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<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
2 News<br />
News<br />
Furniture<br />
Rustique Revival<br />
Saint-Nicolas du Tertre 56910<br />
PINE COUNTRY<br />
FURNITURE<br />
AND KITCHENS<br />
Giftware, Home Decoration<br />
Antiques, Soft Furnishings<br />
02 97 93 79 56<br />
www.rustique-revival.<strong>com</strong><br />
Paul Boussard<br />
English Spoken<br />
AIKB Poetry Competition<br />
This year, for the first time, Pat Bromley organised<br />
a poetry <strong>com</strong>petition, on behalf of AIKB in<br />
Gouarac. The theme was honesty to coincide with<br />
World Honesty Day. Pictured above from the left<br />
are one of the judges, Robert Cole, and the winners<br />
of the adult section,<br />
James Bell, Hélène Nouaille Dégorce and Robert<br />
Hilton. Poems Page 26<br />
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Contents<br />
Breton<br />
Communes:<br />
Glomel page 33<br />
Who Was<br />
Glenmor? page 19<br />
Famous Gardens:<br />
Rosanbo Park page 25<br />
Results: AIKB Poetry<br />
Competition page 26<br />
News 2<br />
New Businesses 4<br />
Editorial 5<br />
Places to Eat 6 & 7<br />
What's On 7<br />
Church & Community 12<br />
Antique & Second Hand 13<br />
Letters 14<br />
Chess Puzzle 14<br />
Letters / News 16<br />
The Bookshop, Huelgoat 17<br />
The Doll Museum, Josselin 18<br />
The Tour de France 21<br />
Flowers in June -<br />
back page<br />
Grax Warrior: FAQ 77 22<br />
Prize Crossword 23<br />
For What it's Worth 24<br />
Website 25<br />
On & Off the Beaten Track 28<br />
Art & Culture 30<br />
Megalith Diary 32<br />
Profi le: France Foley 38<br />
Nature Diary: The Fox 40<br />
Classifi ed Index 46<br />
Tim the Gardener 48<br />
Glomel - pages 33 - 37<br />
Guilotin's Oak - page 28<br />
Rosanbo Park - page 25<br />
Who Was Glenmor? 19 - 20<br />
Poetry<br />
Competition<br />
26 - 27
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
4 New Businesses<br />
New Businesses<br />
Le Kreisker Poullaouen<br />
Rick and Kelli McGowen have taken over Le Kreisker Cafe / Bar / Resto Rapide in the centre of Poullaouen,<br />
and are running it with their daughter, Chantelle (above left). They serve Fish & Chips, Burgers, cheeseburgers,<br />
a children's menu, and offer free WiFi, Canal + television including sport, a darts machine, a children's play area,<br />
and boules on a Sunday. The Kreisker is open from 11am to 1am every day except Wednesday. It also has a function<br />
room, available for bookings. 02 98 93 58 79 lekreisker@hotmail.fr<br />
18th JUNE SPECIAL OPENING EVENT- Rick and Kelli are pleased to invite everyone to a spit roast<br />
and couscous at the Kreisker, starting 12 noon. FOOD WILL BE FREE - buy your drinks from the bar.<br />
Brocante - La Gare<br />
The Brocante Le Gare, Pont Melvez on the main Carhaix/<br />
Guingamp road has re-opened after being closed for eight<br />
years. Initially it will be open just on Saturday and Sunday<br />
afternoons and during school holidays.<br />
Maysie's Cafe - Fish & Chips<br />
Gary Page - already known to some readers as the<br />
owner of GNP Glass & Glaziers has opened a Fish &<br />
Chip restaurant on the main D2 between Noyal Pontivy<br />
and Rohan. Maysie's Cafe seats 32 plus a barn area<br />
which can ac<strong>com</strong>modate 50 and has a set 10.50€ menu<br />
which consists of fresh fi sh, home-made chips, peas,<br />
curry/gravy, bread and butter, tea/coffee or syrup, and<br />
sweet of the day with or without ice cream. The house<br />
speciality is salt and pepper chicken with chips and<br />
salad. There is a children's menu (5€), a take-away<br />
service, and group bookings.<br />
Open Wed., Thur., & Fri lunchtimes, and Thur. and Fri.<br />
evenings - but Gary reports that customer response has<br />
been very positive so far, and he may increase opening<br />
hours over the summer months.<br />
More info: 02 97 08 20 20<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong>
Places to<br />
Eat Organic<br />
MAYSIE'S CAFE<br />
FISH AND CHIPS<br />
eat in or take away<br />
OPEN Tue: 11:30-2:30 Thu: 11:30-2:30 & 6:30-9 Fri: 11:30-2:30 & 6:30-9<br />
On the D2 Noyal-Pontivy /<br />
Rohan road<br />
Noyal-Pontivy<br />
MAYSIE'S CAFE<br />
Le Gazon 56920 Kerfourn<br />
Pierre & Paulette<br />
Tel: 02 96 33 28 69<br />
Fish & Chips every Lunchtime (& Fri Evenings by Reservation)<br />
1, Rue de la Tour 22190 PLERIN<br />
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02 97 08 20 20<br />
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6 Places to Eat<br />
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Food & Drink<br />
Food Market<br />
Carhaix 02 98 99 44 96<br />
Organic dried fruit<br />
Organic Wine, Organic Veg<br />
Le Marché Bio, 4 rue Charles le Goff<br />
(opp. Intermarché)<br />
Café du Centre<br />
Cafe - Bar - Snacks<br />
Fried Chicken and Burgers on Friday nights.<br />
English Real Ales. illy coffee. Free Wifi.<br />
Lunch Menu<br />
Paninis / Burgers / Sandwiches /<br />
Chips / Ice Creams<br />
Tuesday - Saturday 12-2<br />
02 96 24 01 12<br />
22320 St Mayeux<br />
Le Kreisker lekreisker29246@hotmail.fr<br />
Pub - Restaurant Poullaouen<br />
Open all day, every day 10am - 1am. Closed Wednesday.<br />
Food available all day (booking advised)<br />
Fish & Chips - Resto Rapide - Burgers.<br />
Childrens’ play area - free wifi - regular events<br />
02 98 93 58 79<br />
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PLOUYÉ MARCHÉ<br />
9 le Bourg, 29690 Plouyé<br />
English products, Depot de Pain, Books & Cards,<br />
World foods including Indian pickles & spices<br />
Mon - Sat 8:30am - 5:30pm & Sun 9am - 12pm<br />
phippsridds@aol.<strong>com</strong> 02 90 94 30 64<br />
Bringing the Taste of India to Your Home<br />
02 96 21 53 47<br />
curry-sauce-heaven@hotmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Six authentic curry sauces. Direct from an Indian<br />
Chef working in the UK. All sauces 4 euros each<br />
625g packs, frozen. Suitable for vegetarians & vegans.<br />
Places to Eat<br />
Auberge de la Vieille Tour<br />
22330 Langourla<br />
Sunday lunches every week<br />
Hot food all day, every day<br />
4-course traditional Sunday roast<br />
Bookings please<br />
Tel: 02 96 30 41 15<br />
pla ir<br />
THE AWARD WINNING<br />
ENGLISH SHOP<br />
&<br />
COFFEE SHOP<br />
18, rue Yves Le Calvé<br />
56160 SEGLIEN 02.97.28.03.97<br />
TUES - SAT 9.30 - 5.00<br />
SUN 9.30 - 12.00<br />
www.magasinplaisir.<strong>com</strong><br />
Les Rodrigues<br />
Restaurant & Takeaway<br />
(Goan & Indian Cuisine)<br />
Guémené-sur-Scorff town centre<br />
Opening times:<br />
Mon - Sat 18.00-21.00<br />
from 1st March - 30th November<br />
Tel: 02 97 51 22 39<br />
TY MAD<br />
Friendly, English-run Bar-Restaurant<br />
opposite church in St.Tugdual.<br />
Midday & Evening menus 10.50€<br />
Sun. lunch - 4 courses 15€<br />
French & English cuisine à la carte<br />
Tel. 02 97 39 48 38<br />
(Open every day. Closed Wednesday evening)<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
What's On / Places to Eat 7<br />
What’s On<br />
Tues 1 st - Sun 5 th June<br />
Every Wednesday,<br />
Tots club meets at the Salle de Fete St Mayeux from 10.30 ‘till<br />
12. Fun games and songs. 1 euro each includes drink and a<br />
snack.<br />
Wednesday 1 st June<br />
Curry & Quiz - booking essential. Rendezvous Café-Bar 10 rue<br />
de Treguier, 22160 Callac 02 96 38 54 76<br />
1 st to 28 th June<br />
Painting Exhibition at the Atelier de Bon Repos. Featuring the<br />
work of Elisabeth Forssander and Marcel Louargant. Open from<br />
2.30pm to 6.30pm. Open Sunday from 10.30am to 1pm and<br />
2.30pm to 7pm. Admission free. Preview Sunday 12th June,<br />
from 4pm.<br />
Saturday 4 th June<br />
Clarinette Festival, Glomel. Musicians from all over the world<br />
<strong>com</strong>e together to perform jazz, world music, and local music.<br />
Saturday 4 th June<br />
Garage Sale. 3 pl de l’Eglise, 22160 Duault. 10-12 and 2-5.30.<br />
Sundry household items, children’s toys, two bicycles, etc.<br />
Saturday 4 th June<br />
Curry Sauce Heaven presents a 3 course curry meal consisting<br />
of mixed starter sheesh kebab,onion bhaji, veg samosa, served<br />
with dips and popadoms; main course chicken or veg curry<br />
(choice of 4 curries) served with rice and nan.<br />
Dessert, fruit salad and ice cream, plus coffee and glass of wine<br />
all for 13.95€. Starts 7pm. Venue: le Faouet, 22160 Chapelle<br />
-Neuve. Booking in advance, contact 0296215347 or damon.<br />
parry@sky.<strong>com</strong> or curry-sauce-heaven@hotmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Sunday 5 th June,<br />
The Great British Tea Party nr Rostrenen 5€ per head. See<br />
page 31 for details 02 96 29 34 70<br />
Sunday 5 th June<br />
AIKB Glorious June Plant Sale. Come and enjoy buying or<br />
selling plants in the courtyard at AIKB. Tables for hire at 5€.<br />
There will be a tearoom with drinks and snacks. (Please book<br />
your plant table through the AIKB bureau, they sell out quickly.)<br />
02 96 24 87 90, aikb@wanadoo.fr. AIKB, Pavillon de Rohan,<br />
Gouarec. Doors open 11.30am. – 3pm. Free entry.<br />
Sunday 5 th and Monday 6 th June<br />
Callac Cinema RABBIT HOLE. 2011, directed by John<br />
Cameron Mitchell, with Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart,<br />
Dianne Wiest (01h32min). Life for a happy couple is turned<br />
upside down after their young son dies in an accident.<br />
Based on a play by David Lindsay-Abaire. Starts 8.30pm
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
8 What's On<br />
GITEM Callac<br />
Ets. Derrien<br />
TV Hi Fi Domestic Appliances<br />
Complete after-sales service<br />
English spoken<br />
Zone <strong>com</strong>merciale de Kerguiniou Callac 02 96 45 52 82<br />
ptique bouvet<br />
Opticians<br />
ROSTRENEN 19 place de<br />
la République 02 96 29 02 50<br />
ENGLISH SPOKEN<br />
Buy one<br />
pair and get a<br />
second pair<br />
free!<br />
Carnoët Book Swap<br />
Carnoet village centre opposite the church.<br />
Open Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat 10:30 am - 2:30 pm.<br />
5€ membership per year entitles you to<br />
swap, free of charge, thousands of books,<br />
videos and DVDs.<br />
Quality Handmade Cards Now in Stock<br />
Tel: 02 96 21 50 67<br />
christmas order sheet, cards and stock arriving; delivery available<br />
English and French specialities<br />
32 grand rue 22800 QUINTIN PHONE: 06.13.27.71.34<br />
English & French sweets, English groceries, Ice cream,<br />
Drinks, Cards, Chips, Gifts, Party stuff.<br />
www.salledesbonbons.fr<br />
June @<br />
Elizabeille<br />
Open Wed. - Sun. 10:30am - 6pm<br />
EVERYDAY<br />
Lunch time menu (12 - 14h)<br />
Just 5,50 €!!<br />
Homemade Burgers / Lasagne /<br />
Quiche / Leek Tart<br />
Served with Rustic Chips or<br />
New potatoes and Salad<br />
(Children 3,50 €)<br />
Please note we are CLOSED 10 - 14 June.<br />
Find out more and fi nd us on facebook: 'Elizabeille'<br />
www.elizabeille.<strong>com</strong><br />
le Bourg 22230 LAURENAN 02 96 25 18 69<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
Sunday 5 th June<br />
Bikers' meeting 2.30 pm Rendezvous Café-Bar 10 rue de<br />
Treguier, 22160 Callac 02 96 38 54 76<br />
Mon 6 th - Sun 12 th June<br />
Tuesday 7 th June<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong> Walks. 12.30 Picnic at Brennilis, plus short afternoon<br />
walk (see www.brittanywalks.<strong>com</strong> for details).<br />
Tuesday 7 th June<br />
Royal British Legion, <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Branch monthly<br />
social at the Relais de L’Oust, Rue de Pontivy, 56120 Josselin<br />
from 12.30. Fun Quiz, raffl e and second-hand books for sale.<br />
Further details call Barbara on 0297 38 74 13.<br />
harry.eastwood@orange.fr. http://rblbrittany.free.fr<br />
Wednesday 8 th June<br />
Rendezvous Cafe, Callac. Sale of greetings cards, gifts and<br />
second-hand books, 10am to 2pm.<br />
It's market day in Callac, so stop for refreshments and more<br />
shopping at 10 rue de Treguier, just off the market square. 02 96<br />
38 54 76 or dwcards@orange.fr for more info.<br />
Thursday 9 th June<br />
Inspirational talk by Walter Ariel Keren Or who was born<br />
into a Jewish family in Brazil and found his personal salvation<br />
through Christianity, 6.30 pm. The Salle Parossial, Rue St<br />
Anatol, Callac (the building is behind the Maison Medical).<br />
Friday 10 th June<br />
Les Fous, Carnoet, Keith’s Quiz....teams any size 2€ per<br />
person. For more information call Don or Tricia on 02 96 21 52<br />
32 or email Orson@les-fous.<strong>com</strong>. From 7:30pm at Les Fous,<br />
22160 Carnoët<br />
Sunday 12 th June<br />
Callac Cinema. Midnight in Paris. Starts 8.30pm. A romantic<br />
<strong>com</strong>edy about a family travelling to the French capital for<br />
business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to<br />
confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.<br />
Directed by Woody Allen. With Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams,<br />
Michael Sheen (1h34min).<br />
Saturday 12 th June<br />
Fête du Fromage, Trezelan (Bégard). Starts 2pm. Market of<br />
local cheeses, cheese-making workshops and demonstrations.<br />
6pm, Musical Walk (bring welly boots). A two and a half hour<br />
walk ac<strong>com</strong>panied by storytellers, singers, and pipers. 8.30pm.<br />
Raclette evening, and dance around the bonfi re.<br />
Sunday 12 th June<br />
Come all ye fous to the monthly Harmony & Glee Club<br />
afternoon music session. Bring your instruments and your<br />
voices and....join in !..or just sit and listen. For more information<br />
call Don or Tricia on 02 96 21 52 32 or email Orson@les-fous.<br />
<strong>com</strong>. From 2:30pm at Les Fous, 22160 Carnoët.
Sunday 12 th June<br />
90th birthday party of the Poppy Appeal and The Royal<br />
British Legion, La Lande de Boloré, St Aignan.<br />
Starts 2 pm. Entry is free for members and 1€ for non-members.<br />
Please bring a cake or similar to share if you feel you can. There<br />
will be a tombola and many games to play, as well as a tea room<br />
with cakes and other refreshments, freshly-made crepes, books,<br />
bric-a-brac, bottle and welfare stalls, etc. For further information,<br />
and directions if necessary, please contact Kissmekate@<br />
aliceadsl.fr or telephone Catherine Curtis 02 97 39 60 69.<br />
Sunday 12 th June<br />
Strawberry Festival, Plougastel-Daoulas<br />
Plougastel celebrates the strawberry harvest with parades in<br />
traditional dress and traditional musicians.<br />
14 th -17 th June<br />
Coastal Walking holiday - Gulf of Morbihan.<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong> Walks. see www.brittanywalks.<strong>com</strong> for details<br />
Mon 13 th - Sun 19 th June<br />
Monday 13 th June<br />
AIKB Grand Whitsun Barbeque. Great food, a well-stocked<br />
bar, games for young and old alike, plus dancing to the music<br />
provided by AIKB members. Information 02 96 24 87 90, aikb@<br />
wanadoo.fr. Venue: Spotlight on <strong>Brittany</strong>, 4 rue Halles, 22570<br />
Gouarec. Time: From 6pm. Free<br />
Tuesday 14 th June<br />
Informal meeting of classic vehicle enthusiasts. Everyone<br />
wel<strong>com</strong>e to bring, or just talk about their favourite car, motor-<br />
or push-bike, steam engine, pram etc. For more information<br />
call Don or Tricia on 02 96 21 52 32 or email Orson@les-fous.<br />
<strong>com</strong>. From 7:30pm at Les Fous, Les Fous. Restaurant and<br />
Microbrewery, 22160 Carnoët.<br />
Tuesday 14 th June<br />
Probus Club de Pontivy Meeting at Hotel Robic, Pontivy.<br />
11h00. Presentation “Giants of Our Distant Past” by John<br />
Keeping. This is followed by a 3 course lunch in Restaurant<br />
Robic. For reservations please contact the Secretary on<br />
ProbusPontivy@orange.fr - website: www.probuspontivyfr.org<br />
Friday 17 th June<br />
AIKB, Le Jardin des Melanges. Guided tour by the owner<br />
of this delightful garden. Le Jardin des Melanges is well<br />
signposted, but deep in the countryside. It is situated at Le<br />
Carpont, 22980 St Gilles les Bois, between Pontrieux and<br />
Lanvollon. Please reserve, 02 96 24 87 90, aikb@wanadoo.fr.<br />
Meet at Le Jardin des Melanges. Time: 1.30pm. Cost: 4€50/8€.<br />
Friday 17 th June<br />
The Royal British Legion, <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Branch will be<br />
in attendance with their Standard, to lay a wreath at Saint<br />
Nazaire, Dept 44, for the French <strong>com</strong>memoration of the loss<br />
of the troopship HMS Lancastria. The service <strong>com</strong>mences<br />
at 11:00am. For full details contact: Arthur Curtis, Email:<br />
chairmanrblbrittany@orange.fr - Website: http://rblbrittany.free.fr<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
What's On 9<br />
See events<br />
list p.8 Elizabeille<br />
le Bourg 22230 LAURENAN<br />
Craft Hall Tea Shop Exhibitions<br />
Workshops Courses<br />
see website for list of courses and whats on<br />
Open: Wed to Sun 10.30am - 6pm<br />
02 96 25 18 69 www.elizabeille.<strong>com</strong><br />
rendezvous cafÉ - bar<br />
Draught Guinness. Free Wifi. Entertainment.<br />
Tea - Coffee - Snacks.<br />
Open Tues - Sun inclusive.<br />
02 96 38 54 76<br />
10 Rue de Treguier 22160 Callac<br />
PATISSERIE CHOCOLATERIE<br />
SAVIDAN-LOZAC’H<br />
Cakes Chocolates Breton Toffees<br />
Regional products Gifts<br />
Tea Room<br />
38 pl 9 Avril 1944 –Callac 02 96 45 51 30<br />
Carp fishing shop<br />
Carp, coarse & sea fishing<br />
02.97.08.15.26 www.carpezone.<strong>com</strong><br />
contact@carpezone.<strong>com</strong><br />
Guémené sur Scorff, 56<br />
Teri Penswick<br />
Pottery<br />
Tel. 02 96 21 65 28<br />
16 bis Lan Goaz May 22810 Plougonver<br />
(signposted from church)<br />
Questellic Couture<br />
Callac<br />
Alterations, Repairs, Made to measure<br />
clothing, Curtains and all your sewing<br />
requirements. 0296458986/0684174633<br />
www.Callacretouches.callac.info<br />
French registered
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
10 What's On<br />
Synergie<br />
Réseau Business<br />
d'entreprises network<br />
Future<br />
meeting<br />
dates<br />
Friday 15th April<br />
Friday 13th May<br />
Friday 10th June<br />
Each meeting will feature a presentation<br />
by one of the group members as well as<br />
the chance to promote your business<br />
For details of times, venues and future topics:<br />
orcall0604172665/0256335011<br />
alternatively e-mail: info@synergienet.<strong>com</strong> for<br />
information and details of business networking<br />
Our aim is to grow our businesses<br />
Rendezvous Café-Bar<br />
10 rue de Treguier, 22160 Callac.<br />
Every Friday evening. Disco & Karaoke<br />
Wednesday June 1st. Curry & quiz - booking<br />
essential.<br />
Wednesday June 8th. Talk by Ray Catlin:<br />
Issues and answers in learning to speak<br />
French 5€.<br />
Sunday June 5th Motorbikers meet<br />
2,30pm - everyone wel<strong>com</strong>e. Maybe a ride<br />
out as well.<br />
Saturday June 18th. Live music.<br />
New phone number 02 96 38 54 76.<br />
New Advertisers<br />
June 2011<br />
Admin/Business<br />
www.myword.eu p.59<br />
Brocante<br />
La Gare - Pont Melvez p13<br />
Building Services<br />
General Handyman p54<br />
Restaurants<br />
Le Kreisker p6<br />
Maysie's Café p6<br />
Health<br />
Move Forward Counselling p.50<br />
Back in for the Summer:<br />
La Salle de Bonbons, p.8<br />
What's On<br />
For a free entry in the what's on column,<br />
please send details to whatson@<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
or to CBJ, BP4, 22160 Callac<br />
Fri 17th, Sat 18th & Sun 19th June<br />
Fete de Loc Envel. Friday: Evening concert.<br />
Saturday 18th. Pot au feu (beef stew) at 12.30pm. 2.30pm start<br />
of a ramble. Breton boules. 5.30pm concert and aperitif. 7pm<br />
Mass and procession. 8pm Tantad (outdoor bonfire). 9pm Fest<br />
Noz. 19th Vide Grenier in the town centre.<br />
Saturday 18 th June<br />
St Andrew’s Church Garden Party at 11 rue Menhir,<br />
Guenin with a Buffet Lunch. Tickets are seven euros and<br />
must be purchased in advance. Tickets and information are<br />
available from Jenny Sullivan on Tel: 09 77 47 11 71, eMail:<br />
robjen@wanadoo.fr or Gaynor James. Tel: 02 97 51 10 73<br />
gaynorguenin@yahoo.<strong>com</strong><br />
Saturday 18 th June<br />
Special Opening Event- Rick and Kelli are pleased to invite<br />
everyone to a spit roast and cous cous at the Kreisker in<br />
Poullaouen, starts 12 noon. Food will be free - buy your drinks<br />
from the bar. (see page 4)<br />
Saturday 18 th June<br />
Fête de la musique, Callac - free music in the town's bars,<br />
finishing with a concert in the salle des fêtes.<br />
Live music. Rendezvous Café-Bar, 10 rue de Treguier, 22160<br />
Callac 02 96 38 54 76<br />
Saturday 18 th June<br />
Summer Afternoon in Aid of Cancer Support France,<br />
Bretagne-Ouest. Coet Mean, Guegon (off D724). 12 till 6pm.<br />
Crafts, Bric-a-brac, books, videos, records, plants, raffle, coffee,<br />
tea, cold drinks, snacks, cakes, and ice cream. Stalls available<br />
at 3€ per metre (table not supplied). Entrance 1€, children<br />
free. For information, please contact Colin and Sheila Ellum:<br />
bramblesfrance@hotmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Sunday 19 th June<br />
AIKB Kids' Club Family Fun-day. Ball-in-the-bucket, hooka-duck,<br />
coconut-shy, lucky-dips and much more. The café will<br />
be serving Ploughman’s Lunches, burgers, hot dogs, English<br />
Afternoon Tea, coffee or beer. Single adult: 8€. Single child:<br />
4€50. Family ticket: (2 adults, 2 children) 22€. Single parent<br />
family: (1 adult, 3 children) 20€ Tickets only - Reservations in<br />
advance 02 96 24 87 90, aikb@wanadoo.fr 1 place de la Poste,<br />
22110 Plounevez Quintin. Time: 11am to 5pm.<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
Mon 20 th - Sun 26 th June<br />
Sunday 19 th and Monday 20 th June<br />
Callac Cinema, The Tree of Life. 8.30pm. Directed by Terrence<br />
Malick. Starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain. The<br />
story centres around a family with three boys in the 1950s.<br />
Starts 8.30pm.<br />
Tuesday 21 st June<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong> Walks. 2pm Chateauneuf-du-Faou, meet by bridge<br />
over Aulne. Medium, Level 2 (see www;brittanywalks.<strong>com</strong> for<br />
details).
