Week 9 2017

Hello!

Wow! Monday was a day for watching the cranes flying overhead!  Almost non-stop through the
morning I could hear the call of the birds and the distinctive V shape in the skies.  It seems like they use the river as a signpost, or, as someone suggested, thermals of warm air help them to gain height. Whichever it is, Monday was a busy day in the airways.

Apparently, according to the wildlife team at the lakes in Arjuzanx 3,144 cranes were counted that morning. Another observer counted around 24,000 cranes between 12h30 and 14h30 in the Limosin the same day.  This would mean we were right on the flight path as they headed up to Champagne  that morning.  This map shows the sightings of cranes that day.

Cranes spotted on Monday through France. 

If you want to find out more about the migratory adventures of cranes there's a good site here.

Whatever you do this week in the Gironde and Dordogne regions, keep an eye out for cranes heading north and have a great time.
Best wishes,
Helen
notjustfortheholidays@orange.fr

Week 9 2017

Monday 27 February

Tuesday 28 February

Wednesday 1 March

1 March 20h30 : Moonlight is showing in VO at the Eden Cinema in Monsegur.
A timeless story of human self-discovery and connection, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. Starring Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp and Duan Sanderson

Thursday 2 March

2 March and 4 March 14h - 18h : 2 opportunities to hack through the countryside with Elevage du Val de Gorce in Esclottes.  Call 0649925171 or 0611997237 to reserve a place and find out more.

Friday 3 March

3 March 16h15 : Lion is is showing in VO at the Grandecran in Libourne.
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.Starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara.

3 March 18h : Jackie is showing in VO at the Eden Cinema in Monsegur.
Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.Starring Natalie Portman, Peter Arsgaard and Greta Gerwig.

3 - 31 March : Artists exhibition at l'espace Tourisme et Vin in Pineuilh by the Leclerc. Vernissage at 18h30 - all welcome

Saturday 4 March 

4 March 20h30 : Moonlight is showing in VO at the Eden Cinema in Monsegur.

4 - 5 March : Belle Brocante Antiquetes at the Caserne Lamarque, Place Joffre in Libourne (the old Police training centre)

Sunday 5 March

5 March : Flea market in Rauzan

5 March : Vide grenier in Montpon-Menesterol

5 March : Vide grenier in Saint Denis de Pile

5 March 12h : Repas des Chasseurs in Riocaud.

5 March 18h15 : Freaks  is showing at La Breche cinema in Ste Foy.
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.Starring Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams and Olga Baclanova

5 March 20h30 : Lion is is showing in VO at the Grandecran in Libourne.

5 March 20h30 : La La Land is showing in VO at the Grandecran in Libourne.
An Award winning musical. Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Rosemarie DeWitt

5 March 20h30 : La La Land is showing in VO at the Eden Cinema in Monsegur.

Coming up...

6 March 20h30 : Loving is showing at the Eden Cinema in Monsegur.
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.Starring Ruth Negga, Joel Egerton and Will Dalton
7 March 15h : La La Land is showing in VO at the Grandecran in Libourne.
7 March 20h45 : Freaks  is showing at La Breche cinema in Ste Foy.

And finally... 

I finished a project. Spot the difference!