your advert here 05 55 41 17 76

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 ply available

Open Mon-Sat 8.30am to 6pm - www.reclamation-yard.com Only 1km from Confolens on the D952 Ansac-sur-Vienne road

www.hifx.co.uk Blevins Franks

05 53 63 49 19 - see pg 3

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B8 ♦ DIRECTORY Language Services

Pest Control

Property Sales

05.55.41.17.76 sales@thebugle.eu Auwell Piscine

Pools, hammams, saunas, spas, furntiure...

www.auwellpiscine.fr - see pg 7

abc perfect

Bilingual language services www.abcperfect.com 06 47 84 06 83 - see pg 12

German lessons offered by experienced language teacher.

For students and adults of all grades - beginners welcome.

For more information please phone Ms Margret Holste:

06 95 02 52 43

La Tuilerie, 87400 Moissannes

Native French Translator 25 years experience Proposes French teaching and conversation as well as personal development.

Please call:

05 55 69 71 40

Central France Pest Control Dératisation, Déinsectisation, Désinfection

02 48 60 83 72 / 06 74 33 02 38 www.applicateur3d.com Email: info@applicateur3d.com Curative and preventative rats, mice, moles, flies, woodworm, bed bugs, fleas, wasps, hornets La Petite Barre, 18210 Bessais Le Fromental SIRET No. 498 544 741 00024

Please mention The Bugle when responding to adverts

Property Maintenance

FRENCH CLASS

Elisabeth Sicard

05 55 80 44 83 japprendslefrancais@sfr.fr Free trial lesson!

Online Shopping

www.limousin-bilingual.com

05 55 54 95 85 - see pg 11 Square Habitat

www.immolimousin.com

06 74 89 40 03

See main advert pg 8

Houses on Internet www.housesoninternet.com

Brodie's Homecare Services

Is your holiday home all work and no play?

• House Maintenance • Cleaning • Gardening • Changeovers • Storm and Winter checks Bourganeuf area plus 40km

Help with all property related issues

See main ad pg 8

British Corner Shop

www.britishcornershop.co.uk British food shopping, delivered worldwide - See ad pg 5

La Maison Shopping UK shopping delivered to your door

+44 (0)1268 767 237 - pg 9

Stress Free Property Services

Security and Storm Damage Checks Housekeeping & Winter Care Key-holding & Changeovers Care & Maintenance Post Collection & Bill Paying References available

05 55 81 35 95 / 06 74 03 07 05 stressfreepropertyservices@hotmail.com

SIRET: 510 995 681 00010

Alinéa

05.55.57.09.34 see advert on pg 2

Moulin de Tintin Furniture, interiors & gifts

www.moulin-de-tintin.com 05.55.79.57.60 - see pg 8

Eco Entrepot Get down The Shed

87230 Bussière-Poitevine

05.55.68.74.73 - see pg 13

Carrefour du bois Limousin

www.chauffagebois-limousin.com

05 55 63 72 45 - see pg 12

BABY/INFANT EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE To raise funds for the SPA dog rescue centre in Guéret.

Parking For Limoges Airport

Cheaper parking for all types of vehicles Book now!! www.parkinglimoges.com

05 55 03 37 96

MAN + VAN

Meuble & Déco

Siret 530 213 644 00012

Dress agency and gallery, specialising in designer and high quality pre-owned clothes for women and children, together with accessories, footwear, jewellery, gift items, and hand made furniture.

4 rue Principale, St Mathieu, 87440

Fiat Ducato with 11m² load capacity

Siret 533 817 573 00017

www.LBVfrance.com

General

05 55 41 17 76

carolalanbrodie@hotmail.co.uk

87150 Oradour-sur-Vayres

Soie et Bois

Depot Vente des Vêtements

Transport, Removals & Storage

Retail & Commerce

05 55 33 21 59

05.55.63.78.72

See our Display Ad - pg 9

Your advert here

See our Display Ad - pg 3

Genuine/Reliable/Honest Local + Europe + UK runs Goods In Transit Insurance 14m3 capacity 4.2m load length French Spoken www.frenchvanman.eu

turneramandajane@gmail.com Tel: 05.55 48.28.89

05 55 64 15 42

Les Bons Voisins

Stove Sellers

www.stovesellers.com

05.55.65.12.19

Please mention The Bugle when responding to adverts

Chénérailles Native qualified teacher

- Small groups - 1 to 1

Cendrillon - Bourganeuf

Bilingual Estate Agent in Creuse

Man & Van Transport

Collections / Deliveries Removals / Brico Runs All over France.

Competitve hourly rate incl fuel.

Please ring or e-mail for a quote.

Based nr Aubusson Dept 23

05 55 83 02 77 / 06 81 33 07 15

High chair, buggy, play pen, travel cot, fire guard, stair gate etc.

Each item will incur a hire charge of 7 euros, plus a refundable 8 euros deposit.

For more INFO or to HIRE Call Jean: 05 55 54 96 36 jeanwhitham@orange.fr

Your advert here

jonathanpiddock@orange.fr

05 55 41 17 76

The Man With A Van Who Can

Experienced home help nurse

SIRET: 523 955 151 00015

Affordable Moves/ Single Items Regular UK runs - check website Europewide/ limousin based

E: pancentral@hotmail.com W: www.themanwithavan.info

Tel: (+33) 07.61.21.85.15 Siret : 532 526 001 00013

offers compassionate care for children, elderly people and sick people.

I can also help with household chores and look after your pets when you are away.

Please contact Ms Angelika Knauer:

05.55.30.40.26

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Car Breakers - C.R.A.L.

Centre de Recyclages d’Automobiles du Limousin - Les Tourettes, 87440 SAINT-MATHIEU

WE WILL COLLECT YOUR SCRAP CAR FOR FREE - WE BUY & SELL SECOND HAND CARS (RHD OR LHD) SPARE PARTS FOR SALE

TEL: 05.55.48.21.33 - ENGLISH SPOKEN - Email: cral87@gmx.fr

What lies beneath

W

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. Currently, we run flower/plant sessions in old people's homes on a regular basis.

From June (weather permitting) we are hoping to run gardening sessions once a 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

alking through a local town last week, I couldn’t believe the amount of cigarette tips that were lying on the pavement outside all the bars and restaurants, now that there is a ban on smoking inside. A quick scoot round the internet reveals that cigarette tips are one of the most common litter items found on streets, roadsides, beaches and waterways all over the world.

But they aren’t just unsightly, did you know that cigarette tips are also toxic?

A survey conducted recently has shown that more than 64% of smokers polled admitted to having dropped a cigarette on the ground and nearly 52% have dropped a cigarette out of a car window.

Guilty as charged on the former. During most of my years as a smoker, and while working for the world’s biggest cigarette manufacturer, I believed filters were biodegradable and I didn’t take into consideration the high concentration of toxins in the tip.

Simply put, cigarette tips are toxic waste and need to be disposed of as such.

For example, another recent study found similar patterns of poly-aromatic hydrocarbon levels, some of which are carcinogenic, in roadside soil as cigarette tips found in the immediate vicinity, indicating that the chemicals had leached from the tips into the soil.

There is now a growing campaign to try and help reduce the littering of cigarette tips and to highlight the very important point that the billions of cigarette tips littered around the world annually represent a huge environmental and public health threat.

Something to think about as you run the gauntlet of smokers, and step over the piles of tips outside the bars and restaurants here in France…

-------------------------- On the subject of pavements (I seem to have been looking down a lot lately),

I have become aware of just how much dog poop there is lying on the streets. So I began to wonder (as you do), just how much dog poop winds up being improperly disposed of each year. It certainly must be in the millions of tonnes.

Until relatively recently, dog poop wasn’t considered a huge biological hazard, except for in rare cases causing a disease called Toxocariasis.

But scientists have been reconsidering that notion after having made disturbing discoveries such as bacteria levels being so high at some beaches that people have to stay out of the water. One of the culprits that has been found to significantly raise the bacteria levels is dog poop.

It’s not just from poop on the beaches, as most beaches now have a ban on dogs, but run-off from surface water drains after that water has come into contact with the poop. Some of the bacteria harboured in dog poop includes E. coli and salmonella.

Other than that, dog poop is just plain gross and pollutes our parks and pavements.

Most of us will also have seen somebody out walking their dog when Fifi decides to answer a call of nature, and the owner doesn’t clean up afterwards.

A fairly commonplace occurrence in France.

Many people carry plastic bags with them, which is great, but unfortunately standard plastic bags aren’t all that earth friendly and take years to break down, although there are biodegradable/degradable bags on the market designed just for this purpose.

According to research, the ‘green’ bags are mostly starch-based and will break down in landfill in approx 90 days.

I’m assuming that the common black bag, like most other plastics, is petrochemical-based, so the ‘greener’ bag would be the one considered by many as being the more environmentally friendly option. It’s a little difficult to accurately say which is more ‘green’ as even starch-

Our British food aisle may be second to none, but at THE SHED we are about more than just groceries. We regularly restock our range of DULUX paints and English Plaster as well as many other DIY essentials. Whether you’re after HOUSEWARES, TOILETRIES, FURNITURE or CLOTHING, you’ll find them all at bargain prices... so get yourself down THE SHED!!

Decking, Ply, Flooring, Sand, Gravel, etc. ... plus a great range of Timber for all your DIY needs!!

based plastics require petrochemicals along the way, plus herbicides, pesticides and other chemicals in the manufacturing process. It’s a complex area, but if you’re going to ‘bag it and bin it’, try and use the ‘greener’ bag, a range of which is now being found in larger supermarkets.

--------------------------And finally, seeing as when I was pounding the pavements I was usually heading for ‘Le Pub’, I’ve just read that as part of the recent ‘Earth Week’ initiative, the

‘Green beer’, does it get any better than that?!■ Arthur Smith Harlequin Developments www.harlequindevelopments.com Tel: 05.55.68.67.56 Mob: 06.06.60.46.97

Brioche Bread & Butter Pudding

The earliest bread and butter puddings were called white-pot and used either bone marrow or butter. White-pots could also be made using rice instead of bread, which led on to the creation of rice pudding. One of the earliest recipes for a bread and butter pudding was written by John Nott in 1723.

Ingredients (Serves 4):

150g/6oz Sultanas 4 tbsp Rum or brandy 1 loaf Brioche Melted butter 40g/1½oz Caster sugar

1/2 Grated lemon rind 375ml/12fl oz Milk 3 Eggs Demerara sugar for sprinkling

1. Soak the sultanas in the rum or brandy overnight.

2. Cut the crusts off the brioche, then cut into triangles, or use a cutter to press out discs, and place buttered side up in a buttered ovenproof dish.

3. Sprinkle the bread with the sugar, sultanas, and lemon rind.

4. Heat the milk but do not boil it, whisk the eggs lightly, then pour over the milk, slowly whisking all the time.

5. Strain the mixture all over the bread, sprinkle the top with demerara sugar, and leave to stand for 30 minutes.

6. Preheat your oven to 180C/350F, then bake for 30-40 minutes or until the top is crisp and golden. Serve warm.

Recipes provided by Chef George. Written and compiled by Frances of La Grande Maison (Table et Chambres d'Hôte), Chénérailles www.grandemaison-chenerailles.com

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here have always been con artists, grifters and crooks, but the internet has given them a multitude of new ways to target a much wider market.

Most people will know at least one person who has been scammed by phone, email or over the internet. “How can people be so stupid?” is a phrase you often hear coming from more cynical, internet savvy people. Well, when you consider that 'phishing' scams alone in the UK earned the cyber criminals £600 million last year, plenty of people are caught unawares - it is much easier to fall foul of the scammers than you would think!

It is not simply a case of being 'naïve' or 'stupid'... circumstance, timing and your emotional state of mind all come into it. If a scam artist sends an email to 1 million people saying that there has been 'unauthorised access' on their credit card, you can bet that a good number of them will have mislaid their card that very day and will panic.

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well as tips on how to avoid them. This list is not exhaustive, and the scammers are constantly updating them, but it should give you an idea of the kind of thing to look out for.

Overdue Utilities/Unauthorised Access 'Phishing' Scam

This is one of the most common online scams. You receive an authentic-looking email from a trusted institution informing you there has been an 'unauthorised transaction' on your account, or that they couldn't 'verify your information'. In the case of a utility company, the email may appear to come from EDF or Orange saying that your invoice is overdue. The email will ask you to click on a link and ultimately enter your personal banking information somewhere. You have in fact been taken to a bogus website, where your information has been intercepted by criminals, who will then use it to try to withdraw funds from your account.

Microsoft Technical Support. They then tell you that they can see your computer on the internet and that it is running slowly, either because of viruses or because it needs an additional piece of software - at a cost, of course. Once the scammers have gained your trust, they will ask you to log onto your computer and then guide you through a series of steps that will ultimately give them access to your computer. They can then damage your computer with malicious software, including installing viruses and spyware.

