It's census time so you will soon be getting a knock on your door.

It starts on 15 Jan and an agent recruited by your Mayor will be bringing the census to you, make sure you know who they are or ask to see their card.



You can do it yourself either on the papers they will give you or on-line.

But I get them to do it for me, when they turn up just tell them you don't understand enough and they will fill in the answers for you and all you have to do is sign it.

The agent that came last time to us was being driven around by on of the Mayors staff, and he knew all about us and the house so it was simple and painless.

Website: https://le-recensement-et-moi.fr/rpetmoi/accueil

We have an elderly Chesterfield style 2 seater settee for sale, can email images if interested.   50€

Also Britax Duo plus car seat  (up to 4 years). Isofix, as new, still got all the original packing. Our grandson has outgrown it having hardly used it!  rrp. over £200.   80€   Again can email images if required.

20mins. north of Montmorillon.

Bike wanted to suit very tall young man
Who's visiting for a while - so not too expensive  thanks

Further to my earlier plea to find a good supplier of wood, I have now found one.
Hi name is Jirka Habi and he is based near Adriers. He can be found by searching for bois de chauffage, Adriers in LeBonCoin.

His wood is a mixture of oak and ash, 2 years old and priced at €45/stére. I was most surprised that he also stacked the wood at no additional cost.
He also supplies kindling at the same price.

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post his phone number or email here: Fred, advice please!

Brian

Does anyone know of someone who could put a wood burner in for me. I have been let down by the person who had promised to do it, and the nights are getting coldhttp://aroundmontmorillon.com/images/smilies/sad.gifer!

Hi we are looking for a log burner with
14kw output old style glass doors, no boiler
needed but stove top would be ok. Needs
to be in good condition up to 400 euros, we
can pick up.
thanks Rosie and Huw
Brigueil Le Chantre

Hello and welcome to the latest in my seemingly endless chain of questions

My wife and I are planning to return to see family in the UK at Christmas for just over a week.

All fine apart from the fact that we have two cats over here that need either to be fed or banished to a cattery for the duration.

Andrea has found one cattery but the space available for the cats is very small - she reckons the two of them would be sharing a space about the size of a small fridge - and it's a fair drive away from base. So that's not going to happen

Does anyone:
a) know of a good cattery within (say) an hour of Montmorillon
or
b) know of someone who'd be prepared to pop over to our place near Adriers once a day or every other day to leave them some food. In return for suitable payment, of course

Thanks in advance for any help. Or even sarcastic replies...
Brian

Hello all.

This is our first proper Christmas here in France.
Do any of the towns within 20-30km of Montmorillon have Christmas markets? I've scoured the papers etc but can't find any references. Our fantastically helpful French neighbours have rather thoughtlessly gone away for a few weeks so I cant ask them!

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or recommendations,
Brian

Hi all, we need to hire somebody with
a bobcat digger or similar to dig out
topsoil to prepare for paving. The area is
5 metres x 7 metres about 30 cm soil to come
out. Should take a couple of hours tops.
The soil can be moved 50 yards down track.
If you or anybody you know can do the job
please PM us.
Would like to get the job done asap while
the good weather lasts!
Thanks for any info
Rosie and Huw
Moulin des Veax
Brigueil Le Chantre
( near Lathus St Remy)

Apologies if this has been covered before. I did go through the forum but couldn't find an answer.

I've just bought a used car and need to register it. I know the process in outline and where to do it. The vendor said that the fee has to be paid by cheque and cash is not acceptable. The problem is that I do not have a cheque book. Does anyone know if the fee can be paid by debit or credit card?

I have a pool/billiard table for sale. It is 204cm long X 116cm wide X 78cm high. It comes with a plastic cover, a box each of pool and billiard balls, chalk, cues and two racks. There are a couple of small marks near one of the corners but I will show these in the photos. Price €350 ono. Unfortunately, I cannot deliver it so if anyone is interested they will have to come to La Trimouille and collect. I have photos and will try and post them here.

Now this is a big ask but.............does anyone know if La Poste offer a service re-directing your French mail to a UK address?