Friday 24 th June<br />
La Fête de la Musique will be soiréed from 7:30pm at Les<br />
Fous, Carnoët. Bring your instruments and join us in a Harmony<br />
and Glee session. For more information phone Don or Tricia on<br />
02 96 21 52 32 or email orson@les-fous.<strong>com</strong>.<br />
Saturday 25 th June<br />
La Pierre Le Bigaut Cycle Race. This extremely popular<br />
annual cycle race is open to amateurs and professionals. This<br />
year there will be four different races (27km, 60km, 100km and<br />
155km). To download a registration form visit<br />
www.lapierrelebigaut-muco.org.) In the evening there will be a<br />
Crepe Evening in the Callac Gymnasium (close to Intermarche),<br />
and a Fest Noz in the Callac Salle des Fetes.<br />
Saturday 25 th and Sunday 26 th June<br />
Open Day: La Grande Maison 11am – 6pm Pick your own,<br />
craft exhibition, plants for sale, refreshments. see page 17 for<br />
details. La Croix Neuve, 22340 Le Moustoir (nr Carhaix)<br />
02 98 93 08 37<br />
Sunday 26 th June<br />
Malguenac SPA / Animal Refuge OPEN HOUSE! (7 km west<br />
of Pontivy) 10 am – 7 pm Come join the festivities, visit the<br />
dogs and cats and maybe find your new best friend! Contact<br />
Joan 02 97 27 64 13 or Chris 02 97 27 15 01<br />
Mon 27 th - Thur 30 th June<br />
Wednesday 29 th June<br />
Rendezvous Cafe, Callac. Sale of greetings cards, gifts and<br />
second hand books, 10am to 2pm. It's market day in Callac, so<br />
stop for refreshments and more shopping at 10 rue de Treguier,<br />
just off the market square. 02 96 38 54 76 or dwcards@orange.<br />
fr for more info.<br />
July<br />
1 st 2 nd & 3rd July<br />
Rosanbo Park Theatre with The Tregor Shakespeare Festival<br />
9pm “Hamlet” More info: Mo Canet 02 96 35 18 77 www.<br />
rosanbo.net<br />
Tuesday 5 th July<br />
Royal British Legion, <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Branch monthly<br />
social at the Relais de L’Oust, Rue de Pontivy, 56120 Josselin<br />
from 12.30. Fun Quiz, raffle and secondhand books for sale.<br />
Further details call Barbara on 0297 38 74 13 – Email harry.<br />
eastwood@orange.fr – Website: http://rblbrittany.free.fr<br />
Friday 8 th and Saturday 9 th July<br />
The Sound of Music with Gretl. A one-woman show<br />
performed by actress Melanie Parr, who played the youngest<br />
Vonn Trapp child, Gretl, in the original West End production<br />
of the Sound of Music. Tickets 10€ from james@drayton.biz.<br />
The performance will be in the Salle des Fetes in Plorec-sur-<br />
Arguenon, about 5 mins north of Jugon-les-Lacs<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
Help & Advice<br />
Reduce Taxes<br />
Self Employed<br />
Businesses<br />
We can assist you with French-English<br />
set up procedures and ensure that all<br />
European and French laws are respected.<br />
Tax returns, accountancy for <strong>com</strong>panies or selfemployed<br />
(Euro Compta Ltd), URSSAF returns,<br />
VAT returns. Registration of French or British<br />
<strong>com</strong>panies. Free appointment.<br />
SETTI Ltd<br />
ZI Bellevue 22200 Saint-Agathon<br />
Tel: 02 96 44 03 62 Fax: 02 96 43 79 47<br />
settiltd@wanadoo.fr<br />
Help Direct!<br />
Anita Le Moulec<br />
What's On 11<br />
and Bob’s your uncle<br />
General help in daily life<br />
www.helpdirect.fr Help for English speakers<br />
16 rue gl du gaulle 22150 Plouguenast anita.lemoulec@free.fr<br />
Tel: 02 96 28 74 11 / 06 70 72 71 58<br />
no orias 07022307<br />
Guémené sur Scorff<br />
Henri Brisset<br />
All Insurance<br />
Home Vehicle Health Life<br />
English spoken<br />
5 rue Emile Mazé, Guémené 02 97 39 30 15<br />
henri.brisset@agents.agf.fr www.agf.fr/brisseth<br />
Guillaume POISSANT<br />
Locminé (56) Tel: 02 97 60 08 23<br />
Your local English speaking<br />
Insurance Agent.<br />
Home Car Health<br />
Banking & Investments Business Insurance<br />
6, place du Marché, Locminé<br />
Email: agence.poissant@axa.fr<br />
BURO+<br />
express<br />
Office Supplies Stationery Printers<br />
Fax machines Photocopying<br />
ZAE du Poher, Carhaix (near McDonald’s)<br />
Tel: 02 98 93 04 10 Fax: 02 98 99 13 06
12<br />
Church & Community<br />
ST BARTHOLEMEW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH Rue Faber,<br />
Dinard (35).<br />
Every Sunday 11 a.m. Holy Communion followed by coffee, All<br />
denominations wel<strong>com</strong>e. Open daily for private prayer. Well<br />
stocked English language library. Weekday services and various<br />
associations. Priest in Charge, the Reverend Gareth Randall,<br />
02 99 46 77 00. www.stbarts-dinard.org.uk<br />
BELLE ILE EN TERRE<br />
Sunday services at 10.30am in the Salle de cinema<br />
Services in French with English translation on request<br />
For further information, please contact David Leyshon on 02 96<br />
43 07 74 \ ddleysh@aol.<strong>com</strong>. www.eglise-sans-frontieres.fr<br />
CANCER SUPPORT FRANCE.<br />
Offering English speaking support to those suffering from cancer<br />
and their carers. 02 96 45 76 20 www.cancersupportfrance.info<br />
CHAPELLE ST JOSEPH Langourla (22)<br />
2nd and last Sunday of each month English Service<br />
followed by refreshments. ALL WELCOME<br />
You are also wel<strong>com</strong>e to join our Patchwork Group. We are a<br />
group of French and English ladies who get together<br />
every other Thursday 11 am until 4 pm to make patchwork quilts<br />
for charity at the Maison des Association, Langourla<br />
For further details contact Vicky Ricketts.Telephone 02 96 30 42<br />
89 e-mail rodnvicky@orange.fr<br />
EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF CALLAC<br />
Meetings, with Children’s Sunday school, held every Sunday<br />
morning at 10.30am. Bible Study meeting Monday afternoons<br />
at 2pm. Friday, Prayer and Fellowship meeting. at 10.30am, in<br />
Mael Pestivien. If any further information required, please ring:<br />
029645 83 87 or 0296 45 70 70.<br />
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS<br />
Thursdays at 2:00pm New open meeting near Josselin 56.. If<br />
you or you partner want to stop drinking get in touch.<br />
Tel John 02 97 73 94 99.<br />
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS<br />
Every Tuesday 2.00pm in the Mairie at Paule, nr Carhaix.<br />
English spoken. If you have a problem with alcohol contact Joan<br />
02 96 45 03 51, Ron 02 98 93 97 74 for details.<br />
Inspirational Talk<br />
Walter Ariel Keren Or<br />
Thursday 9th June 6.30 pm.<br />
Walter Ariel Keren Or was born into<br />
a Jewish family in Brazil and found his<br />
personal salvation through Christianity.<br />
He now tours the world talking about his<br />
experiences.<br />
The Salle Parossial, Callac<br />
Rue Anatol Le Braz. Callac,<br />
(The building is behind the Maison Medical.)<br />
What's On Stop Press:<br />
page 24<br />
Also new events calendar:<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
CHRIST CHURCH BRITTANY (Church of England - Diocese<br />
in Europe)<br />
PLOËRMEL Each Sunday in the Chapel at 14 rue Général<br />
Dubreton, 56800 PLOËRMEL at 11:00am.<br />
For further details contact the Church Wardens, Norma<br />
Parker 02 97 75 42 37 and Chris Wilson 02 97 72 19 29.<br />
HUELGOAT (The Church in the Square, Huelgoat Centre)<br />
Services in English with Music & Hymns<br />
Sunday June 12th at 4:30pm Holy Communion<br />
Sunday June 26th at 4:30pm Prayer & Praise.<br />
Each service followed by light refreshment with a chance<br />
to chat and meet new people. For more information please<br />
contact Keith or Mary Beswetherick on 02 98 78 21 28<br />
ROSTRENEN Chapelle du Collège de Campostal<br />
Sunday June 12th - Pentecost 10.30 am Holy Communion<br />
with hymns.<br />
Sunday June 26th 10.30 am Holy Communion with hymns<br />
All services followed by light refreshments. For further details<br />
of services or the Fellowship Group contact Robin Hillman 02<br />
97 51 74 26 or Brenda Franklin 02 96 21 52 98.<br />
JEHOVA’S WITNESSES<br />
Every Sunday morning at 9.45 am Kingdom Hall, 16, rue du<br />
syndicat, Carhaix.<br />
Public meeting, a Bible-based discourse on a topic of interest<br />
and the Watchtower study, a question-and-answer discussion of<br />
Bible subjects. Everyone wel<strong>com</strong>e. No collections.<br />
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AT PAULE<br />
Christian fellowship home group is now meeting most Sundays<br />
at 10:30 at Botlan, 22340 Paule (between Rostrenen and<br />
Carhaix). Please check before setting out.<br />
Phone: Oliver and Ruth Elphick - 02 96 29 65 90 or 06 37 20<br />
52 83<br />
ST ANDREW’S CHURCH.<br />
At the Foyer Communal in the centre of Guenin.<br />
Sunday June 12th 10:30am - Family Worship.<br />
Sunday June 26th 10:30am -Family Worship and Communion.<br />
Contact Reverend Iain Jenkins 02 97 39 18 70. arthuriain@<br />
aliceadsl.fr or Matt Stubbs 02 97 38 21 11 susan.<br />
stubbs@orange.fr<br />
SONGS OF PRAISE -<br />
JUNE 18 TH AT 5.00 PM<br />
in the Eglise at Callac.<br />
The United Churches are <strong>com</strong>ing together again<br />
to present a “SONGS OF PRAISE” evening and<br />
warmly invite you all to <strong>com</strong>e and join with us in<br />
singing Hymns in Breton, French, and English.<br />
Talk by Ray Catlin<br />
Issues and Answers in Learning to Speak French<br />
Why can some people still not converse in French even<br />
after three or four years of formal tuition?<br />
5€ incl. pamphlet<br />
Wednesday 8th June 9.45-11.45<br />
Le Rendezvous Cafe, Callac
Antique<br />
& Second-Hand<br />
Shops<br />
Brocante<br />
DEJA VU<br />
French Vintage &<br />
Retro Furniture, Vintage Curtains & Linens, Rugs,<br />
Lights, Collectables & Bric a Brac<br />
New items every week House clearance & selected items bought<br />
OPEN Monday to Friday 10-12 & 2-6 Sunday 4 'till 6<br />
See you soon at DEJA VU!<br />
13 rue de la Gare - opposite the station 22160 Callac<br />
Tel 02 96 21 50 31 / 06 04 01 15 57 revival4u@wanadoo.fr<br />
ALWAYS WANTED-Old Collectables and<br />
Unusual Items-Firearms, Militaria, Old Fishing<br />
Rods-Reels, Wood Burners, Large Mirrors-0296215031-0604011557<br />
BROCANTE<br />
La Gare Pont-Melvez<br />
open Sat. & Sun. afternoons and school holidays<br />
06 32 33 85 65 / 06 08 54 90 86<br />
didyll@hotmail.fr<br />
PICTURE FRAMING<br />
Restoration of Oil Paintings, Watercolours,<br />
Prints and Pastels.<br />
ATELIER LE GUELLEC<br />
02 96 21 50 23 - 0780 7690054<br />
La Salle des Bonbons<br />
La Salle des Bonbons is still open in Quintin, offering traditional<br />
English & French sweets, British groceries - orders taken, and<br />
delivery is possible. We have a selection of English books new<br />
& secondhand. We have ice cream. We are open Tues to Sat<br />
10.30-12.30 & 3-7, Sun 3-7. We have new products and we are<br />
planning to increase our range to include Dr Pepper drinks and<br />
Fairy washing-up liquid. Any suggestions wel<strong>com</strong>e. An order form<br />
can be sent by e-mail or post. Our prices have reduced on some<br />
products.<br />
Julia Martin lasalledesbonbons@yahoo.fr<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
Antiques & Second Hand 13<br />
Nouvelle Vie<br />
9 Rue Olivier Perrin 22110 Rostrenen<br />
* Brocante *<br />
email nouvellevie@live.co.uk<br />
open Tuesdays to Saturday<br />
9.30 -12 & 2.30-5.30 (Fri open till 6.30)<br />
Tilly’s Brocante<br />
Now open Tues, Thurs, Fri and Saturday<br />
-furniture/items bought and house clearances<br />
Tel: 02 98 17 13 79 / 09 64 29 48 20<br />
tillysbrocante@orange.fr<br />
10 rue Noel L'Herrant, Plonevez-du-Faou<br />
(take Le Cloître Pleyben exit off main roundabout)<br />
Encore<br />
Brocante<br />
Kermarquer 22110 GLOMEL<br />
02 96 24 80 51 / 06 59 33 11 16<br />
Always wanted: Good-quality furniture,<br />
Linen, Lamps, etc.<br />
Brocante Plouyé<br />
All household goods<br />
bourg, Plouyé (next to Plouyé Marché)<br />
06 77 90 47 72 / 02 98 99 82 94<br />
Mon-Sat 9:30 - 4:30. Sun 10:30 - 4:30<br />
christopher.payne585@orange.fr<br />
Goods Wanted For Cash<br />
All white goods, stereos, TVs,<br />
Some furniture, & all electrical goods<br />
Best prices paid !! We turn your goods into cash.<br />
Tel: Callac 02 96 45 58 35 See our main ad on page 2<br />
ANTIQUE TABLES WANTED<br />
I AM IN BRITTANY EVERY 6 WEEKS<br />
SOURCING LARGE TABLES, FARMHOUSE<br />
OR DRAW LEAF<br />
CASH PAID FOR OLD FURNITURE<br />
PLEASE EMAIL PICTURES TO:<br />
anglofrenchtable@aol.<strong>com</strong> or call<br />
00441983721605 or +447768997907<br />
tillysbrocante
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
14 Letters / Chess Puzzle<br />
Chess Puzzle<br />
8<br />
7<br />
6<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
a b c d e f g h<br />
In this position White played Rg8 and<br />
lost, can you see how?<br />
What could white have played to win?<br />
Solution page 50<br />
Chess problems supplied by 'The knight in shining<br />
Armor', Huelgoat Chess Club chrisandmalbody@<br />
yahoo.co.uk<br />
Cowboy Builders<br />
With reference to the letter in the May issue<br />
about cowboy builders: I think that the writers will<br />
be lucky to get anything from the people to whom<br />
they refer.<br />
The 10,000€ plus 1,000€ costs is about the maximum<br />
that the courts can award, but the whole<br />
affair is a toothless tiger: if the alleged cowboy<br />
builder appeals to the court in Rennes, then the<br />
injured party has to pay the costs of the appeal<br />
before it proceeds.<br />
The facts of the case are immaterial; the only<br />
people who make money are the lawyers and<br />
the bailiffs. If the builder chooses to contest the<br />
case he will in all probability receive legal aid, but<br />
because it is viewed as a private rather than a<br />
criminal case, neither the Police, the procurator<br />
fiscal nor the British Embassy will help with the<br />
prosecution. It is just throwing good money after<br />
bad: they should just be satisfied that the original<br />
verdict was in their favour - because that is all<br />
they will get.<br />
They should have sued the surveyors or the fire<br />
insurance people if they didn't pay up: but based<br />
on the letter and my own experience they won't<br />
get any money.<br />
Kind regards Cavin Shakesheave.<br />
Poulen Goff,<br />
Pounevez Quintin 22110<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
Letters<br />
Our Shopping Trip<br />
Having just got back from a 'shopping' trip to Plymouth, we felt<br />
we must tell readers about the hotel where we stayed: the Drake<br />
Hotel. What a find (we found it on trip advisor), the price of the<br />
room, which included off-road parking (a rare thing in Plymouth)<br />
and breakfast - anything from fruit, cereal, kippers to full English<br />
– was £66.50 for a double room. The owners Gus & Nicki were<br />
so helpful, and pointed us in the right direction for Tesco, Asda,<br />
B&Q etc etc. We also found Primark & Matalan.<br />
Gus and Nicki also kindly froze our freezer blocks and we were<br />
therefore able to do a last minute 'cold shop' at Sainsburys, 5<br />
mins from the ferry port. The hotel is well situated for the ferry<br />
port, and it was not a problem for Nicki to E-mail us directions,<br />
it was 5 minutes from the port to the hotel. Of an evening we<br />
took a stroll round the corner to Plymouth Hoe and walked to<br />
the Barbican area.<br />
We took advantage of cheap ferry crossings leaving early<br />
Wednesday morning and returning on the Friday midday boat,<br />
so back in the Callac area at a reasonable time. Lots of bargains<br />
to be had, so a great time spent on our shopping trip.<br />
If you need a hotel for a stop over, or just to break the journey,<br />
we fully rec<strong>com</strong>end Drake Hotel Plymouth.<br />
The Happy Shoppers<br />
Callac<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong> Bring and Buy<br />
I have set up a new group on Yahoo called <strong>Brittany</strong> Bring and<br />
Buy, which is for people in <strong>Brittany</strong> to sell and buy things they<br />
no longer need. To join me on 'bbab' send an e-mail to BBABsubscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk.<br />
(To contact the group owner<br />
send an e-mail to BBAB-owner@yahoogroups.co.uk).<br />
You can buy and sell anything you want on the group, but for anything<br />
really out of the ordinary contact me first. This could also<br />
be a very good way for people in <strong>Brittany</strong> to meet one another.<br />
I look forward to seeing you on the group.<br />
Regards<br />
Adrien<br />
adrien.collins@orange.fr.<br />
Where did that Personal Section Go?<br />
I have always been pleased to see the personal section in the<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – it is nice to know that some of us have<br />
the strength of character to enter this section – and was disappointed<br />
by its absence in the May issue..<br />
There are many of us who find ourselves in this beautiful countryside<br />
without that contact that should be related to a "close<br />
friend' or "friend". So let's make sure that the personal section<br />
remains open – my entry this month is 'tough tree hugger, heart<br />
of gold'.<br />
ERJ Le Mais.<br />
Please send letters to:<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal, BP 4, 22160 Callac. info@<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong>
Letters contd<br />
Garden Visits<br />
I would like to contact anybody who may be interested in<br />
opening their garden once or twice a year to like-minded<br />
gardeners, or others, in <strong>Brittany</strong>. Your garden doesn't<br />
need to be pristine or particularly original since the idea<br />
is to spend a pleasant afternoon in the <strong>com</strong>pany of<br />
other gardeners, to exchange ideas, and perhaps make<br />
new friends. If you are interested please contact Pete<br />
Coomber either by phone 02 98 93 08 37 or by e-mail<br />
coomber@orange.fr<br />
The main concern at the moment is to determine the<br />
amount of interest. Obviously, the more the merrier. I will<br />
need your name address, telephone number and e-mail<br />
address (if available)<br />
Once I have sufficient numbers I will contact those interested,<br />
to make a start.<br />
Pete Coomber<br />
AngloInfo <strong>Brittany</strong> Forum<br />
A month or two ago, having been an irregular user of<br />
Angloinfo <strong>Brittany</strong> forum for quite a few years under the<br />
same login name, I was surprised to find some of my<br />
postings deleted by the site's administration.<br />
On my initial enquiry as to why these postings had been<br />
removed, as I had no suspicion nor information that led<br />
me to believe they could have possibly infringed the<br />
rather extensive 'conditions' that appear on the site, I received<br />
no reply. I waited three weeks before writing again<br />
and not only again received no reply but had my account<br />
abruptly closed (this is, remember, an account I had held<br />
for several years with no incident to date). I had mentioned<br />
in my reply that I found it impolite not to reply to a<br />
user's request for information and that I did not consider<br />
it in the site's best interest (<strong>com</strong>mercial or otherwise).<br />
Subsequently, my interest now aroused, not to mention<br />
my irk, I have re-registered under several different<br />
names and already had many postings and one or two<br />
other accounts arbitrarily deleted.<br />
I find it particularly disturbing that a site that has such<br />
potential and appeal, particularly to those of us in <strong>Central</strong><br />
<strong>Brittany</strong>, is a mere shadow of what it could be and is quite<br />
likely pandering to the lowest <strong>com</strong>mon denominator: unbiased<br />
or useful advice is being limited for reasons quite<br />
impossible to appreciate.<br />
Angloinfo is the most successful of all the many Angloinfo<br />
international sites (and of all the forums on French/<br />
Breton living) as well as being of particular importance<br />
as a social network to those of us in <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong>, new<br />
here, old here (and getting older), living or visiting the<br />
area or those wanting to know about life here.<br />
Access to what is indisputably a beneficial public forum,<br />
where freedom should and can be permitted to a far<br />
greater degree than is presently possible, is clearly an<br />
important issue.<br />
I wel<strong>com</strong>e any <strong>com</strong>ments, suggestions, input, and initially<br />
would like to pool other people's experience and put<br />
some heads together.<br />
Mark Chalk<br />
Locarn Chalkmark@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
Letters 15<br />
Wind Turbines<br />
In Computer-Land there is an expression (American,<br />
of course): FUD, which means Fear, Uncertainty and<br />
Doubt. This refers to the spreading of disinformation in<br />
the hope of creating Doubt and Uncertainty, leading to<br />
Fear by which the masses can be controlled, rather like<br />
sheep. Perhaps the acronym should be DUF.<br />
Anyway, the contribution about wind farms tends to fall<br />
into this category: "this beautiful area with its Roman<br />
acqueduct" evokes an idea of the Pont du Gard, which<br />
it isn't because I've searched for it and, after much difficulty,<br />
found bits. Whilst locating wind turbines close to<br />
dwellings is a valid issue for debate the part about "second<br />
hand or rejects" strikes me as conjecture and an attempt<br />
at FUD. (Sorry – DUF!)<br />
Then there's the paragraph where it's stated that wind<br />
generators actually cause power blackouts. Not true!<br />
(Spain has produced up to 40% of its daily needs from<br />
onshore wind generation with no apparent technical<br />
problems.) Also, "myriad illnesses have been experienced<br />
as a direct result of.. wind farms"; a myriad used<br />
to be anything from 10,000 to infinity but these days it<br />
just means an awful lot.<br />
Worried? You bet your life I'm worried. We're told that<br />
there's going to be less tourism, (Mael Carhaix is a well<br />
known centre for tourism) house prices down by 40%,<br />
or even unsaleable! Well, a lot of people might like that<br />
except we're told that fewer families will want to live here<br />
because of those myriad health problems and worst of<br />
all:- poor TV and Internet reception. It's the end of the<br />
world!!!!!!<br />
A great big whirlygig between my house and the transmitter<br />
might cause poor TV reception although I doubt that<br />
and I cannot imagine any way that these things could<br />
possibly affect Internet access (which is bad enough already<br />
for most people in rural <strong>Brittany</strong>.) This is straightforward,<br />
unalloyed scare mongering and it does no favours<br />
to what should be a very serious and important<br />
subject for discussion.<br />