Occasionally, they will direct you to a website where you are asked to fill in your credit card details to pay for the 'fix'.

Microsoft do not, never have and never will make unsolicited phone calls.

If you receive a call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft Tech Support, or Microsoft, simply hang up.

That, or tell them you only have Macs in your house and see how quickly they hang up!

Microsoft Help Desk Scam

Item for Sale Scam/ Overpayment Scam

This scam involves people, often from Asian call centres, ringing up and saying that they are representatives from

In its simplest form, this scam is often a form of money laundering. The email will sound like a genuine reply to your

ad. The tip-off is that the scammer will never actually refer to the item for sale by name. It will always be referred to as the ‘item’ or some similar term. When their cheque arrives in the mail, the amount on the cheque will be much more than the price you were asking for. If you email the person telling them of their error the scammer will respond and probably suggest that you just deposit the cheque in your account and send him back the overpaid amount. They may even offer you additional money for your honest response. After depositing the cheque and sending the overpayment back to the scammer, you will find out that the cheque was stolen or counterfeited - you may be liable to the bank for the full amount of the cheque if it cleared!

Nigerian Email Scam This scam is reportedly Nigeria's third largest industry, bringing up to $1 million a day to fraudsters. You receive an emotional email from someone in Nigeria asking for help to get either themselves, or their money, out of the country. In return they will pay you a large percentage of the often huge amount of money. However, they first

French Savings & Investments Bank Accounts French banks offer a variety of accounts from the straightforward current account “Compte Courant”, instant access savings account “Compte sur Livret” to fixed term deposits, offering better interest rates over a defined period e.g. 3 months “Compte à Terme”. For large amounts a “Certificat de Dépôt Négotiable” can offer slightly more interest and a shorter term if necessary.

For French residents, there are also various tax-free bank deposit accounts. The most common are the “Livret A” and the “Livret de Développement Durable” (LDD).

The maximum deposit per person is €22,950 for the “Livret A”’ and €12,000 for the “LDD”.

The general conditions of the accounts are the same and are regulated by the government.

Interest is free of all taxation and the annual interest rate is currently 1.75%. Rates are generally reviewed on a six-monthly basis.

For low taxpayers, the “Livret d’Epargne Populaire” (LEP) offers an interest rate of 2.25% for savings limited to deposits of €7,700 each. To qualify, you must prove, via a tax certificate, you pay less than €769 of income

tax (in 2012) in France.

The “Plan d’Epargne Logement” (PEL) is a four year savings plan, aimed at saving for house purchase and home improvement. There is no tax payable on the interest earned whilst you are saving. If the sum is then used for the above purpose and has been blocked for four years, it can be withdrawn free of income tax but will be subject to “social taxes”.

Share Dealing You can hold a share dealing account at your bank, a stockbroker, or on the internet. The normal safe custody account is called a “Compte Titres”. A share is an “action” and a Government or Corporate Bond is an “obligation”.

Most people deal in shares through a specific form of investment called a “Plan d’Epargne en Actions” or PEA. This account allows you to hold and deal in French and European shares and provides considerable tax advantages ON CONDITION THAT no withdrawals are made for the first five years. Taxes may be applicable depending on when the withdrawal is made. Please see our information on our website.

Life Assurance One of the most popular forms of investment for French residents is the “Contrat d’Assurance Vie”, a Life Assurance Investment Bond (investments with a Life Assurance company).

The reason that such policies are so popular is because they offer significant inheritance advantages, as well as beneficial tax treatment for any growth and/or income generated.

To benefit from the preferential tax treatment of these policies, the insurance company provides the ‘wrapper’, but investors are then able to choose the investments which will be held within this, either from a list of funds produced by the insurance company, or, for larger sums (generally €500,000+), a discretionary investment manager can be appointed to run a bespoke portfolio.

All French insurance companies also offer access to their “Fonds en Euros”. This basically means that the insurance company invests as they see fit but, in return, they guarantee that the investment cannot go down in value and must go up by a certain amount each year. At the end of each year they work out

how much they have made and distribute the investors’ shares of the ‘profits’ as interest. These investments are obliged to be very conservative, due to the level of guarantees offered. As a result, they are therefore only making about 3% a year at present, due to low interest rates.

An alternative to the “Contrat d’Assurance Vie” is a “Bon de Capitalisation”, Capital Redemption Bond.

The basic contract terms are the same for both policies, as is the income and social tax treatment. However, “Bons de Capitalisation” carry no inheritance advantages and the value of the policy on death is part of your estate.

There are two clear advantages of using these policies.

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ask for your bank details to pay for legal fees and transaction costs. In the end you lose a lot of money and get nothing in return. The scheme itself violates section 419 of the Nigerian criminal code, hence it is often known as the “419 fraud.”

Foreign Lottery Scam Logically, if you haven't entered a lottery, you can't win it, so any letters or emails that tell you otherwise should be treated with the greatest suspicion.

The 'winner' will be told to phone the prize line, which unsurprisingly is a premium-rate number, or asked to send off a cheque for a small amount to cover administration fees. The amounts on offer are often huge and the fee relatively small, but don't be fooled. If you send off any money, you will be placed on a 'suckers list' and the amount of spam you receive will explode!

The imagination and sheer audacity of the scammers never ceases to amaze, but there are 2 golden rules to follow that will help you to avoid most of them. Firstly, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Secondly, and most importantly, TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS! ■

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he origins of the game of golf are not entirely clear.

People have been playing “stick and ball” games for many centuries and several countries lay claim to “inventing” it. One legend is that golf was invented by shepherds who were out looking after their flocks. They became bored and created a game using their wooden crooks to hit round rocks into rabbit holes.

It is generally accepted that the modern game of golf, as we understand it today, originated in Scotland. According to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club

of St. Andrews, considered to be “the home of golf” and one of Scotland's oldest clubs: “Stick and ball games have been around for many centuries, but golf as we know it today, played over 18 holes, clearly originated in Scotland.”

One of the very first references to the game of golf came in 1452 when King James II banned it in Scotland, along with football, because he believed that it interfered with his people's archery practice – a skill much needed by his armies!

The game remained a largely Scottish hobby until the mid-19th century. As the

first railways began to cross England and Scotland, the game's popularity quickly spread, first across Great Britain and soon across the rest of the British Empire.

It can be said that golf along with football, cricket and rugby - is another game invented by the British and then given to the rest of the world so that they could beat us at it!

Today, golf is played over 18 holes, with the winner being the player who can get his ball around in the fewest strokes. Each player has a bag containing 14 clubs.

Although golf is not as

popular in France as in Britain, there are still well over 500 courses in France and over 400,000 registered players. France is due to host the Ryder Cup for the first time in 2018, which will be only the second time the biennial tournament will have been contested in mainland Europe.

The Ryder Cup is held every 2 years between teams from Europe and the US who both select their best 12 players.

The 2018 competition will be held at Le Golf National course near Paris and organisers hope that the event will give a big boost to golf in France. ■

The Bugle thanks local French teacher, Sophie Arsac, for the translation of this month's bilingual article on another topical aspect of Franco-British culture.

Bilingual Crossword Clues in English - answers in French

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’origine du golf est difficile à retracer avec certitude. Les gens jouent à des jeux de balles et de bâtons depuis des siècles et plusieurs pays en revendiquent l’invention. Selon l’une des légendes, ce sont des bergers qui auraient inventé ce jeu alors qu’ils surveillaient leurs troupeaux. Gagnés par l’ennui, ils tapaient dans des cailloux sphériques avec leur houlette de bois pour les projeter dans des terriers de lapin.

Il est généralement admis que le golf, dans sa version moderne, est originaire d’Ecosse. Selon le «Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews», l’un des plus anciens clubs de golf en Ecosse

et considéré comme “La Maison du Golf” : «Les jeux de bâtons et de balles existent depuis de nombreux siècles mais le jeu de golf tel que nous le connaissons aujourd’hui, avec un parcours de 18 trous, a clairement des racines écossaises».

L’une des toutes premières références au golf date de 1452 lorsque le roi Jacques II d’Ecosse le bannit, au même titre que le football, au prétexte que les deux sports interféraient avec l’entraînement au tir à l’arc, une compétence en la matière étant ô combien nécessaire aux archers de ses armées!

Le jeu resta un loisir principalement écossais jusqu’à la moitié du 19ème

siècle. Lorsque les premiers chemins de fer commencèrent à traverser l’Angleterre et l’Ecosse, sa popularité se répandit rapidement au sein de la Grande-Bretagne puis bientôt dans le reste de l’empire britannique.

On peut dire que le golf, au même titre que le football, le cricket et le rugby, est encore un jeu qui a été inventé par les Britanniques puis offert au reste du monde afin qu’il puisse les battre!

Aujourd’hui, le golf se joue sur un terrain à 18 trous et le gagnant est celui qui effectue l’ensemble du parcours en un minimum de coups. Chaque joueur a un sac contenant 14 clubs.

Bien que le golf ne soit pas aussi populaire en France qu’en Grande-Bretagne, on y trouve cependant plus de 500 parcours et plus de 400 000 licenciés.

L’hexagone accueillera la Ryder cup pour la première fois en 2018 et pour la deuxième fois seulement, le tournoi sera disputé en Europe continentale.

Tous les deux ans, la Ryder Cup oppose des équipes d’Europe et des Etats-Unis qui sélectionnent leurs 12 meilleurs joueurs. La compétition de 2018 se tiendra sur le parcours du Golf National près de Paris et les organisateurs espèrent que l’événement permettra de promouvoir efficacement le golf en France. ■

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Christine Moshy

By Email

Dear Bugle readers,

Lost languages of Europe David Rose

By Email Dear Sir,

I

was particularly interested in the “Lost languages of Europe” article [May 2013]; linguistics has been a lifelong interest of mine. I believe that it is regrettably true that many languages will die simply because competing languages offer more benefits: better job prospects and access to a wider range of institutions (schools, internet resources, etc.) To attempt to combat these benefits through government intervention is very difficult; the best that can be hoped for is a dual language approach.

Now to the English - French debate.

First, the facts. According to Wikipedia, English is spoken by 359 million native speakers, making it rank 3rd in the world after Mandarin (955 million)

and Spanish (407 million).

These were 2010 estimates.

In these terms, French is very much an also-ran, coming 17th with 74 million native speakers.

It is thus crystal clear that in numerical terms English is Premier League, whereas French is struggling to avoid relegation.

However, the question of the relative richness of language is far more open. English is known to have more than 1 million words. Comparison in this respect with other languages is difficult, though, for a number of reasons. Do you count the different forms of a verb as one or many words? The German language, for example, constantly forms new words by the agglutinative process; on that basis German has probably more words than English. In some languages the concept of a word is itself different; Chinese being a splendid example.

It is also very well known

that all languages change with time (in that sense the French authoritative approach to new words is laughable - if people want to use a new word they will and no amount of official high-handed prohibition will stop them). It would reasonably be expected, for example, that the idea of gender of nouns will eventually be dropped from all languages; it is just not needed.

Verb declension will probably last much longer because it has a precise meaning.

It is, however, probably true to say that French and English compete world wide in terms of non-native speakers.

English tends to be the medium for commerce and dispersion of technical articles, whereas French leads in the arts.

I will end with a Latin tag, thus showing that old languages never die, they just fade away!

De dicto, dixi

David Rose

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am making an intelligent guess that many of you are retired; France and Spain are wellknown for being amongst the retirement countries of choice for expatriate Britons.

I know that many come here to change their lifestyle and/ or take up other careers.

Others, like myself, have been able to carry on doing what they were doing before they came to the Limousin, either because they are able to work anywhere and prefer doing it in a breathtakingly beautiful place, or because they have universal skills that can be practised anywhere.

However, sooner or later, we will all be coming up against the great retirement dilemma, revolving around the big three questions: where, when & how?

I am a congenital fence sitter and can’t decide, so it was with interest that I read a paper by Gabriel H. Sahlgren, published in May by the Institute of Economic Affairs (a UK think tank). The paper, entitled “Work Longer Live Healthier”, was sponsored by a UK charity, the Age Endeavour Fellowship. After reading the study, Edward Datnow, the chairman of Age Endeavour said: “…those seeking to retire should think very hard about whether it is their best option.”

The paper is an interesting read. It starts with a few self-evident truths, like the fact that people everywhere are living longer and living healthier. Well yes, we all know that a baby born in the mid-nineteenth century had a pretty average chance of only living into their fifties. We are also obviously much healthier than our

grandparents' generation although, as an aside, another article I read last week named an anti-depressive as the world’s third best selling drug!

