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Well I have been aware a percentage of readers have holiday houses in the region, but I didn't realise the readership was so dispersed. Since the last flyer I have had correspondence from far and wide including Buenos Aires, Singapore, Alexandria and even Scotland. Seemingly the further away you are the more interested in the Flyer you are as it provides an invaluable link to your French Connection. And access to what's on when you are here for short visits.
Is Ban Ki-Moon as effective as DG of the UN as Gordon Brown is as Prime Minister of the UK, somewhat overshadowed by predecessors? Just shows what personality does for people in high office, having one seems essential.
Mr Mugabe still seems to be having trouble counting and I am not surprised as mazana mapfumbamwe nemakumi mapfumbamwe is 990 in Shona the language most widely spoken in Zimbabwe (after English).
Berlusconi arranges 300m Euro loan to Alitalia, which will last about the time a flight takes to go from Rome to Milan, is that subprime or what. Or is that a Malpensa?
Whilst on matters Italian I can just see me getting a job in France or Italy at the level of England Football team manager, well done Mr Capello, you do speak English now As you promised right? If he did I guess he wouldn't consider Wayne as Captain potential.
It seems the powers that be think The John Butler Trio is just not an expensive enough ticket for the Carcassonne fest, you will have to go to Marseilles, sorry.
One or two sugars in your Beaujolais Sir?
Steve
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CHUCK BERRY-THEATRE DE LA MER SETE JULY 17TH A few tickets left Possibly the nicest Venue in the world Take a picnic? Stay overnight? Special Flyer rate tickets 40Euro normally 53Euro. Email for Tickets |
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After the plant swap!
Thank you to all the Aude Flyers who came to the Plant Swap. It turned out to be a good call to change the time to the afternoon as we were all able enjoy a convivial couple of hours in the sun drinking tea and coffee, eating the non plant swaps, swapping plants and chatting about gardening and French life in general. The consensus was that the event should be repeated later in the year so I will be announcing the date very shortly to give more people the chance to get organized with suitable swaps during the autumn garden clear up. If you know gardeners who don't receive the Flyer please get them to subscribe or tell them about the proposed event. Flyers with green fingers or those aspiring to have green fingers please watch this space! Anyone want to do another one? Or join with a Flyer open garden day?
Finally the rescheduled Blues night is Friday 2nd May at domaine des etoiles May 23rd Fraser Anderson + guest at domaine des etoiles email with your phone number if you haven't attended an event here before for info, |
Dear Steve
We live on the edge of a large wood (or small forest?) For the last few years we have been giving all our attention to renovating our house. Now that is coming to an end and we have started to do things in our garden. We planted a few shrubs and some vegetables and we followed the Flyer gardening advice and built a compost heap. The plants grew and the compost heap did what it is supposed to do. As first time gardeners we were thrilled. Then one night we heard some noise from the direction of the garden but thought is was just the local cats having a disagreement.
The next morning we awoke to find our new garden in tatters. Our compost heap was destroyed and most of our greens gone. Our neighbors told us that it was probably wild boar foraging for food because of the cold wet weather we have had. Help! How do we stop this happening again?
If you haven't seen the tell tail footprints going across your land before you started gardening you probably aren't on a regular foraging route. The animals were probably lured to your garden by the smell of kitchen waste in your compost heap. To minimize this risk turn the heap every day it will speed up the composting process and get rid of the "attractive" smell. The aroma from an open dustbin is another invitation to dine so secure the top with a bungee cord to stop it being blown open in the wind.
There is not a lot you can do to stop a frightened animal from running across you garden but like all creatures when foraging wild boar will go for the easy option. They will naturally avoid anything which they may get tangled in so putting a plastic mesh sausage (crumple up some sweet pea type netting with mesh about 10 cm square - 4 inches in old money) secured with stakes a few inchesabove the ground around your boundary with the wood might work and plants will eventually grow through it so it won't look odd. This is a good temporary measure but the best thing is to grow a thick hedge and encourage lots of brambles to grow up through it but this of course takes some time. Use the sausage on the woodland side and plant hedging plants on the garden side.
If you want to go high tech motion sensors that activate bright lights and water sprays are another possibility but try the low tech stuff first.
Any more interesting dilemmas?
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FOIRE AUX LIVRES Amnesty International groupe de Carcassonne
Mercredi 30 Avril 2008 au Dimanche 4 Mai 2008 De 9h 30 à 18 h non-stop
Salle Joë Bousquet ancienne Mairie, rue Aimé Ramond Carcassonne
Vous pouvez, toute l'année, déposer vos dons: livres pour adultes et enfants, revues, BD, disques, CD Rom.