If they do, how does it work?

How much does it cost?

Before anyone asks, I'm not talking about sending an LRAR from outside France because that topic has already been cracked by the long-lamented Steve.

Hi my name is Jim I live in England and was told this was a great area to live in. I don't know what I can contribute but I am known for having an opinion on most things.
You have great weather there I'm told and the scenery is also great although yours is not a wine growing region I'm tempted,to cross over and sample some wine and olives
I hope this is an active forum as I understand Fred is quote,prolific in his writings

Now we are back to settle in Montmorillon our first
project is to get mobile! We have a hire car
for a month so looking to buy a new or near
new car quite quickly!
Anybody had any experience good or bad
with car dealers in the Montmorillon area?
We think buying a french car may be easier
for registering etc.
Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated!

Thanks Rosie and Huw

We are having ongoing, intermittent, problems with our internet (freebox.fr)
Connects via wifi and runs quite well sometimes, others either won't connect at all or shows as connected to router (wifi) but no internet connection
When it does connect sometimes runs very well (19mbs) other time really slow
We connect just wirelessly at the moment (iPhones/pads) until I can find my Ethernet adaptor for the MacBook (which of course I can't find, and can't seem to buy locally)
Would anybody out there, who's French language and patience, is up to dealing with the ISP help desk, like a job for a day or half day (whatever it takes) trying to help me sort this out. (I'll pay well to get this sorted, I can usually sort of thing in English, however my French is just not up to having the arguments, that no doubt will be a part of the "assistance" one is usually offered by ISP help desks, when they try to fob you off when they don't know how to fix the problem!
PM me if you think you might be up for the challenge!

Does anyone know of a Car air conditioning specialist. (Not an all-round garage, an actual specialist in air con for cars) ?

Always had good service from Norauto in Montmorillon see other thread Puncture repair in Montmorillon but now I've had a bad experience with them.

We decided to get our air conditioning checked and serviced as it's not a diy job, and as Norauto had an offer on we thought that'll do as they have done other work for us and been ok.

Took it in and an hour later drove off with nice fresh cool air, two days later we had to go to Potiers and on the way back the air conditioning although set to 18.5 started blowing out Hot Air. By the time we got home it was warmer inside than outside.

I went back to Norauto, and they asked me to bring it back when the technician would be there. I went back and they did the whole service again and it worked fine ............................. that is till I got home and it was blowing hot again.

Went back again and was asked to take it Saturday morning when the boss mechanic will be there. As I had a couple of days to wait I decided to ask around on the internet and via email with someone I knew in the UK , I was told by a very reliable source that my particular model needed 650 Grms of gas but my invoice from Norauto said they had added 1050 Grms!

On the Saturday I took an email from my reliable source to Norauto and they agreed "They had indeed put in to much gas" They drained it and refilled to the right amount and off I went in my nice cool car.

Gets home and yep you guessed it, it's blowing out hot air. My reliable source told me they may have damaged the air con as it was way over pressure, so I went straigt back this time Not Happy They drained it filled it, gave me back my money and suggested I go to an Air conditioning specialist and get a full report before they can take the matter any further.

I asked them to recommend one and they wouldn't, but it has to be a specialist. Oh and I have to pick up the bill too even though I'm driving around in a car with no air con.

So if anyone does know of a car air con specialist near to Montmorillon please let me know.

*And if you are thinking of having your air con serviced I would give Norauto a miss as they obviously don't know what they are doing where a specialist job is concerned.

Next in my never-ending series of questions...

I enjoy playing guitar but life would be more pleasant for the rest of the family if I could take some lessons and improve!

Last year, I did find a flyer (printer on orange paper) in the tourist office advertising guitar lessons but I've lost it and the tourist office no longer has that leaflet.

I'm particularly interested in fingerstyle blues, ragtime and slide, and would like to find a French teacher so I can improve my French at the same time as the playing.
A Google search suggests there is no-one closer than Poitiers - does anyone know of a teacher closer to Montmorillon/Adriers?

Failing that, are there any other people out there who would like to meet informally to play and learn?

Brian