As we are installing a new bathroom we
have the old fittings out and ready to go
to be picked up if anybody can use them.
All are white and in good order just a little
Old fashioned. Pedestal basin and taps, basic
Flush toilet, bidet, old style bath 140cm x 65
All free just need to be picked up from
Montmorillon.

We know there are places to buy new mattresses
in and around Poitiers but is there anywhere
In or closer to Montmorillon that sells new
mattress and base sets. The delivery charges
from Poitiers are huge. We need to purchase
two queen size beds.
Any advice much appreciated
Thanks Rosie and Huw

I wonder if anyone can help? I have been asked by a guest the cost of a taxi from us [La Brasserie] to a wedding in Montmorillon. I have never needed a taxi before, so any ideas. The other thing is the wedding is in July and obviously a Saturday, so I presume a more difficult time to find one. All feedback will be appreciated.

We have seen lots of posters about to advertise
Montmorillon Carnivale on Sat 15 March.
Does anybody know what time it kicks off?
Also where is the best vantage point. We also
saw signs to say some streets will be closed off.
The lady at the tourist Info is lovely but
speaks only a little English and as we are
new comers with little French it's hard to get information.
Thanks Rosie

Just thought I would share this with you in case you're fed up with your French Bank as I was.

A couple of years ago we got fed up to the teeth with our French Bank and decided to go elsewhere, so we had a look around and decided to give La Banque Postale in Montmorillon a chance as we thought they couldn't be any worse.

Well after being with them for just over two years I can confidently say they are excellent, yes you still pay for an account (this is France after all) but we can not fault them. And last week we was even more happy with them as we had an appointment with Monsieur Yohann PRODHOMME and he has just saved us well over €200 per year on our car and house insurance.

La Banque Postale have certainly upped there game in my opinion, and Monsieur Prodhomme speaks very good English and is very helpful without being too pushy. Yes he did ask if he could quote for our insurances and I'm glad we said yes, but when he tried to ask about Mobile Phone and I told him he couldn't beat Leclerc at €1.50 a month he said ok we will leave that then.

Scaffolding Thingy for outside work painting, windows, satellite dish, etc.

Not sure how long I will need it, but has anyone got one preferably to borrow (In exchange for a bottle of wine or two)

Or maybe you have one for sale at a reasonable price, or exchange for something I have ?

Failing that does anyone know how much they are to rent and where you can get them.

Thanks.

Fred.

Girls macs & jackets from €5 to €10 ....... 0961467608









All like new

Does anybody know where there is a tailor
in Montmorillon just to have some jeans
taken up? We have walked the streets but
can't find one.
Any help appreciated
Rosie and guw

English speaking doctor in Montmorillon.
Does anybody know if there is an English speaking
doctor in Montmorillon or surrounds?
thanks Rosie and Huw

This is rather late notice, but the association Les Dames de FER are having an informal get together in Montmorillon today at 15.30.

It will be held at LA TERRASSE, 8 RUE DU VIEUX PONT, and the local newspaper will be there too!

The meeting is open to all women in business in the local area, or those considering going into business.

Please get in touch for more info.

Hi everyone,

I'm Jo, 36 years old and live in Leignes sur Fontaine. I moved to France in October 2011 and lived in St Savin until December last year when I moved here to a bigger house.

I have my own business, I'm an auto-entrepreneur, my official title is Virtual Assistant but I also work with lots of authors formatting their books for Amazon Kindle etc...

If you'd like to know anything else, just ask!

Has anyone done the new French driving licence ?

My old UK one is about to run out and I was wondering if anyone had changed to the new French card ones, Mrs Fred had done the old one a few years ago but they are no longer available and apparently it's all changed.

Any info thanks.

I've just been going around the garden to see what spring flowers were popping up as the sun was out, and found lot's of daffodils and snow drops appearing. But I just got a huge surprise when I notice what look like two Daffodils growing out of one of our little Oak trees.

And if you're wondering about this being set up, I can assure you it's not. We have never put daffodil or any bulbs in a tree, and they are well rooted. The only way I can think of how they got there would be that some animal like a squirrel maybe has dug them up from the ground and hid them there, but they are not very well hidden so I just don't know how it happened.

Anyone know of a safe way to remove black mold?

We've got an interesting manifestation of the stuff on a interior wall due, I'm sure, to our rather "damp" autumn and winter.

Many "helpful" folk have told me the deeply unattractive splodge is dangerous for reasons too numerous to bore you with. Therefore, IF it is dangerous, is there a proper way to remove the stuff without killing myself? O should I just let Madame Admiral loose with a paint scraper?

Disturbing rumours reach me here at ChezAdmiralis that La Poste in Lathus is to close.

Can this be true? And if it is, why?

The La Poste in Lathus provides an excellent service and it would be an outrage should it just disappear.

Any answers gratefully received. But not on a postcard. You won't be able to post it.

Hi. Just wanted to share our experience of trying to get broadband out in the countryside. I checked it out before moving to our 15 year vacant house on a website. The website said simply that we were too far from the lines to get normal broadband and that we would need satelite broadband. After much comparing in the UK we got here with a rough idea of prices. A company called ozone put a flyer through our door at a competitive price. I asked at the Marie if it was a known company and they said it was. With three teenagers in the house we went for the unlimited broadband, telephone (voip) with uk calls included and tv. This was in June 2013. After much help badgering the company from neighbours we finally got broadband in the November. As it stands now in February, we still have no phone (they say it was an installation error) and no tv. But they are taking 79€ a month from the bank.
We took advice two weeks ago from Isobel at continental horizons, and now know the only reason we couldn't have broadband was that they couldn't find a phone number for the old connection. By Isobel calling free.fr. and giving the name of the property along the road from us they could find the old cable and we shall be getting broadband, phone and tv for 33€ a month. I expected to get burnt a little when moving to a new country but I don't know what I would have done if a hadn't found Isobel as I couldn't see any alternatives.
To sum up.if like us your buying a bit of a wreck or previous holiday home, if there is an old phone line, however long ago it was in use it is possible that you can get internet via the normal route, saving huge amounts of time, money and heartache. A little advice at the start will save you in every way. Also don't touch ozone with a barge pole.

We are currently in Vietnam and access to the around Montmorillon site is often blocked by the server ( as we are in a dodgy location to be accessing the site?)
A useful (free) app us "open door" which is available for iPhones etc and possibly others,. We have been able to connect using this without getting the "error 403 message " that we get if trying to connect otherwise.
May not be very useful to many others but handy if your in parts of Asia etc.
There were various other VPNs etc that we tried which all worked well but they were nearly all trial versions of paid apps.
Open door seems to be permanently a free one

We have had a few of you forgetting your log-in details and getting locked out for 15 minutes before being able to try again, however when you do try again you will get faced with one of those annoying Captcha's.


We know you don't like them or getting locked out, but they are in place to protect your account from getting hacked. You get 5 attempts to log-in with your correct log-in details, then you will get locked out and have to fill in the Captcha.

You may also get one if you follow the instructions in this thread Lost Password/Username and again it is in place to protect you.

We hate them as much as you, but without some security measures in place the forum could end up full of spam. And if it's your account that got hacked it would look like it was you that was doing the spamming, which would lead to your account being removed.

So if you want to avoid seeing the Captcha please follow these tips and save yourself the frustration.

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