R.H.A Reproduction Héliographique Audoise 57 rue Aimé© Ramond à Carcassonne(face aux Halles, fermé le Samedi)
LIEU RESSOURCES 11 rue des Trois Couronnes Carcassonne (9-12h, 14-17h, fermé le Lundi matin et le Samedi)
Channel Four is now available without the need for a FreeToView Card. (as a Test Channel from Astra2d). To set it up on a Sky Digibox :- Press Services > System Setup > Add Channels > Insert 10.729 , V , 22.0 , 5/6 . Find Channels. Then select 8350 with the YELLLOW button > then press select. The channel is then stored. To access the channel: Press Services > Other Channels > select 8350.and Bob's your Uncle.
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NEW CEILING FAN WITH REMOTE CONTROL - White blades with motor casing in brass - 106cm/42ins, 4 blades, 3 60w lights - Bi-directional airflow - Easy to install, minimal maintenance - Made in China, conforms to EN60335 - Fantasia remote control 433 MHz for fan speed and lights Euro 45.00 ono P & P 15.00 Paul Brown 04 68 78 08 07(Laure-Minervois) |
1st English-speaking Association Forum Thursday 22nd May 2008 from 2pm to 6pm Languedoc Sun and AngloINFO.com, with the support of the Herault tourist Board, are organising an event for the Anglophone and Anglophile community of the region: « The 1st English-speaking association Forum » Thursday 22nd of May at Hostellerie Saint-Alban, Nezignan l'Evèque (34) from 2pm to 6pm. For more than two years now, Languedoc Sun has created a live network within the English speaking community in our region. Since February 2006, AngloInfo.com provides, in English, guidance on settling and living in the Languedoc Roussillon. We would like to encourage new meetings and an exchange of ideas with this Forum, the first of it's kind. More than 20 English speaking, regional associations will be present, wine producers, folkloric music, international businesses, a tasting and cooking demonstration and a British choir will be join us for the afternoon. A unique day in the south of France: Some of the most dynamic and influential representatives from the English speaking community from Marseille to Narbonne will be present: Including, guests of honor, the British Consul and a delegation from the U.S. Consulate. The Forum will be hosted by the splendid Hostellerie de Saint Alban. Yours sincerely,Elisabeth, Languedoc Sun and Caroline, AngloINFO.com ANGLOINFO Caroline Tixier caroline.tixier@angloinfo.com tel : 06.69.62.06.00 www.languedocsun.com www.angloinfo.com Associations : AFAL, AFE, Americans for Peace and Justice, AWGLR, BCA, Britsnimes, Charles Rennie Makintosh , Cricket Club, English Speaking Circle, Lodève English Library, Magellangue, Marseillan Historic Walking Tours, Patchwork, PECC, Pézenas reading group, Slow Food, French Tour sport Camp, WIC, WICM. Sponsors: CDT, Logis de France, Banque Courtois, AXA Cabinet Laplanche, Maison Tournesol, Ixina, Groupe CCS, Domaine d'Arjolles, Les Montgolfières du Sud, Peter Johnson financial adviser, Robert Climatisation, Prowinetour, Surveys in France, Wall Street Institute, Languedoc Property Finders Wine tasting : Domaine de Bourdic, Sourina, Domaine Belle Croix, Domaine d'Arjolles, Virgile Joy, Brasserie d'Oc. |
Fontiers-Cabardès cafe 620
Voici le sujet du café philo de ce vendredi 25 avril: l'identité.
Michelle vous propose un menu à 12 euros:
Salade de poissson fumé
Poulet basquaise
Dessert du jour.
N'oubliez pas non plus le concert de Nicobé samedi 21h30.
Vous pouvez également manger avant le concert si vous le désirez.
Michelle vous propose un menu à 12 euros:
Salade grecque
Sauté de porc
Salade de fruits tropicaux
Merci de réserver vos repas au 04-68-47-44-39.