Back to Mr Sahlgren’s paper; he drew the conclusion early on that the age of retirement was until quite recently edging downwards. Those were the days! Now governments talk about baby boomers, the current economic woes and release figures showing how we can’t afford all those early retirees anymore. The retirement age is advancing in most first world societies (it doesn’t exist in most third world ones), although it does so under a lot of protest from workers who dream of all those days of endless summer, interesting hobbies, exciting travel, a new and improved social life, etc.

But wait a minute. Mr Sahlgren’s paper doesn’t paint such a rosy picture of retirement at all. He claims that retirement is a health hazard!! Apparently, retirement “decreases the likelihood of being in 'very good' or 'excellent' self-assessed health” by a whopping 40% and increases the probability of suffering clinical depression by 40%!!

The chances of suffering from “at least one diagnosed condition” goes up by 60% in both the mid and the long term.

Aha! I thought when I read this, but a lot more questions and arguments sprang to mind like: where did Mr Sahlgren get his data from; how old were the retirees questioned; what was the socio-economic level of his recipients; where did they live and so on?

Mr Sahlgren’s study is very long, but also very fair.

He himself raises even more obvious “chicken and egg” style questions such as do studies reveal deteriorating health on retirement, because ill health itself is the reason many people retire? He also

raises lots and lots of ifs and buts and asks if retirement - which obviously weakens social isolation in one way as it cuts people off from their working social relationships - creates better social relationships as people form “retiree or interest group” networks. Is this really the case? Are those new relationships as worthwhile as the ones formed over a working life?

How limiting, too, is the peer group pressure of other retirees on one to 'act like a retiree'? Personally, I have experienced people saying that at my age, I should cut down on the amount of work and even sport I do - I should relax more, chill out.

But then people have been telling me that since I was 40 and my reply has always been about the quality of life.

Does your quality of life go up or down on retirement?

Ruth Rendell (born 1930), Yoko Ono (born 1933), Mick Jagger (born 1943) and all those other busy non-retirees who’ve been in the news lately, would probably say it might go down. That said, they are the rich and famous, who, given their respective careers, probably don’t have to struggle out of bed too early on a Monday morning.

I won’t go on, I have work to do! If you’re interested, you can read how Mr Sahlgren reached his conclusions on the iea.org.uk website or on the BBC World News website. Personally, I am still sitting on my fence, although now leaning towards the work until I drop school of thought. I would be genuinely interested on the take of any Bugle readers on the big retirement debate. Do any of you retirees out there have any regrets? What got you off the fence? Have any of you climbed back on the fence, and if so, why?

Best regards,

Christine Moshy

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Crossword

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Also, Brittany Spaniel, 8 yrs. Chipped, vaccinated, all documents (passport).

Free to a good home. Due to relocation.

Tel: 05 55 62 98 73 Email: lizbole1@ hotmail.com FOR SALE: Used horse rugs 2 No. Shires Typhoon turnout rugs, 6' and 6'3" - 30 euros each; 2 No. Shires Chill Cheatah stable rugs, 6' - 15 euros each; Equi-Therm boett style sweet itch rug 5'9" - 50 euros; Maxima fly rugUV protection 5'9" - 10 euros; Griffin nuumed numnah NM02B Hi-W original wool DR M Black - 65 euros; Hay net - 5 euros. Tel: 05 55 89 20 44 Email: joeslounge2@yahoo.co.uk FOR SALE: DOG KENNEL SUITABLE FOR A LARGE DOG (Or luxurious size for a smaller one!) Sizes: length 115 cm, width 85 cm, height 100 cm. Entrance - width 30 cm, height 55 cm. Traditional pitched roof design, craftsman made to a high standard in oak, with a corrugated fibreglass roof.

This kennel is totally weatherproof.

Please note this is a very heavy item. €100.00 Tel: 05 55 89 21 37 (evenings only) FOR SALE: OUESSANT SHEEP 3 rams and 1 ewe 'Hubert, Spot, William and Wonky' our pet Ouessant sheep are looking for new homes! These very hardy, rustic, small sheep make perfect lawn mowers, pasture improvers and great for novice shepherds. They will all live happily together but I am also happy to split. They are all tagged and wormed. €20 each. Tel: 05 55 62 47 06 Email: sophiehabberjam@hotmail.co.uk Free to good homes I have two 2 lovely cats almost a year old who are looking for a new home. One tabby, one tabby and white. Litter trained, affectionate, love a fuss and good mousers. Tel: 05 45 31 07 83/ 09 75 91 05 45 FOR SALE: Wintec 2000 saddle With girth, stirrups and price to include a full bridle. €150.00 Tel: 05 55 60 62 14 or 06 78 38 42 44 Email: beverley.pawson@ yahoo.co.uk

BUILDING MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: Electric pipe cutters & Tiles 1) 2 electric pipe cutters, 5€ each.

2) Pilkington Fresco tiles 100mm x 100mm - Victorian green 50, Yellow 50, Terracotta 75 (will cover approx.

1.75m2). Italian tiles 15cm x 15cm Royal Blue 35, White 22. Price for all tiles 35€. Tel. 06 26 07 72 75 FOR SALE: 18V Parkside Cordless drill In case with battery and 1 hour charger.

Still with 12 months warranty on it.

Virtually unused. €20.00 Call Dave on 05 55 64 83 13 FOR SALE: Compressor €200.00 Tel: 05 55 68 06 65 / 06 06 56 80 78 FOR SALE: Industrial pillar drill 5 speed fragram on stand Good working order. €225.00 Tel: 05 55 61 19 81 FOR SALE: Single sheet of opaque glass 52 1/2 x 22 1/4 x 4mm €10.00 Tel: 05 55 60 25 92 Email: malcolmwalden@ yahoo.co.uk FOR SALE: Black & Decker DN 227 Circular saw in box 40mm 550W with several blades. €25.00 Tel: 05 55 60 25 92 Email: malcolmwalden@yahoo. co.uk FOR SALE: Building materials/ equipment Adjustable Steel Props. Two 3.6m max height and two 2.9m max height. Euros 50 the lot. Makhita 2200W Angle Grinder. Euros 40. Tel: 05 55 63 43 69

FURNITURE FOR SALE: Various - Furniture 2 Seater reclining brown sofa/synthetic leather - 120 euros ono. Round kitchen dining table/oak colour/chrome legs/ 6 matching chairs - 50 euros. Square tripod leg “cocktail” table - 25 euro. 4 Black metal folding chairs with cushions Ext/ Int - 45 euros. Dept 87. Tel: 05 55 68 48 02 FOR SALE: 1940s/50s French Dresser with Original Ceramic Drawers €150.00 Tel: 05 55 62 91 97 (ANSWER MACHINE) Email: grandemaisonchenerailles@orange.fr FOR SALE: 6 x Faux Leather high back Dining Chairs Price 120,00 Euros for the set. €120.00 Tel: 05 55 60 08 46 FOR SALE: Round Pine Table with two extendable leaves Dimensions Round 103cm, extending to Oval 142cm or 181cm, Height 74cm. €250.00 Tel: 05 55 60 08 46 FOR SALE: Original 1970's glass topped wicker dresser with twin drawers Owned from new and in great condition, it's a genuine retro piece! Email Clair for more info, offers around 150€.

Photos available on request. Email: clairbirkett@hotmail.co.uk FOR SALE: CHAISE LONGUE With fully carved dark hardwood frame. Swan-neck back. Gold coloured upholstery as new, (including rear side) includes matching bolster. €420.00ono Tel 05 55 03 87 56 FOR SALE: Genuine Victorian Pine Scrub-top Table With drawers and ceramic knobs. Perfect for a farmhouse country kitchen. €350.00 Tel: 05 55 68 06 65 FOR SALE: 2 Seater Settee + Armchair Cream Background/Floral Print detachable covers + Matching Cushions & Pouffee. Good Condition. SETTEE:H 34cmxD 35cmxL 70cm. Contact:Tony or Marie Wood. 4 minutes from A20 exit 19 (Celon) Buyer Collects. €50.00 Tel: 02 54 25 39 79 FOR SALE: Wooden spindleback armchair Webbing straps in good condition. No cushions. €12.00 Tel: 05 55 76 10 36 FOR SALE: White Ikea Pax wardrobe frames and sliding doors Brand new and still in packaging. Two sections when assembled, total dimensions 200 x 236 x 60. Interior fitments can be bought from Ikea France online. Buyer to collect (please note, large dimensions will need at least two people). €150. (€659 on Ikea website). Bellac. €150.00 Tel: 07958 164945 Email: anne.greaves@hotmail. co.uk FOR SALE: Hostess trolley Used twice - as new. 150 euros - half Argos price. €150.00 Tel: 05 55 61 19 81 FOR SALE: Coffee table Teak legs and frame 10mm thick. Smoked glass top.122cm x 70cm. Very heavy. €50.00 Tel: 05 55 61 19 81

GARDEN FOR SALE: Garden Table & Four Folding Chairs Tubular steel table base with round glass top 970mm diameter.

Hole in top for parasol. Tubular steel chairs with plastic mesh seat and back. €30.00 Tel: 0555 634369 FOR SALE: Garden Table & Four Carver Chairs in Resin Table top measures 1400mm x 860mm. Complete with chair cushions, cover for table and chairs, parasol, parasol base and parasol cover. €120.00 Tel: 0555 634369 FOR SALE: Towable lawn sweeper €150.00 Tel: 05 55 68 06 65 / 06 06 56 80 78 FOR SALE: Garden shredder €30.00 Tel: 05 55 58 90 39/ 06 04 49 90 79

GENERAL FOR SALE: Power Juicer - Andrew James €35.00 Tel: 05 55 89 20 44

Email: joeslounge2@yahoo.co.uk FOR SALE: Budding DJ’s I have just the kit for you! 1 Prosound 800

watt power amplifier; 2 Prosound 300W 10 inch oudspeakers, (10” heavy duty woofer, 4”horn tweeter ); 2 Heavy duty extending speaker stands; 2 10 metre speaker cables.

All in excellent condition. Cost new €470.00. I would like €360.00. If you would like to see more photos please email or text. €360.00 Text: 06 64 62 50 92 or +44 7929 830 643 Email: haynes.peter@yahoo.co.uk FOR SALE: New Multi Gym Hardly used, cost over 300€ new €150.00ono Tel: 05 55 62 91 97 (ANSWER MACHINE) Email: grandemaison-chenerailles@ orange.fr FOR SALE: SIEMENS EXTRACTOR HOOD Hotte décor

LC97BB520. Brand new, still in packaging. Maximum air flow. 700 m3/h – Extraction and recycling – 1 power unit - 3 speeds – halogen lamps 2 x 25 W – 3 grease filters (can go in dishwasher) – Stainless steel. €490.00ono Tel: 05 55 75 48 25 FOR SALE: Baby Equipment Cot inc mattress + fitted protector €25.00. Reverse facing baby car seat €15.00. Toddler chair fastens onto adult dining chair €10.00. All in good clean cond. Email: david. toppingk@googlemail.com FOR SALE: One Central Heating Tank 1500 litres plastic. Dimensions 180 cms x 160 cms x 80 cms approx.

Buyer to collect. €75.00ono Tel: 05 55 64 21 61 FOR SALE: Generator Pro System P3000 inverter technology 2400W 230V. Bought Nov 2012 for €530 only used a few times selling for €400. €400.00 Tel: 05 55 66 23 978 or 07 61 23 33 63 FOR SALE: Various Large oak barrel, 44inch high, 3ft wide 40€.

Ariston 4 ring gas hob 40€. Large Geminox oil central heating boiler, type35, 30kw, 100l capacity, offers.

Buyer collects. Area 87. Tel: 05 55 36 29 93 FOR SALE: Shower door Brand new, still boxed. 1850cm high 780 to 810 cm wide. Cost 109 euros at Brico Depot. Square pattern design. €50.00 Tel: 05 55 61 19 81 FOR SALE: Eaumark Bread Maker + 2 Recipe Books VGC. Buyer collects. €25.00 Contact Marie or Tony Wood 0254 25 39 79 FOR SALE: Golf Equipment 1) PowaKaddy Electric Golf Trolley + Charger & Battery. VGC. 200 euros 2) Full Set King Cobra Golf clubs + Bag, Balls & Extras. VGC. 300 euros 3) Manual Golf Trolley. 20 euros. Buyer collects. Contact Marie or Tony Wood 0254 25 39 79 FOR SALE: SHOWER CABIN Unused/still boxed. Plain white.

2m high x 80cm wide/deep. Manual shower. 87370 Laurière. €180.00 Tel: 05 55 10 94 78 (daytime) FOR SALE: Adult 3-Wheeler bicycle 3 gears. Large rear panier.

Takes a lot of shopping or could

make a seat! Front metal panier.

