Week 25 2021

Hello!

I've been up to my elbows in clay these past few weeks making yarn bowls!

This weekend, Gensac celebrates the Marche du Mouton Ivre.  It's all about the wool... and they invited me to set up a stand amongst them and sell my yarn bowls.

Here they are in varying stages of the making, you'll have to come along this weekend to see how they turned out!  I'll also have other ceramics items for sale, including the ever popular plant markers.

Come by and say Hello. Dorothea who runs the wool and textile workshops at the Maison des Artisans in Sauveterre will also be there.  She's running a felting workshop. So if you have ever wanted to try your hand at felting, this is your chance.

Take care and continue to be vigilent, get out and about and enjoy the Gironde and Dordogne regions.

Best wishes,

Helen

notjustfortheholidays@orange.fr

📞06 30 89 85 36

 

Week 25

Last weekend at Chateau Pop at Rigaud

 Saturday 26 June

Sunday 27 June

Coming up... the night markets are starting...

And Flaujagues has a whole host of activities for the weekend of their fete

And finally...

 

This invites you to participate in the creation of this multicultural day:
entertainment, concerts, shows, a large open-air cinema, food stalls, an open stage (a call will be launched soon to local associations).
This event would be free and open to all.
To organise this day of festivities, participatory financing has been launched.
It will be used to hire equipment, pay the artists who will come for the event and pay all the related costs (insurance, electricity, broadcasting rights etc.)
You can help us, by participating in the collection from 10€ > https://jadopteunprojet.com/decouvrez-les-projets/detail/le-maximum-a-castillon-la-bataille
But also by relaying the information to your friends, your families and on the networks (our facebook page > https://www.facebook.com/lemaximum33350)
Thank you very much!

Week 20 2021

Hello!

Finally... we can open our local independent shops and support small businesses, we can have a drink and a meal on the terrace of our local small businesses and we can restart workshops and support small local businesses...

Please get out there and support our local small businesses. Thank you.

Whatever you do this week in the Gironde and Dordogne regions, have a great time, take care and keep safe.

Best wishes,

Helen

notjustfortheholidays@orange.fr 

Week 20 

Coming up...

Monday 24th May is Pentecost, (another bank holiday for May)

We used to pick up a year's supply of salt from the 8 May open day market at Chateau de Bonhoste.  Unfortunately the market was cancelled, but the opportunity to buy the potatoes and the salt lives on.

Delayed to 3 July

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I'll be here with a mini pottery workshop.

And finally...

I can restart pottery workshops.  

If you are interested in discovering clay, trying your hand at throwing a pot, or looking for a new activity to explore, don't hesitate to get in touch.  I have a beautiful studio on the top floor of the Maison des Artisans in Sauveterre just asking to be full of creative and curious souls.

Contact me 06 30 89 85 36

Week 19 2021

 Hello!

It's so exciting... we are looking forward to next week when Bars and Restaurants start to open up again. 

Even more exciting is that Chateau Rigaud in Mouliets et Villemartin is launching a pop up from 20th May, on the terrace at Rigaud. Their weddings are starting late for all the obvious reasons but the chefs are all there and raring to go so this is what they're offering.

Chateau Pop is all about gourmet burgers and slightly naughty salads under the guidance of their new head chef, John Grabecki. John spent a year at the three michelin star restaurant 'Attica' in Melbourne and was also TWICE winner of "The Great Sausage Roll Off" in Barnes, London, a fact of which he is rightly proud. 

They would like to extend a special opening offer, a free glass of cremant for every Not Just For The Holidays reader who likes their Facebook Page before they open on 20th May. 

You just need to mention that you have liked the page when booking a table. 

Whatever you do in the Gironde and Dordogne regions, keep well, keep safe, take care.

Best wishes,

Helen

notjustfortheholidays@orange.fr

 

Week 19

 

13 May is a Bank Holiday - Ascension  

 

Coming up...

 

The Glass House at Chateau Carbonneau

 

And finally...

We have moved the Sunflower pottery workshop on to 29th May.  Pottery Workshops are still prohibited under the Covid guidelines.