Perhaps the Journal could try a more balanced approach<br />
to the arguments in favour and against renewable power<br />
sources another time and explore other options.<br />
I was unable to attend the meetings, but would be interested<br />
to read a report about them.<br />
G. Smith<br />
Dear Tim<br />
I have a well-established willow tree in my garden and<br />
have just noticed that it has a multitude of holes at its<br />
base – some holes are about 22mm diameter, others<br />
10mm. There are about 10 holes. I have watched to see<br />
if there are any creatures using these holes, but there are<br />
none that I have observed.<br />
Do you know of any treatment, or as to why these holes<br />
have appeared?<br />
Yours sincerely<br />
Eric Jolly<br />
Can you send in a picture of these holes? Are they in the ground<br />
or in the tree? - Tim
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
16 News<br />
News<br />
The <strong>Brittany</strong> Motoring Club<br />
A new club is being launched for motorists travelling to <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
- providing roadside breakdown cover plus other benefits.<br />
The <strong>Brittany</strong> Motoring Club is the brainchild of Norman Winchester,<br />
who spent 23 years at the RAC, latterly as national<br />
and international events manager, and now lives most of the<br />
year in Finistère. The club is open to anyone holidaying or resident<br />
in <strong>Brittany</strong>, as well as those travelling through.<br />
“Thousands of British drivers head to <strong>Brittany</strong> each year,”<br />
said Mr Winchester. “But when they take out their breakdown<br />
cover at home, they don’t realise that there are no service<br />
fleets in France to carry out roadside repairs, as in the UK.<br />
“Breakdown cover in France is generally reliant on local garages,<br />
who tow you in to carry out the repair in their workshops<br />
– which costs the motorist more time and money.<br />
“However, BMC members will get the benefit of a ‘pay-on-use’<br />
roadside assistance service provided by Brit Assist with a team<br />
of highly-experienced English-speaking mechanics.”<br />
Mr Winchester, who launched Brit Assist after taking early retirement<br />
from the RAC seven years ago, heads the <strong>com</strong>pany,<br />
which also provides breakdown cover for the Le Mans 24-hour<br />
race, and several major classic car rallies across Europe.<br />
Membership of the BMC costs €10 or £10 per year and entitles<br />
members to priority response from Brit Assist and a discounted<br />
rate on the first call-out; as well as information on<br />
driving in <strong>Brittany</strong>. “The services we offer will develop as the<br />
club grows,” said Mr Winchester. “For the modest charge, it’s<br />
valuable peace of mind.”<br />
The club is also planning to run special weekends for drivers<br />
who have not driven on the continent before.<br />
www.brittanymotoringclub.<strong>com</strong> E-Mail: info@brittanymotoringclub.<strong>com</strong><br />
UK 0844 284 3131. UK mobile 07739734318 France<br />
02 98 73 06 53 or 06 24 98 83 43<br />
(The services of Brit Assist are also available to non-members<br />
at a charge of 80€ per call-out, which includes the first hour).<br />
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Obituary<br />
Andy Evans<br />
It is with great sadness that I am writing<br />
to let the readers of the CBJ know of the<br />
sudden, tragic loss of my husband, Andy<br />
Evans, on Friday 13 May.<br />
I would like to take this opportunity to<br />
thank everyone for their kind messages of<br />
sympathy and support for me and my family.<br />
Our friends have been so kind and helpful<br />
that a simple "thank you" doesn't seem<br />
enough, but I thank them all the same.<br />
I know that Andy would have wanted me<br />
to thank all his past clients for their support<br />
over the past few years. I know he loved<br />
his work and enjoyed helping people resolve<br />
their problems. That so many of you<br />
had since be<strong>com</strong>e our friends is a great testament<br />
to him.<br />
Again, thank you to everyone.<br />
Miggs Evans<br />
News<br />
New Flight: Manchester / Rennes<br />
Flybe has launched a seasonal route between Manchester<br />
and Rennes. Twice-weekly flights are scheduled<br />
on Wednesdays and Saturdays until 20th September<br />
2011.<br />
Fares will be from 49€ one way, all taxes included.<br />
Bookings: www.flybe.<strong>com</strong><br />
War Graves - Wreaths<br />
If you would like poppies, a cross, or a wreath laid on<br />
French, British, or German war graves in Normandy<br />
this year in early June, then your Poppy Appeal Organiser<br />
will be pleased to arrange this for you. For<br />
further information please telephone 02 97 39 60 69<br />
or 06 04 48 75 73"<br />
New Group - The B. B. Boys<br />
Nick Malika has formed a new group - the B. B. Boys -<br />
with Alan Cooper and Dan James. Nick has over thirty<br />
years experience in the music industry as a singer<br />
and songwriter playing a 'gentle blend of Celtic, blues,<br />
folk, and country'. The group's first appearence will<br />
be at the Fete des Plantes, St Quay Portrieux, 22410<br />
on Saturday June 25th and Sunday June 26th (11am<br />
and 6pm both days). They will then be playing at the<br />
Maison de Philomene, Plessala, 2230 at 8.30pm.<br />
02 96 70 76 44 malicka@tiscali.co.uk
New Business:<br />
The Bookshop, Huelgoat<br />
A new English Bookshop has recently opened in Huelgoat.<br />
It has over 2,000 new and second-hand books currently in<br />
stock, including books for young children, teens, adult fiction<br />
and non-fiction, plus a small quantity of French books. Prices<br />
start from just 50 centimes.<br />
The Bookshop is open: Wednesday to Saturday from 10am –<br />
12.30pm / 2.00pm – 5.00pm<br />
With stock updated on a daily basis, a book list is available<br />
upon request, and items can be reserved. Quality used books<br />
bought for credit or cash.<br />
For further information please contact:<br />
Telephone: 0298 99 78 04, bookworm22@live.co.uk<br />
The Coypu<br />
I have attached a picture that I took<br />
this evening of a Coypu - in front<br />
of our house near Plourac'h. I went<br />
out to see what the dogs were barking<br />
at. - I haven't a flash so took this<br />
picture with a phone and a torch!<br />
I am worried about these shy creatures<br />
because I am told that fishermen<br />
kill them,<br />
in the belief<br />
that they eat<br />
fish. However<br />
I read that the<br />
Coypu is<br />
vegetarian.<br />
Regards,<br />
Penny Coutts<br />
SIMON: Happy-go-lucky 3 yr<br />
old poodle eager to play and run.<br />
Friendly with other dogs and loves<br />
to cuddle up. Please <strong>com</strong>e and see<br />
me – I’m a really good boy!<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
News 17<br />
Invitation: LA GRANDE MAISON<br />
Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th June 11am – 6pm<br />
Following last year's successful OPEN WEEK-<br />
END, Pete and Jean Coomber have decided to<br />
renew the invitation this year. Sample the hospitality,<br />
take a rest in the garden and enjoy the<br />
view, with refreshments (cream teas and homemade<br />
cakes) available (indoors if raining!); or<br />
take the opportunity to look round the fruit plots<br />
and plant nursery. Strawberries, raspberries and<br />
blackcurrants (weather permitting), will be available<br />
either PYO or ready picked, and there will be<br />
plants for sale from the nursery. There will also<br />
be an exhibition of local crafts, including lace<br />
making, patchwork and handmade wooden items,<br />
local made chocolates and fudge, P&A Garden<br />
Supplies etc.<br />
Pete and Jean COOMBER La Croix Neuve,<br />
22340 Le Moustoir (nr Carhaix) 02 98 93 08 37<br />
Looking for a Home<br />
GEMMA: A gentle soul 2-3 yrs old<br />
needs a safe and loving home to encourage<br />
her confidence. Can you give<br />
Gemma that home?<br />
SPA/Refuge adoption charge includes micro chip and first vaccination.<br />
Open 2-5 pm Mon-Sat near Malguénac. Contact Joan 02 97 27 64 13<br />
or Chris 02 97 27 15 01<br />
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18 Doll Museum / Restaurant Review<br />
Josselin:<br />
From the North Pole to Australia:<br />
New Exhibition at the Doll Museum.<br />
Hard on the heels of the recent flower festival at the château of Josselin, Antoinette<br />
de Rohan will open her 2011 doll exhibition on 30th May. Housed in<br />
the château’s former stables and entitled "From the North Pole to Australia",<br />
dolls and toys invite you to ac<strong>com</strong>pany them on the journey. The display<br />
will feature several hundred exhibits—some extremely old—drawn from<br />
five continents. As with last year’s exhibition, which explored a wide range<br />
of different careers, the display will once again offer a opportunity to see<br />
more unique items from the famous Rohan collection, started over a century<br />
ago by Josselin de Rohan’s great grandmother. On display there will be some<br />
extremely rare examples created by Aboriginal and Indian artists, and artists<br />
from the extreme north. There will also be antique dolls from Mexico, Peru,<br />
China and Japan, as well as dolls and toys from numerous European countries,<br />
brought together to take visitors on a world tour in microcosm.<br />
A footnote on Josselin in Bloom: more than 3000 people attended during the<br />
weekend. There was a wide variety of plants available, with the added bonus of a visit to the English garden, which<br />
really is a hidden gem.<br />
Richard Griffiths<br />
The château and the doll museum are open 2nd April to 13th July: daily from 2 p.m. to 6<br />
p.m.; 14th July to 31st August: daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; September: daily from 2 p.m.<br />
to 5.30 p.m. October: Saturdays and Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.; daily during French<br />
school holidays. Entry : Adult 6,70€/child 4,70€.<br />
Contact: contact@chateaudejosselin.<strong>com</strong>, www.chateaujosselin.fr, 02 97 22 36 45. Château<br />
de Josselin, Place de la Congrégation, 56120 Josselin. Josselin is halfway between<br />
Rennes and Lorient on the N24<br />
Left: Stall selling bonzais at Josselin in Bloom.<br />
Restaurant Review: L'Abri des Barges<br />
It has only been open for a few months; it is difficult<br />
to find, signs are scarce ( I've friends in the police<br />
force, it helps); the owners do not speak English<br />
and won't even try, which is most enticing. But the<br />
food is excellent and reasonably priced. The oysters,<br />
the fish... It has to be fine weather, the view over<br />
the Jaudy river is lovely, watching sails pass up or<br />
down.. We also tried an evening dinner, - it is still<br />
not necessary to book. The<br />
Tréguier Cathedral is of course<br />
a must. Vaut le détour!..<br />
Marcel MICHEL<br />
L'Abri des Barges, Le Moulin du Carpont,<br />
22220 TREDARZEC. 02 96 40 04 04<br />
www.abridesbarges.<strong>com</strong> 48° 48'11.24N 3°12'46W<br />
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WHO WAS<br />
GLENMOR?<br />
Sometime in the 70s I went to a concert in<br />
Plymouth featuring a group from <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
led by a certain Alan Stivell.<br />
It was the period of folk-rock but even<br />
so the <strong>com</strong>bination of Celtic harp and bagpipes,<br />
violin, accordion and a high-pitched<br />
oboe (the bombarde) along with electric<br />
guitars and drums was unusual and very<br />
exciting. Part of the excitement was the<br />
sense that something was going on behind<br />
the passion and conviction in the music.<br />
That something was Breton revivalism,<br />
then at its height. Much later at a fest-noz in<br />
Cleguerec I heard the mesmerising voice of<br />
Gilles Servat, then in his fifties, for the first<br />
time. These and other names, like the poet<br />
Xavier Grall, all led back to a shadowy figure<br />
called Glenmor who they claimed was<br />
their inspiration and mentor.<br />
So who was Glenmor? The name, of<br />
course, was an adopted one, <strong>com</strong>bining glen (valley<br />
and, by extension, land) and mor(sea). His real<br />
name was Milig(Emile) ar Skanv. He was born in<br />
June 1931, the son of peasant farmers, in the <strong>com</strong>mune<br />
of Mael-Carhaix. At school he was forbidden<br />
to speak in Breton. This was the impoverished,<br />
downtrodden <strong>Brittany</strong> of the pre-war years, where<br />
at the entrance to rural schools was a sign which<br />
read: NO SPITTING, NO SPEAKING BRETON.<br />
Even as a child he smarted at the injustice of this<br />
situation and how it humiliated his non-French<br />
speaking father and thousands like him. However,<br />
he appears to have had a fairly conventional education<br />
with exam successes, followed by military<br />
service and a course in philosophy at the University<br />
of Rennes. There ensued a period in Paris where<br />
he wrote, acted, and developed his musical talents<br />
interspersed with travelling. It was in Belgium that<br />
he met his future wife Katell and the two of them<br />
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spent some time together on the road gigging in an<br />
assortment of venues, a nomadic lifestyle that he<br />
never really abandoned, even after the couple went<br />
back to <strong>Brittany</strong> to live and raise two children.<br />
Increasingly in songs, poems, articles, and political<br />
tracts he promoted the cause of Breton identity.<br />
He had a deep, powerful, rough-edged voice and a<br />
declamatory style that many find captivating, others<br />
tiresome. He said he felt that a concert was a<br />
success only if, afterwards, in the course of a long<br />
night of drinking with fans, he succeeded in converting<br />
at least one of them into a fervent Breton<br />
nationalist.<br />
He even published a periodical, with Xavier<br />
Grall, for a couple of years entitled The Breton Nation.<br />
All this activity led to him being banned from<br />
the airwaves by a State fearful of <strong>Brittany</strong> developing<br />
a terrorist network like ETA or the IRA. In fact<br />
Basque terrorists were provided with safe houses,<br />
but Glenmor never espoused violence, and Breton<br />
continued overleaf
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
20 Hetty's Kitchen / Who Was Glenmor?<br />
Hetty’s<br />
Kitchen<br />
Something for free. .<br />
Elderflower Fritters<br />
These go down well at a barbecue or as a<br />
snack with drinks<br />
8-10 freshly picked elderflower heads<br />
125g flour + a pinch of salt<br />
25g caster sugar<br />
2tbsp grapeseed oil<br />
150ml water<br />
2 egg whites<br />
Quantity of sunflower oil for frying<br />
WHO WAS GLENMOR? contd<br />
insurgence never went beyond blowing up the radio<br />
masts on the Monts d'Arrée.<br />
Predictably, when he bought a secluded manor<br />
house near Mellionnec, he alienated many of his<br />
supporters who accused him of profiting from the<br />
misery of his people. Others pointed out that the<br />
price would not have bought a studio flat in Paris.<br />
Further disenchantment followed as he sang and<br />
wrote more and more in French. He argued that<br />
to further the cause one had to use the language<br />
of the enemy, but that enemy was France not the<br />
French, by which he meant, presumably, a repressive<br />
centralising state.<br />
Photos taken in his later years show him looking<br />
very much the celtic bard with long hair, wispy<br />
beard and penetrating eyes. He died in 1996 and<br />
was buried in the village of his birth. Thousands<br />
joined the funeral procession in a sea of black and<br />
white flags. On the simple headstone is written "et<br />
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Clean the elderflowers by holding upside<br />
down and tapping sharply to dislodge any<br />
insects, then dunk in a bowl of water with a<br />
dribble of vinegar. Drain well on absorbent<br />
paper. Mix flour, caster sugar, grapeseed oil<br />
and add enough water to make a smooth<br />
batter with the consistency of double<br />
cream. Cover and stand for about half<br />
an hour. Pour about 5-6cm sunflower<br />
oil into a deep saucepan and heat until a<br />
cube of bread dropped into it turns golden<br />
within a minute. Whisk the egg whites to<br />
soft peaks and fold into the batter mix. Dip<br />
the flower heads into the batter and place<br />
gently into the hot oil. Cook until fluffy<br />
and golden, turning gently to cook evenly.<br />
Remove with a slotted spoon on to kitchen<br />
paper and keep warm until the flowers<br />
are all cooked. Serve with lemon or lime<br />
wedges or chutney.<br />
Bon Appetit!<br />
voici bien ma terre, la vallée de mes amours" (and<br />
here truly is my land, the valley of my loves).<br />
Those who fell under the spell of Glenmor say<br />
that before him <strong>Brittany</strong> was considered a poor,<br />
backward place of superstition and strange customs,<br />
removed from the mainstream of French<br />
life, and that people felt ashamed to own up to their<br />
regional identity. After him, to be Breton born and<br />
bred became a source of pride. It is certainly true<br />
that any visitor to <strong>Brittany</strong> is soon aware of the<br />
vitality of the traditional music and dance scene<br />
and the reverence for the patrimoine of chapels<br />
and holy wells, the restored stone houses and the<br />
smartened-up villages, even while there are still<br />
pockets of deprivation and decay. At least some<br />
of this revival must originate in the life and work<br />
of Glenmor.<br />
Robert Thorpe<br />
The week of events <strong>com</strong>memorating the 80th anniversary of Glenmor's birth (and the 15th of his death) takes place<br />
in Carhaix from the 18th to the 25th of June. For those readers who wish to see and hear the man, there are videoclips<br />
of performances and TV interviews to be found via google.fr and on YouTube. Of note are "O Keltia" and<br />
the rousing call to arms "Kan bale an ARB". Alan Stivell's beautiful lament "Kenavo Glenmor" and Gilles Servat's<br />
"Je dors en Bretagne" are worth tracking down.
Heroes of<br />
the Tour<br />
The biggest hero is the French countryside as the<br />
Tour winds its majestic way through some of the<br />
most stunningly beautiful parts of France. I am always<br />
awed when I see some of the truly wonderful<br />
places, and vow to visit some of them whenever I can<br />
find the time. The other heroes are the riders themselves,<br />
and I should state that <strong>Brittany</strong> has provided<br />
some of the most prolific winners of the tour. For a<br />
region not notable for its big mountains it seems, to<br />
me, amazing that there have been so many good riders<br />
originating from this region.<br />
One of the The Tour de France’s most outstanding<br />
<strong>com</strong>petitors is Lance Armstrong, from Texas<br />
U.S.A., who has won the race seven times, and who<br />
will always remain a legend, not least because he<br />
won his first Tour de France after recovering from<br />
testicular cancer. He was always going to be a good<br />
rider from his early years when he won the World<br />
Road Race Championship at a very tender age.<br />
The most outstanding cycle rider of all time must be<br />
the Belgian Eddie Merckx who won every major<br />
cycling event, as well as the Tour de France on 5<br />
occasions. In 1969, as well as winning the overall<br />
race, he won the mountains classification and the<br />
points classification. A unique feat. He also won<br />
three World Road Race Championships, as well as<br />
five Tours of Italy and one Tour of Spain. He spent<br />
more days leading the Tour de France than any other<br />
rider in history and will remain, in most fans' eyes,<br />
the World’s greatest ever cyclist.<br />
There have been several riders who have five victories<br />
to their credit, including two of my own favourites,<br />
Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault. There<br />
are three riders with three victories in their own ‘palmare’,<br />
and this category includes my own, ‘all time<br />
hero’ Louison Bobet.<br />
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The Tour de France 21<br />
The Tour de France<br />
The Greatest Race on Earth: Part 5<br />
Mike Chapman provides an insight into the workings of the Tour de France, which passes through<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong> in July this year.<br />
Some of my own Favourites.<br />
Jacques Anquetil: A ‘pretty boy’ of French Cycling<br />
in the 1960s. One of his favourite games was to let<br />
the peloton leave him behind for a few kilometres<br />
then ride calmly back into the bunch and take off<br />
his ‘casquette’, (small cap), and quietly take out<br />
his <strong>com</strong>b from his racing jersey and <strong>com</strong>b his hair.<br />
The French loved him for his flamboyance and real<br />
ability. He was born in Seine Maritime, and died in<br />
Rouen at the young age of 53.<br />
Bernard Hinault: Bernard was given the nickname<br />
‘The Badger’ because, like the badger, he was a very<br />
strong and un<strong>com</strong>promising rider who took no prisoners.<br />
He ruled the peloton as if he owned it and<br />
would brook no disobedience. Bernard was born at<br />
Yffiniac close to Lamballe and St Brieuc, and was<br />
always going to be a tremendous bike rider, having<br />
won the World Road Race championship in 1980, as<br />
well as the Tour in 1978 and 1979. After his sabbatical<br />
to win the World Road race he won the tour<br />
again in 1981, 1982 and 1985. His record stands a<br />
plausible second all-time great behind the legendary<br />
rider from Belgium, Eddie Merckx. Bernard still assists<br />
in the running of the Tour, and can be seen at the<br />
podium, on the rider's left at the prize presentations.<br />
Louison Bobet: Louison was born over a baker's<br />
shop in St Meen le Grand, a little town situated between<br />
Loudeac and Rennes. This man oozed style.<br />
He rode a bicycle as if it was part of his own body.<br />
Everything he did he did with style, and brought a<br />
new era to French cycling. In addition to being the<br />
first rider to win the Tour three times, between 1953<br />
and 1955 he also won the World Road Race Championship<br />
in 1954.<br />
It is difficult to understand why such lowland regions<br />
should be capable of turning out such tough<br />
individuals, but I think they were blessed with gifts<br />
beyond my understanding.<br />
Next month, in the final article of this series, Mike<br />
explains the details of the 2011 race - the route that it<br />
is following, and the best places to see it in <strong>Brittany</strong>.