Dynamo Lights, reflectors red.

Good condition. €150.00 Tel: 02 48 56 74 73 FOR SALE: Flymo Petrol Hover Mower Old but still in working order. Spare blade, blade spacers and spanner. €40.00 Tel: 0555 634369 FOR SALE: Hi Sense Air Conditioner Unused, in original boxes with manufacturers warranty.

2.5 Kw cooling and 3.2 Kw heating.

Connecting hoses included. €400.00ono Tel: 05 45 31 75 05 Email: alanejarvis@gmail.com FOR SALE: 1930s Overstrung, upright piano Good condition + piano stool. €350.00 Call Rick on 05 55 38 34 20 Email: richard.lee@ sfr.fr FOR SALE: Two matching male/ female off road bikes Barely used - Giant CSA 4.0 grey aluminium frame, Shimano 21 speed shifters, Tektro brakes, Memory foam saddle + 2 helmets. 245 euros each. Call Rick on 05 55 38 34 20 Email: richard.lee@sfr.fr FOR SALE: Acer M5610 Tower PC Loaded with genuine Windows XP Professional (Disc and Product Code), suffers from blue screen crashes (a 'software issue'), so would suit computer geek. €60.00 Call Dave on 05 55 64 83 13 FOR SALE: Ladies and Gents Falcon bikes 21 gears each, in good working order. €30.00 Call Clair on 05 55 64 83 13 FOR SALE: Sky Digi Box In full working order, for all 'free to view' channels including the BBC, ITV, Channels 4 and 5 and all of their derivative channels and many more. €40.00ono Call Dave on 05 55 64 83 13 FOR SALE: Towel Radiator White, wall mounted, 500W, 100cms x 45, with thermostat. Excellent condition. €30.00 Call Dave on 05 55 64 83 13 FOR SALE: 2 Decathlon 2 person 'pop up' tents Both used only once, so in great condition. 25€ each. Call Clair on 05 55 64 83 13 FOR SALE: SuperSer Portable Gas Heater In full working order, complete with nearly full bottle of butane. €65.00 Tel: 05 55 63 43 69 FOR SALE: 6' x 3' snooker table

Excellent condition, brand new, set of pool balls as well. Dept. 16 Chabanais. €99.00 Tel: 05 45 31 19 84 FOR SALE: Bike Clothing WEISE AVENGER 3 FABRIC JACKET - Hydraban, breathable, armour, back protection. Red/black. Good condition. Waterproof and very warm, with removable inner liner.

Size – large. 40 euros. DAINESE RIZZLA SUZUKI JACKET – Dark blue/light blue/yellow. Removable liner, armour in elbows, high quality back protector. Good condition. Size 54 (European) 60 euros. DAINESE JACKET – Black.

Removable liner, armour in elbows, quality back protector. Good condition. Size 54 (European) 45 euros. FRANK THOMAS ANKLE BOOTS – Size 7 1/2, waterproof.

Light scuffing. 10 euros. BMW FABRIC SALOPETTES – Black, lots of armour. Extra large. 30 euros. AKITO LEATHER & KEVLAR TROUSERS – Very high quality. Armour. Probably around

38 (UK) waist. Black. 45 euros.

SIGMA JACKET – Kevlar, Goretex, Keprotec, armour, back protector.

Red/black. Good condition. Size medium 35 euros. RICHA JACKET – High quality leather, hard armour, back protector, Kevlar. Black / yellow. Very good condition.

Size – medium. 60 euros. RICHA TROUSERS – To match the above jacket. Black. 38 (UK) waist. 50 euros. AERO HELMET - black, open faced with visor, size 55-56 – 20 euros. SCHUBERTH HELMET – Flip front, white, cop style, quality helmet, size- large, cost £300 new – 50 euros. AGV X-VENT HELMET – Red, good condition, quality helmet, size – small, 40 euros. Sizes for some items are approximate, and as always, it’s better to try stuff on to ensure the correct fit. I can email pictures of above. Tel: 05 55 78 17 76 Email: celticmage@gmx.com FOR SALE: Shower tray Ceramic.

80cm x 80cm. €25.00 Tel: 05 55 41 19 28 FOR SALE: FORGE WULF, portable, coal fuelled forge in very good condition. Photos available if required. €210.00 Tel: + 44 (0) 7929 830643 or +33 (0) 6646 25092 Email: haynes.peter@yahoo.co.uk FOR SALE: INFLATABLE DINGHY AVON REDCREST DINGHY, includes wooden floorboards, inflatable seat, fibreglass seat, 2 oars, electric pump, outboard bracket and storage bags. Dinghy:- Length 2.75m, Beam 1.32m.Capacity:- 4/5 persons , 320kgs. Ready to go and have lots of fun. Photos available if required. €320.00 Tel: + 44 (0) 7929 830643 or +33 (0) 6646 25092 Email: haynes.peter@yahoo.co.uk FOR SALE: Various Electro-acoustic round-backed guitar. Almost as new.

75 euros ono. Wooden gun rack with ammo cupboard beneath. 45inches high. 24inches wide. 15 euros.

Ladies sheepskin coat. Very soft/ comfortable. Natural colour. Size 12. Exceptional condition. 50 euros.

Beautiful ladies leather cowboy boots. Size 37. Excellent condition.

40 euros. Tel: 05 55 76 10 36 FOR SALE: Yamaha Electone Organ HS6 Dual keyboard. Multitude of functions. Great condition. €350.00 Tel: 05 53 52 03 02 FOR SALE: Various DVD surround sound 50.00Wicker table and 2 chairs 70.00. Low coffee table 20.00. Nest of 3 x tables 25.00.

White bed knobs n broom sticks bed and mat 100.00. Wicker veg rack and 5 draws 40.00. Miccrowave oven and grill 50.00. Dinner table and 6 chairs 2 years old 500.00.

3 piece settee with poof 300.00.

Saddle n bridle with tack box n bits 150.002 x Sky box 40.00 each. Play station 2 40.00. 3 door wardrobe and 2 x side cabinets 160.00 Tel: 05 55 64 18 33 FOR SALE: Child's bike Excellent condition. Suitable for ages 3 to 5. €25.00 Email: anniecullen@yahoo. com FOR SALE: Galvanised water butt 600 litres. Cost over 300 euro new, will accept 75 euros. €75.00 Email: anniecullen@yahoo.com FOR SALE: 2 Fire Plates Each 700x500x13mm. Used only a couple of weeks, and 65€ each when new.

35€ each or 65€ the pair. Call Dave on 05 55 64 83 13 FOR SALE: French doors (Howdens UK) Plus frame and double glazed.

Units 208cm x 126cm. Could be stained or painted. Brand new. €120.00ono Tel: 05 55 61 19 81 FOR SALE: 4foot6 Sprung Mattress Hardly used. €50.00 Tel: 05 55 61 19 81 FOR SALE: Sorrento Radiators - school type - colour white 3 x 1000cm x 600cm high x 100cm

deep, 1 x 1000cm x 300cm high x 150cm deep, 1 towel rail 406cm high x 405cm wide. All new, still boxed. Can be viewed on homebase website. Cost £1000 plus. Offers around 600 euros. Tel: 05 55 61 19 81 FOR SALE: Various Electric heater (used) 10€ Loupiac 2005 sweet dessert wine, normal price 6.50€, our price 3€. Tel: 05 55 62 91 97 (ANWSER MACHINE) Email: grandemaison-chenerailles@ orange.fr FOR SALE: RANGEMASTER 110 Gas Range Cooker MAINS GAS ONLY ( non convertible).4 gas hobs - 1 griddle plate - 1 electric hot plate - 2 gas ovens - 1 gas grill. Excellent condition. Email for photos. Buyer must collect 36160. €500.00 Email: emmapattinson@orange.fr FOR SALE: Various 5 assorted Bikes + 9 assorted new tyres and 7 assorted new inner tubes. Ideal for a gite or brocante. 40 Euro's the lot.

Motorized garage door, excellent condition. Cost new 470 Euro's SELL for 100 Euro's. Steel sink with taps + 2 double top cupboards and 2 single. As new. 40 Euro's. Large electric flymo. Good condition. 20 Euro's. Stone shower base + shower door and thermostat. 40 Euro's. Call 09 62 16 87 35 ask for Ken Email: jeanie3@wanadoo.fr FOR SALE: Brass topped small fire dogs €30.00ono Email: anniecullen@yahoo.com FOR SALE: Scrapbooking items Punches, scissors, junior Dymo and tape, stickers, ribbon, paper, stencils etc. Tel: 06 26 07 72 75 (Bellac area, 87) FOR SALE: Multi purpose aluminium ladder nearly new €80.00 Tel: 05 55 58 90 39/ 06 04 49 90 79 FOR SALE: Bestway round swimming pool Brand new. 15 ft by 3 ft depth. 100 euros telephone €100.00 Tel: 05 55 58 90 39/ 06 04 49 90 79 FOR SALE: 2 metal fuel storage tanks Hold approx 400 litres each.

120 euros each o.n.o. Tel: 05 45 31 07 83 / 09 75 91 05 45 FOR SALE: Swimming pool covers to fit pool 8 x 4m Summer cover complete with roller, very good condition, fully bound edges, €250.

Winter cover conforming to French security norm, excellent condition, €150. Or €350 for both covers plus roller. Buyer to collect (Bellac, 87).

Email: david.a.webb@orange.fr FOR SALE: Golf equipment Bargain as new Top-Flite golf bag. Master Gold 3 & 5 woods. Browning 3-45-6-7-8-9- irons. Pitching wedge.

Sandwedge. Shoes worn once UK size 9. Waterproof leggings. Some balls new and used in very good condition. Bag is almost new. ALL FOR BARGAIN PRICE 85 EUROS. €85.00 Tel: 05 55 68 27 80 Email: blaze87210@gmail.com FOR SALE: 30 X LED Bulbs Spot Lights 4 Watts, Day White. GU10 fitting, New. Reason for sale: ordered the wrong colour. 120 Euros the lot. 87230. €120.00 Tel: 05.55.03.84.50 FOR SALE: Coffee Filter Machine 10/12 cups max. Black. Jug in burnished stainless steel. Never used. €15.00 Tel: 02 54 25 38 97 (36, Orsennes) FOR SALE: Oil Central Heating Boiler In good order. €70.00ono Tel: 02 54 25 38 97 (36, Orsennes) FOR SALE: Window - 176 x 101 4 panels, 36 x 82. Not double glazed.

In good condition. €30.00 Tel: 02 54 25 38 97 (36, Orsennes) FOR SALE: Window - 150 x 66 8 panels, 25 x 31. 2 broken. Not double glazed. €15.00 Tel: 02 54 25 38 97 (36, Orsennes) FOR SALE: Small Door Complete

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CLASSIFIEDS ♦ 19 The Bugle CLASSIFIEDS are brought to you in association with WWW.HOUSESONINTERNET.COM with its own metal shutters. 175 x 53. Window in door 78 x 26. €40.00 Tel: 02 54 25 38 97 (36, Orsennes) FOR SALE: Various 1. Canon MP240 Colour printer/copier in vgc, needs new ink cartridges. 2.

Samsung inkjet phone/fax in vgc.

Offers please for any of the above.

Tel: 05 55 60 25 92 FOR SALE: Brand New Set of Mens RH Golf Clubs Full set of Powerbilt clubs with stand bag inc. Driver, 3 Wood, 3&4 Hybrid, 5 - SW. All with graphite shafts + Putter. No offers 150 EUR. €150.00 Tel: 05 44 20 22 58 FOR SALE: Overlocker Used once.

