If you're not happy with the result of the EU Referendum you may be interested in this: Nigel Farage wants second referendum

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Tonight (23rd) is the first Marche de Producteurs at le Dorat. Not to be missed!

In case anyone fancies real ale, steak sandwiches and live music, the bar at Thiat is offering all three from 1pm tomorrow!

Hi

We are in the process of buying a small house in hamlet of Varenne near La Trimouille, and or course the fosse septic is not up to scratch, does anybody know a good local company who installs septic tanks  or treatment  plants 

Cheers

Shane

We are soon to move to Belabre and want to change our oil fired central heating to a gas combi boiler. Has anybody in the area had experience of,or can recommend, a good plumbing engineer. Also does the engineer arrange for gas tank installation or does this have to be sorted beforehand. Any advice on this would be most welcome.

If you are living in France you may be interested in these websites.

The CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) Deals with the benefits system: https://www.caf.fr

The AMELI (L’assurance maladie en France) Deals with the health system: https://www.ameli.fr

The MSA (Mutualité sociale agricole) Deals with those in the agriculture sector: https://www.msa.fr

*They all have offices in most larger towns and visit some smaller towns once a week. They are also very helpful and can usually find someone that speaks English if you're having difficulties.

Now there's a title to interest people.

My brother in law and partner are visiting in mid October. He has expressed an interest in a wine tasting session. I can't think of anything local but there again what do I know?

What have I missed?

Chris

If you ever wanted to know where the best fuel prices are in your area of France this may help.

https://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/

We're in need of a gas bottle cooker if anyone has one that they no longer need.
Fair price paid.

Steve

Hi All.
We will be accompanied on holiday to Monty for the first time this year by our new doggie.
Bit worried about where to get a good supply of raw bones.
He likes these!
Do the supermarkets in the local area stock them?
If not,where can i satisfy his cravings?
Any suggestions greatly appreciated

The other night, as I was watching the night sky I was transfixed by the lightning accompanying a distant storm, somewhere over Poitiers and Chauvigny, clearly visible from our garden about 12 km south of Montmorillon.

There's an excellent website called Lightning Maps which gives you a live map of thunderstorms around the world. The France/Germany area is particularly accurate and shows each strike with a delay of just a second or so. It even shows how far the thunder front has travelled.

I find it very useful when planning gardening/washing/going for a walk etc. Or just to amuse myself.

IF you visit from a mobile phone, it should default to the mobile version automatically.

Have fun!

Free ......two pallets of old clay hollow floor tiles. Perfect for hard core.....easy to stack/load in a van or trailer. Located near Brigueil le Chantre...about 15 mins from Montmorillon. Easy access......just email for directions if you can use them.

LeClerc had petrol this morning but were restricting supply to 20 litres (or actually 19.45 litres) per person on the pump. Diesel appeared to be the same.

Chris

One of the things I really like over here is the clarity of the night sky*.

Like many people, I could identify Orion and a couple of other constellations and could hardly miss the milky way - but there's clearly an awful lot going on up there that has been a complete mystery to me.

It turns out that a chap from the UK has moved over here to set up a residential astronomy centre near Confolens. The basic idea is that UK stargazers will come over for holidays.

He is also running one day 'beginner' courses, and I went on the first such in May 2016. Despite torrential rain stopping most practical work, the twelve of us attending the course all seemed to learn a huge amount. One of which is the amount you can learn just by observing with the naked eye and photographing with a simple camera.

If you have the slightest interest in what's happening over your head (and I don't mean French bureaucracy) I suggest you take a look at Astro Farm's beginners' courses.


* unless it's obscured by enormous great thunderclouds

Removes up to 30 litres moisture /day. Full operating manual (in English & French).
As new, cost 320€ Offers around 250€. Photos, spec, viewing on request.

Genuine Ercol dining table and 6 chairs ( 2 carvers) complete with cushions  for sale.
Very good condition. Photos or viewing available on request.
400€ ONO. St Savin.

I understood that an event called "Summer" should be running by now. Does anyone know where it is because it doesn't seem to be anywhere near Montmorillon...

Went through Le Dorat the other day and it looked like Christmas was coming.  

A little bit of research later and I found out all the Christmas Trees are to do with the Ostensions. Apparently it happens every 7 years and I was wondering if anyone had ever been? If you have, do you know when is the best time to go and where would be the best place to experience it without being in the Church.

I did find this website and it looks like the procession is at 11:45 this Sunday 22nd. https://ostensions-le-dorat.e-monsite.com/

I'm not a religious person but it does look like they put a lot of effort into and thought the procession could be worth a look as it's only every 7 years.

So is it worth a look and where can you see it?

Just in case anyone needs to know , when completing this year`s tax forms, Montmorillon Impots are using the sterling/euro exchange rate of 1.32074.
Regards!