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
22 F.A.Q. #77<br />
F. A. Q. # 77<br />
Q: I've been hearing about Endpoint Protection.<br />
What is it and should I have it?<br />
A: Apple and Linux users can either stop reading or<br />
develop their smug, self-satisfied (slightly irritating)<br />
smiles. This stuff only applies to the 90% of us who still<br />
use Windows.<br />
In networking <strong>com</strong>puter-speak the "endpoint" is the<br />
last link. That's your <strong>com</strong>puter, so "Endpoint Protection"<br />
is simply a fancy way of saying "protect your <strong>com</strong>puter".<br />
Also called Endpoint Security, it's been around for a<br />
few years. It refers to bundled security programs for<br />
<strong>com</strong>mercial users but is now making inroads into the<br />
personal arena. It's really just advertising speak for<br />
<strong>com</strong>bined Firewall, Anti-Virus and Spyware software.<br />
Many people consider all this to be nothing more than<br />
an attempt to continue ripping off the unwitting. Mind<br />
you there are still conspiracy theorists out there who<br />
reckon the security <strong>com</strong>panies create viruses and the<br />
like so as to make their products necessary. Tosh of<br />
course, but not all conspiracies are theory.<br />
All versions of Microsoft Windows are prone to<br />
malicious code attack, either as viruses, trojans,<br />
worms, data miners, or as other forms of spying. Some<br />
are not particularly serious whilst others can destroy<br />
your valuable data or even steal your identity. I've<br />
been banging on about this for the past seven years<br />
but, although the situation has improved, the threat has<br />
not gone away. Whilst Vista and Windows7 are more<br />
secure, many people continue to use XP which is highly<br />
susceptible to attack.<br />
Questions for<br />
Grax Warrior can<br />
be sent to:<br />
graxwarrior@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
One can protect against attack by judicious use of<br />
email and web browser but it's a wise precaution to<br />
install some kind of Anti-Virus software even if this does<br />
hit <strong>com</strong>puter performance. There are paid offerings<br />
from Symantec (Norton) and McAffee which often <strong>com</strong>e<br />
pre-installed on a new machine. The first thing I do is<br />
to bin them because there are free programs from AVG<br />
and Avast that do the same job just as well. Best of<br />
all is Microsoft Security Essentials, which is also free.<br />
There, I've said it – something good from Microsoft! As<br />
an aside, they have some other good stuff too. Maybe<br />
another time.<br />
A firewall is a vital piece of software that monitors and,<br />
if necessary, blocks traffic over a network connection<br />
such as the Internet. Every <strong>com</strong>puter should have one<br />
but, sad to say, that in XP is practically worthless. Either<br />
get one from Zone Alarm but watch out for their tricky<br />
efforts at making you pay, or go to Comodo who have<br />
the best free firewall available. Their AV program is<br />
pretty good too. Just get the lot from them and sleep<br />
easy.<br />
Spyware is software that gets into your <strong>com</strong>puter and<br />
reports what you do to the nasty people who manage it.<br />
Most of this stuff is pretty innocuous but, occasionally,<br />
you'll get something that can actually take over your<br />
<strong>com</strong>puter without you even realising it. There's all sorts<br />
of Anti-Spyware stuff out there but the easiest way is<br />
to block third-party cookies in your browser and delete<br />
cookies and browser history occasionally. Ccleaner will<br />
do all that for you and clean up your files and Windows<br />
Registry. It's free, of course!<br />
Finally, should you choose not to use some or all of this<br />
stuff, or, even if you do, but suspect that your <strong>com</strong>puter<br />
has been <strong>com</strong>promised, get a copy of MalwareBytes<br />
and run it. Do not use this serious and excellent piece of<br />
kit as a security substitute. You could do more damage<br />
than good.<br />
Oh, I forgot. You asked about Endpoint Protection. If<br />
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Prize Crossword 23<br />
June 2011 Prize Crossword Jim Henderson<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8 9<br />
10 11<br />
12 13 14<br />
Clues Across<br />
1. Town in Northern Ireland<br />
(13)<br />
10. Stringed musical instrument<br />
(7)<br />
11. British ballet <strong>com</strong>pany<br />
founded 1926 (7)<br />
12. Anger (4)<br />
13. Lever pressed up by foot (5)<br />
14. Assess (4)<br />
17. Purposeful (7)<br />
18. Paint laid on thickly (7)<br />
Clues Down<br />
2. Retributor (7)<br />
3. Sandbar (4)<br />
4. Temperate (7)<br />
5. Italian racing car (7)<br />
6. Steak cut from the thigh (4)<br />
7. Ineffective (7)<br />
8. Atlantic island of the Canaries<br />
(13)<br />
9. Present technology (5,2,3,3)<br />
15. Type of wood (5)<br />
15 16<br />
17 18<br />
19 20 21 22 23<br />
24 25 26<br />
27 28<br />
29 30<br />
31<br />
Quick Clues Solution page 62<br />
19. Euphoria (7)<br />
22. Small book (7)<br />
24. Wind instrument - musical<br />
(4)<br />
25. Up and about (5)<br />
26. To long for (4)<br />
29. Actuality (7)<br />
30. Defector (7)<br />
31. Television <strong>com</strong>edy of the<br />
70s set in Newcastle (3,6,4)<br />
16. Serving instrument (5)<br />
20. Day of rest (7)<br />
21. Muslim veil (7)<br />
22. English shipping centre (7)<br />
23. Situated (7)<br />
27. Determination (4)<br />
28. Complain (4)<br />
Clues Across<br />
1. Interdenominational approval? (5,8)<br />
10. Run down on the way to the exit (7)<br />
11. The old city takes on a Semite for a brilliant<br />
display (7)<br />
12. Get together giving nothing away about a<br />
small case (4)<br />
13. Cover a bet with all you’ve got? (5)<br />
14. How a horse knows when to stop (4)<br />
17. Makes a point, being irritating (7)<br />
18. Single-minded visionary? (3,4)<br />
19. Acquire dues in abundant amounts (7)<br />
22. Neither soap nor drama has such hidden<br />
highs (7)<br />
24. Confuse the consumer with trickery (4)<br />
25. Gatecrash the houseboat party (5)<br />
26. Surrender the source? (4)<br />
29. I go pert, but I’m really on about me (3,4)<br />
30. Give ear repeatedly to love poems (7)<br />
31. Do we have a taste for the leading technology<br />
of today? (5,2,3,3)<br />
Clues Down<br />
2. Enter the red unit without a pass (7)<br />
3. Take an age to make a declaration (4)<br />
4. Second-rate hide? – too much chatter for bird watching<br />
(7)<br />
5. Bag more during naval blockade (7)<br />
6. Scare away with a song?.(4)<br />
7. Deny the villain – being badly behaved at the scene (7)<br />
8. Hold neon racer on suspicion of underhand activity<br />
(4,3,6)<br />
9. Itinerant collector of yesterday’s waste (3,3,4,3)<br />
15. Bewilder from the bottom up? (5)<br />
16. Imprisons for life? (5)<br />
20. Deal the cards before losing awareness (4,3)<br />
21. Fake discharge – on the carpet (7)<br />
22. Government investigators deployed for a piece of the<br />
action? (7)<br />
23. I describe the artist’s studio (7)<br />
27. The fool is caught in a spin (4)<br />
28. Ponder the minute passage (4)<br />
Solution Msy Prize Crossword.<br />
1<br />
S<br />
2<br />
E<br />
3<br />
A<br />
4<br />
P<br />
5<br />
A<br />
6<br />
C<br />
7<br />
S T A Y E D<br />
8<br />
F R A C T I O N<br />
R E M I L H N<br />
9<br />
N A I L F I L E<br />
10<br />
P R E S T O<br />
F I T S I N R<br />
11<br />
M E A N S<br />
12<br />
S T A T E S M A N<br />
13<br />
E B A A C<br />
14 15 16<br />
F O R M A L S T R A I T<br />
17<br />
O L E E D<br />
18 19 20 21<br />
E X C E L L E N T C H A R D<br />
22<br />
H A E R I E A<br />
23<br />
D O C T O R<br />
24<br />
A S T E R I S K<br />
U E I G E E H<br />
25<br />
E N T R A N C E<br />
26<br />
M A N N E R<br />
D S A S T R
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
24 For What it's Worth<br />
For What It's Worth<br />
Local jeweller, Malcolm Rogers, continues his series of articles on the secrets of the jewellery trade:<br />
Art Deco The History of Art Deco<br />
After the Universal Exposition of 1900, various<br />
French artists formed a formal collective<br />
known as La Société des Artistes Décorateurs<br />
(the society of the decorator artists). Founders<br />
included Hector Guimard, Eugène Grasset,<br />
Raoul Lachenal, Paul Follot, Maurice Dufrene,<br />
and Emile Decour. These artists heavily infl uenced<br />
the principles of Art Deco as a whole.<br />
This society's purpose was to demonstrate<br />
French decorative art's leading position and<br />
evolution internationally. They organized the<br />
1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs<br />
et Industriels Modernes (International<br />
Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative<br />
Art), which would feature French art and<br />
business interests. Russian artist Vadim Meller<br />
was awarded a gold medal for his scenic<br />
design there.<br />
The initial movement was called Style<br />
Moderne. The term Art Deco was derived from<br />
the Exposition of 1925, though it was not until<br />
the late 1960s that this term was coined by art<br />
historian Bevis Hillier, and popularized by his<br />
1968 book, Art Deco of the 20s and 30s. In the<br />
summer of 1969, Hillier conceived organizing<br />
an exhibition called Art Deco at the Minneapolis<br />
Institute of Arts, which took place from July<br />
What's On Stop Press<br />
Thursday 2 nd June to Sunday 5 th June<br />
Festival des PASSEURS de SON<br />
St. Thois Church, 29.<br />
Thursday: 3.30pm The OBERON Quintette will play<br />
Schumann, the ARTEMIS Quartet will play Beethoven.<br />
The young musicians of the area will also take part. In<br />
collaboration with inter<strong>com</strong>munale school of music.<br />
Saturday: 3.30 pm. Quartet - OPUS 29 - Mozart; Quartet<br />
- Mendelssohn. The young musicans of the area will<br />
also take part.<br />
Sunday: 3.30 pm S. COENT on Harp, M. COENT,<br />
Uilleann Pipes & T. O'FARRELL, Guitar plus young<br />
musicians.<br />
Donations wel<strong>com</strong>ed. Enquiries: 06 45 38 06 17 email:<br />
passeursdeson@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
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to September 1971. After this event, interest in<br />
Art Deco peaked with the publication of Hillier's<br />
1971 book, The World of Art Deco, a record of<br />
the exhibition.<br />
The Art Deco style infl uenced jewellery<br />
made in the 1920s and 1930s. The style emphasized<br />
a very abstract design with geometric<br />
patterns. The favourite colours were black<br />
(onyx), blue (sapphire), green (emerald), white<br />
(diamond) and red (coral). The baguette and<br />
emerald-cuts, which had been developed in<br />
the nineteenth century, were very popular in<br />
the 1920s because they blended so much with<br />
the geometrical lines of the Art Deco style.<br />
Most of the Art Deco jewellery was expensive<br />
and designed for the luxury market. A<br />
lot of people had made money in the war of<br />
1914–18, and this gave them the opportunity<br />
to buy jewellery made from diamonds, platinum,<br />
red gold, yellow gold, and rare jewels. Of<br />
course there are a lot of beautiful but less expensive<br />
pieces from the Art Deco movement,<br />
particularly items produced in the 1960s and<br />
1970s when Art Deco came back into fashion<br />
as a very popular decorative art. Even nowadays<br />
the infl uence of Art Deco can be seen in<br />
all the branches of the creative arts.<br />
Just for What It’s Worth<br />
Just for What It’s Worth<br />
malcolmrogers@tiscali.co.uk<br />
www.estateandlegacy.<strong>com</strong><br />
Sat June 25 th & Sun June 26 th<br />
Equitation Kervalerien, 22160 St Servais.<br />
Saturday: Horse and pony training day from 10 am.<br />
inhand or ridden in preparation for the horse show OR<br />
a dressage lesson. Trainer, Isabelle Arnaud Stouff. 20€<br />
per private session of 45 minutes. Spectators wel<strong>com</strong>e<br />
[free] but please check before <strong>com</strong>ing. Please contact<br />
Jean, Tel: 02 96 45 91 54 or email: jeanne22160@<br />
orange.fr<br />
Sunday: Horse show for all horses and ponies, with<br />
and without papers. Inhand and ridden classes for all<br />
ages of animals. Programme available on request.<br />
Contact details as above.
ROSANBO PARK<br />
A unique Treasure in Tregor<br />
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<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
Rosanbo Park 25<br />
What do Blenheim Palace and Rosanbo Castle<br />
in Lanvellec, Côtes d’Armor, have in <strong>com</strong>mon?<br />
Both had owners with the ambition to recreate the<br />
grandeur of the past by landscaping their grounds<br />
with the help of the renowned French landscaper<br />
Achille Duchêne (1866-1947), who was inspired by<br />
the rules of architecture and decoration rather than<br />
horticulture.<br />
The magnifi cent Italian and French style Water<br />
Terraces at Blenheim Palace were skilfully designed<br />
for the 9th Duke of Marlborough’s residence. His<br />
second wife, Gladys Deacon, famously said “I married a house not a man!”. In her youth, she lived a bohemian<br />
life in Paris, counting Proust, Rodin, and Monet amongst her friends. She was living at Blenheim Palace when<br />
the water terraces were built in the 1920s, and followed the progress of the project as she was a keen amateur<br />
photographer.<br />
The formal, regular French-style gardens at Rosanbo were <strong>com</strong>pleted in 1910. They were specially made for<br />
a practical purpose: horse practice. Henri Le Peletier de Rosanbo had a passion for horses, and he decided that<br />
a four-hectare orchard that had been abandoned after the French Revolution should be made into nine green<br />
'rooms' bordered by two and a half kilometres of hornbeam hedges surrounded by a six hundred and sixty six<br />
metre horse riding path. A 500 metres vaulted hornbeam passage protected the promeneurs from the horses, and<br />
from the sun, rain, and wind. The stables were built at the same period on the ruins of old buildings. The ruins<br />
of a 16th century chapel have been incorporated into the north east of the garden.<br />
Of the many French gardens restored by Achille Duchêne, the gardens of Vaux le Vi<strong>com</strong>te are the most famous.<br />
These were the fi rst “jardins à la française” and were originally designed by André Le Nôtre, who was<br />
then appointed as the royal gardener to King Louis XIV at Versailles. Duchêne was a very prolifi c landscaper<br />
and a great defender of French garden history. By 1935 he had concluded that there was no future in designing<br />
great parks for the aristocracy and wrote “Les Jardins de l’Avenir” (The Gardens of the Future) in which he suggested<br />
that gardens would be smaller and more functional. The Duchêne style was Arts and Crafts, in the sense<br />
of taking an old tradition and using it inventively with close attention to construction and planting details.<br />
Monique Canet<br />
ROSANBO Spring and Summer Program<br />
JUNE<br />
1st to 15th June Photo Exhibition « La Cuisine des Châteaux »<br />
Sunday June 5th 2pm Book signature « La Cuisine des Châteaux<br />
de Bretagne » with Martine Bleuzen du Pontavice.<br />
JULY<br />
1st 2nd & 3rd July Theatre with The Tregor Shakespeare Festival<br />
9pm “Hamlet”<br />
15th July “Moonlight at the Park” 9pm Poetry reading in the Park.<br />
AUGUST<br />
13th August “Moonlight at the Park” 9 p.m Poetry reading<br />
in the Park.<br />
Open from April to October every day from 2 to 6pm July and August from 11am to 6.30pm. Please ask for an English guided<br />
Tour (castle or park) with Monique. Picnic facilities – Boutique – Toilets. Entry: Gardens & Castle 10€. Garden only: 5€ (1€<br />
off for each entry for the CBJ readers). 02 96 35 18 77 www.rosanbo.net – chateauderosanbo@yahoo.<strong>com</strong><br />
Photos Mo Canet
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
26 Poetry Competition<br />
Poetry Competition<br />
HOLY JOE<br />
I'm sat out on deck, we're alongside Park Quay,<br />
Splicing eyes in a multiplait,<br />
When this man <strong>com</strong>es on board and <strong>com</strong>es right up to me,<br />
And asks to know what I am at...<br />
But not so he means it, I see right away<br />
That splicing is not his ambition,<br />
So I put in some tucks, wait to hear what he'll say,<br />
And he tells me he's <strong>com</strong>e from the Mission.<br />
But he isn't a padre, he's not a trainee,<br />
Or any of that Sailor's Home squad.<br />
But he pulls out some pamphlets and books, two or three,<br />
And asks if I think about God.<br />
Well, yes, standing watches for hours on end<br />
My thoughts run all over the show.<br />
And you may be surprised to find seafarers tend<br />
To see further and more than you know.<br />
And I reckon the badness is mostly ashore,<br />
And you'll find it in every guise:<br />
The con man, the mugger, the pimp and his whore.<br />
The preacher with well polished lies.<br />
And cleverer lies than the one you told me<br />
When you mentioned the Mission in vain;<br />
You have some kind of mission, with that I'll agree,<br />
But you've given it a Hell of a stain.<br />
Since you knew “Seamen's Mission” was what I'd understand,<br />
You have used a cheap salesman's trick<br />
In the name of your god. Is your god underhand?<br />
And this holy joe looks pretty sick.<br />
“I'm not to be laughed at,” he says with a frown,<br />
And he leaves without even a nod.<br />
And I feel a bit sick for this self righteous clown,<br />
But I really feel sorry for God.<br />
Robert Hilton<br />
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LAINE<br />
ET SOIE<br />
Je suis fille des collines et du vent<br />
Je suis l'Astarté des eaux pures<br />
Le soupir que retient le temps<br />
Quand je lâche ma chevelure<br />
Je suis transparente et voilée<br />
De secrets dont les feuilles mortes<br />
En brûlant sauront te parler<br />
Quand tu frapperas à ma porte<br />
Je suis l'or et le sang des druides<br />
Je suis le prix du sacrifice<br />
Mon honneur est d'une cariatide<br />
Mais mon cœur est sans artifice<br />
Quand viendra le temps du pardon<br />
Le vent poussera les nuages<br />
Les collines se découvriront<br />
Et je t'offrirai mon image<br />
Pour qu'enfin la laine et la soie<br />
Unissant les fils de leur trame<br />
S'enroulent à mon corps de femme<br />
Quand tu me prendras dans tes bras<br />
Hélène Nouaille Dégorce<br />
In May this year AIKB held a poetry<br />
<strong>com</strong>petition to mark World Honesty<br />
Day. The winners of the English section<br />
were 'Holy Joe' and 'The Honesty<br />
of Shoes', 'Laine et Soie' won the<br />
French section, and 'Honesty' and 'In<br />
All Honesty' were adjudged the best<br />
entries in the children's section
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
Poetry Competition 27<br />
THE HONESTY OF<br />
SHOES<br />
When you lack them it concentrates the mind,<br />
as foot soles remain tender for a time -<br />
tend to take on the woes of all humankind.<br />
Without shoes the loss makes you inclined<br />
to avoid the step in an early morning rime -<br />
when you lack them it concentrates the mind.<br />
You need to have a sole of some solid kind<br />
in order to weigh and continue the climb -<br />
to be honest at the woes of all humankind.<br />
There <strong>com</strong>es a time when you must unwind,<br />
unlace while you are still in your prime -<br />
for when you lack it concentrates the mind.<br />
Shoes can take you safely through the grind,<br />
help choose a pathway through the grime<br />
marked by the honest woes of all humankind.<br />
Where you walk influences what you will find<br />
though the soles of all shoes wear out in time<br />
when honest lack always concentrates the mind,<br />
can help understand the woes of all humankind.<br />
James Bell<br />
Honesty, the best<br />
Of human virtues<br />
No good ever came of lies<br />
Every true buddy<br />
Stands as proof<br />
Trust me Oskar<br />
Your friend Jude.<br />
Jude Marcellin Bridge<br />
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IN<br />
ALL HONESTY<br />
by<br />
In all honesty<br />
today has been<br />
something out of the ordinary.<br />
In all honesty<br />
I could do with some Christmas carols<br />
and a mug of hot chocolate.<br />
In all honesty<br />
walking on the road without a sidewalk<br />
is more fun than anything else.<br />
In all honesty<br />
watching fog settle over the road<br />
can bring tears to anyone’s eyes.<br />
In all honesty<br />
you're the only person<br />
I'm mostly honest to.<br />
In all honesty<br />
this poem<br />
is entirely honest.<br />
Georgia Lucy Rodgers<br />
Oskar and Jude<br />
TH<br />
W
28<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
28 On and Off the Beaten Track<br />
On and Off the Beaten Track<br />
Guillotin’s Oak<br />
1000 year old oak trees are un<strong>com</strong>mon. This one is just far enough off the beaten track not to make a<br />
detour while hacking to or from St. Malo. So, as many of us rarely visit things that are on our doorstep,<br />
I determined to go.<br />
Despite having seen a picture, at fi rst sight I was disappointed. I suppose I had been expecting a<br />
majestic oak with a thick leafy canopy in the Charles II myth tradition. Leaves it has, but they are not<br />
thick. Some branches have none at all and reach to the sky like supplicating fi ngers. However, with a<br />
circumference of 9.65 metres, it is much more impressive close to. It is 20 metres high and I had more<br />
of a sense of its grandeur standing beneath it. The bark too is extraordinary, gnarled and warped by<br />
time. To my surprise it was also hollow, which I suppose accounts for the intermittent foliage, but also<br />
its name.<br />
According to the account as told by the tree itself on a nearby panel, it was seeded in 1144, when<br />
Halley’s <strong>com</strong>et was visiting. This would make it 867 years old, though elsewhere it says that it is 1000<br />
years old. It has lived through the pageant of French history and the anthroproarbric writer singles<br />
out various events before arriving at the cataclysm of the<br />
revolution.<br />
M. Guillotin was the curé of nearby Concoret. In 1791<br />
the “sans culottes”—working class as opposed to bourgeois<br />
revolutionaries—arrived to instil the values of the<br />
republic on the eager paysans. Guillotin was in danger so<br />
he fl ed the republican army, who pursued him with sabres<br />
drawn. Whether he knew that the tree was hollow, history<br />
fails to record, but he arrived at the oak exhausted and terrifi<br />
ed, and squeezed inside.<br />
At this point pure fantasy takes over as the tree remembers<br />
praying hard for him to be saved. Hey presto, the<br />
opening was covered with an enormous cobweb thanks to<br />
Notre-Dame of Paimpont, who heard the prayer and trans-<br />
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available in local<br />
shops.<br />
FESTOU NOZ June 2011<br />
2nd Thu. Poullaouen Fest-Deiz / Fest Noz. 7pm 8€<br />
1st edition of the Fest ar C’han - Festival of Singing. Meal<br />
and concert earlier in the day. Salle des Fetes.<br />
With: Annie Ebrel / Nolwenn Le Buhe, Quere / Le Menn,<br />
Christian & Sylvie Rivoalen & others.<br />
4th Sat. Glomel Fest-Noz / Bal International 8:30pm 13€.<br />
Clarinette Festival, Salle du Lac 02 96 29 69 26<br />
11th Sat. Le Haute-Corlay Fest-Noz<br />
Huge open-air fest-noz at Coat-Favan, nr. le Haute-Corlay<br />
With: Sonerien Du, Ampouailh, TiTOM, Guichen & others.<br />
11th Sat. Cavan Fest-Deiz / Fest-Noz<br />
Festival of the Breton Breton Language, Salle des Fetes.<br />
With: Startijenn, Skolvan, Le Bour / Bodros Quintet & others.<br />
Fri 8 th & Sat 9 th July 8pm<br />
Salle des Fêtes, Plorec-sur-Arguenon<br />
(between Jugon and Plancoët)<br />
'The Sound of Music with Gretl':Written<br />
and performed by Melanie Parr, who<br />
played Gretl in the original West End<br />
production. 'this spell-binding, onewoman<br />
show tells the true story of how<br />
a little girl, living quietly on a Sussex<br />
farm, became the smallest member of<br />
the Von Trapp family'. Encounters with<br />
Richard Rodgers, Noël Coward and<br />
the real Maria von Trapp gave Melanie<br />
the most extraordinary childhood.<br />
Since then she has enjoyed a long and<br />
varied career, including many years in<br />
the West End and on TV.<br />
With a <strong>com</strong>bination of anecdotes and<br />
songs, Melanie’s performance will appeal<br />
to all who love the Musical Theatre.<br />
Tickets: 10€ Box Offi ce: 02 96 83 09 92<br />
james@drayton.biz<br />
www.thesoundofmusicwithgretl.co.uk<br />
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The Sound of Music with Gretl<br />
On and Off the Beaten Track contd<br />
formed herself into a spider. The revolutionaries, seeing the web, assumed that he was not in the tree<br />
and left. He stayed on for some time, though the tricky problems of food and personal hygiene are not<br />
discussed. Actually the spider legend may be true: I know of one other case where spiders successfully<br />
disguised a new constructed cellar wall to stop the Germans pinching the wine.<br />
How to get there<br />
From Josselin, take the D793 to La Trinité Porhoët, turning right after about a kilometre onto the D16 to St. Malo Les Trois Fontaines<br />
and Mauron. At Mauron, the road joins the D2; turn right and stay on the D2 to Concoret. (Le Chêne à Guillotin is signposted.) In<br />
Concoret, turn right at the ivy-covered church towards Tréhorenteuc and follow the road for a couple of kilometres when you will see<br />
on your right the fi nal signpost for the oak.<br />
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18th Sat. Loc-Envel Fest-Noz 7:30pm 3€<br />
With: Urvoy / Malrieu, Lefebvrie / Deriennic, Le Roy<br />
Claude & others.<br />
18th Sat. Callac Fest-Noz 10pm FREE ENTRY<br />
Fete de la Musique. Salle des Fetes.<br />
18th Sat. St-Nicolas-du-Pelem Fest-Noz<br />
With: David Pasquet Groupe, TiTom & others.<br />
25th Sat. Callac Fest-Noz 9pm<br />
Fest-Noz in aid of Cystic Fibrosis, as part of the Pierre Le<br />
Bigaut cycle race. Salle des Fetes.
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30 Art & Culture<br />
AIKB Photo Competition Poppy Appeal<br />
2011<br />
Winners of the May AIKB Photo<br />
Club <strong>com</strong>petition, the subject was<br />
'Portrait'.<br />
Above: "The Old Rake", Jon<br />
Stokes<br />
Left: "Steve", Peter Jones<br />
The photo club meets at 4.00pm<br />
every 1st and 3rd TUESDAY of<br />
the month at the Pavillon (AIKBs<br />
offices) in Gouarec, new members<br />
are wel<strong>com</strong>e. For more information<br />
please contact Bryon Mason at<br />
bryon.mason@hotmail.co.uk<br />
Musicians Wanted! The Fête de la Musique, Callac is looking<br />
for groups of musicians who would be willing to play in the towns cafes and<br />
bars on the 18th June as part of this year's Fête de la Musique - in exchange<br />
for drinks, something to eat and travel costs. If you are interested, please<br />
contact Ludovic Thoraval 06.59.15.18.32 ludo@lebacardi.<strong>com</strong><br />
The Shape of Mist / Lambeaux de Brume<br />
Tales of the Monts d'Arée<br />
Wendy Mewes<br />
This new collection of stories and poems is inspired by the magical atmosphere<br />
of the heaths and hills of the Monts d’Arée.<br />
The seven stories are in English and French (translation by Yves Marhic),<br />
and they are ac<strong>com</strong>pnied by illustrations by Steve Leighton.<br />
The Shape of Mist is available from bookshops and Maisons de la Presse<br />
throughout <strong>Brittany</strong>.<br />
Price 10.00€/£8.99. ISBN 9791090374003<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
Everyone is very wel<strong>com</strong>e to join<br />
members of the Royal British<br />
Legion at La Lande de Boloré to<br />
celebrate the 90th birthday party<br />
of the Poppy Appeal on Sunday,<br />
June the 12th, starting at 2 pm.<br />
Entry is free for members and 1€<br />
for non-members - children under<br />
16 free of charge.<br />
Please bring a cake or similar,<br />
to share, if you feel you can. At<br />
4 pm, a glass will be raised with<br />
Royal British Legion members<br />
all over the world to toast the<br />
birthday.<br />
There will be a tombola and<br />
many games to play, as well as<br />
a tea room with cakes and other<br />
refreshments, freshly-made<br />
crepes, books, bric-a-brac, bottle<br />
and welfare stalls, etc. The profit<br />
will be donated to the Poppy<br />
Appeal.<br />
For further information, and<br />
directions if necessary, please<br />
contact Kissmekate@aliceadsl.fr<br />
or telephone<br />
00 33 (0)2 97 39 60 69.