Excellent Condition. Contact:- Tony or Marie Wood. 4 minutes from A20 exit 19 (Celon) Buyer Collects. €95.00 Tel: 02-54-25-39-79 FOR SALE: Digibox In perfect working order for Freeview or Sky subscription channels. £20 ono. Tel: 02 54 37 76 24 Email: construction. uk@hotmail.com FOR SALE: Persian carpet, goat skin rug & Chinese vase table lamp Large persian carpet...like new... overall colours are burgundy and dark blue...900 euros. Bought for 1.700 euros 2 years ago. Large goat skin rug...very thick and warm.. overall colours are light brown and cream....600 euros. Large Chinese vase table lamp, with beautiful chinz shade....200euros. Tel: 06 01 83 50 55 or 05 55 57 53 19 FOR SALE: Various Prada Gents Jacket, medium, grey, excellent condition E60.00 OVNO. Henri Lloyd Jacket (with logo on outer collar) medium, cream, excellent condition E50.00 OVNO. Rover 25 steering wheel (no airbag console included) with stereo volume control (also fit Rover 200 1995 on) E25.00. Moulinex deep fat fryer VGC E25.00 ONO. Eurohike 2 man ten in bag (model no: 265TS) VGC E30.00. Moulinex coffee maker (old/retro 1980's) VGC E15.00. Gents Berghaus hiking trainers brown, size 8/EU 42.5 VGC E25.00. BNIP - BHS pure cotton Double Flat sheet, cream BRITISH BED SIZE E20.00. BNIP - House of Fraser oxford pillowcase beige BRITISH BED SIZE E8.00. BNIP House of Fraser Double fitted sheet, white polycotton (50/50) BRITISH BED SIZE E20.00. BNIP - House of Fraser Sheet & Pillowcase set, double, white 100% Egyptian cotton BRITISH BED SIZE E40.00. BNIP - BHS single flat sheet & pillowcase sky blue polycotton (50/50) BRITISH BED SIZE E17.00. Tel: 05 55 60 46 33 FOR SALE: 'Keraco' Stone Effect Twin-Bowl Sink (120cm x 60cm) with single drainer in light grey, never used. €40.00 Tel: 05 55 98 57 62

HOUSE CLEARANCE FOR SALE: Household Items HOUSE SALE: Many household items, antiques, ornaments, crystal and some small items of furniture for sale. BARGAINS TO BE HAD. SUNDAY 16TH JUNE - 10.00 to 16.00. 9 Route de Nouic, Mezièressur-Issoire (87330). Tel: 09 62 24 11 88 FOR SALE: Household Items HOUSE SALE: Opportunity to decorate/furnish your gîte, new

EASY

holiday or French home with genuine French small furniture (eg 5 matching wooden chairs €15, 60s side table €8), tableware, ornaments (bibelots), pictures, fabric, gorgeous linen sheets for patchwork or cushion covers, mirrors, vintage sewing items, vintage French hairdressing salon items, vintage French clothes.

Also lots of English ornaments and ceramics (Denby, Wedgwood, etc.), books. Surplus vegetable plants also. On Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June, 10.00 - 18.00. 19 Boulevard Jean Lair, 19370 Chamberet. Email for further information. Email: marie.t@virgin.net FOR SALE: Various household items - AUBUSSON Various household items, mirrored armoire, chairs, wood, lots of china, double bed, clocks, CD player & bric a brac etc. Please email for address and details/photos. Email: stephanie. mm2@gmail.com

VEHICLES / PARTS FOR SALE: Renault 5 LHD, Petrol,

Manual, 5dr Hatchback, Silver, CT to Jan 2014. New Brakes, New Clutch, New Alternator, New Battery. Very Reliable, Very Economical, Very Cheap Insurance.

Great little run-around. New vehicle purchase forces sale. In Janaillat on D61, 5 mins from Saint-DizierLeyrenne. €1,000.00ono Tel. 05 55 64 87 92 or 06 47 46 62 29 ask for Bryan Email: b.housley@sky.com FOR SALE: Renault Twingo Expression, 1.2 16V, petrol, LHD,

gold yellow, 11/2002, 128 383 KM, sun roof, non smoker, radio, just passed German controle technique, very good condition. €3,000.00 Tel: 05 55 30 40 26 Email: margret. holste@web.de FOR SALE: Camping Car Peugeot J5 base with Autostar 425 body, 1992, 140700km, LHD, diesel, 2500cc, manual. Sleeps 4, carte grise six people, seating for 4 at table. Separate shower, toilet, handbasin, fridge with small freezer compartment, radio CD, 2 ring gas hob, bike rack, large wind out awning, large solar panel, electric step, 2 large gas bottles. Lots of storage. Ladder to roof with railing.

Gas heater. New battery with 3 year guarantee, cambelt changed, serviced November 2012. Excellent tyres, chassis like new. CT 11/2014.

(Can email pictures) €9,500.00ono Tel: 05 55 78 17 76 Email: graham.

shepherd@orange.fr FOR SALE: Snap-On Hydraulic Engine Lift + Accessories VGC. Buyer collects. €80.00 Contact Marie or Tony Wood 0254 25 39 79 FOR SALE: Ford Escort 1.6 1994 68,000kms. French registered. RHD. 2 years CT. 100% reliable. Towbar, sunroof, new tyres and battery, CD player. €625.00 Tel: 05 55 68 56 46 FOR SALE: Eau claire fibreglass canal and river cruiser Boat all on

mypostoffice.co.uk FOR SALE: PEUGEOT, ZENITH (FE052) SCOOTER 1996, 50cc.

French Carte Grise. No Controle Technique necessary in France.

Excellent condition for year. Low usage, 6554 kilometres. €550.00 Tel: 06 64 62 50 92 Email: haynes. peter@yahoo.co.uk FOR SALE: TRACTOR FERRARI one level, 2 main cabins sleeping 2 and 3. Fully equipped, kitchen with fridge, cooker, water heater, shower room with handbasin and lavatory. Central heating, gas fired 6/9 conducted air, easy access.

Motor Yanmar 3JH3E with marine drive SD 31 easy access. Electricity 12 volts DCS. 2 water tanks 200 litres each. Moored in Clamecy. €28,000.00 Tel: 05 45 71 53 02 Email: angelaandangus@gmail.com FOR SALE: 2 Pirelli Tyres As new.

On Ford Mondeo wheels. 185/60/ R14 €60.00 Tel: 02 48 56 74 73 FOR SALE: Citroen Picasso Towbar Nearly new. Complete with wiring.

Twin plug. €60.00 Tel: 02 48 56 74 73 FOR SALE: Towbar Possibly for Renault Traffic van. Complete with wiring. €40.00 Tel: 02 48 56 74 73 FOR SALE: Peugeot 406 Towbar With ball and wiring. Complete. €40.00 Tel: 02 48 56 74 73 FOR SALE: Cycle Carrier Fits to boot/tailgate, unused and very clean. €25.00ono Call Clair on 05 55 64 83 13 FOR SALE: Pair of roof bars Used on Peugeot 306 and will fit many cars, in good condition and with locking keys. €35.00ono Call Dave on 05 55 64 83 13 FOR SALE: Pair of Welded Steel Car Service Ramps €15.00 Tel: 05 55 63 43 69 FOR SALE: Single Axle Trailer Welded steel frame with exterior ply interior. No rust. Inside dimensions 1790 long x 1170 wide x 480 deep.

1 tonne suspension units, 4 stud hubs, Austin mini wheels, tyres in good condition. Jockey wheel at front, adjustable props at rear. Brand new coupling. Complete with spare wheel and cover. All ready for the road. €150.00 Tel: 05 55 63 43 69 FOR SALE: Toyota Hilux 2.4 TD 4 x 4 Crew Cab (Seats 5). V Reg (1999).

White. UK Registered. 133,000 Miles. Tow Bar. Immobiliser. Cover on Back. Excellent Condition.

Extremely Reliable. Just had New Brakes Fitted. €3,500.00 Tel: 07966 289475 Email: caroline.willetts@

MEDIUM

PowerSafe, 2 WHEEL TRACTOR, Type 340A/360 with the following attachments:-Plough, Potato ridger, Potato lifter.Very good condition and working order. €1,900.00 Tel: + 44 (0) 7929 830643 or +33 (0) 6646 25092 Email: haynes.peter@yahoo. co.uk FOR SALE: VAN SAFE VAN VAULT 2, Size: 920 x 560 x490mm (LxWxH), Weight:46kg.

UK’s no.1 security container for fixed installation into commercial vehicles. High tensile steel storage box. 2mm sheet steel body & lid.

Tamper proof single pin hinge.

Anti-drill 70mm disc lock. Gas strut for soft open/close lid action. Siren holes for optional anti-theft alarm.

Excellent condition. NEW PRICE 242€.Photos available if required. €150.00 Tel: + 44 (0) 7929 830643 or +33 (0) 6646 25092 Email: haynes.peter@yahoo.co.uk FOR SALE: Mahindra Tractor FS 254I 2008 25 hp. 140 hours. Front end Loader. Back Hoe. PTO for other attachments. Good condition.

Photo available. €8,900.00 Tel: 05 55 60 10 56 or 05 55 60 06 19 FOR SALE: Hobby Excellent Caravan 460 UFE. Purchased and registered in France 2008. 4 berth.

Double fixed bed. Water reservoir 50 litres. Extract Hood. Powrtouch Mover.

Large Awning.

Rear reversing camera. Good condition. €12,900.00 Tel: 05 55 60 10 56 FOR SALE: SCOOTER LUDIX RB 1,000KG As brand new having been in storage.. Purchased 30/06/06 for 1,279 euros.. Dept 87. €600.00ono Tel: 05 55 68 48 02 FOR SALE: Mazda Van (for spares or repair) / Ford Fiesta MK4 Mazda van E220 Spares or repair (new tyres). RHD but French registered.

Ford Fiesta MK4, owned from new, runner but needs some attention for test. RHD but French registered.No reasonable offer refused. Tel: David on 05 55 69 28 22 (near Eymoutiers) FOR SALE: Vauxhall Vectra 1.9 CDTI (150) diesel estate Sept. 2006.

New MOT and Taxed. 2 owners with full Vauxhall main dealer service

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history. Full service with cambelt, water pump and clutch kit, including dual mass flywheel replaced Dec. at 148k. All Invoices to confirm with original service book and document pack. Every extra including SAT NAV. New Goodyear tyres fitted last year. Non smoker car in excellent condition. Metallic Black with no damage. RHD will consider exchange for LHD car with cash adjustment either way. May interest person returning to the UK with French car to sell. £2995 ono or € equivalent. Tel: 02 54 37 76 24 Email: construction.uk@hotmail. com FOR SALE: Hyundai coupe TSIII Limited Edition Crystal White,

RHD, French Registered, Sunroof, 17" anthracite alloys, quad exhausts, sport suspension from the Eibach springs, quilted style leather seats with matching door-trims, high boot spoiler, 2.0 liter Beta engine badged chrome door sills, metal foot rest and pedals, iPod connectivity and heated seats, 30K. Contact for info or pictures. €9,000.00ono tel: 05 55 47 34 82 Email: jseretny@hotmail. co.uk FOR SALE: H & K Bradley Trailer (Bingley, Yorks) 2 metres long, 2 metres high. Roller shutter door.

Type No. HU4 & 5 MK Year DZA. Very good condition. €850.00ono Steve 05.55.6975.67/06.89.47.69.71 Email: lsetenergie@yahoo.co.uk FOR SALE: TYRES 4 BRAND NEW 205/80R 16, Remoulds.Photos available if required. €240.00 Tel: + 44 (0) 7929 830643 or +33 (0) 6646 25092 Email: haynes.peter@yahoo. co.uk FOR SALE: Roof Rack Fits Peugeot Partner/ Citroen Belingo 2003/04 etc. €45.00 Tel: 05 55 69 49 28 FOR SALE: Nissan X trail Aventura T 30 2007 pair of genuine xenon left hand drive headlights including bulbs €500.00 Tel: 05.55.66.44.06

FOR SALE: THERMAL BLINDS THERMAL FOIL WINDOW BLINDS FOR CAMPER VAN, MOTORHOME.NEW, 3 PIECES. Photos available if required. €50.00 Tel: + 44 (0) 7929 830643 or +33 (0) 6646 25092 Email: haynes.peter@ yahoo.co.uk FOR SALE: RADIATOR 61349A (MADE IN DENMARK BY NISSENS), as new, suitable for the following models:- PEUGEOT 406 2.0i Turbo 1996, 1.9 TD 1995

FOR SALE

Building Plots / Economic Activity Areas The Brame Benaize Community of Communes would like to inform possible entrepreneurs in Limousin or elsewhere - interested in developing or setting up a business - that we have building plots / economic activity areas available for sale in JOUAC (87890) and MAGNAC-LAVAL (87190).

Interested parties can email in English for enquiries.

mairiestleger@wanadoo.fr

à 1999, 2.1 TD 1995 à 1999 , PEUGEOT 406 COUPE 2.0 Turbo 1997 à 1999, PEUGEOT 605 2.0 Turbo 1995 (M + Auto), 2.1 TD 1995 CITROEN XM, 2.0i Turbo 1995, 2.1 TD 1995. Photos available if required. €45.00 Tel: + 44 (0) 7929 830643 or +33 (0) 6646 25092 Email: haynes.peter@yahoo.co.uk

WHITE GOODS FOR SALE: Tumble dryer White v.g.c. €60.00 Tel: 05 55 41 19 28 FOR SALE: Freezer Indesit Under worktop, 3 draws, white. Good clean condition. Surplus to requirements. €60.00 Tel: 05 55 41 19 28 FOR SALE: Stoves gas cooker Excellent condition. 12 months old.

Cost £399 new. Dept. 16. €150.00 Tel: 05 45 31 19 84 FOR SALE: Upright Freezer-4 draw Excellent condition.