Thursday 8th of May : Foire de printemps Villeneuve Minervois - all day from 9 am on the Salle polyvalente car park Bootfair, local produce, arts and crafts, flower market Music, pony rides, pétanque competition...Drinks and food Information: 04 68 71 20 14 or on www.villeneuve-minervois.com Saturday 10th of may: Open air Irish folk dancing with the group "cairde" at 5pm on the place de l'église in Laure Minervois - free R |
Camplong d'Aude (between Lézignan and Lagrasse) is organising a day of festivities on Saturday 24 May to mark the 40th anniversary of May 68. There will be films conference/debate a demonstration (bringing together the ideas of 68 and the problems of today, closure of the Casualty Department at Lézignan Hospital, closure of rural post offices, etc) a concert and dance in the evening (music from the time and more recent songs in a similar vein. ) More details on www.mai68camplong.com |
Printemps du Minervois (not trusting myself to translate all this i thought you might like what google translate made of it) THE GREAT WINES TO SPEAK THE LANGUEDOC At LAURE MINERVOIS It is the spring Minervois With the Lauranais Heritage Association, Vignalet the area, Pujol Izard Area, Domaine Saint Jacques d'Albas, Domaine La Tour Boisée, Priory Domaine Saint Martin, Area Prat Majou Keim, Area Majou Prat Gay, Cellier Lauran Cabaret And Domaine des Arcades 04 68 78 12 74 / 04 68 78 12 19 Friday to Sunday, May 4, 2008 AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE VIGNERONSÂ THE MINERVOIS RENS. 04 68 78 12 74 / 04 68 78 12 19 In Carcassonne, Trèbes, left direction Laure Minervois. From Narbonne after Lézignan Corbières towards Saint Couat, Puichéric and exit right direction Laure Minervois. In Beziers, Montady, Minervoise up Puichéric, At the exit right direction Laure Minervois. EXCESS ALCOHOL IS DANGEROUS FOR YOUR HEALTH, CONSOMMEZ WITH CARE Go from 2 to 4 May. Friday, 2 from the home of 19h Laure, screening of the film "Ramparts at the back country" and presentation of the entire program Of the weekend. Appetizer buffet with local products, Olives, gingerbread and goat cheese around wine Laure Minervois and terroir of Balcons de l'Aude. Saturday 3 from 9.30, wine stroll through the vineyards, on foot Or by carriage, followed by an aperitif wine grower. Then starting from 12am Laure in the small train for lunch at Domaine Pujol St Frichoux, lauranaise plate with a glass of wine. Once 14h in the heart of Laure Minervois: "The circular Round and caves "in the small train with introduction to wine tasting And Discovery and purchase of the range of 9 wineries and Domain partners. From 19.30 at home Laure, dinner terroir (Fréginat, salad and dessert) around the wines of Balcons de l'Aude with musical entertainment. 4 Sunday from 9:30 to 12:30, three circuits (1h, 2h or 3h) to Choice for a walk together on the paths of capitelles. Demonstration of dry-stone buildings, explanations Minervoise on tradition. Casse crust in the presence vigneron Basements and fields partners. |
THE ENGLISH SPEAKING CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Dennis Lewin 0468 32 07 29- 11700 Pepieux The English Speaking Christian Fellowship has now received official acceptance as an Association by the French authorities. Based in Homps by the Canal du Midi, we currently have around twenty members and we hold services every Sunday at 10.30 a.m. A Communion Service takes place on the first Sunday of each month. Bible Study is held once a week and social events are organised regularly. We are a very ecumenical group which includes members with C of E, Methodist, Baptist, Catholic and Church of Scotland backgrounds and of different nationalities. We warmly welcome visitors - whether holidaying or longer-stay - and invite those interested to make contact by telephone or e-mail: Dennis Lewin on 0468 32 07 29 or dennis.lewin@orange.fr  Liz Jackson on 0624 60 16 67 or LeTournesol@pocketmail.com Caroline Gorst on 0468 24 78 28 or carolinegorst@marmiflet.com |
Aude Departmental Choir concerts April/May 2008. Conductor William Hedley. Please note the dates and places for this year's programme of concerts. There should be somewhere near you and it would be good if you can support the choir that sings for you! Quillan (Espace Cathare) Tuesday 29th April 9pm St Papoul (Abbey) Wednesday 30th April 9pm Narbonne (Theatre) Friday 2nd May 7.30pm Caunes (Abbey) Friday 16th May 9pm The main work is the Nelson Mass by Joseph Hayden. It will be accompanied by the Aude orchestra of mainly strings and trumpet. If you like The Creation then you will like this work too! Why Nelson?? The Austrians liked Nelson as he kept beating Napoleon's fleet. There is also a piece by the orchestra alone and then a very pleasing unaccompanied work for 2 choirs by Haydn's brother Michael Haydn.