English Language Films<br />
Callac Cinema:<br />
Sun 5th and Mon 6th June<br />
RABBIT HOLE. 8.30pm directed<br />
by John Cameron<br />
Mitchell, wit Nicole Kidman,Aaron<br />
Eckhart, Dianne Wiest<br />
Sun 12th June<br />
MIDNIGHT IN<br />
PARIS 8.30pm<br />
directed by Woody<br />
Allan, with Owen<br />
Wilson, Rachel<br />
McAdams,<br />
Michael Sheen<br />
Mon 20th June<br />
THE TREE OF LIFE at 8.30pm<br />
Directed by Terrence Malick,with<br />
Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica<br />
Chastain.<br />
www.cineargoat.free.fr<br />
Rostrenen Cinema:<br />
"The boat that rocked" (or "Good<br />
Morning England" in.... well,<br />
"French"!) on the 20th of June, at<br />
3.00 pm and 8.30 pm, to introduce<br />
the "Fête de la musique" which is on<br />
the 21st June in Rostrenen (beginning<br />
at 6.00pm)<br />
The fi lm is in English, with French<br />
subtitles.<br />
All Hallows Concert Tour<br />
Tuesday 5 th July 8.30pm.<br />
The Basilica ND de Paradis, Hennebont<br />
Musicians from All Hallows Catholic School Farnham, Surrey<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
Quilting in Peace<br />
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The Clay Barn<br />
Pottery painting studio<br />
A creative & popular activity for all ages<br />
Opening Times: Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 6pm<br />
Free Refreshments for all painters!<br />
18 rue de Pempoul 56510 Kernascléden<br />
02 97 28 27 99 www.theclay-barn.<strong>com</strong><br />
Quilting in Peace<br />
Lucy Allen<br />
Le Bodeuc 22230 St-Vran, <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
• New stock of patchwork and quilting. 100% cotton fabrics<br />
for you to view in our cottage workshop, including a large<br />
range of latest Moda fabrics.<br />
• Day workshops and residential breaks for<br />
patchwork and quilting.<br />
• Demonstrations on a range of sewing machines<br />
available by appointment<br />
Also a wide selection of threads, wadding, buttons and a<br />
large range of kits to make up.<br />
Open Monday and Tuesday 10am - 4pm<br />
www.quiltinginpeace.co.uk lucyquilting@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Tel: (0033) 296 56 15 49 Mobile: (00 33) 617 11 19 94<br />
Th e Great<br />
British Afternoon<br />
Tea Party<br />
5 June 2011<br />
Kerdonnarc’h, Rostrenen, from 3pm.<br />
For tickets (and directions), please visit Hyefolk -<br />
33b rue Ollivier Perrin, 22110 Rostrenen<br />
5 Euros per head for a Clotted Cream<br />
Tea OR Tea and Cakes.<br />
Stalls and Entertainment.<br />
All proceeds to Marie Curie Cancer Care.<br />
02 96 29 34 70<br />
will be giving a series of concerts in the area around Lorient in early July. The group will consist of three choirs, 4<br />
bands and a string orchestra. The music will suit a variety of tastes and will include classical, jazz, folk and light<br />
choral music. Some notable items from the programme include “Fields of Gold”, Music from “Carmen” by Bizet,<br />
“You Raised me<br />
up”, “Fly Me to the<br />
Moon”, some Irish<br />
folk music, “Royal<br />
Garden Blues”,<br />
and some songs<br />
from the stage.<br />
The programme<br />
lasts about 90<br />
minutes and will be<br />
free of charge with<br />
a retiring collection.
Samuel Lewis - Megalith Diarist. samuel@<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
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Megalith Diary<br />
'Le Menhir' Glomel<br />
Sources are generally in agreement that the<br />
menhir in Glomel measures 8.6 metres, and is<br />
probably the 3rd largest in <strong>Brittany</strong> (after Kerloas,<br />
St-Renan and Champ-Dolent, Dol-de-Bretagne),<br />
which in turn would make it the 3rd tallest standing<br />
stone in the world.<br />
The Menhir is not easy to miss. It stands on the<br />
Rue du Menhir, in the Village du Menhir, just<br />
outside the town of Glomel. It is at the top of a<br />
hill overlooking the canal, set amongst houses.<br />
The stone itself is actually on private property<br />
and visitors are currently not able to go right up<br />
to the Menhir.<br />
D3<br />
GLOMEL<br />
N164<br />
Rostrenen<br />
D85<br />
Le Menhir<br />
Etang du Corong<br />
Ker-Sioul<br />
MENHIR<br />
A postcard in 1900 described it as 'Le plus haut<br />
Menhir de la Bretagne'
Glomel<br />
Continuing the series of articles on<br />
Breton <strong>com</strong>munes, this month the Journal<br />
focusses on Glomel, a rural <strong>com</strong>mune at<br />
the southern edge of Côtes d'Armor.<br />
Glomel is now best known for being<br />
situated at the highest point of the<br />
Nantes-Brest canal, but its existence<br />
long predates the building of the canal;<br />
like most Breton towns, its original<br />
purpose was to serve a <strong>com</strong>munity of<br />
small, independant farmers.<br />
Specifi c information about the<br />
economic development of the<br />
<strong>com</strong>mune is hard to <strong>com</strong>e by, but<br />
census fi gures indicate that in the mid<br />
1800s the population was about three<br />
and a half thousand, and this fi gure<br />
Glomel<br />
Above: the Étang de Korong.<br />
Right: two old postcards showing<br />
the main street in Glomel.<br />
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34 Glomel<br />
Top: Convicts (mainly people who had refused to serve in<br />
the French army) were conscripted to build the 'Grande<br />
Tranchée' which linked the western and eastern sections of<br />
the Nantes - Brest Canal<br />
rose to over four thousand by the start of the twentieth century.<br />
Since then, the population has been in decline, and in the 2006<br />
census it was recorded to be just one thousand, four hundred.<br />
Some older residents can remember a time when there were<br />
still five bakeries, ten bars and three abattoirs in the town,<br />
and up until the 1960s the <strong>com</strong>mune of Glomel was almost<br />
certainly still self sufficient in almost all of the essentials<br />
of life. Most of the inhabitants were farmers, meaning that<br />
there could have been up to a thousand autonomous, or semiautonomous,<br />
farming units in the <strong>com</strong>mune. Most of the<br />
inhabitants probably rarely - or never - travelled outside the<br />
<strong>com</strong>mune.<br />
In a sense the area is still struggling to find<br />
a new identity to take the place of this<br />
rugged rural-Breton model. By every<br />
standard the population level is low - just<br />
eighteen people per square kilometre. A<br />
<strong>com</strong>parable region in the UK - such as<br />
parishes on the edge of Dartmoor, for<br />
example - have more than four times this<br />
number of people per square kilometre, and<br />
in historical terms these are also sparsely populated. Of even<br />
greater significance is the fact that local people are no longer<br />
obliged to shop locally. Local businesses cannot rely on local<br />
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The 'barrage', built on the<br />
Ruisseau de Kerjean, creates the<br />
Etang du Korong.<br />
Opposite: In recent years Glomel has be<strong>com</strong>e famous for its<br />
clarinette festival, based around a traditional Breton instrument<br />
- the Dreujenn Gaol.
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custom for their survival, and this is reflected by the<br />
eclectic range of businesses on the main street - Webbs<br />
of Glomel (B&B), La Cascade (a hotel), Casa Nostra (a<br />
pizzaria), Gwenn ha Du (a specialist crêpe maker), and a<br />
specialist butcher. The town has also managed to retain a<br />
range of essential services - a pharmacy, two hairdressers<br />
(ladies and gents), a Proxi mini-market, a bakery and a<br />
very popular bar, Le Korong, run by Frédéric Lahag.<br />
The canal represents the main attraction in the<br />
surrounding countryside: there is a sailing club<br />
Carhaix<br />
Gourin<br />
Encore Brocante<br />
Paule<br />
Tavarn Le Korong<br />
B&B Webb's of Glomel<br />
Maël-Carhaix<br />
Kayak<br />
Centre<br />
Kermarquer<br />
P<br />
Ker Gérard<br />
Étang de Korong<br />
N164<br />
Canal Chouette<br />
Chambres d'Hote & Cafe<br />
Kerrien<br />
Rostrenen<br />
Grande Tranchée<br />
Canal de Nantes à Brest<br />
Iron Bridge<br />
Pharmacy<br />
D3<br />
Post Office<br />
Mairie<br />
Water<br />
Tower<br />
Le Menhir<br />
P<br />
P<br />
Etang de Korong<br />
Ty Rouz<br />
Proxi<br />
Lopérare<br />
Ker Sioul<br />
Barrage<br />
Menhir<br />
Étang de<br />
Trébel<br />
P<br />
D3<br />
Quistinic<br />
Étang de<br />
Mezouët<br />
N164<br />
Rostrenen<br />
Hotel - Restaurant La Casade<br />
Glomel<br />
footpaths<br />
Salle du Lac
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36 Séglien<br />
river<br />
sarre<br />
sarre<br />
Moulin de la Sarre<br />
Guémenésur-Scorff<br />
Séglien<br />
D18<br />
Moulin de Tescat<br />
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Left: Though not often<br />
seen by walkers, otters<br />
are still relatively<br />
<strong>com</strong>mon in the Sarre<br />
vlley.
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on the reservoir that feeds the<br />
canal, and a kayak club on the<br />
canal itself. There is a chambre<br />
d'hôte, Canal Chouette,<br />
opposite the kayak club, where<br />
walkers can get a cup of tea<br />
and a snack at the weekend.<br />
New in 2011, Glomel also<br />
has a Brocante, run by Shirley<br />
Sutton from her home in the<br />
hamlet of Kermarquer.<br />
Thus, in <strong>com</strong>mon with<br />
other parts of rural <strong>Brittany</strong>,<br />
whilst much has been done<br />
to rebuild the local economy<br />
since the shock of the post-war<br />
depopulation, the opportunity<br />
still exists for new residents,<br />
with new ideas, to settle in the<br />
town and help it to redefine its<br />
role in the modern world.<br />
Facing Page<br />
Top: Aerial view of the town taken from<br />
the church bell steeple. 2010.<br />
Middle left: Cliff Webb of Webb's of<br />
Glomel. Nowhere in Glomel is far from<br />
the open countryside..<br />
Middle middle: The new Proxi shop in the<br />
town centre.<br />
Middle Right: Bar Le Korong open seven<br />
days a week from 7am 02 96 29 63 19<br />
Bottom Left: Encore Brocante, recently<br />
moved from Rostrenen, 10-5 Tues to Sat,<br />
2-5 Sun. 02 96 24 80 51. (see map p.35)<br />
Bottom Middle: The bakery in the centre<br />
of the town.<br />
Left: Webb's of Glomel Bed & Breakfast<br />
Left below: Glomel's Clarinette festival.<br />
This year it will be a one-day event on<br />
Saturday, June 4th.<br />
This page<br />
Top: Looking over the cemetry towards<br />
the Etang de Konrong. Taken from the top<br />
of the church.<br />
Middle: Etang de Korong<br />
Bottom: The Canal at Ker Gerard.<br />
Thanks to Cliff and Mary-Ellen Webb for<br />
help with this article, and for the majority<br />
of the photographs. 02 96 29 88 44<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
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38 Profile: France Foley<br />
Profile:<br />
France Foley<br />
Lynette Jarvis talks to France Foley, President of the<br />
Lord Russell Association, Dinard<br />
Bonjour Madame Foley, I’ve walked past this<br />
beautiful house many times, so it’s a great pleasure<br />
to be here inside. I know that you’re French,<br />
but I’m hoping we can conduct the interview in<br />
English!<br />
That shouldn’t be a problem. My husband here is<br />
British, and we met in London.<br />
Was that through work?<br />
Not really, but Fred was working for Renault. We<br />
met in the Charles Péguy Club in Leicester Square,<br />
frequented by French and Francophiles alike. Péguy<br />
was a modernist poet, an intellectual socialist, and<br />
also a great philanthropist. His poetry reveals a<br />
constant search for justice and truth. He was killed<br />
at the start of World War One. Many places are<br />
named after him, even in London!<br />
Whereabouts in France are you from?<br />
I was born and brought up in Saint Cloud, Paris. We<br />
got married in France, and Fred was able to transfer<br />
to Renault’s Parisian Headquarters in Boulogne de<br />
Billancourt, where we lived for the next 30 years.<br />
My activities centred around family life, and the<br />
position I held with Hewlett Packard.<br />
When did you move to Dinard?<br />
Ten years ago, but we had a holiday home in St Quay<br />
Portrieux for many years before we retired to <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
full time. That’s when we moved to Dinard.<br />
Why Dinard? Would you like to answer this one,<br />
Fred?<br />
It has everything we need, beautiful beaches, a wide<br />
variety of shops and entertainment facilities, great<br />
restaurants, including Moroccan, Thai, Chinese,<br />
and Japanese, a great golf course, tennis club,<br />
thalassotherapy centre, good medical services,<br />
and of course St Bartholomew’s Anglican Church<br />
attracts a wide variety of people, and has its own<br />
English-language library. And we have the Annual<br />
Festival of British Films here in Dinard, and several<br />
art exhibitions.<br />
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We have an airport (Ryanair) and it’s possible to live<br />
in Dinard and get to England without a car! The boat<br />
ferry crosses over to St Malo in just ten minutes, and<br />
then it’s a short hop to the <strong>Brittany</strong> Ferries’ Terminal.<br />
We find Dinard most wel<strong>com</strong>ing, and it feels like<br />
home, even to me, a Londoner!<br />
Why do you think that is?<br />
Dinard is a place where people retire to from several<br />
different locations, both in France and elsewhere.<br />
There has always been a large British <strong>com</strong>munity<br />
here, which stops people feeling isolated. This<br />
constant blend of ‘new<strong>com</strong>ers’ means that most<br />
people are automatically friendly, and not ‘cliquish,’<br />
which can happen when the majority has lived in the<br />
same place all its life. We don’t have that problem<br />
in Dinard.<br />
And now to the Lord Russell Association please,<br />
France. When did it start?<br />
It was founded in 1983 by a group of friends,<br />
including Ronald Frankel, the Honorary Consul in<br />
St Malo at the time.<br />
So why was it named after an English<br />
Aristocrat?<br />
Lord Russell of Liverpool (born 1895) was a jetsetter<br />
who regularly appeared in Dinard. He was<br />
a soldier, and a writer, and he died just two years<br />
before the L.R.A. was formed, hence Ronald Frankel<br />
decided it would be appropriate to call it after His<br />
Lordship. He was quite a character, who had a total<br />
of 3 French wives, but the fourth was English. She’s<br />
buried in the British Section of the Cemetery here in<br />
Dinard, next to him.<br />
How many members do you have, and are they a<br />
mixture of French and British?<br />
We have approximately 250, and nowadays most of<br />
them are indeed French. However, we are an Anglo
French Association, and are actively encouraging<br />
new members to join, especially our British friends.<br />
There are enough of them to form bonds within<br />
themselves, whilst at the same time merging with<br />
our French members, and thus promoting the Club’s<br />
aims.<br />
Which are?<br />
To develop friendship ties with Great Britain and<br />
English-speaking citizens living in <strong>Brittany</strong>, and to<br />
provide an active programme of events and courses<br />
which they will enjoy. Through this, we achieve an<br />
outstanding level of conviviality.<br />
Can you list these events and activities, please?<br />
English and French language courses at all levels,<br />
with professional teachers; English-language library;<br />
English and French Scrabble sessions; reading<br />
club; conferences, with guest speakers; excursions<br />
throughout France, including visiting châteaux and<br />
vineyards; regular trips to places further afield -<br />
last year it was to Corsica, and Scotland; Dinners,<br />
English afternoon teas, monthly cocktail parties;<br />
English and French cookery demonstrations; Art and<br />
handicraft classes.<br />
That’s quite a list! Anything else you’d like to<br />
mention?<br />
Yes! We are twinned with Newquay, in Cornwall,<br />
and we alternate our annual visits with them, one<br />
year they <strong>com</strong>e here, the next we go there. We’re<br />
off to England to see them next week, in fact! It’s<br />
a very active twinning group, and this year we are<br />
celebrating our 25th Anniversary, Dinard-Newquay!<br />
With so much on offer, is it expensive to join the<br />
L.R.A.?<br />
Our Membership Fee is 27€ per person, 43€ per<br />
couple. But for that, they get free attendance at all<br />
the courses on offer, whether they be language or art<br />
classes, scrabble or cookery demonstrations. Even<br />
the afternoon teas and monthly cocktails are free and<br />
gratis, but obviously not dinners or trips!<br />
What trips do you have planned for this year?<br />
By the time your Readers have this issue we will have<br />
been to Cornwall, but we have a few vacancies left<br />
for our trip to the Bourgogne Region of France this<br />
October (so join us soon to avoid disappointment!)<br />
This will be a perfect opportunity to stock up on<br />
some great Burgundies for the Festive Season.<br />
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Profile: France Foley 39<br />
Thank you France, and Frederick. You have<br />
especially lovely surroundings here, lots going on,<br />
the sea air wafting across the prettily landscaped<br />
grounds, and your Members are extremely fortunate<br />
to belong to such a delightful club.<br />
Useful Information:<br />
Lord Russell Association: Email: asslordrussell@wanadoo.fr, 19<br />
Rue Coppinger, 35800 Dinard,<br />
02 99 46 75 98 (Secretary’s Office, weekdays 3 – 6 p.m.)<br />
St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church: 02 99 46 77 00 www.st-bartsdinard.org.uk<br />
Dinard Airport: 08 25 08 35 09 www.ryanair.<strong>com</strong><br />
<strong>Brittany</strong> Ferries St Malo: 02 99 40 64 41 www.brittanyferries.<strong>com</strong><br />
Boat Ferry (Bus de Mer) Dinard to St Malo (50 x 10 minute<br />
crossings a day) 08 25 13 81 00 www.<strong>com</strong>pagniecorsaire.<strong>com</strong>
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal – June 2011<br />
40 Nature Diary<br />
Nature Diary:<br />
Resilient as a Fox<br />
Cunning, clever, resourceful, and certainly not a wel<strong>com</strong>e visitor to any respectable chicken<br />
coop, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is an animal that has adapted to live alongside humans in their<br />
ever-changing world.<br />
It has one of the widest distributions of any land mammal, which includes most of North America,<br />
most of Europe, including some of the remotest areas of Russia, and Asia. It is also be<strong>com</strong>e<br />
established in parts of Australia where it was introduced in the early 1900s. It is an adaptable mammal<br />
that can deal equally well with the harsh tundra of Siberia as with the rich farmlands of England<br />
and <strong>Brittany</strong>.<br />
A red fox will eat almost anything accept grass and vegetation; it is more than content with a diet<br />
of frogs, mice, voles, rabbits, birds' eggs, various insects, and earthworms. Of course foxes are also<br />
associated with chickens, ducks, and other domestic birds kept in "safe pens" - safe that is until<br />
the fox finds a way of entry.<br />
It seems probable, however, that female foxes (vixens) do not normally resort to such hard-to-acquire<br />
sources of food. Urban-based foxes will readily survive by learning to forage out of dustbins<br />
and human waste areas. Bits of burgers and pizzas are taken with relish.<br />
Mating between the dog fox and the vixen takes place from December to February; the gestation<br />
period is 51 to 52 days, and a mature vixen will give birth to between 2 to 6 cubs. The young are<br />
born helpless, and depend upon their mother, and possibly the father, for milk and then food for<br />
the first 3 months of their lives, during which they remain deep underground. With the <strong>com</strong>ing of<br />
spring the cubs follow their parents above ground and start to learn hunting techniques. At this time<br />
of year it is not un<strong>com</strong>mon to see a vixen with her cubs, usually around dusk. Fox cubs are fully<br />
grown at 6-8 months, and with the <strong>com</strong>ing of winter, they to wander off to nearby territories<br />
to establish their own families.<br />
A fox's eyes are amber, with slit pupils that enable it to hunt at<br />
dusk and at night; their ears are large and mobile (to pinpoint<br />
possible prey very precisely) and their coat is usually<br />
reddish brown, but variations in colour<br />
do occur.Of course, the most obvious and<br />
prominent part of a fox is its long bushy<br />
tail, called a 'brush'. This is used to<br />
good effect as a sort of steering rudder<br />
when leaping up and pouncing<br />
on food.<br />
'Cunning as a fox.' 'Sly as a<br />
fox': folklore has given this very<br />
adaptable creature a harsh reputation.<br />
Despite being persecuted<br />
for centuries this animal continues<br />
to survive and flourish. Not<br />
many other mammals can match<br />
that for resilience.<br />
Alan Jonah<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong>
Animals<br />
See ANIMAL WELFARE p.50<br />
Fun Dog Training ! Learn agility for<br />
fun. Teach your dog tricks. Plus basic<br />
training while having fun. Experienced/<br />
qualified trainer. (Dinan) http://<br />
michellejohnstoneducanine.webs.<strong>com</strong><br />
Tel 06 71 37 11 73<br />
Registered petsitter, dogs, cats, horses,<br />
any animal in the <strong>com</strong>fort of your home.<br />
Areas 22, 56, 29, others considered.<br />
References available. Call me,<br />
06 34 35 26 87 - Penny<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong> Stables. Suppliers of<br />
quality stables and chicken coops, at<br />
<strong>com</strong>petitive prices. 09 60 13 73 92<br />
www.brittanystables.<strong>com</strong><br />
Charity Fields Rare Breeds Farm. This<br />
spring's Oussant and Zwartble lambs for<br />
visiting, sale and exchange. Kuni kuni<br />
piglets, sows and boars. Le saint<br />
02 97 34 70 44 evenings please<br />
Art & Craft<br />
Chez-Sandra-Jane – Holds an Open<br />
