Time to get out your hiking boots, your mountain bike, or brush down your trusty steed and get yourself some fresh air wondering around the fabulous countryside near Lathus.

Organised by the CPA Lathus and last year attracted over 850 people, this is becoming a popular event. There are various marked out routes, long ones, short ones, easy ones, & tough ones, it's free and you can take part on foot, bicycle, or horse.

Or you can just be lazy beside the river, up at the farm, or in the centre enjoying the food and entertainment whilst watching all the others do the work.

The CPA is easy to find from Lathus and it's usually well signed.

Sunday 6 October

I can't find much more information and even though I have sent an Email to tourist information asking them to join us and let us know about what's on, I have had no answer.

So I will give as much as I know.

Montmorillon

Sunday 06/10/13

09:00 - 18:00

De-stocking of books and antiques.

I take it that it's the small shops, though it could be in a tent on the market square for all I know.

Big Vide grenier / Brocante (Car Boot / Antiques)

Lussac-les-Châteaux

Sunday 06/10/13 - 09:00 -19:00

More than 150 exhibitors, professionals and individuals.

I've still got loads of various size rocks from the walls of an old barn near Lathus if anyone wants some, you will have to collect and load it yourself, but it's free for the taking.

No. I'm not thinking of dying just yet but, our English lawyer has strongly recommend we make a French will. In case you're wondering why, it was because after chatting to him he said he had a lot of clients trying to get money and assets out of France back to the UK and without a will it appears the situation becomes hideously difficult. Especially money from your own bank accounts.

Sooo.... Has anyone had experience of making a will in France?

Where do you start and with whom?

What do they want to know?

How many documents do I have unearth from dusty places? We do live in a bureaucrats heaven after all.

Aargh....head hurts.....

Mrs Fred after 9 years has finally decided it's time she got herself a new pair of glasses. She got the last pair from the UK, but she doesn't want the hassle of returning just for glasses.

So does anyone know the drill?

Do you just walk into an Optician and make an appointment?

Can you recommend an Optician? (Would help if they spoke a little English).

What's the going rate for a pair of glasses these days in France?

Thank you.

Bric-a-brac. Organized by the Emmaus-Chatellerault Naintré at La Trimouille.

Friday, September 21 (10 h-19 h)
Saturday, September 22 (10 h-19 h)
Sunday, September 23 (10 h-19 h)

Salle des fêtes La Trimouille.

Free Admission.

Contact: 05.49.90.27.30

Get your Books, Trinkets, Clothing, Small Furnishings, Kitchen & Table Wares at bargain prices.

If you do go and meet some other Brits please mention aroundmontmorillon.com

Hi

I posted on the old forum as to our antique oil boiler and received two really helpful replies ... which have vanished into cyberspace with the demise of the site.

We are in the Uk at the moment but will be back soon and were looking to get the boiler serviced so can someone (I think the Admiral did it before) suggest an oil boiler man - prefereably with a few words of English please?

From memory, the two suggestions before were in Montmorillon itself and a very old, and very well rspected chap in Lassac les Chateau but my memory may be totally wrong on that score.

Thanks

Last year for the first time we got loads of Asian Hornets around one of our apple trees, it was around this time of the year and they go after the windfalls.

I've just checked out my beer traps and there was the first one among the usual hornets, apparently they are very bad for bees and can give a very nasty sting, so get your beer traps out now!

This is a photo from last year, it's not brilliant but if you click to enlarge you will see what they look like.

HP v40 Fax, copier, scanner and printer, waiting to go to a good home. Make us an offer. About 10 years old. Otherwise Emmaus awaits ...

Journet area.

Reply to this post, please!

Hi All,

please take a look at our website glass2france.com

We supply building materials & tools direct from the UK

from a few screws posted out to a van load of windows.

(extra discounts for Montmorillion customers, due to plans to open a trade counter / showroom there next year)

Salut Everyone

We are just about to purchase a place (wreck ? project ? life changing property?) just on the outskirts,

have been all over the country and just find Montmorillon a charming place.

Apparently there has been reports of some scammers selling Post Office Calendars, they are fake and you should only buy from your regular delivery Man/Lady.

The official Post Office calendars should not be available before October so be careful and only buy from your regular delivery person.

We always buy one from our regular post lady and we give €5, and for that we get excellent service. She will always keep an eye out for any letters we have left out pegged to our post box for delivery, and she will even take our post and tell us the next time how much it cost.

What about you, do you buy a calendar from your regular Post Office delivery person and what do you think of the service?

Not sure how to make your what's on ad stand out? Have a look at these handy threads by YOYO.

Starting a new thread.

Images in your post.


If you're still not sure and you need some help posting your what's on ad, give me a shout and I will do it for you. I'm not here all the time but I will get around to it as soon as I can.

Fred.

Not sure how to make your for sale ad stand out? Have a look at these handy threads by YOYO.

Starting a new thread.

Images in your post.


If you're still not sure and you need some help posting your for sale ad, give me a shout and I will do it for you. I'm not here all the time but I will get around to it as soon as I can.

Fred.

Not sure how to make your wanted ad stand out? Have a look at these handy threads by YOYO.

Starting a new thread.

Images in your post.


If you're still not sure and you need some help posting your wanted ad, give me a shout and I will do it for you. I'm not here all the time but I will get around to it as soon as I can.

Fred.

Not sure how to make your business ad stand out? Have a look at these handy threads by YOYO.

Starting a new thread.

Images in your post.


If you're still not sure and you need some help posting your business ad, give me a shout and I will do it for you. I'm not here all the time but I will get around to it as soon as I can.

Fred.

La Brasserie is just on the outskirts of Montmorillon [past the station, under the viaduct and then first left].

Montmorillon Hospital from next week will open a new specimen collection centre for blood & urine. It's not intended as competition of the Laboratory in the town, as it will only be open between 07:30 09:00 Mon - Fri.

You will need a prescription from your GP to use the service and apparently you can just turn up and wait your turn, but it may be best to make an appointment if you don't want to hang around.

The laboratory in town will continue as normal.

If you do use it please post feedback here.

Big vide grenier in Lathus on Sunday September 8.

For those of you interested in buying odd-shaped bits of rusty metal, clothes that would fit a midget, well-thumbed tatty books and other delights, kick-off is at 0700.

Bar, buffet serving up chips and lightly grilled bits of shoe leather cunningly sold as "steak" plus all the usual trimmings one would associate with the thriving metropolis that is Lathus.

If you fancy turfing out any long treasured tat from the garage and selling it to unsuspecting punters, you'll have to set-up early. "Emplacements" are free.

It's a harmless way to spend an hour or two before the Hope & Anchor opens. Oops..sorry....wrong country.