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Hello!
The Battle of Castillon finally got off to an explosive
start! The warm and balmy evening was
perfect for the event. If you don’t have
your tickets yet, it's not too late, please go to http://www.batailledecastillon.com/
Sunday morning took us to Chateau Laroque to see bread maker
James making pain levain (sourdough bread).
Using the natural yeasts present in the grains of wheat to make the
bread rise his passion and patience was a lesson in ‘slow food’. From start to finish a loaf takes 5 days at
least. Delicious and well worth the wait!
You can now follow notjustfortheholidays on Instagram http://instagram.com/notjustfortheholidays With pictures from life during the week too! Hope to see you there.
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| James the bread maker |
Plenty to do this week – night markets all over the place
and lots of live music events too.
Whatever you do in the Gironde and Dordogne – have a great week.
Best wishes,
Helen
Week 31 2014
26 July – 31 August : Painting and Photographic Exhibition
by Nathalie Ouamrane and Florent Pacaud at Château Franc La Fleur, St Magne de
Castillon, 17, avenue du stade 33350 St Magne de Castillon. Whilst you are there you can take the time to
visit the park and the organic winery.
Monday 28 July
28 – 29 – 30 July : Pottery Workshops for children with Jo
McKinnon. For further information
contact joandstuart@orange.fr or
call 05 53 82 33 30
Tuesday 29 July
29 July : Alba Yarns Summer Sale. http://www.albayarns.com/index.html
29 July 16h15 & 20h30 : Boyhood is showing in VO at the
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's
BOYHOOD is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child
named Mason (a breakthrough performance by Ellar Coltrane),
who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette
as Mason's parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha,
BOYHOOD charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no other film has before.
Snapshots of adolescence from road trips and family dinners to birthdays and
graduations and all the moments in between become transcendent, set to a
soundtrack spanning the years from Coldplay's Yellow to Arcade Fire's Deep
Blue. BOYHOOD is both a nostalgic time capsule of the recent past and an ode to
growing up and parenting. Written by IFC
Films
29 July : Jazz and Wine concert at the Citadelle in
Bourg, See here for more information
29 July : Night Markets in Monteton, St Emilion – Parc Guadet,
Eymet and Castillon La Bataille
Wednesday 30 July
30 July 16h15: Boyhood
is showing in VO at the Grandecran in Libourne.
30 July 21h : Gironde Chamber Orchestra in Concert at St Vincent de Pertignas
30 July – 2 August : Junior cricket week organised by St
Aulaye Cricket. For more information
contact wynford@hicksinfrance.net
05 53 91 32 57
30 July : Party in the Park at Chateau Fayolle Luzac, 33220
Fougueyrolles. Pack up your picnic
hamper and your rug and go and be entertained by George Smith and the
Hicksville Swing. It’s a great evening.
30 July : Night Markets in Monsegur and Blasimon
Thursday 31 July
31 July 16h15: Boyhood
is showing in VO at the Grandecran in Libourne.
31 July 20h45 : Jimmy’s Hall is showing in VO at La Breche Cinema in Ste
Foy.
Political
activist Jimmy Gralton is deported from Ireland during the country's 'Red
Scare' of the 1930s. Starring Barry
Ward, Simon Kirby and Andrew Scott
31 July : Gironde Chamber Orchestra in Concert with an aperitif musical at Gensac
31 July : Night Markets in Duras, Ste Foy la Grande - Terrasse
François Mitterrand and Eymet
Friday 1 August
1 August 16h15: Boyhood
is showing in VO at the Grandecran in Libourne.
1 August : Diner Concert at La Terrasse Rouge in St
Emilion. Swing Fronteras, playing 30’s
Jazz perform at the striking setting of Chateau Dominique.http://www.laterrasserouge.com/ 1 August : The Battle of Castillon - amazing re-enactment from the end of the Hundred Years war http://www.batailledecastillon.com/
1 August : Night Markets in Lévignac de Guyenne, Cadillac
and St Michel de Montagne.
Saturday 2 August
2 August 16h15: Boyhood
is showing in VO at the Grandecran in Libourne
2 August : Gironde Chamber Orchestra in Concert atGrezillac
2 August 18h : Jimmy’s Hall is showing in VO at La Breche Cinema in Ste
Foy.
Rendez-vous les 2, 3 et 4 août au centre du
village du Montcaret. Au programme ; bal disco (samedi soir), DIMANCHE :
rassemblement de véhicule historique et ballade cartographique, Expo
tracteurs anciens—Repas spectacle en soirée avec le groupe Manu Mambo,
(20€) -Inscriptions : 06 24 35 20 69 –Concours de pétanque pour
tous—Feux d’artifice lundi soir avec bal
2 – 3 August : Village Fete at Loubes Bernac
Sunday 3 August
3 August 15h : Jimmy’s Hall is showing in VO at La Breche Cinema in Ste
Foy.
3 August 16h15: Boyhood
is showing in VO at the Grandecran in Libourne
3 August : Vide Greniers at Cleyrac 33540
3 August : Brocante Vide greniers at Gensac 33890 – this is
the good one! Last year we found an
original draining board to go with our butler sink – a real find!
3 August : Vide Grenier at Le Fleix 24130, this should be
big too, but more car booty than antiques and collectables.
3 August : Vide
Grnier at Montagne 33570
3 August :
Vide Grenier at Montpon Menesterol.
3 August : Vide Grenier Brocante at St Remy sur Lidoire
24700
3 August : Gironde Chamber Orchestra in Concert at Gensac
Coming up…
And finally…
A message from Ron Marsh ronald.marsh@wanadoo.fr
Dates to remember.
If you are like me, I need a very visual prompt to
remember important dates. Yes, I can put
them in my diary but then I have to remember to open it. To solve my problem, at the beginning of each
year, I look for a very attractive wall calendar which has big squares for each
day of the month and in these squares I write reminders to myself. Thank goodness it works.
Whatever method you use, please mark off the week from 23
to 31 August, which is the 9th edition of “The Franco-British Week”
in Pays Foyen.
Whether you reside here in France or just enjoy holidays
in our wonderful region you will certain find a number of events which you will
enjoy. There’s a very full programme of
events to suite all tastes, Art and choral music, sport and jazz, wine and
food, guided tours of gardens and Ste Foy la Grande plus river trips, quiz
night and a grand picnic. You can even
partake in a cooking lesson, with local chefs, of our best regional dishes.
The official opening will be from the steps of the Mairie
of Ste Foy la Grande at 11.45 on Saturday 23 August where the special guests
will be Claude Villers, a highly respected local journalist and Martin Walker,
the author of the Inspector Bruno series of books. If you are not familiar with
the Inspector Bruno books then I strongly recommend that you look at Martin
Walker’s web site www.brunochiefofpolice.com I know of no other author who captures the
life, the culture, the people and the food of our region with such joy and
insight.
More to follow, so watch this space and the stores in
Pays Foyen for more information.
Ron Marsh.