Day on 1st Saturday of every month,<br />
where Sandra makes and sells Original<br />
Pastels; Collectable Teddy Bears and<br />
Patchwork items at her family home in<br />
St Caradec (22). To find out more visit<br />
www.chez-sandra-jane.<strong>com</strong> or contact<br />
Sandra direct on 02 96 25 08 72 / 06<br />
04 43 72 60 or email her at sandysheward@hotmail.<strong>com</strong>.<br />
B & B / Gîtes<br />
See BED & BREAKFAST p.51<br />
Holidays / Weekends “The Goodlife<br />
Farm” Chambre D’Hôte in the heart of<br />
the Breton countryside, fresh eggs for<br />
breakfast, coastlines 40mins. Tel: 02 96<br />
45 89 37 thelma.france@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Classified<br />
La Gare B & B, Pont Melvez (on D<br />
787). En-suite double rooms, child bed<br />
available. Free-range eggs in season<br />
(chicken, duck, goose).<br />
Tel: 02 96 21 87 94<br />
B&B and Writers Retreat in Pet-<br />
Friendly Farmhouse, Nr Bourbriac, Cotes<br />
d’Armor, Short-breaks & Long-stay. www.<br />
thewriteretreat.<strong>com</strong>. 02 96 43 63 61<br />
La Maison Bretonne. B&B near<br />
Rostrenen. En-suite rooms. Evening<br />
meal / Bar. Set in an acre of prizewinning<br />
gardens. Sue & Malcolm 02 96<br />
29 15 88 malcolmt99@wanadoo.fr<br />
www.chambrebretagne.<strong>com</strong><br />
B&B Les Weavers, Saint-Adrien.<br />
Beautiful Breton Longere, spectacular<br />
countryside location, warm wel<strong>com</strong>e<br />
awaits you. Call anytime 02 96 43 64 99,<br />
www.franceholidayvacance.<strong>com</strong><br />
Le Grand Pré B&B at Jugon les Lacs.<br />
All rooms ensuite, set in 2 acres,<br />
overlooking countryside. Speak to John<br />
and Kit Wallis. Tel: 02 96 31 74 42<br />
Books<br />
BRITTANY MOBILE BOOK<br />
EXCHANGE. Browse popular English<br />
fiction by bestselling authors in our<br />
mobile bookshop. Prices from €2,50 with<br />
book exchanges. See www.bmbe.webs.<br />
<strong>com</strong> or phone 02 96 32 68 53.<br />
English Bookshop Now Open in<br />
Huelgoat. New / Used Books from<br />
50centimes. Open Wednesday -<br />
Saturday 10am-12.30 / 2pm-5pm.<br />
22 route de Berrien (D14 towards<br />
Berrien) Tel: 02 98 99 78 04 E-mail:<br />
bookworm22@live.co.uk<br />
English Greetings Cards in France<br />
(Birthdays, Special Ages, New baby, etc)<br />
we stock over 10,000 cards, all cards<br />
€1.00 inc p&p to your door. Please see<br />
our website www.englishcardsinfrance.<br />
net 02 97 60 27 21<br />
New - Look Website for the<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
Journal<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
Building<br />
& Property<br />
Services<br />
See BUILDING & PROPERTY<br />
SERVICES pp.55-58 & 60-63<br />
Classified Advertising 25 words 3€<br />
41<br />
Decorating, wall / floor tiling, plaster<br />
boarding, cladding. All areas covered.<br />
Registered, 22 years experience, free<br />
estimates, call Bob 02 97 51 20 57.<br />
Kingfisherbob@live.<strong>com</strong><br />
Plasterer 30yrs experience in the<br />
UK. Professional plastering service in<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong>, auto-entrepreneur. References<br />
provided. Free estimates. Tel Stuart<br />
02 98 93 87 43 / 06 23 67 84 17<br />
Registered carpenter, with over 20 yrs<br />
experience, in renovation, conversions,<br />
general repairs, and property<br />
maintenance. Available to assist you, or<br />
quote for <strong>com</strong>plete project. Free quotes<br />
22 / 29. Tel 02 96 45 96 72.<br />
BUILDING PLANS. Extensions, garages,<br />
verandahs, kitchens, bathrooms, and<br />
renovations. Documents graphiques.<br />
Photos. Scale drawings. Phone 02 96<br />
36 69 61 / 29 86 58 or 0623 24 18 25 or<br />
email: rayfoster@wanadoo.fr for details<br />
of services available.<br />
All your plastering, rendering, damp<br />
proofing work carried out by skilled,<br />
clean worker. Fully registered via French<br />
agency. Tel: Ian for enquiries and free<br />
quote. (22, 29) 02 96 24 79 75 / 06 31<br />
97 85 15<br />
Stonemason specialising in garden wall,<br />
fireplaces & intricate work. Skilled, clean<br />
worker. 47 years experience. Tel: Frank<br />
(22) 02 96 24 79 75 / 06 31 97 85 15<br />
Sand & Gravel . Small quantities<br />
delivered by tipper truck . Approx 1 cube .<br />
Located at Callac and serving an area up<br />
to 20 Km . tele :- Peter @ 0296450443 or<br />
0675459977.<br />
Bretagne Property Solutions. Gite<br />
Changeovers, Property Checks,<br />
Gardening etc. Tel. 0296457228. See<br />
website for full list of services and prices.<br />
www.bretagnepropertysolutions.<strong>com</strong>
42<br />
Registered General Handyman.<br />
Alterations, Plastering, and Maintenance.<br />
House Checks, Gite Changeovers.<br />
Large and Small Gardens Cared<br />
For. Rostrenen 0637 300388.email<br />
paulreadabc@gmail.<strong>com</strong>. (refs available)<br />
Architectural drawings & planning<br />
applications. Permis de construire,<br />
declaration prealable, etc. Any size<br />
project. Contact Arthur Cutler on 02 97<br />
39 38 72. www.frenchplans.<strong>com</strong><br />
Scaffold hire. Self erect only.<br />
Can arrange delivery & collection.<br />
Professional scaffold hire at sensible<br />
prices. Call 02 97 39 38 72 for details.<br />
GENERAL HANDYMAN 40yrs exp in<br />
building trade, FULLY REGISTERED. For<br />
your home &garden: plumbing, joinery,<br />
painting, tiling & general maintenance,<br />
50km radius Bourbriac call Nigel 02 96<br />
21 49 98 / 06 82 67 33 59<br />
William Edwards, registered joiner<br />
and roofer. Metal studwork and<br />
plasterboarding a speciality. Dept 22,<br />
Langourla Based. Reasonable rates.<br />
Tel: 02 96 30 44 25 williamedwards@<br />
orange.fr<br />
Painting, decorating, paper-hanging,<br />
wall tiling. Fully registered. Call Simon<br />
Kavanagh 06 78 20 75 83. E-mail<br />
simons1964@hotmail.<strong>com</strong>. Also<br />
undertaken: Gite / house maintenace and<br />
cleaning and gardening.<br />
M.J.Watkins Property maintainance,<br />
repairs and renovation. General building<br />
service, fully registered, over 20 yrs exp.<br />
Roof maintenance (inc. thatch), garden<br />
projects, plasterboarding, decorating,<br />
repointing. 02 96 21 42 59 / 06 69 40<br />
74 17<br />
Pointing from 30€ per square metre.<br />
General maintenance, roof repairs,<br />
guttering, rendering, grass cutting,<br />
hedge trimming, garden maintenance.<br />
Reasonable rates, 20km radius Mur-de-<br />
Bretagne Tel: 02 96 26 36 71<br />
The latest Events on<br />
the CBJ website...<br />
Up-to-date<br />
What's On<br />
Calendar<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
Classified<br />
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Opportunity<br />
EVER WANTED TO EARN MONEY<br />
ONLINE? New web-based business.<br />
Age no barrier. No experience necessary<br />
as training provided. Self-employed<br />
positions available. SIgnificant earnings<br />
opportunity. Tel Allan 02 97 93 91 56<br />
Caravan<br />
For Sale<br />
ABI touring caravan. VGC. Bargain<br />
700€ ono. Must sell. Includes fridge,<br />
toilet, cooker, heater, awning, good tyres,<br />
contents if required. 02 97 23 94 84<br />
Two-berth caravan Swift Challenger.<br />
VGC. Rear shower room, 3-way fridge,<br />
four burner stove / oven. Lots of extras<br />
inc: full awning / aquaroll / mover / alko.<br />
1500€. 02 96 42 81 71<br />
Camping Car, Mercedes-Benz, 208D<br />
Sprinter, 97,000kms, 1999, sleeps<br />
2, sink, 2 gas rings, fridge 12v/220v/<br />
gas, wash basin, WC, 11,500€, 56500<br />
Locminé, c.gb@wanadoo.fr, 02 97 60<br />
04 96<br />
Courses<br />
Learn to sail with <strong>Brittany</strong> Sailing<br />
at Camaret-sur-Mer. We also run RYA<br />
Sailing courses and adventure sailing.<br />
See our main advertisement, under<br />
‘Sailing’ p. 59 Tel: 02 98 17 01 31<br />
Upholstery and soft furnishing class<br />
every week. 20€ for the day. Learn the<br />
age-old craft of traditional upholstery<br />
phone jude for details 02 98 78 59 09 or<br />
email judesandancersowerby@hotmail.<br />
co.uk<br />
SHIKUKAI MARTIAL ARTS AND<br />
FITNESS ASSOCIATION. Teaching<br />
traditional Japanese karate-Do, Iai-<br />
Do, Jo-Do. Private venue. For more<br />
information www.wadoryubrittany.<strong>com</strong><br />
Classified Advertising www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong> 25 words 3€<br />
Drawing and painting by professional<br />
art teacher. One week “cours” or half<br />
day every week in Keranna, Canihuel.<br />
Contact Clementine 02 96 29 74 91.<br />
Starting May. www.keranna.nl<br />
Sculpting in clay with Leah. A<br />
wonderful way to relax! Learn to do it<br />
properly in the the Artist’s studio, near<br />
Loudeac. Fees from 20€. 02 96 25 77 08<br />
Stained glass classes at Ty Skol,<br />
places available throughout the year on<br />
a rolling programme. The beginners<br />
course is 10 half day sessions and a full<br />
day taster workshop is also available.<br />
To reserve a place call Claire 02 97 38<br />
11 99, visit Ty Skol, Locmaria école,<br />
CLEGUEREC, or see www.tyskol.<strong>com</strong><br />
Chez-Sandra-Jane – 2 day Teddy<br />
Bear Workshops, 1 Day Miniature Bear<br />
Workshop and Patchwork days and<br />
afternoons. To find out more visit www.<br />
chez-sandra-jane.<strong>com</strong> or contact Sandra<br />
direct on 02 96 25 08 72 / 06 04 43 72 60<br />
or email her at sandy-sheward@hotmail.<br />
<strong>com</strong> to reserve a place.<br />
Glen Robbins ADI Diamond Advanced<br />
Instructor, offering intensive driving<br />
courses for those who prefer to learn in<br />
the UK. Mail: glen.adi@ntlworld.<strong>com</strong> for<br />
details<br />
Quilting In Peace Day workshops<br />
to learn different techniques. 20€ per<br />
person, lunch included. Large stock of<br />
quality cotton fabrics, threads, buttons<br />
and patterns. www.quiltinginpeace.<br />
co.uk. contact Lucy 02 96 56 15 49 email<br />
lucyquilting@gmail .<strong>com</strong><br />
Courses-<br />
French<br />
French Tuition and Courses. Sensible<br />
prices. All levels. One to One, or<br />
small groups. 30km radius Guingamp.<br />
Translation service also available. Phone<br />
Natalie on 06 34 13 08 21 dimaggio.<br />
nathalie@netcourrier.fr<br />
Start Speaking French. Tel. Ray Catlin<br />
07 60 38 64 72 for more details.<br />
French tuition. All levels. At your own<br />
pace. Adults and children. Translation<br />
service. Fully registered. Tel: Laurence<br />
Pichodo 02 97 27 34 77
French classes, qualified teacher, all<br />
levels, tailored to your needs, small<br />
groups or private lessons at Kergrist<br />
Moelou. Peter Mickelborough, 0296<br />
365900, peter@chatquilit.<strong>com</strong><br />
Parlez-Vous Français? Tailor-made<br />
tuition to suit your requirements.<br />
Translation and interpreting services.<br />
Qualified bilingual teacher in Carhaix<br />
area. Call Rob 02 96 29 66 49<br />
Weekly and intensive courses. Small<br />
groups. Qualified bilingual teacher.<br />
Lessons of all levels from beginners<br />
to advanced at AIKB, 3 rue Sénéchal,<br />
22570 Gouarec. Contact 02 96 24 87<br />
90, aikb@wanadoo.fr.<br />
French Tuition and Courses. Sensible<br />
prices. All levels. One to One, or<br />
small groups. 30km radius Guingamp.<br />
Translation service also available. Phone<br />
Natalie on 06 34 13 08 21 dimaggio.<br />
nathalie@netcourrier.fr<br />
For Hire<br />
Scaffold hire. Self erect only.<br />
Can arrange delivery & collection.<br />
Professional scaffold hire at sensible<br />
prices. Call 02 97 39 38 72 for details.<br />
MAN AND A VAN. Pick-ups, drop-offs,<br />
ac<strong>com</strong>panied trips to Brico Depot etc.,<br />
house clearence, general rubbish and<br />
garden waste clearence etc. Based in<br />
Callac. Call Paul on 06 21 34 17 90<br />
email: brittanymanandavan@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Mobile Disco playing music from the<br />
fifties to current decade, tailored to suit<br />
your needs. Private weddings parties etc.<br />
www.mobilediscoinbrittany.<strong>com</strong><br />
Large lock-up hangar. Electricity, water<br />
supply. Suitable as business premises<br />
(Zone Artisanale) Gouarec. Rent by<br />
arrangement - cash or help in owners’<br />
garden. Tel: 02 96 24 97 76<br />
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Classified 43<br />
For Sale<br />
Year-round firewood supplies from our<br />
own private forest. Green hardwood logs<br />
from 135€ per cord. Seasoned hardwood<br />
logs from 180€ per cord, . Dept. 22<br />
near Guingamp, collection wel<strong>com</strong>e,<br />
delivery by arrangement. Tel Kate on: 02<br />
96 21 85 44 or 06 81 94 26 21. bois@<br />
goshkaeurope.<strong>com</strong><br />
Firewood for sale: oak and beech<br />
seasoned logs from 165€ per cord, near<br />
Mur-de-Bretagne. Delivery possible. Tel<br />
02 96 24 02 17 or 06 17 53 08 23<br />
For Sale: Double matttress, as new, 60€;<br />
2 bicycles, 30€ each; lounge armchair,<br />
50€; 4 sun loungers with covers, 40€<br />
each. At Duault Tel: 02 96 21 45 19<br />
For Sale: Flymo Turbo-Lite 50€; Threepiece<br />
suite 100€; Exercise bike, 60€;<br />
Pine table and four chairs, 100€; Coffee<br />
table, 50€. Telephone 02 98 99 37 32<br />
Four used tyres 165/70/14 20€. Table /<br />
as new 170€. Fishing tackle to clear - eg.<br />
Carp rods (2) 12€ each. Spring clearout.<br />
02 96 42 81 71<br />
For Sale: Dark brown leather settee<br />
150€. Double bed 35€. Camping beds x2<br />
20€. Headboards x2 15€. Round, small<br />
outside table 15€. Parasol 10€.<br />
Tel: 06 32 28 06 70<br />
For Sale: Futon foldout bedsettee 75€.<br />
White round table 35€. Wooden table<br />
chairs 5€ each. Dusky pink and green<br />
velour chairs x4 50€. Curtains, bedding.<br />
Tel: 06 32 28 06 70<br />
Noval Portaflot tipper trailer 1m x<br />
1.8m. All electrics, good condition, new<br />
spare. Area 02 97 73 05 74<br />
1 tunnel tent, 1 igloo tent, 2 beds, 2 new<br />
sleeping bags, gas light, gas hob, picnic<br />
hamper. All nearly new equipment ready<br />
to go family camping. 220€.<br />
02 97 73 05 74.<br />
TENOR SAX for sale with beginner’s<br />
booklet 200€. Tel: 02 97 34 30 93, case<br />
included. Also over locker cutter sewing<br />
machine 150€. Circular saw, own table<br />
200€ 02 97 34 30 93.<br />
Classified Advertising www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong> 25 words 3€<br />
Emigrating or Down sizing. From beds,<br />
bicycles, BBQ, brass, and garden tools.<br />
Whatever you want, ring us to see if we<br />
have it. 02 97 38 08 36<br />
Free-standing Ventura awning, made<br />
for side or rear standing motorhome, in<br />
good condition. Complete with curtains,<br />
pegs, guylines. Base 2 x 3 metres (2m<br />
rising to 3m) 400€. 02 96 43 00 73<br />
For sale: wheelchair, blue, 7 months<br />
old, vgc, seat 19 inches wide, over all<br />
width 25 inches, cushions one foam<br />
and one vinyl, both fit the wheelchair,<br />
I would like 150€ for everythingp; two<br />
mobile phones, Nokia 1110i from UK 15€<br />
unlocked, Motorola bought from Leclerc.<br />
25€, unlocked. Callac area. For more info<br />
e-mail adrien.collins@orange.fr. Phone<br />
0604182036.<br />
Left-handed Yamaha bass guitar, with<br />
case plus bass amplifier 200€ - super<br />
condition. Left-handed electric CortX<br />
guitar, perfect condition. Tobago case.<br />
120€ Both black. Both restrung.<br />
02 98 99 70 06.<br />
FREE TO GOOD HOME - COPIES OF<br />
FRANCE MAGAZINES - 1994 to 2011.<br />
Excellent condition. admissions@<br />
millfieldprep.<strong>com</strong><br />
Greeting Cards and Accessories for<br />
all occasions. 2.10€ each, 1.80€ for ten<br />
or more. For a free Phoenix Trading<br />
brohure, contact tinaandrob@wanadoo.fr<br />
or 02 96 29 19 67<br />
Clearance sale. Large table, 6 chairs<br />
60€. Hallseat 30€. Repro wall unit 35€.<br />
Conservatory set, 4 wicker unit 60€.<br />
Garden statues. Large new petrol hedge<br />
trimmer 45€. Nest of tables. Fireplace<br />
surround and wood burning brazier 80€<br />
antique. Curtain poles, big brass and<br />
wood. Phone for details, too much to<br />
detail in print. 02 96 45 52 92<br />
Dismantled large granite doorway.<br />
Telephone 02 98 78 24 42; mobile 0781<br />
306 9719. E-mail pmj566@hotmail.<strong>com</strong>.<br />
Buyer to collect.<br />
Quality ride-on mowers, 93cm cut, rear<br />
collection, B&S 12hp. 2005 Husqvarna<br />
LT125, 5-speed, VGC, 950€; Roper LTH<br />
120E, VGC, 750€; Bestgreen, VGC,<br />
400€. Tel 06 02 28 92 31<br />
Bed settee blue and cream 100€ ono.<br />
Excellent condition. Phone: 0044 (0)29<br />
20 86 79 55 for details.
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Garden<br />
Services<br />
See GARDENING pp. 48-49<br />
Mowing, Professional equipment for<br />
taming rough areas. Field cutting service.<br />
Tel David 02 96 45 04 31<br />
Bretagne Property Solutions. Gite<br />
Changeovers, Property Checks,<br />
Gardening etc. Tel. 0296457228. See<br />
website for full list of services and prices.<br />
www.bretagnepropertysolutions.<strong>com</strong><br />
Handy man. Registered grass cutting,<br />
hedge trimming, etc. Very reasonable<br />
rates, based Mur de Bretagne. Telephone<br />
Stephen 02 96 2638 21 mobile 06 06 46<br />
81 45 or email stephen1b@msn.<strong>com</strong>.<br />
Hand-made woodcraft. Gates, Chicken<br />
houses, Planters, etc. Built to order. J P<br />
Bois, Guiscriff(56) tel 02 97 34 11 08 or<br />
email john.paddon@sfr.fr. siret 531 053<br />
197 00012<br />
Mole man. Pest control - moles, rats,<br />
mice, hornets, ants etc. Mole traps<br />
supplied. Training courses given. 30km<br />
of Callac call 0296215347 or damon.<br />
parry@sky.<strong>com</strong>. Friendly service.<br />
Friendly reliable professional service<br />
for your home & garden, experienced<br />
in all aspects of garden care, security<br />
checks, changeovers & key holding<br />
etc. We are fully registered. References<br />
available. Contact Sam & Steve<br />
0642379061 / dustifyoumust@hotmail.<br />
co.uk<br />
MAN AND A VAN. Pick-ups, drop-offs,<br />
ac<strong>com</strong>panied trips to Brico Depot etc.,<br />
house clearence, general rubbish and<br />
garden waste clearence etc. Based in<br />
Callac. Call Paul on 06 21 34 17 90<br />
email: brittanymanandavan@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Sand & Gravel. Small quantities<br />
delivered by tipper truck . Approx 1 cube<br />
. Located at Callac and serving an area<br />
up to 20 Km. tel.:- Peter @ 0296450443<br />
or 0675459977.<br />
Grass cutting. Sensible prices. 35 km<br />
radius Meneac. Also security checks.<br />
Project assistance. Fully registered. Refs<br />
supplied. Tel: 02 96 25 75 29 or email:<br />
juliekirkham@msn.<strong>com</strong><br />
Classified<br />
From a patio to a field – we can<br />
plant it, cut it and enhance it. Fully<br />
equipped and registered business.<br />
Free estimates. BretonPropertyCare.<br />
bretonpropertycare@yahoo.fr: 0296<br />
450051 / 0631 82 74 49<br />
Health<br />
& Beauty<br />
See HAIRDRESSERS & BEAUTY p.52<br />
COUNSELLING: THE LISTENING<br />
SANCTUARY offers an empathic and<br />
confidential environment for counseling<br />
and self-development. Jacqueline<br />
Spence MBACP 02 96 29 70 37<br />
thelisteningsanctuary@gmail.<strong>com</strong> www.<br />
thelisteningsanctuary.<strong>com</strong><br />
WANT TO STOP SMOKING ? It is<br />
possible in only ONE HOUR. For More<br />
Information Contact Jacqueline @ THE<br />
LISTENING SANCTUARY 02 96 29 70<br />
37 thelisteningsanctuary@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.thelisteningsanctuary.<strong>com</strong><br />
TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT ? Kick<br />
Start Your Weight Loss Programme<br />
@THE LISTENING SANCTUARY<br />
Contact Jacqueline 02 96 29 70<br />
37 Free follow~up Support Group<br />
thelisteningsanctuary@gmail.<strong>com</strong> www.<br />
thelisteningsanctuary.<strong>com</strong><br />
SHIKUKAI MARTIAL ARTS AND<br />
FITNESS ASSOCIATION. Teaching<br />
Makko-Ho (sometimes referred to as<br />
Japanese Yoga). Private venue. For<br />
more information www.wadoryubrittany.<br />
<strong>com</strong><br />
Thai Yoga Massage and Relaxation<br />
massage. Gilles Le Picard. Qualified<br />
therapist, 15 yrs. experience. Clinics in<br />
Paimpol, Lannion, Guingamp & Jersey.<br />
Tel: 02 96 49 10 06 / 06 16 43 26 42<br />
www.suntaya.<strong>com</strong><br />
Counsellor/Psychotherapist, Peter<br />
Mickelborough, formerly British<br />
Association for Counselling and<br />
Psychotherapy Senior Registered<br />
Practitioner, for individuals or couples,<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong>, 02 96 36 59 00, peter@<br />
chatquilit.<strong>com</strong><br />
Classified Advertising 25 words 3€<br />
Hairdressing for all the family in your<br />
home or mine. City & Guilds qualified,<br />
French registered. Covering Guingamp,<br />
Quintin, Bourbriac and Callac areas.<br />
Discount for group bookings. Please call<br />
Elaine on 02 96 21 42 59,<br />
06 04 14 21 35.<br />
Leisure<br />
Lake for rent, nr St Gerand, stocked with<br />
carp, up to 40lb, tench, bream, etc. 10€<br />
per day, per angler, also tuition. Tel: 02<br />
96 26 36 71 www.quelen.webs.<strong>com</strong><br />
Music<br />
Little Martin acoustic guitar, superior<br />
instrument, professional standard, perfect<br />
condition, with case 225€. Spanish<br />
Flamenco acoustic guitar with case,<br />
100€. Tel: 02 98 99 96 30<br />
Flute, saxophone, recorder, piano,<br />
singing and Theory lessons by<br />
experienced, professional teacher. Fully<br />
registered. Callac area. 09 62 60 49 65.<br />
*Recording Studio*, Pig Shed Studio<br />
special offer: 1.5 days recording plus 50<br />
full colour cds only 395€. Bands, soloists,<br />
voice over, audio restoration. www.<br />
pigshedstudio.<strong>com</strong>. Tel 0296734631<br />
TENOR SAX for sale with beginner’s<br />
booklet 200€. Tel: 02 97 34 30 93, case<br />
included. Also over locker cutter sewing<br />
machine 150€. Circular saw, own table<br />
200€ 02 97 34 30 93.<br />
Left-handed Yamaha bass guitar, with<br />
case plus bass amplifier 200€ - super<br />
condition. Left-handed electric CortX<br />
guitar, perfect condition. Tobago case.<br />
120€ Both black. Both restrung. 02 98<br />
99 70 06.<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong> - News, Events, Gardening, Places<br />
to Visit, Breton Course, Forum, Business Directory, etc.