H33cmxW22cmxD21cm.Contact:Tony or Marie Wood. 4 minutes from A20 exit 19 (Celon) Buyer Collects. €75.00 Tel: 02-54-25-39-79

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALE: Licence IV covering whole of Creuse area Enables sales of beverages and spirits in Bars/ Restaurants etc Email: jsezer@ yahoo.co.uk FOR SALE: Licence 4 €4,000.00ono Tel: 06 76 52 26 47

WANTED WANTED: Petrol rotary lawn mower (not ride-on) in good working condition to replace our worn-out and well used mower - soon destined for the scrap heap! Tel: 0555 787902 (near Rochechouart) WANTED: Four oven AGA or similar for private advertiser Please tel Damien on 07973 641665 WANTED: Digger or Excavaotr Tel: 02 48 56 74 73 WANTED: Fire bricks various dimensions for bread oven renovation Tel: 05 55 81 15 19 WANTED: Canoe or Kayak Please tel Ray on 05 55 48 81 36 WANTED: Curved corrugated metal sheets Pete tel 05 45 30 72 04 (daytime) 06 24 65 40 33 (eve) WANTED: 4 wheel drive vehicle Pick-up preferred but will consider van or car. CT not necessary as will be used in private field.

Cheap and cheerful please. Email: thompsonandrew722@gmail.com WANTED: Large caravan (towable), 4 berth with shower and toilet Small budget. Tel: 06 42 14 26 56 Email: janinedisney@aol.com WANTED: OLD CARAVANS Any condition considered, will collect, cash paid. Pete tel 05 45 30 72 04 (daytime) 06 24 65 40 33 (eve)

Classified Submission Deadline: 15th of the month for the next edition

JUNE 2013 ○ THE BUGLE ○ www.thebugle.eu

20 ♦ COMMUNITY Tenor required for small vocal ensemble La Voie Melodieuse is urgently seeking a tenor to join them.

We are a small, friendly choir based in the north of La Creuse.

• Varied repertoire • Fortnightly rehearsals in English and/or French, at various venues in the north of La Creuse and the South of L'Indre • Regular concerts • Must be able to hold tenor part alone • Sight reading skills helpful For an informal chat or more information, contact:

Christianne Braspenning on 05 55 81 31 26 or email kinnejanne@yahoo.com or Robin Hendry on 05 55 80 32 91 or email hendry_robin@hotmail.com

Très Jolie

Fashion Accessories

Where to find me in June Every Wednesday - Piégut Market (24360) 2nd June - Abjat-sur-Bandiat (24300) 9th June - Bar Soleil Couchant 22nd June - Confolens Market (16500) 23rd June - Oradour-sur-Vayres, Guide Dogs Fund-raiser (see back pages) Always available the ever popular Jewellery Scarves - great new Spring & Summer colours and designs still only €11 each.

Fashion scarves starting from €5. Lovely charm bookmarks Postage always available, please email or call for details.

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

Cartes de Christine

Hand-crafted cards for all occasions Don't forget!!

Father's Day is coming up on June 16th.

www.cartesdechristine.com RESTAURANT

AUX CEPES La Veytizou

On the main road (D979), Between Limoges & Eymoutiers

Open Mic Night - Saturday 8th June *******************

Fish & Chips

Every day of the week (except Sunday evening) *******************

Menu du Jour or Snacks For more information, please ring Sue:

05 55 69 33 38

British Corner Shop

There’s no better time to order all of your favourite British treats to your doorstep in France, as we’re now permanently reducing the price of hundreds of products.

So far over 400 popular products have had their prices dropped, with many more being reduced in the next 6-12 months!

www.BritishCornerShop.co.uk

Le Moulin du Breuil Restaurant, Bar, Terrasse

23140 PIONNAT

Saturday 15th June - From 19h00 Soirée Moules Frites with Live Band - B Boog and the Woogs.

Reservations necessary - €19.50 Saturday 29th June - English Breakfast Club Start your weekend with our Full English Breakfast - €10.00 - 9h-11h Tel: 05 55 80 37 70 Mail: info@lemoulindubreuil.com Web: www.lemoulindubreuil.com

Bugle Notice Board

Petticoat Lane Please Note...

that we will be at the following markets in June :Saturday 1st June - Aigre Sunday 9th June - Panazol Saturday 15th June - Confolens Sunday 23rd June - Panazol

5 Rue Nationale – 16150 Chabanais

Tel: 05 45 29 03 99

** NOW OPEN!! **

LE DORAT (Pl. Charles de Gaulle)

Vera Laine Gift Shop & Salon de Thé

JJ’s Café Bar Aigurande

Best Ever Blistering Blues with BLACKBERRY AND MR BOOHOO yes the boys are back!!!

Sat 15th June from 9pm - Free Entry

Meal €12 pp - Chilli + Dessert.

(Vegetarian option available by pre-order) Reservations optional, but advisable.

Meal 7.30-9pm / concert 9pm.

DO NOT MISS THIS VERY SPECIAL CONCERT IT MAY BE THEIR LAST!

Music Club

2nd Sat of every month. 8.30 pm.

Next event: 8th June

JJ's Music club is for musicians of all levels and genres entry is free, there is no membership and is open to everyone who loves music. You can also buy fish and chips from the van in the market square (from 6.30 - 8.30) and eat them in the comfort of JJ's. The club starts from 8:30, but we are open for all those who want to come earlier to eat. In fact we hardly ever shut !!!!

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

Tel: 02 54 06 30 77

www.frenchweb.eu/jjscafebar/ Email: cafebarjj@yahoo.co.uk

L'Escale

Restaurant & Bar

5 Rue Andre Jouhannaud, Compreignac Freshly home-cooked English and French food Plat du Jour - Mon-Sat: €12.50 Sunday Lunch with real Yorkshire puddings Every Friday Night - Fish & Chips with home-made mushy peas €8,50 To Eat In or Take Away - (alternative menu available) Party Bookings welcomed See main ad for more information and opening hours Tel: 05 55 12 99 45 / 06 04 09 03 10 email: L_escale@yahoo.fr Or see us on Facebook for more details.

Two English-speaking helpers required

for a family wedding in Lavignac (near Flavignac), Haute-Vienne on Saturday 3rd August 2013. Duties will include serving tea and coffees, washing up and clearing and generally helping to make the day go smoothly.

Must have own transport.

For more information, please call Jeannette on 05 87 41 10 89

Le Relais de l'Abloux 36170 SACIERGES-ST-MARTIN

The Relais de l'Abloux is organising a Paella Night in the town square on Saturday 8th June Price €15 - Kir, Paella, Cheese & Dessert Followed by FREE live music and dancing

mail: lerelaisdelabloux@orange.fr facebook: "le relais de l'abloux"

Tel: 02 54 47 56 74

Large selection of gifts, candles, mugs, shabby chic homeware, cards, plus leather goods, jewellery and hair accessories. Affordable prices!

HOMEMADE CAKES and FREE WIFI now available!

We look forward to meeting you!

Contact Jay: 06 35 91 03 83 veralaine19@gmail.com

@ La Petite Fontaine 15 Grande Rue, Le Dorat

Our new Friday night Menu will be available every Friday from 18h until 20h Friday 7th June - The MLC Band @ 20h30 Friday 14th June - Steve & Greta @ 20h30 Tel Lynn or Jonathan: 05 55 60 29 74 Web: www.lapetitefontaine.com

An Appeal for Volunteers

Le Puy Batard, a non-profit organisation which welcomes the disabled for their holidays at their house in Sainte-Feyre, Creuse, is looking for helpers from 9th June to 26th July. Accommodation can be provided if necessary and it is possible to help out for just a part of this period.

To find out more about Le Puy Batard visit www.puy-batard.org and if you think you can help please contact Jean-Pierre Déchoz on 05 55 81 12 05 or at accueil@puy-batard.org There are no special skills required and it is a great way to meet French people and speak French. Don't worry if your language skills are not perfect, Jean-Pierre speaks excellent English!

Atelier d'Art du Jardin

is open every Fri, Sat, Sun & bank holiday from 11h to 18h until the end of September.

Artisan art for your garden.

Cream teas on the terrasse.

RDV for weekday visits SVP. 2km from Chénérailles and the Chateau Villemonteix 26, Ecurat 23150

tel: 05 55 81 31 85 email: artdejardin@gmail.com www.atelierdartdujardin.net

Le Bellerive

Hotel - Restaurant - Café-Bar 29 Avenue de la Tour, 87470 Peyrat-le-Château

Thursday 6th & 27th June - La Maison delivery & Book Club (DVDs as well as books) Saturday 8th June - Soirée Moules Frites Friday 14th June - Fun Quiz Sunday 16th June - Father's Day Meal Saturday 22nd June - Fish & Chip Night Saturday 29th June - Bellerive Birthday Bash For details of all the events, go to: www.facebook.com/hotellebellerive Email: bonjour@lebellerive.net

Phone: 05 55 36 20 63

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COMMUNITY ♦ 21

CLUBS, CHARITIES & ASSOCIATIONS

Church Notices 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 HauteVienne) – we are part of the Parish of the BasseMarche 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 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 mid-way between Crozant and Eguzon. Sunday worship meetings are held on the first and third Sundays of the month at 10.30am.

Fellowship meetings, for mid-week prayer, bible study and discussion are at the same venue every Thursday at 7.30pm. For further information contact Eric Sutton tel 05 55 89 26 62

Fitness & Fun SALSA! SALSA! SALSA! Starting on the 10th of June: Beginners only class 7-8 pm; Improvers class 8-9 pm. Come and join us at the newly opened Carraciola bar in St-Etiennede-Fursac 23290. Find us on www.facebook.com/ carraciola. No partner necessary. 6 euros per person or 10 euros per couple. Open to all. So why not give it a go and get fit in 2013? Tel 05 55 63 86 08 or email Debs on busydee61@hotmail.com for info.

Zumba classes coming soon.

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 Haute-Vienne, 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 cussac-bowlsclub@live.co.uk or telephone 05 55 50 40 89.

Association Equilibre, le mouvement du corps Yoga for all levels: Tue 18:30 Aubusson, Pied au plancher (Espace Philips); Wed 18:30 Vallière, salle polyvalante. Pregnancy/Post Natal: Tue 17:00 Aubusson, Pied au Plancher (Espace Philips) For further information tel 06 83 24 62 72 or visit www. spaequilibre.yolasite.com Chinese Gym & Karate Mondays & Thursdays 19h30-21h at the DOJO, Allée Jean-Marie Couturier, Aubusson. Warm and friendly atmosphere. For more info tel 06 08 92 30 53 Tai Chi at Boussac and La Châtre Tai Chi classes in Boussac (Tue 18.15 - 19.45) and La Châtre (Thu 18.15 - 19.45). The first two lessons are free, the subscriptions are 36 euros per month and members can go to both venues having paid this fee. The style is that of Yang. All ages and abilities welcome, but folk must bear in mind that they will be on their feet, doing the equivalent of what one might classify as light exercise, for about an hour and a half. For more information contact 05 55 65 08 20.

Gym Bien-être Would you enjoy an afternoon of gentle exercise with a cheerful, light-hearted group? Each week we exercise a different group of muscles, do a little country dancing & some floor exercise and laugh a lot. The aim of the activities is to increase suppleness and mental agility. We meet every Tuesday afternoon upstairs at the Capitole in Rochechouart between 2pm and 3.30pm. It isn’t necessary to speak French because you can copy but you will learn some. Come for 2 weeks’ free trial.

For details contact: pauline.maskell@sfr.fr Learn to Meditate Learn to meditate and meet other like-minded people. Simple mindfulness technique. Dechen Choling, Le Mas Marvent, St-Yrieix-sous-Aixe, 87700. Also, ongoing regular group meetings and events. Contact tel Christina 05 55 03 82 01 www. dechencholing.org Gardening Les 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. Currently, we run flower/plant sessions in old people's homes on a regular basis. From June (weather permitting) we are hoping to run gardening sessions once a 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 Les petits jardiniers du Limousin http://jardiniers-du-limousin.webs.com Do you love gardening or are you keen to learn more about it? Then why not come along and join Les Petits Jardiniers? We’re a friendly group of English, French and Dutch residents and normally meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 2.30pm in the salle de fêtes in St-Amand-le-Petit, between Peyratle-Château and Eymoutiers. Our meetings are held mostly in English and we have guest speakers, organise garden visits and swap plants and seeds.

Annual membership is 15 euros pp or 20 euros per couple or pay as you go for 3 euros per meeting.