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The Caritats festival is an extravaganza, taking the whole town back to the days of knights and troubadours. There is a market with wine and local produce, a medieval pageant, parades, historical spectacles, traditional games, Jousting, educational presentations, a medieval banquet, craft shows, etc. For two days Béziers will offer you a mixture of music, colour, smells, festive processions, shows of every kind and good food and drink! |
Mirepoix THURSDAY 1st, FRIDAY 2nd, SATURDAY 3rd, SUNDAY 4th May "PARURES ET PARADES" Arts and crafts works, jewellery, exhibitions, theatre WHITSUN WEEKEND (SATURDAY 10th, SUNDAY11th, MONDAY 12th May) Great antiques fair, Second-hand sales for collectors and Flower fair |
Caritats, Medieval Festival
What's on
KT TUNSTALL 25TH APRIL BIKINI TOULOUSE
SICK OF IT ALL 4TH MAY BIKINI TOULOUSE
GREGORY ISAACS 6TH MAY HAVANA TOULOUSE
THE DO 29TH MAY THATRE DE LA MER SETE
THE FLESHTONES 15TH MAY BIKINI TOULOUSE
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS TOUR 2008 28th MAY PALAIS DES SPORTS TOULOUSE
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS TOUR 2008 29TH MAY PATINOIRE L'ARCHIPEL CASTRES
ROGERTHAT 30TH MAY ROCKADELIC CARCASSONNE
POLICE 3RD JUNE MARSEILLE STADE VELODROME
ANOUSHKA SHANKAR 5TH JUNE HALLE AUX GRAINS TOULOUSE
BOB DYLAN 2OTH JUNE ZENITH TOULOUSE
WORLDWIDE FESTIVAL BY GILLES PETERSON JULY 3,4 AND 5 SETE
DIANA ROSS 6TH JULY CARCASSONNE FESTIVAL
CHUCK BERRY 6th JULY HALLE AUX GRAINS TOULOUSE
ZZ TOP 7TH JULY CARCASSONNE FESTIVAL
LENNY KRAVITZ 9TH JULY ARENES DE NIMES
REM 9TH JULY THEATRE DE VERDURE NICE
MIKA 12TH JULY ARENES DE NIMES
CHUCK BERRY 17TH JULY THEATRE DE LA MER SETE
DEEP PURPLE 20TH JULY CARCASSONNE FESTIVAL
GEORGE BENSON 21ST JULY CARCASSONNE FESTIVAL
MASSIVE ATTACK 22ND JULY CARCASSONNE FESTIVAL
VANESSA PARADIS 22ND JULY ARENES DE NIMES
ALICIA KEYS 26TH JULY ARINES DE NIMES
THE HISTORY OF TANGO-ASTOR PIAZZOLLA 14TH AUGUST THEATRE DE LA MER SETE
SUZANNE VEGA 9TH OCTOBER BIKINI TOULOUSE
CELTIC LEGENDS III 22ND NOVEMBER PARC DES EXPOSITIONS NARBONNE
Some vide greniers and foire
Sunday 27th april
Coursan (Vide-greniers au grenier)
Floure (VIDE GRENIER)
Gruissan (Vide grenier brocante)
Mirepeisset (Vide Grenier)
Narbonne ( Vide greniers)
Puicheric (Vide grenier)
Trèbes (Confrèrerie des Capucins)
Villalier (Vide grenier)
Pamiers (Puces & Brocante)
Thursday 1st May
Bize-Minervois (Vide grenier Bize)
Bram (VIDE GRENIER)
Fontiers-Cabardès (Vide-Grenier du 1er mai)
Gruissan (Vide grenier brocante)
Montséret (Vide-greniers du village)
Roquetaillade (Vide grenier brocante)
Trèbes (Vide-grenier)
Vinassan (vide greniers + marché artisanal)
Montgailhard (VIDE GRENIER)
Varilhes ( Marché aux puces, Vide greniers)
Sunday 4th May
Conques-sur-Orbiel (Vide grenier des ecoles)
Coursan (Vide-greniers au grenier)
Gruissan (Vide grenier brocante)
Limoux (Brocante)
Loupia (Vide greniers)
Narbonne (Vide grenier)
Palaja (Vide grenier-brocante)
Saint-Martin-Lalande (Vide Grenier/ Foire à tout)
And on a lighter note (click here) don't worry its safe, more low than easy rider lets say (thanks Joanna) the original if you feel the need
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