Personal<br />
Lazy Sunday. Drink, eat, and listen to<br />
the beat, whilst enjoying the <strong>com</strong>pany<br />
of new people you meet. June 25th (last<br />
Sunday in every month. Reservations<br />
only. 02 98 99 70 06.<br />
Tough tree hugger, heart of gold,<br />
land-loving man, good listener, many<br />
interests, charity-minded artisan with love<br />
for helping others, retired not retarded,<br />
seeks to enjoy many happy years in<br />
France - pen to paper ladies. Ref:<br />
P100611, CBJ, BP4 22160 Callac<br />
Services<br />
Help with odd jobs around the house<br />
and garden / assisstance with small<br />
renovation projects. Registered autoentrepreneur.<br />
16€ per hout, minimum<br />
1 day. 20km radius Carhaix. Local refs.<br />
available. Tel: 06 66 03 28 09 or leave a<br />
message<br />
HELPING HANDS SERVICES. Making<br />
life easier - from property maintenance,<br />
gîte changeovers, security checks, all<br />
those daily household chores, and lots<br />
more. Telephone: 06 77 35 94 29 - area<br />
22.<br />
B&L Services. Gardening, cleaning,<br />
gite changeover and small DIY projects<br />
undertaken (tiling, painting, etc). A<br />
registered, reliable service, covering the<br />
Callac area, within a 30km area. For<br />
more information call Brian or Louise at<br />
02 96 21 59 85 or e-mail louise.rust@<br />
orange.fr.<br />
Traditional & Modern Upholstery.<br />
Antique furniture restored in the<br />
traditional method. Headboards<br />
made and upholstered. Also furniture<br />
restoration, soft furnishings. curtains,<br />
loose covers, swags and tails, fitted<br />
bedspreads. Advice on colour and<br />
fabrics. Qualified with many years<br />
experience. Tel. Jude: 06 02 27 97 89.<br />
judesandancersowerby@hotmail.co.uk<br />
Classified 45<br />
MAN AND A VAN. Pick-ups, drop-offs,<br />
ac<strong>com</strong>panied trips to Brico Depot etc.,<br />
house clearence, general rubbish and<br />
garden waste clearence etc. Based in<br />
Callac. Call Paul on 06 21 34 17 90<br />
email: brittanymanandavan@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.thereddeliveryvan.co.uk,<br />
transport, removals, man with a van,<br />
local and international. Fortnightly<br />
service <strong>Brittany</strong>-UK-<strong>Brittany</strong>. See website<br />
for quotes. 06 87 89 94 76. Registered<br />
and insured.<br />
Peter – The Handyman – provides Key<br />
holder, Gite change over and Property<br />
maintenance services –D.I.Y, Gardening,<br />
Cleaning, Decorating and brickwork,<br />
registered auto-entrepreneur. To find<br />
out more visit www.peter-le-bricoleur.<br />
<strong>com</strong> or call Peter on 02.96.25.08.72 or<br />
06.37.05.27.42 email Peter-le-bricoleur@<br />
hotmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Secure caravan storage in <strong>Central</strong><br />
<strong>Brittany</strong>. 75 mins from both coasts with<br />
immediate access to national routes.<br />
Overnight ac<strong>com</strong>modation available. Tel:<br />
02 96 29 22 64<br />
Eco-nett domestic oven deep cleaning<br />
and home maintenance services. See<br />
our website http//:www.eco-nett.webs.<br />
<strong>com</strong> for more information and prices. Tel<br />
Les 06 04 49 83 70, fully-registered<br />
Is your gîte child-friendly? Tots to<br />
Travel can extend your lettings season<br />
through niche marketing. For no<br />
obligation chat, Tel 02 97 93 91 56. www.<br />
totstotravel.co.uk<br />
Regular Trips To France With Empty<br />
Van-Large/Small Items/Online Purchases<br />
etc Dance0475@hotmail.co.uk 0044<br />
136473514<br />
Translation<br />
& Advice<br />
AIKB ‘Here to help’ - Information,<br />
advice, contact with offices, (tax,<br />
health, employment etc), language<br />
help and translation, integration<br />
projects, conferences on current topics<br />
and cultural events. Free service<br />
for members. Annual household<br />
membership 35€ plus 10€ initial<br />
one-off joining fee. 02 96 24 87 90,<br />
aikb@wanadoo.fr, www.aikb.fr, www.<br />
spotlightonbrittany.fr.<br />
Translator wanted on a regular / weekly<br />
basis in the Callac area, must be fluent in<br />
both languages. Also must be registered<br />
or on the auto-entrepreneur. Please<br />
email your details to frhelp19@yahoo.<br />
<strong>com</strong><br />
French Tuition and Courses. Sensible<br />
prices. All levels. One to One, or<br />
small groups. 30km radius Guingamp.<br />
Translation service also available. Phone<br />
Natalie on 06 34 13 08 21 dimaggio.<br />
nathalie@netcourrier.fr<br />
Parlez-Vous Français? Tailor-made<br />
tuition to suit your requirements.<br />
Translation and interpreting services.<br />
Qualified bilingual teacher in Carhaix<br />
area. Call Rob 02 96 29 66 49<br />
Learn French in the <strong>com</strong>fort of your own<br />
home. Also translation (English, French,<br />
Spanish), help with paperwork, etc. 30<br />
km radius huelgoat area. 06 77 72 91 54<br />
ARMOR TRAD - Danièle O’NEILL Sworn<br />
Translator/Interpreter in French, English<br />
and Spanish Tel. 06 19 48 33 30<br />
Vehicles<br />
for Sale<br />
See VEHICLE CARE p.51<br />
Twingo for spares: 4 new tyres; exhaust,<br />
good; and many other parts. 250€.<br />
02 98 99 96 30<br />
Suzuki Bandit 600N 1/4/95 French<br />
Reg. Ready for the road, fly screen, new<br />
battery, service manual on CD, 2000€.<br />
Also leathers XXL, as new, two piece zip<br />
together, 200€. 02 96 43 00 73<br />
Camping Car, Mercedes-Benz, 208D<br />
Sprinter, 97,000kms, 1999, sleeps<br />
2, sink, 2 gas rings, fridge 12v/220v/<br />
gas, wash basin, WC, 11,500€, 56500<br />
Locminé, c.gb@wanadoo.fr,<br />
02 97 60 04 96<br />
Fiat Punto Sporting 1.2 16v, reg 2000,<br />
RHD, 117,000 miles, French reg, new<br />
battery, Blauplunkt 5 CD player, sat nav,<br />
Kenwood speakers, full set of English<br />
lights included. Excellent condition.<br />
1,500€. Tel: 06 08 94 79 83<br />
Classified Advertising 25 words 3€
46<br />
Peugeot 406LX Estate 1999, petrol,<br />
143,000 miles, UK registered, £900 (RAC<br />
valuation £1620). 06 35 99 41 296 / 0044<br />
198 372 1640<br />
Citroen AX, new CT, just serviced,<br />
recent tyres, battery and alternator.<br />
Reliable and economical. 1250€<br />
02 96 25 00 07<br />
Contact details, map,<br />
information and photo of<br />
over 400 business on the<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong> Directory.<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
Classified<br />
Index<br />
Architectural Services 58<br />
Animal Welfare 47, 50<br />
Bed & Breakfast 51<br />
Beauty 52<br />
Blacksmith 58<br />
Classified<br />
Wanted<br />
Couple wanted to help out 4hrs per<br />
day on Huelgoat campsite in return for<br />
free tent/caravan pitch for the summer.<br />
Contact Jean-Michel 0298997250, or<br />
email campriviere@orange.fr.<br />
English table specialist requires large<br />
French farmhouse tables. Must be solid<br />
wood. Cash waiting. Call +44 7768<br />
Building & Property<br />
Services 55-58, 60-63<br />
Carpets 52<br />
Chimney Sweep 57<br />
Funeral Services 52<br />
Gardening 48 - 49<br />
Hairdressers 52<br />
Health & Healing 50<br />
Heating 52, 60<br />
997907 or e-mail (with picture if possible)<br />
tudl183@aol.<strong>com</strong><br />
Wanted: Dead or dying petrol,<br />
chainsaws, hedge trimmers,<br />
strimmers, mowers etc. Fair price<br />
paid. Please phone 0296 29 20 46 or<br />
derekroberts69@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Wanted: Good quality furniture,<br />
antique and modern. Smaller items,<br />
House clearance. Good prices always<br />
paid. Tel: 02 96 24 80 51 or 06 59 33 11<br />
16. Prompt Service.<br />
Wanted continued page 50<br />
Jewellery 59<br />
Plant Hire 62<br />
Property 59, 61<br />
Removals 51<br />
Sailing 47<br />
Satellites 22, 47, 51<br />
Technology 53<br />
Television 51<br />
Vehicle Care 51<br />
Classified Advertising 25 words 3€<br />
Name: . ......................................................................<br />
Address: . .....................................................................<br />
Tel: .........................................................................<br />
Courses / For Sale / Animals / B&B /Gardening / Tractor work / Computers / Health / Services / Building & Property Services /<br />
Translation & Language Courses / Vehicles / Property / Wanted<br />
Send with cheque payable to ‘<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal’ to: <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal, BP4, 22160 CALLAC
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INSTALLATIONS<br />
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ANIMAL WELFARE<br />
Canine Behaviourist<br />
Solving your dog and puppy<br />
problems using calm, assertive<br />
& positive reinforcement methods.<br />
Puppy training classes.<br />
Clicker training classes.<br />
For more information contact Jackie Gorton<br />
02 96 36 65 61 / 06 07 43 89 21<br />
locarn1@yahoo.co.uk<br />
SAILING<br />
Satellites<br />
BRITTANY SAILING<br />
Would you like to learn to sail?<br />
Or, if you sail already, would you like to take a<br />
RYA 5 Day Sailing Course<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong> Sailing is a small personally run RYA Sailing School<br />
situated at lovely Camaret-sur-mer. Our main aim is for our<br />
clients to enjoy themselves whilst learning the necessary skills to<br />
sail a yacht safely and confidently, as we cruise the fantastic<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong> Coast and enchanting Islands.<br />
As this is our 11th year - Special Discounts for<br />
people living in <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
Visit our Website for further info. and photos:<br />
www.brittanysail.co.uk Tel. 02 98 17 01 31<br />
47 59
48<br />
Gardening<br />
Tim the Gardener<br />
June in the Garden<br />
The big talking point at the moment is still the weather.<br />
Last month I advised watering newly-planted trees that show the<br />
slightest sign of stress, and this advice still holds. Losing a tree is<br />
quite a serious catastrophe in the garden, and they should therefore<br />
be given priority when water is scarce. Many gardeners in<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong> are fortunate enough to have a private supply of water,<br />
and can afford to water their vegetable gardens. The traditional<br />
advice to gardeners in a drought is to hoe after watering, and<br />
to mulch the ground as well, if possible. Hoeing helps to reduce<br />
evaporation by creating a powdery layer on the surface of the<br />
soil.<br />
Planting<br />
If you haven't planted out all your frost-sensitive plants, now is the<br />
time to do it. I have always had particular success with courgettes<br />
in <strong>Brittany</strong>, last year I had a very good crop of gherkins, and as<br />
a result, this year I have been encouraged to try growing my cucumbers<br />
outdoors. Chilli peppers also grow well outdoors, and<br />
if you have a sheltered spot with rich soil, it may be worth trying<br />
aubergines and peppers. Tomatoes grow well, but in most years<br />
they are affected by<br />
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*Timber decking*Planters *<br />
Delivery and Erection available<br />
All Handmade in <strong>Brittany</strong>!<br />
0297 75 69 71 / 0687 0171 55<br />
for special offers: www.stonecraft-renovations.<strong>com</strong><br />
Stone Craft<br />
Makers and Suppliers of Quality Patio<br />
Slabs and Slate-Effect wall blocks<br />
5 different sizes of Patio slabs<br />
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Complete Landscaping service available. Patios, Paths and Driveways.<br />
For enquires and a free quote Tel: 02 97 38 50 05<br />
chris@stonecraft-renovations.<strong>com</strong><br />
blight before they<br />
ripen: if you pick the<br />
green tomatoes as<br />
soon as the leaves<br />
contd page 54<br />
Bretagne Patio Stone<br />
bretagnepatiostone@hotmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
ADRIAN COOPER<br />
64 RUE DE PONTIVY<br />
22530 MUR DE BRETAGNE.<br />
TEL. 02 96 28 53 74<br />
English-style riven paving slabs, fabricated by registered Artisan.<br />
Six sizes of slabs for random-style effect patios. Circle sets,<br />
border edgings, stepping stones, slate effect wall blocks etc.<br />
Many colours available. Laying if required.<br />
Ring the above number for free estimate.<br />
LA JARDINERIE HOLLANDAISE<br />
Le Garly 56480 STE BRIGITTE Tel: 02 97 27 62 19<br />
LARGE SELECTION OF SHRUBS...TREES...FLOWERS...BULBS<br />
Very <strong>com</strong>petitive prices Landscaping and garden maintenance<br />
ENGLISH SPOKEN OPEN EVERY DAY EXCEPT MONDAYS<br />
www.jardineriehollandaise.<strong>com</strong><br />
Digging up<br />
the year's<br />
fi rst<br />
potatoes
Tim the Gardener pp. 48 & 54<br />
BRITTANY GARDEN RESCUE<br />
ALL ASPECTS OF GARDENING WORK UNDERTAKEN<br />
FROM CREATIVE PLANTING TO MOWING<br />
• regular mowing & strimming • planting & design<br />
• clearing, pruning & weeding • fully equipped with<br />
mobile tractor mower • references available<br />
Mob: 0033 (0)6 30 99 41 64 Tel: 02 97 28 20 65<br />
Web: www.brittanygardenrescue.<strong>com</strong> Email: thackray.julie@orange.fr<br />
SIRET NO.450613021 (approx 40 km radius of Guemene-sur-Scorff)<br />
Magie<br />
des<br />
Arbres<br />
Do you have trees or hedges which<br />
have be<strong>com</strong>e a problem?<br />
We work throughout Departments 22, 29 & 56<br />
Tree pruning, crown lifting, hedge trimming,<br />
effi cient & careful dismantling.<br />
Fully insured – Just ask us for a free<br />
assessment visit and quotation.<br />
Tel: 02 96 29 82 27<br />
Email: magiedesarbres@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Mr Brouette<br />
General Garden Maintenance<br />
Pontivy & Rostrenen areas<br />
● Lawns ● Flower Beds ● Veg Plots<br />
● Hedges ● Gravel Gardens<br />
Tel: Dale 02 97 27 61 04<br />
e-mail: dalesilfi ac@orange.fr<br />
Handyman/<br />
Gardener<br />
Competitive rates<br />
Property maintenance,<br />
gardening, grass/meadow<br />
cutting, gite changeovers,<br />
key holding, etc.<br />
Fully registered - 20 years experience<br />
in property maintenance<br />
Tel: 02 96 24 01 05<br />
E-mail: gary.lacey@orange.fr<br />
www.laceygardening.weebly.<strong>com</strong><br />
Garden Maintenance<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
(30km radius Mael Carhaix)<br />
Want to be sure that your garden is looked<br />
after properly? Then look no further.<br />
- Grass cutting<br />
- General garden maintenance<br />
- Key holding<br />
- Security checks<br />
- Regular reports sent to you<br />
For details call John or Cherry on:<br />
Tel: 0033 (0)296 246164<br />
Mob: 07813 947776<br />
Email: garden.maintenance@free.fr<br />
We are fully registered in France<br />
Gardening<br />
Les Bocages<br />
David Robins<br />
Tree Surgeon<br />
Free consultation<br />
Tel: 02 97 39 99 82<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
www.lesbocages.<strong>com</strong><br />
Garden & Property Care<br />
Relax – enjoy your home & garden - from a<br />
patio to a fi eld. Let us do all the hard work.<br />
BretonPropertyCare<br />
The <strong>com</strong>plete service including Gite Management,<br />
Security Checks, General Property Maintenance &<br />
Garden Care from a Registered Business.<br />
bretonpropertycare@yahoo.fr<br />
0296 45 00 51<br />
0631 82 74 49<br />
Grass Cutting Specialist<br />
49<br />
STRAWBERRIES ready now<br />
RASPBERRIES (mid/late June)<br />
P.Y.O. (4.50€/kilo)<br />
Open every day during June<br />
Tea room/garden (homemade cakes, cream teas) Thurs-Sun pm<br />
La Grande Maison Tel: 02 98 93 08 37<br />
La Croix Neuve coomber@orange.fr<br />
22340 Le Moustoir<br />
Tim the<br />
Gardener<br />
Regular blog on the CBJ website<br />
www.<strong>thecbj</strong>.<strong>com</strong>
50 Animal Welfare<br />
Building & Property Services<br />
The Cat‛s<br />
Whiskers<br />
Cattery<br />
Cosy cabins/Heated beds<br />
Tranquil environment<br />
Callac/Carhaix D787 Visitors wel<strong>com</strong>e<br />
Tel: 02 96 21 56 68<br />
linda.bamford@orange.fr<br />
Heated Dog Kennels also<br />
available<br />
La Saude<br />
Cattery<br />
Purpose-built,<br />
Heated cabins<br />
Outside runs<br />
Peaceful location for your cats <strong>com</strong>fort<br />
Jen and Mick<br />
Saint Gouéno (22)<br />
tel: 02 96 34 46 97<br />
visit our website<br />
www.lasaudecattery.<strong>com</strong><br />
BURNS<br />
from 52€ / 15kgs<br />
(under 1€ a day for a<br />
medium-size dog)<br />
Real food for dogs & cats.<br />
Holistic and gluten free.<br />
Good for all dogs and cats,<br />
as well as those with skin or<br />
digestive problems.<br />
22340 Le Moustoir 02 98 93 08 37<br />
(near Carhaix) coomber@orange.fr<br />
www.burnspet.co.uk<br />
Wanted contd from p46<br />
Cash Paid For Old furniture,Large & Small<br />
Tables,French Beds-Carved or<br />
Upholstered,Chairs,Large Rugs,Desks,China<br />
& Glass -Call 0296215031- 0604011557<br />
NOW.<br />
Network Marketers Wanted: New home<br />
business opportunity. FREE web-based<br />
product. No Selling! No Stock! No Shipping!<br />
Significant in<strong>com</strong>e available. Age no barrier.<br />
Tel Allan 02 97 93 91 56<br />
Translator wanted on a regular / weekly<br />
basis in the Callac area, must be fluent in<br />
both languages. Also must be registered or<br />
on the auto-entrepreneur. Please email your<br />
details to frhelp19@yahoo.<strong>com</strong><br />
Yves Joncour Callac<br />
Kennels Dogs<br />
and Cats<br />
● Individually heated<br />
boxes<br />
● Exercise area<br />
● Walks<br />
● Visit before<br />
booking<br />
Kervégant 22160 Callac<br />
02 96 45 59 22 / 06 78 01 87 95<br />
www.epagneul-breton.<strong>com</strong><br />
THE PET HOTEL<br />
terry.drury@orange.fr<br />
Kennels &<br />
cattery<br />
Spacious,<br />
Heated Kennels with<br />
Outside Run.<br />
Large Enclosed Exercise Field.<br />
Visitors wel<strong>com</strong>e<br />
02 96 45 93 13<br />
3 Restguen CALLAC<br />
Also Day stays, hourly rates<br />
Solution to Chess Puzzle<br />
Page 14:<br />
To Rg8 black replied Na3+!!<br />
and after bxa3 came Rc3mate!!<br />
White could have won by:<br />
1. b3+; Rxb3 (otherwise<br />
he loses the knight)<br />
2. Nc5+; dxc5 (otherwise<br />
he loses the rook)<br />
3. Ra6 mate<br />
Canine Bahaviourist p.47<br />
Home from Home<br />
for your dogs & cats.<br />
● Heated, spacious ac<strong>com</strong>modation<br />
● Regular walks<br />
● Collection service available<br />
<strong>com</strong>e and visit us 5 mins Gourin.<br />
Kim 02 97 23 79 36 Mob: 06 37 04 80 35<br />
In The Dog House<br />
Kennels & Cattery<br />
Spacious ac<strong>com</strong>modation<br />
Plenty of walks in<br />
large field<br />
Visitors wel<strong>com</strong>e<br />
Situated in Collorec,west of Carhaix<br />
Christine 02 98 73 91 10<br />
adrien-christinecook@fsmail.net<br />
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KENNELS and CATTERY<br />
Spacious heated ac<strong>com</strong>modation<br />
Regular daily exercise<br />
Visitors wel<strong>com</strong>e<br />
Paul and Margaret<br />
02 97 23 92 83<br />
Your pets are safe in our hands<br />
www.lillerion.<strong>com</strong><br />
56630 LANGONNET<br />
paul_jacko924@hotmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Riding Stables<br />
Explore the beautiful<br />
local countryside<br />
All levels and abilities catered for<br />
Also available: Half day children’s classes<br />
Natural horesemanship classes for Adults<br />
Kergustiou - Le Saint 06.18.58.19.21<br />
On the D769 Le Faouet/Gourin road www.domaine-des-chimeres.<strong>com</strong><br />
HEALTH<br />
Move Forward<br />
Counselling<br />
for adults in transition<br />
or seeking change.<br />
Pam Roadknight<br />
Counsellor<br />
Tel. 02 99 91 53 89<br />
firstmoveforward@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.moveforwardcounseling.<strong>com</strong><br />
Siret N° 529 710 691 00013<br />
Advertise your Business in the CBJ<br />
From: 50€ 3 months B& W 105€ 3 months Colour 02 96 21 58 40<br />
(mon-fri 9-12) cbj222956@aol.<strong>com</strong>
Building & Property Services<br />
Satellites pp. 22 & 47<br />
REMOVALS<br />
Ty Gwennili<br />
Chambres d’Hôtes<br />
Relaxing and tranquil<br />
country setting, ideal<br />
tel: +33 (0)296 457346<br />
for walkers, cyclists<br />
www.brittanystopovers.<strong>com</strong> etc. Open all year.<br />
e-mail: kerlouet@gmx.fr<br />
Classified<br />
BED & BREAKFAST<br />
Hotel Le Cheval Blanc<br />
* Best Irish Session Pub in <strong>Brittany</strong> *<br />
Plancoet Nr St. Malo Ferry & Dinard Airport<br />
B&B, Homely & Relaxed Family Rooms (en-suite)<br />
Tel: Micheál: 02 96 84 05 10<br />
hotelchevalblanc@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.breizhms.<strong>com</strong><br />
TELEVISION<br />
HAVING SATELLITE PROBLEMS?<br />
YOU NEED THE<br />
SATELLITE DOCTOR!<br />
CALL - 06-78-74-98-77<br />
WE DO DIAGNOSIS, BREAKDOWNS, REPAIRS,<br />
RE-ALIGNMENTS, COMPLETE SYSTEM INSTALLATIONS USING<br />
GUARANTEED REFURBISHED FREEVIEW SKY DIGIBOXES<br />
WITH CH 5, NEW QUAD LNB’S OR SINGLE LNB’S & DISHES.<br />
Removals<br />
to and from <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
Full or Part Loads<br />
Regular runs to and from Cotes d’Armor<br />
Please call for quote or more information:<br />
07969 364984 or 0044 1543 274236<br />
e-mail: info@colmarktransport.co.uk<br />
www.colmarktransport.co.uk<br />
B&B CHAMBRES<br />
Open all year D’HÔTE<br />
LA GRANDE MAISON<br />
MAGNIFICENT VIEWS, QUIET POSITION,<br />
RELAXED SURROUNDINGS<br />
La Croix Neuve, www.holidayinbrittany.org<br />
22340 Le Moustoir coomber@orange.fr<br />
02 98 93 08 37<br />
51<br />
Webb’s Of Glomel<br />
Bed and Breakfast<br />
5 en-suite rooms<br />
<strong>Central</strong> Village location<br />
5 Pl. du Centre 22110 Glomel 0033 (0)2 96 29 88 44<br />
cliff.webb@wanadoo.fr<br />
www.brittanybedandbreakfast.net<br />
VEHICLE CARE<br />
WWW.PARTSBROKER.NET<br />
Supplying Internet-sourced<br />
vehicle parts to <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong>.<br />
Contact Ian Torode:<br />
Tel: 02 97 39 95 52<br />
admin@partsbroker.net<br />
Mobile Diagnostics<br />
& Servicing<br />
Latest Plug-in Equipment<br />
Ex-Hometune operator. 25 years experience.<br />
Specialist in older cars.<br />
02 98 93 00 71/ 06 71 21 37 94<br />
brittany tyres<br />
All makes of tyres<br />
supplied and fitted<br />
mobile service: we <strong>com</strong>e to you for fitting<br />
0297282054 / 0601046435<br />
e-mail: brittanytyres@gmail.<strong>com</strong>
52 Classified<br />
CARPETS<br />
Building & Property Services<br />
HAIR-<br />
DRESSERS<br />
AND<br />
BEAUTY<br />
KAREN MOBILE<br />
HAIRDRESSER<br />
Working in Pédernec/<br />
Guingamp/<br />
Louargat &<br />
surrounding areas<br />
Also 2 days<br />
per week in the<br />
Mellionec/Glomel area<br />
Telephone: 06 11 21 84 74<br />
HEATING<br />
WOODBURNERS<br />
ash grove stoves<br />
Supplier of Hunter & Villager Stoves<br />
Boiler versions available<br />
Tel: 00 44 (0) 1392 861579<br />
www.ashgrovestoves.<strong>com</strong><br />
sales@ashgrovestoves.<strong>com</strong><br />
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Compressed logs<br />
Economical<br />
Always dry<br />
Clean<br />
Delivered direct to your home, anywhere in <strong>Brittany</strong>.<br />
Simply call: 02 97 39 41 92<br />
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Liana<br />
Mobile<br />
Hairdresser<br />
I am at you service in<br />
Huelgoat and its<br />
surrounding areas<br />
Tel: 02 98 99 90 51<br />
or 06 66 38 31 11<br />
Coiffeur<br />
Jane Suzanne<br />
10-15 km Seglien area.<br />
Men & Women<br />
06 50 97 29 27<br />
English qualified, French<br />
registered.<br />
Mobile Hairdressing<br />
Friendly and Professional<br />
City and Guilds<br />
Qualified<br />
Registered<br />
in France<br />
Call Lissa<br />
02 96 45 96 72<br />
Callac & surrounding area<br />
FUNERAL SERVICES<br />
FUNERAL AND<br />
REPATRIATION<br />
SERVICE<br />
to the UK and Ireland<br />
Cremation aranged in France and<br />
ashes taken to the UK for burial.<br />
Burial and cremation to all<br />
parts of the UK<br />
Irish and English coffins and caskets available.<br />
UK-built Volvo hearse<br />
For immediate attention phone Jim Flaherty on<br />
02 96 30 41 15<br />
CLAN CAMPBELL<br />
CLEANING<br />
CARPET AND UPHOLSTERY CLEANING<br />
IN YOUR HOME OR GITE<br />
BY PROFESSIONAL, TRAINED OPERATIVES<br />
(certificate available) Areas covered: 22/29/56<br />
Call Gary for more details on 02 96 2635 48<br />
or email: amanda.campbell@wanadoo.fr
Television - p. 51 Satelites pp. 22, 47 & 51<br />
Technology<br />
Services<br />
www.pcbreakdownsos.<strong>com</strong><br />
Classified<br />
53<br />
Mobile Computer Technician Specializing in<br />
PC Repairs & Upgrades<br />
New Systems, Laptops & Peripherals<br />
French-English Language Change Broadband Setup<br />
Wireless Networking CDs DVDs, Ink Cartridges, etc.<br />
Based Nr Carhaix, will travel throughout 56, 29, 22<br />
Tel Richard: 02 98 99 58 92<br />
mail@bretonpcs.<strong>com</strong> www.bretonpcs.<strong>com</strong><br />
Anglo CHAPS<br />
For resolution of all your<br />
PC & Mac problems,<br />
contact Mr Fixit on<br />
02 96 21 87 94 / 06 76 50 24 78 (mobile)<br />
mpauleyre@googlemail.<strong>com</strong><br />
for same day or next day service<br />
Networking solutions WiFi and WebSites<br />
Subscribe: <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong> Journal<br />
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54 Building & Property Services<br />
Property<br />
FOR SALE - <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong>, Lovely Detached House in rural settings<br />
Nr Gouarec., 4 - Bedrooms. 2 - Receptions, Fitted Kitchen, Large<br />
Conservatory, Extensive Garage, Work and storage space. Set in 1/2<br />
acre. 180,000 euros ono Tel: 02 96 24 95 05<br />
For Sale: Building Plot, approx 550 sq m, electric, water, main drainage,<br />
telephone points, planning permission, pleasant site, Plouye Bourg, 5<br />
mins Huelgoat, 10 mins Carhaix. 8000€. 02 98 99 96 79 or 02 98 74 72<br />
24<br />
COTTAGE FOR SALE - LANRIVAIN. Two good-sized bedrooms,<br />
living room with wood burner, kitchen, bathroom/separate WC. Easily<br />
maintained garden. 67,000 Euros admissions@millfieldprep.<strong>com</strong><br />
Large lock-up hangar. Electricity, water supply. Suitable as business<br />
premises (Zone Artisanale) Gouarec. Rent by arrangement - cash or help<br />
in owners’ garden. Tel: 02 96 24 97 76<br />
Allineuc, quiet rural setting, three barns attached, ready for renovation<br />
and conversion. Planning permissions in place and taxes paid. Town<br />
water in place, plot 291 sq m. 25,000€ ono. Tel: 02 96 28 54 83<br />
Town house in excellent condition in Gourin (15km Carhaix). For further<br />
extensive details please see our personal website: www.neatmove.fr<br />
Isolated 4.5 acre farm, Corlay, 75% renovated, 3 houses, 2 ruins, large<br />
hangar, outbuildings, bread oven. Well and spring water, and firewood. 2<br />
fosse septiques. Bargain 148,000€ incl. Notaires fees. 06 02 28 92 31<br />
Near Corlay, House for sale, 65,000€. South facing, sun trap, very quiet,<br />
2 bedrooms, 3 living rooms. 06 35 99 41 296 / 0044 198 372 1640<br />
For Sale: Beautiful, large house, close to Paimpol / Lézardrieux and the<br />
marina. Superb vues of the sea and Pont Lézardrieux. Telephone 02 96<br />
55 08 42<br />
JEWELLERY<br />
GENERAL HANDYMAN<br />
Alterations, Plastering, & Maintenance<br />
House checks, Gite changeovers,<br />
Large and Small Gardens cared for.<br />
Call Paul or Nikki<br />
Rostrenen 0296 293662 or 0637 300388<br />
paulreadabc@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Holiday Lets<br />
Holiday Let. Sleeps 6. Beautiful rural setting 40 mins from<br />
coast. Suitable young families, painters, writers, walkers.<br />
Non-smokers. No pets. Bookings now taken. Phone daytime.<br />
02 96 21 53 28<br />
Rurally-Set Cottage. Ten minutes from Huelgoat. Two<br />
bedrooms, double beds, suit two couples sharing, kitchen,<br />
lounge, TV, shower room. Lets July - August. 350€ p/w 02 98<br />
99 96 30<br />
Tim the Gardener contd<br />
go brown, you can use them to make chutney.<br />
Harvesting.<br />
In most gardens, the potato crop has ripened two<br />
or three weeks earlier than usual, and if you dig<br />
up some of your early potatoes you should find<br />
that they are quite a reasonable size. Hopefully<br />
we will get a little more rain in June, so that the<br />
rest of the crop can benefit from its good start.<br />
If you have any cabbage/brassica plants, you can<br />
use them to fill the gaps left when you dig up the<br />
potatoes - or sow some chicory, it is one of the<br />
most popular crops amongst Breton gardeners.<br />
Plant hollyhock seeds<br />
in June. Transplant in<br />
November, and they will<br />
flower the following<br />
Summer.