For more information or to be put on our mailing list for our quarterly newsletter or monthly agenda contact Carolyn at Carolyn@cnlees.eu or Gill at gillinfrance@orange.fr Agenda for 2013: 20th Jun Trees & Shrubs; 18th Jul Farm Visit; 15th Aug Annual BBQ; 14th Sept Flower & Vegetable Show – How does your garden grow; 17th Oct Barnhaven Primroses; 21st Nov Planting a wildflower meadow; 12th Dec Xmas

PHOENIX Appeal - kitten season has begun!

Here is MADISON - a sweet girl who, due to overcrowding, was on death row in the SPA with her 5 kittens.

Phoenix saved them and now they are all in foster care and looking for homes.

This is no doubt the start of many, so if you are interested in adopting a cat or kitten, please contact: Lynda Atkins on 05 53 81 30 44 or email lapuille@gmail.com See more photos of Madison & kittens on our new website www. phoenixasso.com PLEASE sterilise your animals!

www.phoenixasso.com www.facebook.com/PhoenixAssociationFrance

Amitiés Internationales du Pays de Boussac (AIPB) We are searching for all types of groups - pop, rock, jazz or country - to play in this year's “Battle of the Bands” competition, which will be held on Saturday 2nd November 2013 in the Salle Polyvalente in Boussac. Any group who is interested in taking part please contact us on 05 55 65 70 06 or email mervynjw@aol.com

party, Gardeners Question Time and Quiz.

Club Liseron – Gardening Club Meets on the 2nd Mon evening of the month at 19.30 at the Salle des Fêtes in Massignac. We're a mixed bunch of English & French, who are united by a passion for gardens and gardening, sharing plants, seeds and information. More info from Sally on 05 45 21 30 20 or Craig on 05 45 89 33 50 or mccolville@orange.fr Aux Plantes etc We are an association of independent, ethicallyminded and passionate plant producers. Our aim is to encourage consumers to know more about the plants they buy, how they were produced and their needs, thereby avoiding the disappointments that so often come with mass produced plants. It's not just about us selling you plants - we want them to thrive and do well for you! Current members include plantspeople specialising in unusual shrubs & trees, butterfly plants, heritage vegetables and flowers, irises, perennials and drought-tolerant plants. For more info contact Michelle Pierce 05 45 89 36 54 or vitist www.auxplantesetc.jimdo.com

Integration International Apero Reseau We meet each Saturday from 11.30am-1pm at Baileys Bar/Restaurant, 5 Rue de L'Abreuvoir, Aubusson.

These meetings offer the opportunity to: exchange views - make new friends - share experiences - have fun together - help and advise one another - help intergrate newcomers. Discussions in English (all nationalities welcome).

For more information please contact Catherine 06 86 17 80 88 or Liz 05 55 66 22 92.

Faceaface An association founded to facilitate and encourage interaction between all members of the local community. As our first venture we have created a library. Where? In the Mairie of St-Priest which is just off the D4 between Mainsat and Chénérailles.

When? The 1st and 3rd Mon afternoon in every month between 2 - 5pm. To join all you have to do is donate six books and pay €5 per person or €8 per household. If you would like more information please contact us at: faceaface23@gmail.com or just come by and see us. Everyone is welcome!

Learning Together – Apprenons Ensemble Our main aim is to foster understanding and good relations amongst the local French-speaking and English-speaking populations. To this end we are offering courses of tuition in English and in French, and organising social and cultural events and visits. LANGUAGE CLASSES (take place at the Maison des Associations, Rochechouart) Beginners and Intermediate - Mon am; French/English Conversation – Tues am; Advanced and Children’s – Wed am; Conversation (St-Junien) - Thur.

SOCIAL EVENTS Games Night (Rochechouart) 1st Thur; Games Night (St-Junien) 2nd Thur; Lunch Club – Last Thur. FORTHCOMING EVENTS More details in Association Newsletter. For more details visit www.learningtogether.me or contact Sue Ratcliffe 05 45 31 50 86 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-limousineexchange.com or contact the Chairman, Barry Leech, on 06 35 96 77 46.

Libraries & Books Baileys Book Exchange Baileys Bar/Restaurant, 5 Rue de L'Abreuvoir, Aubusson.

Large selection of English books, plus a few French books and DVDs. Swap (for each swapped book a small charge of 20cts applies) or buy books from as little as 50cts. ALL money received donated to S.P.A. de la Creuse Dog Refuge Guéret. Books available during opening hours, please check Baileys Restaurant Ad for details.

Sale of Second-hand Books, La Croisille-surBriance 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 old garage in La Place - next door to the pharmacy. All proceeds towards the restoration of the church.

St Jean English Library, La Souterraine The La Souterraine Library and Information Centre is now firmly installed in a beautiful medieval building at the Porte de Puy Charraud, Route de Portail, La Souterraine. The library has over 5,000 books, DVDs and other items, as well as its café, Caxtons, which serves English cakes. The Library also provides French lessons and organises AngloFrench conversation groups. The Information Centre provides support and assistance with bureaucratic, family and legal problems to British residents and new arrivals. The library is open from 9.30 -12.30 on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Contact Rodney Sabine on 05 55 63 03 87 or at stjeanbiblio@yahoo.com. Our website is www.frenchweb.eu/biblio 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 home-made 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 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 Club de Musique Takes place on the last Fri of each month from 8pm at La Grange, Chassignolles (5mins from La Châtre).

Open to all musicians, singers, groups and audience.

PA and drum kit available. Bring your instrument, mic and join in a great French / English musical and social evening. Bar, hot and cold snacks. Meals available if reserved – see website for contact details of La Grange. For more info email: geoff@clubdemusique. fr http://www.clubdemusique.fr The Harmonics This is our 6th season of singing as a group. Our music is varied classical, madrigals, spiritual, songs from the shows etc and we sing in French, English, Swahili, Latin - whatever the music demands. Our concerts are in support of a variety of charities including the British Legion, L'Oregon at Civray and Retina and thus non profit making. We meet Wed 14h – 16h in the Salle d'Annexe behind the Mairie in Civray.

Interested? We'd love to see you so contact: David Lee tel 05 49 87 53 93 email dave.lee@cegetel.net or Dolly Ait Boualou email sylvia.murray@wanadoo.fr Support

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 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 We offer free and confidential support to English speakers affected by Cancer in the Haute-Vienne (87). Our helpline number is 06 04 43 39 87. If you would like more information or would like to become a member or help in any other way, please contact Sue Ware 05 55 00 31 15, csfhv@frangle.fr Cancer Support France, Creuse If you are English-speaking and need support or information, please phone Helpline number 06 06 47 18 60.

The Creuse Branch is now under the umbrella of Haute-Vienne.

Welsh in Limoges - Welcome en Limousin Press Release

Mrs Burrows had no idea what to expect when she entered a competition run by Welcome en Limousin at The France Show in London!

“You are the lucky winner of the prize: a return trip from London-Stansted to Limoges with three nights at the Hotel Golf de Saint-Junien*** and 2 passes for the golf course at SaintJunien.”

“This is the first time I have ever won a competition,” she said to Coralie Rousseau, of the Commercial Division at Limoges International Airport, Brigitte Pouget of Golf en Limousin and Loïc Pherivong, host of Welcome en Limousin, who had come to greet her and her husband on the arrival of their flight from London on Thursday, April 25.

In the sweltering heat, they were offered a welcome drink and some small gifts.

This was a second visit to the region by the Welsh couple, who live in Bridgend, to the west of Cardiff, after a first stay 5 years From left to right: Brigitte Pouget of Golf en Limousin, Mr & Mrs BURROWS, ago. “We loved the countryside, the peace and quiet and the di- Coralie Rousseau of the Commercial Division at Limoges International Airport and Loïc Pherivong, of Welcome en Limousin in front of the Welcome stand in versity of the animals; so much so that we had decided that we the terminal building. would leave Wales one day to come and settle in the Limousin.

That's what we would like to do now!”

And luckily for them, Welcome en Limousin will be there to guide them in their move! In the meantime, they were able to enjoy three days all expenses paid to continue their discovery of the region and may be even start looking for their new home.

It was good that Mrs Burrows decided to enter the competition as Haute-Vienne may soon have two new Welsh residents!

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22 ♦ COMMUNITY

Plant Sale Success!!

A huge thank you to all those "Hardy Folks" who so generously supported the Plant Sale for Bansang Hospital in Seguinaud on 19th May. Even though the weather was absolutely dire, wet and cold, we managed to raise 1,780 Euros, all of which will go to the Hospital.

Please can I thank all those that contributed the plants and cakes, ALL of which were of exceptional quality. Most of all, thank you to everyone that braved the ghastly weather and gave so generously.

I am already potting up for next year, so could I ask if any plant pots have been emptied and are no longer needed, could they be returned to me to be reused please.

At your convenience of course (I like the larger ones).

We have got a fantastic web site for the hospital which is updated regularly and will inform you of our latest projects and future plans - www.bangsanghospitalappeal. org Please take a look if you have a few moments, I am sure you will see why I am so enthusiastic about this very worthy cause.

Linda Nicholson

Special Double Book-Signing Event All books individually signed by the authors with a message

RISK

the latest novel by Haute-Vienne author James R. Vance An epic tale of patriotism, romance, deception and danger through the dark years of occupation during WWII in the Limousin and PyrénéesAtlantiques regions of southwest France.

So far, since our first Fund-raiser in 2011, shortly after Christine was given Etoile by the Guide Dog School in Landouge, Limoges, we, and friends and acquaintances and even strangers touched by the story, have raised 10,700 Euros in a wonderful show of kindness and generosity that all those at the Guide Dog School are amazed and really delighted with. They have expressed their feelings many times to us and we pass this on to everyone who has participated in any way, physically helping at the events, donating items to be sold, baking lovely cakes, doing their own event, and helping in many different ways, including one family volunteering to become a Guide Dog Puppy Host Family. To this 10,700 Euros can also be added the fact that several people have become regular donators as a direct result of Christine being given Etoile, so the real total is much more.

When this tragedy struck Christine in 2007, as you can imagine, it was both terrifying and devastating. When I posed the question of a Guide Dog to the Consultant at the CHU Limoges he was immediately in favour and so we started on the road that led to Christine being accepted for a Guide Dog from Landouge School. Every single person there was kindness personified and each one of them went out of their way to help Christine and make her feel confident and cared for.

Christine was the first English person to be given a Guide Dog from the School, and having Etoile has made a huge difference to her life. We have always had dogs. All of them have been wonderful, but they have been pets, very much loved pets.

Etoile is a pet in the house but pick up her harness and she is there waiting for it to be put on and to do the job for which she has been lovingly trained. Walking with Etoile Christine is happy and confident, without her she is nervous and afraid, it is as simple at that. Etoile has changed her life, and she never stops being grateful for that. Together, as a family, Christine and Etoile, myself and Jack, our wonderful, now very old, Portuguese Water Dog, go for long walks, but also Christine and Etoile venture out on their own frequently for a walk around the village or a long walk into the country. Only if you could no longer do it yourself could you appreciate just how much you would miss it and what it means to get it back.

So, a BIG thank you to everyone and please remember to come along to our 3rd Annual Fund-raiser in aid of the Guide Dogs for the Blind School, Landouge, Limoges on Sunday afternoon the 23rd June at 17, avenue du 8 Mai 1945, Oradour-sur-Vayres.

Roger and Christine Thomas

the latest novel

by Haute-Vienne author Mike Welham

When a President and a Prime Minister want to go to war to remove a dictator, a threat to use WMDs gives them their reason. Weapons inspectors find no evidence, so a political dossier is created claiming their existence.

Saturday 22nd June from 10h30 - 12h30 at Intermarché, Bonnat Friday 28th June from 11h00 at Vera Laine, place Charles de Gaulle, Le Dorat

The third Fund-raiser for the Guide Dogs for the Blind - it seems to have become an annual event by popular demand - is going to be held on afternoon of Sunday 23rd June, so send out a thought everyone for another fine and clear day please.

DEATH OF A SCIENTIST

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WHAT’S ON ♦ 23 Sat 15th Jun SAINT-SILVAIN-BAS-LE-ROC La Foulée des Vieilles Pierres - 19ème édition

Held on the 3rd Sunday of June, the Foulée des Vieilles Pierres is an annual race following a 13km round circuit departing from SaintSilvain-Bas-le-Roc via Les Pierres Jaumâtres.

Departure for all runners place de la mairie at 17h. Inscriptions 7 euros in advance, or 9 euros on the day.

If you are interested in taking part visit www.lesvieillespierres.net to download the bulletin d'inscription.

For more information contact the Boussac Tourist Office.

Sun 16th Jun MARVAL Fête de la Musique

9am Franco-Britannique Petanque competition open to all.

From midday music by 'Momo' & supporting acts (not too late to join in!) along with meal (optional) & bar.

Takes place at the Stade Marval.

Meal reservations & further info contact either Joelle - 05 55 78 57 76 or Carrie - 06 78 68 62 52. The Comité des Fêtes & Associations of Marval look forward to you joining us!

Sun 16th Jun VIDEIX Lunch at the lake

For the second year running Cancer Support France Haute-Vienne is doing its fund-raising lunch at Videix (87600) lake on Sunday 16th June at 12 noon.

Menu - trio of pates, bbq pork with pommes boulangères, selection of cheeses, strawberry tartlets, kir, wine and coffee included - all for 18 euros a head.

With the added attraction of Madame Blanc Jazz, it should be a very enjoyable afternoon. For more information or to book please call 05 55 00 31 15.

Thu 20th Jun PONTARION Information meeting for the English-speaking community: Health

A public health information meeting, organised by le Pôle Local d’Accueil Sud-ouest Creuse, aimed to help and inform the Englishspeaking population, in association with the Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie from Guéret and Limoges.

Meeting for anybody who doesn't have health cover, and wonders what formalities have to be taken to get it and for those who already have health cover, but wonder what would happen if they have to go to hospital, lose their job, go away to other European countries, etc. You will be able to ask all the questions you wish on the subject.

Mairie de Pontarion. 2pm.

For more information contact Sophie Provenchère on 05 55 64 17 66 or at placcbrvciate@ccbrv.fr

Sat 22nd Jun AHUN Saturdays in the Garden

A series of gardening courses held at the Lycée Agricole in Ahun.

22nd June: Preparing massage oils.

This course costs EUR 27 (free for accompanying children) and will be held at CFPPA d’Ahun from 8h30-12h. For more information tel: 05.55.81.48.90.

Sat 22nd Jun BONNAT Double Book-Signing

James R. Vance & Mike Welham, local authors will be at Intermarché signing copies of their latest novels, Risk and Death of a Scientist

from 10h30 until 12h30. All books signed with individual messages.

Sat 22nd Jun BOUSSAC Fête de la Musique

AIPB will be holding an afternoon and evening to celebrate the Fête de la Musique on Saturday the 22nd June in the place de la mairie.

We will be commencing the event at 3pm with a "Tea Party". Games for children will be organised and in addition there will be a painting competition for local school children which will be judged at 4pm by a well-known local artist with wonderful prizes for the winners.

Sandwiches, cakes and soft drinks will be offered, everything being free of charge. Everyone is invited to join us and we look forward to seeing you there.

Later in the evening, starting at 8pm, we are hosting the musical part of the Fête de la Musique, with guest group "B. Boog and the Woogs", which features fabulous local singer Bev Calladine plus her young daughter's group "The Flying Monkeys". Also on the bill will be the popular singer guitarist Robert Floate and the talented local jazz saxophonist, Paul Cullen. A treat not to be missed. Fast food will be served with a bar available throughout the evening.

Fri 28th Jun LE DORAT Double Book-Signing

James R. Vance & Mike Welham, local authors will be at Vera Laine, Place Charles de Gaulle signing copies of their latest novels, Risk and Death of a Scientist from 11h. All books signed with individual messages.

Fri 28th Jun SAINT-GERMAIN-BEAUPRÉ Holistic Evening

Many readers may have already met Jennifer Sanders. Jennifer is a member of the English library in La Souterraine where she often volunteers in the coffee shop. But you may not know that Jennifer is trained in the art of holistic well-being. In simple terms this means that Jennifer is able to help you achieve balance in your life.

For those of you who are interested to learn more, Jennifer is providing 15-minute taster sessions. The aim is to provide participants with an insight into what constitutes their positive energies and how to minimise the effects of the negative energies they can be prone to suffering from.

Jennifer is also offering to provide advice on one particular topic.

Participants will be expected to provide their full name, full name at birth (if different), date and place of birth and also a question to discuss prior to the evening.

Places will be limited to 10. The event will take place at Maison Durran, Saint-Germain-Beaupré 23160. The cost is 15 euros.

To book a place please contact Amanda Johnson on 05 55 63 68 07 (e-mail: maisondurran@aol.co.uk) so that appointments can be arranged in advance.

This should be an enlightening experience.

Sat 29th Jun CROZON-SUR-VAUVRE Chant-o-Château

The Association Musique en Verdure presents for the third time a 1-day singing workshop in the beautiful Château de La Lande in Crozon-sur-Vauvre. This romantic Château will inspire us to sing songs about the theme "Flowers". The day will be directed by Christianne Braspenning. Everyone is welcome!

Coffee, a lavish lunch-buffet and an apéritif after the last song are included in the fee.

Fee: €35 p.p.

Information: www.musique-en-verdure.com Reservations: robatie@hotmail.com or 02 54 30 70 50.

Sat 29th Jun SAINTE-SÉVÈRE-SUR-INDRE Ciné-concert: Murmures d’archive #4

© Ciclic, Marc Fonteneau

Friday 21st June 10am-Midnight (La Fête de la Musique) For information email: petamichael@btinternet.com

On 29th June, the association Murmures d’archive is organising a free open air film/concert on the place du Marché in SainteSévère-sur-Indre - a montage of amateur Super 8 films from the 1960s and contemporary music, performed live. From 19h30.

For more info visit: www.facebook.com/MurmuresDArchive

2013 Concert programme for L’orchestre Philharmonique de La Souterraine Sunday 2nd June The festival of the Creuse Musical Societies, Roches. 10:0018:00.

Friday 14 June Annual concert of the Guéret Fanfarons with both groups, Espace Fayolle, Guéret. 21:00.

Saturday 15th June Concert with the Fanfare of the Boussac Sapeurs Pompiers, Boussac. TBC. 20:30.

Friday 21st June Fête de la Musique open air concert, La Souterraine. Location to be confirmed. 20:30.

Saturday 29th June Joint concert with the Guéret Fanfarons, Saint-Germain-Beaupré. 21:00.

Saturday 13th July Open air concert followed by fireworks for the “Nuits d’été de Guéret”, Etang de Courtille, 22:00.

Further details from the La Souterraine Tourist Office 05 55 63 10 06 or infos@ot-lasouterraine.fr

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24 ♦ WHAT’S ON

UPCOMING EVENTS ACROSS THE REGION Sun 14th Apr to Sun 23rd Jun VASSIVIÈRE IAN KIAER Solo Exhibition

For his first solo exhibition in France, British artist Ian Kiaer is proposing a reinterpretation of the art centre’s architecture, designed by Aldo Rossi and Xavier Fabre in 1986–88 and built on Vassivière Island in 1989–91.

In a group of new works all designed specifically for the centre, Kiaer reconsiders the visionary aspect of the building, drawing a parallel between the thinking of Aldo Rossi and the utopian projects of 18th-century architects like Étienne-Louis Boullée and Claude Nicolas Ledoux.

Challenging the predefined function initially allotted to each room in response to the different phases of the life of a work, the artist takes a fresh look at the relationships between research, creation and transmission, devising subtle installations that involve a mix of the archival and the found. Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday and public holidays 11am1pm / 2-6 pm. €3. For more information visit: www. ciapiledevassiviere.com/

Fri 3rd May to Sun 6th Oct Exhibition "La Creuse, une valléeatelier"

200 works of Romantic, Impressionist and Postimpressionist landscapes gathered together for the first time across Berry and Limousin. Entitled "Creuse, a valley studio 1830-1930", the exhibition presents chronologically the different art movements which developed at the junction of the 19th and 20th centuries, between Berry and Limousin, with: - Photographic art in the Creuse valley in Impressionist times - Musée de la vallée de la Creuse, Eguzon (11th May - 15th September) - From Romanticism to Academic Realism - Musée Château d'Ars, La Châtre (4th May - 6th October) - Impressionist paintings, the transcended light -

Musée Hôtel Bertrand, Châteauroux (4th May - 29th September) - The Postimpressionist valley - Musée d'Art et d'Archéologie, Guéret (17th May - 15th September) Admission: Free in Eguzon, La Châtre and Châteauroux. 3€ entrance fee in Guéret, (free admission on the first Sunday of each month).

For more information visit: www.expocreusevalleeatelier.fr

Sat 1st Jun to Mon 30th Sep LA CELLEDUNOISE Exhibition by Antoine Melchior

Originally from northern France, Antoine Melchior and his family came to settle in the Creuse to find new inspiration. His work uses a wide range of techniques: pastel, oil, watercolor and chalk and features the Creuse countryside in all its forms cows, meadows, trees, rivers, trails - as well as scenes of souks and bazaars, inspired by his travels in the East.

Exhibition at his atelier - Le Chiron, 23800 LaCelle-Dunoise. For more info tel 05 55 89 09 23 or visit antoinemelchior.jimdo.com/

Sat 1st to Sun 2nd Jun LES GRANDSCHÉZEAUX Piano Four Hands and Piano Trompet Recitals

On Saturday the 1st of June at 5.30 pm, a concert of piano duet music will take place in Les GrandsChézeaux with the famous pianists William and Jacqueline Bensihmon. Featured will be works by Rachmaninov, Dvorak, Rossini, 0ffenbach, Von Suppe and Bizet. The Bensimhon duo has gained multiple prizes and awards for their "American Music" recording including "The ox on the Roof" by Darious Milhaud and "Cuban overture" by George Gershwin.

On Sunday 2nd of June at 5.30 pm, pianist Yves

Launched in 1982 by the French Ministry for Culture, the Fête de la Musique, also known as World Music Day, is a music festival held all over the world that takes place every 21st June, the day of the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere.

The musicians (amateurs and professionals alike) are asked to perform for free, and all the concerts are free for the public.

Performances & concerts take place in open air areas such as streets and parks or in public buildings like museums, train stations, castles etc.

The Fête de la Musique is a way of encouraging the major music institutions (orchestras, operas, choirs, etc.) to perform outside their usual locations and promotes encounters and exchanges between young musicians and well-known talents.

To find out more about the free concerts taking place near you visit your local tourist office for more information.

Josset will team up with trumpeter Christophe Laguzet and explore three centuries of music with works by Albinoni, Vivaldi, Bach, Ravel, Telemann and others. Gosset is a tremendously appealing pianist and Laguzet an equally delightful trumpet player. They play together in perfect harmony.

Information and Bookings: Les Grands-Chézeaux (A20 – exit 21). Ticket prices: €8 per concert. Free entrance for those under 18.

Early bookings by phone (05 55 76 70 15) or by e-mail cazalibus@orange.fr

Sat 1st to Sun 2nd Jun SOLIGNAC Grand Opening: Les Jardins Sonores de La Borie

Listen carefully... In the heart of the Limousin a unique tourist destination is opening on 1st June.

Situated in the heart of the historical grounds of the 17th century estate, the Sound Gardens of La Borie offer the unique experience of discovering the landscape by listening.

Entry €3. Open 11h-21h.

For more info vist www.fondationlaborie.com

Tue 11th Jun BOURGANEUF Information meeting for the Englishspeaking community: Housing

Meeting, organised by le Pôle Local d’Accueil Sud-ouest Creuse, to help and inform the Englishspeaking population.

Are you thinking of doing some work on your house? Want to know about the regulations? Not sure where to find help? Want to find out what subsidies are available?

You will be able to ask all the questions you wish on the above subject, as there will be an Englishspeaking translator.

Espace Maurice Cauvin, Bourganeuf. 5pm.

For more information contact Sophie Provenchère on 05 55 64 17 66 or at placcbrvciate@ccbrv.fr

Fri 14th to Sat 15th Jun LIMOGES VINS NOIRS 2e rencontre Polar et Vin

We are pleased to invite you to this yearly meeting of 15 crime writers and 15 winemakers - rue HauteVienne, near the historic “Quartier de la Boucherie” district in Limoges.

Friday 14thStarting from 6.00 pm in partnership with Limoges Public Library (“BFM Limoges”): discussions about thriller/detective novels, meeting with some of the writers and winemakers.

Saturday 15th10.00 am: Opening session.

10.00 am to 7.00 pm: Meeting with the authors and winemakers, book signings, tasting and sale of products. Musical entertainment, public readings by a theatre troupe...

7.30 pm: Aperitif then dinner in a restaurant (direct booking, price to be determined).

We look forward to meeting you!

You can join us on Facebook - VINS NOIRS Rencontre Polar et Vin

Sat 15th to Fri 21st Jun SAINT-JUNIEN QUATRE ARTISTES ANGLOPHONES DANS LE LIMOUSIN

Exhibition of current paintings and sculptures: Lindsay Harris, Michael Hamilton, Phillip Clayton, Herb Elsky. La Halle aux Grains, Place Deffuas, 87200 St-Junien.

Viewing times: Saturday 15th June 10am-7pm Sunday 16th June VERNISSAGE, PRIVATE VIEW 6pm Monday 17th June 2pm-5pm Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 10am-12pm & 2pm-6pm

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