Building & Property Services<br />
MICHAEL GROVER<br />
Stone Mason<br />
Specialising in stonework,<br />
GRO - BUILD<br />
flooring and walls<br />
Tiling and Mosaic Renovation Projects<br />
Fully registered and insured<br />
michael.grover56@orange.fr 56800 Guillac<br />
02 97 70 68 10 ♦ 06 23 35 70 93<br />
CHARLES HAIGH<br />
CONSTRUCTION<br />
• Renovation/Extensions<br />
• Structural Alterations etc<br />
• Dry Lining & Insulation<br />
• Excavations/Driveways<br />
• Fosses Septiques/Drainage<br />
Zones/Documentation etc<br />
Depts 22 and 29<br />
Tel: 02 96 44 26 20 / 06 30 11 04 21<br />
e-mail: charleshaigh@orange.fr<br />
Siret: 453 231 920 00019<br />
BOUGET MICHEL SARL<br />
22160 LA CHAPELLE NEUVE<br />
Digger & mini digger<br />
Septic tanks installed,<br />
landscaping etc. ....<br />
bougettp@wanadoo.fr www.bougettp.<strong>com</strong><br />
Tel 02 96 21 63 42 English spoken<br />
P. A. MAJOR<br />
BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE<br />
MOST WORK UNDERTAKEN<br />
02 97 22 30 73<br />
donna.creed@club-internet.fr<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong>-Property-Maintenance.<strong>com</strong><br />
Registered Artisan<br />
Sandblasting for the removal of dirt, varnish,<br />
paint, on old stonework & wood.<br />
Repointing stonework - I use a special pre-mixed material with<br />
a choice of colours, that helps to stop damp, rain, and insects.<br />
Joinery and Plasterboarding.<br />
Free estimates - covering <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
Tel. Mark on 02 97 74 97 15<br />
e-mail: sally.sample@sfr.fr<br />
ARTISAN CARPENTER<br />
AND ROOFER<br />
www.ARTISANCARPENTER.<strong>com</strong><br />
Danish Artisan - Scandinavian quality work guaranteed<br />
High quality craftmanship for all your carpentry, joinery, and<br />
roofing, from new builds to minor repairs...<br />
you buy it, I will fit it. no hidden extras.<br />
10 year decenelle/guarantee on all works<br />
For free quote call 02 96 29 51 66<br />
or email info@peterjensen.fr<br />
PAUL DUCKWORTH<br />
High Quality Carpentry and Joinery<br />
at Competitive Prices<br />
FULLY REGISTERED AND INSURED ENGLISH AND FRENCH SPOKEN<br />
Depts. 22 29<br />
DOORS LOFT CONVERSIONS WINDOWS<br />
VELUX WINDOWS INSTALLED SHUTTERS FLOORING<br />
STAIRCASES LAMBRIS/ PANELLING KITCHENS<br />
FITTED OR MADE TO ORDER - TRADITIONAL RESTORATION WORK<br />
(BEAMS, FIREPLACES ETC.) & MUCH MORE<br />
No job too small<br />
For a free quote, please telephone 02.98.78.26.09<br />
email: paul.duckworth@hotmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
LUDGATES Interior & Exterior Renovations<br />
Renovation & Roofing Specialists, Construction & New Build.<br />
Plumbing & Electrics, Plastering, Rendering, Kitchens, Bathrooms,<br />
Veluxe Windows, Flooring, Carpentry & Joinery<br />
Tel: 02 98 99 40 55 Mob: 06 62 31 10 22<br />
ludgates@wanadoo.fr www.ludgates-renovations.<strong>com</strong><br />
55
56 Building & Property Services<br />
R & B Builders<br />
BEN ERRIDGE<br />
Fully Registered General Builder<br />
All types of Building Work<br />
Undertaken<br />
Roofing Electrics Plumbing<br />
Masonry etc.<br />
Roz-Ar-Vinglen 22340 Le Moustoir<br />
Tel: (0033) 02 98 99 14 13<br />
DIGGER &<br />
DRIVER<br />
Septic tanks<br />
drainage,<br />
landscaping etc.<br />
also self-drive digger hire<br />
Rostrenen, Guingamp,<br />
Carhaix area<br />
Bilingual help and advice.<br />
02 96 45 89 20/06 17 85 55 02<br />
tressaint692@orange.fr<br />
Kingfisher<br />
Decorating<br />
Areas 22, 29 & 56 covered<br />
Interior/Exterior<br />
Wall & Floor tiling<br />
Plasterboarding<br />
Reasonable Prices<br />
22 years experience<br />
Free estimates<br />
Bob: 02 97 51 20 57<br />
kingfisherbob@live.<strong>com</strong><br />
S.P.Fishlock<br />
Builders<br />
& Roofers<br />
BEFORE AFTER<br />
* Old and new work in slate & tiles * Lead & Zinc work<br />
* Guttering & down pipes. * Velux & Dormer Windows<br />
* Loft insulation * Chimney stack pointed & rebuilt<br />
02 96 84 93 27 stephen.fishlock@wanadoo.fr<br />
www.roofersinbrittany.<strong>com</strong> Le Herisson, 22250 Rouillac<br />
Septic<br />
Tanks<br />
Emptied<br />
LE VIDANGEUR BRETON<br />
Septic Tanks Emptied and Cleaned<br />
40 km radius of Carhaix<br />
Tel: 02 98 99 55 27<br />
Mobile: 06 07 08 99 60 (English spoken)<br />
Jon Oram PLASTERER<br />
Renovations - Restorations -<br />
Extensions - Conversions.<br />
Registered and French speaking<br />
Plastering, Tiling, Lime & Cement Rendering & Pointing<br />
Paving & Patio's, Internal & External Decoration<br />
All Aspects of Work Undertaken<br />
Tel: 02 98 99 77 46 / 06 25 78 93 63<br />
e.mail: jonandorice@wanadoo.fr<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong> Scaffolding<br />
All aspects of scaffolding covered<br />
All areas covered<br />
Heavy duty English scaffolding<br />
Fully registered<br />
0297282054<br />
0601046435<br />
email:<br />
solutionsfrancaises@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Cheval Construction Ltd<br />
<strong>com</strong>plete renovation service<br />
For all your building needs internal and external...<br />
Roofing, guttering, Velux windows, plastering,<br />
rendering, pointing, plumbing...<br />
Contact Graham Hartley at...<br />
chevalconstructionltd@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
02 98 73 83 98 06 03 75 10 25<br />
Fully registered for all your<br />
ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING needs<br />
contact SARL Steve & Wendy Foster<br />
Renovations LTD. 02 98 26 43 95<br />
Visit our web site for other services<br />
www.renov8it4u.<strong>com</strong><br />
steve.wendy.foster@orange.fr<br />
Stuart Barker<br />
Plastering & Building Services<br />
After 30 yrs experience in the UK,<br />
we are now offering a professional<br />
plastering service in <strong>Brittany</strong>.<br />
All work carried out to the highest<br />
standard, references provided.<br />
Free estimates. Areas 22, 29 & 56<br />
French or UK materials<br />
02 98 93 87 43 / 06 23 67 84 17<br />
platrier.homeservice@hotmail.<strong>com</strong>
Building & Property Services<br />
Classified Index p.46<br />
William Edwards<br />
Registered joiner<br />
and Roofer<br />
Metal studwork and<br />
plasterboarding<br />
a speciality.<br />
Dept 22, Langourla Based.<br />
Reasonable rates.<br />
Tel: 02 96 30 44 25<br />
williamedwards@orange.fr<br />
Sand & Gravel<br />
Supplied locally for the<br />
smaller user.<br />
Drives, paths,<br />
drainage, infill.<br />
Smaller delivery vehicle to get<br />
into restricted access.<br />
Flexibility of delivery, rather than<br />
a huge unmanageable load.<br />
20 km radius Callac<br />
Tel: 02 96 45 04 43<br />
Mobile: 06 75 45 99 77<br />
A.M.PITMAN<br />
ELECTRICIAN<br />
Alan Pitman Bourg 22460 Le Quillio<br />
Tel: 02 96 56 30 13 Mobile: 06 74 10 38 09<br />
alan.pitman@sfr.fr<br />
SCS Painter, Decorater & Tiler<br />
Internal & External Painting<br />
Competitive rates<br />
30 years experience Free quotes<br />
Call Anthony Smith<br />
02 98 78 80 86<br />
lilystewart@msn.<strong>com</strong><br />
Soil tests and technical advice on fosse septiques and<br />
drainage systems for private homes.<br />
Bringing a system up to standard.<br />
Planning permission<br />
Selling a property<br />
For expert advice and a friendly service contact:<br />
02 96 42 73 04 / 06 82 07 51 21<br />
geniusenvironnement@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
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www.stonecraft-renovations.<strong>com</strong><br />
Stone Craft<br />
Renovations<br />
Full Renovations & Extensions<br />
Loft Conversions & Roofing<br />
Patios & Landscaping<br />
Fully Registered General Builder<br />
For a free Estimate contact Chris George:<br />
Tel: 0297 38 50 05<br />
Mob: 0676 127 175<br />
chris@stonecraft-renovations.<strong>com</strong><br />
57<br />
M J Watkins<br />
Property maintainance,<br />
Repairs and Renovation.<br />
General building service, fully registered,<br />
over 20 yrs exp. Roof maintenance, garden projects,<br />
plasterboarding, decorating, repointing.<br />
02 96 21 42 59 / 06 69 40 74 17<br />
C L C<br />
Building &Property Maintenance<br />
General building<br />
Stonework, blockwork, plastering, tiling<br />
Plasterboarding, dry lining, patios<br />
�02 98 86 95 37 or 06 59 71 50 29<br />
clc-chrislynn@hotmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
PLANT & MACHINERY SALES<br />
Mini diggers and<br />
dumpers<br />
Most other plant available<br />
Tel: 0044 771 073 1729<br />
0044 183 784 0191<br />
Thistle Renovations Ltd.<br />
Specialising in all aspects of Interior<br />
Renovations, Including Plastering,<br />
Pointing, Woodworm & Dry Rot<br />
Free estimates please telephone<br />
02 96 29 59 41 or 02 96 30 49 13<br />
Email: thistle22@orange.fr<br />
http://interior-renovations.monsite.orange.fr<br />
Just Handy<br />
Property / Garden Maintenance<br />
Keyholding, Changeovers, etc.<br />
Vehicle storage. Tipping trailer.<br />
30km radius Pontivy.<br />
Tel: 02 97 27 30 87<br />
malcolm.singleton@orange.fr Reliable. Registered<br />
CHIMNEY SWEEP<br />
V. B. Plombier<br />
Chimney Sweeping & Flues Swept<br />
French reg. & insured Based Maël Carhaix<br />
Call Vince 02 96 24 78 11 mobile: 06 42 72 39 00<br />
www.vbplombier.eu
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Michael<br />
McCoy<br />
Architectural<br />
Draughtsman<br />
All your planning<br />
needs and solutions<br />
Specialising in<br />
Renovation, New<br />
Build, & Disabled<br />
access.<br />
02 96 43 44 23<br />
therealmccoy999@aol.<strong>com</strong><br />
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES Building & Property Services<br />
Jeremy Smith Architect O R D R E D E S<br />
ARCHITECTES<br />
A <strong>Brittany</strong> based English architect registered with<br />
l'Ordre des Architectes offering a <strong>com</strong>plete design<br />
and planning service for all building types and sizes<br />
Tel: 02 96 21 23 67 Mob: 06 43 79 37 54<br />
E-mail: mail@jeremysmitharchitects.<strong>com</strong><br />
Architectural Services and Design<br />
Dossiers Permis de Construire.<br />
Déclaration Préalable.<br />
Project Management<br />
0298738145 / lidstone.29@wanadoo.fr<br />
Lidstone Intermediaries Ltd<br />
BLACKSMITH<br />
La Forge Challis<br />
Traditional blacksmithing, bespoke designs,<br />
Window and security grills, Gates, etc<br />
fabrication work undertaken<br />
LOYAT 56800<br />
02 97 73 80 34 or 06 20 16 62 58<br />
www.laforgechallis.<strong>com</strong><br />
Architectural drawings and planning applications<br />
* Conversions * Renovations * New build<br />
* Extensions * Swimming pools * Demolitions<br />
* Division of Land * Any size property<br />
Permis de Construire<br />
up to 170 m2 From Conception<br />
to Completion<br />
Drawings for You<br />
Violette Lewenkron Carnoët<br />
02 96 21 56 78 / 06 21 13 87 46<br />
Contact Arthur Cutler on 02 97 39 38 72<br />
enquiries@frenchplans.<strong>com</strong> www.frenchplans.<strong>com</strong>
--New--<br />
Help & Advice in English<br />
Call Olivier: 06 26 91 55 55<br />
Seat Ibiza<br />
Air conditioning, Adjustable steering wheel<br />
Electric mirrors and front windows, <strong>Central</strong> locking<br />
D712 ST-BRIEUC<br />
D700 ESPACE AUTOMOBILE SAINT-BRIEUC<br />
Intermarché<br />
Espace Automobile<br />
D700<br />
Quintin<br />
A Warm Wel<strong>com</strong>e to Everyone!<br />
Sales - New & Second-Hand / Repairs / Advice<br />
Seat Altea<br />
Onboard <strong>com</strong>puter<br />
Adjustable air-conditioning<br />
Radio, CD, MP3 + 6 HP<br />
Adjustable steering wheel 6 Airbags<br />
Hyundai ix35<br />
Air conditioning<br />
Reversing sensors<br />
Leather steering wheel<br />
Eco Drive Indicator<br />
Heated front and rear seats<br />
ESP 6 Airbags<br />
5-year triple guarantee<br />
Zone Commerciale de Brezillet<br />
Route de Loudéac (beside Intermarché)<br />
Tel: 02 96 78 15 25<br />
TM<br />
Hyundai ix20<br />
Air conditioning, Intelligent Stop<br />
and Go technology (ISG)<br />
Electric front windows,<br />
USB and Aux connections<br />
Eco Drive Indicator<br />
Front, front side & full length<br />
curtain airbags<br />
Hill-start Assist Control<br />
5 Year Triple guarantee
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www.woodburningstovesandcookers.eu<br />
Stockists of Stoves<br />
Villager, Hunter<br />
Aarrow, Esse<br />
Building Services<br />
HEATING<br />
Stockists of Range Cookers<br />
Esse<br />
Huge stocks 4kw – 24kw with or without<br />
back-boilers. Cash and carry available.<br />
Trade enquiries wel<strong>com</strong>e.<br />
Installation if required<br />
Tel 02 97 74 73 48<br />
e-mail homeandgarden@wanadoo.fr<br />
Flowers in June:<br />
Right, from top to bottom: red<br />
campion; yellow lily; welsh poppy.<br />
Back cover, clockwise from top<br />
left: Ox-eye daisies; Alkanet; seed<br />
pods of Honesty; Monkshood;<br />
Lupin; Marigold; Canterbury Bells;<br />
Foxglove; Centre back: Sweet<br />
Rocket. Bottom back: Wood Sorrel.<br />
Cover: 'Flowers in June'<br />
Watercolour by Bethan Lewis.<br />
MORE HEATING<br />
PAGE 52<br />
For all your<br />
Electrical,<br />
Plumbing<br />
& Heating<br />
Requirements<br />
Covering all aspects of<br />
S.A.R.L. DENNISON<br />
ELECTRIQUE<br />
PLOMBERIE ET CHAUFFAGE<br />
Electrical work, Plumbing &<br />
Heating Installations<br />
in Departments<br />
22, 29, 35, 56<br />
dennisonelectrique@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.dennisonelectrique.<strong>com</strong><br />
02 96 67 30 39 / 06 89 41 43 62<br />
For all your plumbing<br />
and heating needs.<br />
Fully-qualifi ed and<br />
VB Plombier French reg. engineer.<br />
Based Maël Carhaix<br />
Covering <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
Call Vince: 02 96 24 78 11 mobile: 06 42 72 39 00<br />
www.vbplombier.eu<br />
All fuels Delivered<br />
Including:<br />
•oil •coal<br />
•dry logs<br />
•wood pellets<br />
Jean-Luc PERRON<br />
02 97 39 95 63<br />
•<strong>com</strong>pressed logs in briquettes<br />
(English spoken) Delivery: Mon - Sat evening<br />
www.jeanlucperron-energies.fr
Property/ Building<br />
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Agence Immobilière Kerizac<br />
Do you have a property for sale?<br />
We have agents covering all areas of <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
We have qualifi ed clients searching for property.<br />
We advertise in magazines, websites and property<br />
exhibitions in the UK.<br />
To contact your local Kerizac agent please call our<br />
central offi ce on 02 96 43 41 63<br />
www.kerizac.<strong>com</strong><br />
8 Place du Centre 22390 Bourbriac<br />
Buying or Selling a Home in <strong>Brittany</strong>…?<br />
For a large selection of quality properties in North<br />
Finistère (29) and Côtes d’Armor (22) and an<br />
after-sales service second-to-none<br />
website : www.ar-ger.<strong>com</strong><br />
e-mail : steve.chadwick@ar-ger.<strong>com</strong><br />
Ar Ger Immobilier sarl<br />
9 place Général Leclerc, 29630 PLOUGASNOU<br />
0033 (0)2 98 67 87 10 or 0033 (0)6 09 75 57 84<br />
Developer of quality new build, off plan<br />
and bespoke properties in <strong>Brittany</strong>.<br />
Friendly, professional, bilingual<br />
service to your requirements.<br />
New build properties.<br />
Long term rentals.<br />
Property sales.<br />
Scaffold towers for hire.<br />
www.properties-brittany.<strong>com</strong><br />
02 97 27 01 71<br />
bel-air-homes@orange.fr
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Building Services<br />
SEAN HENDICOTT HEATING SPECIALIST<br />
Oil boilers serviced & repaired & new supplied & fi tted.<br />
Woodburners & fl ues supplied & fi tted<br />
Ground Source Heat Pumps - Complete Installation from capture<br />
area to underfl oor heating<br />
Woodburners with back boilers for hot water & heating<br />
Renewable energy <strong>com</strong>bination systems inc solar & stockage tanks<br />
Full Credit impot & Eco Loan support on all equipment fi tted<br />
Tel/Fax: 02 98 93 55 89<br />
www.seanhendicott.<strong>com</strong><br />
Solution Quick Crossword<br />
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B O O K L E T<br />
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T H E L I K E L Y L A D S<br />
Marks Woodwork<br />
Carpenter / Joiner<br />
For all your interior & exterior woodwork projects.<br />
Tel: 02 97 51 34 20 (Bubry 56)<br />
Mob: 06 77 97 40 24<br />
Easy<br />
Build<br />
in <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
Paul Johnson<br />
French-qualified<br />
Maçon since 1994<br />
02 97 39 34 83<br />
paul@easy-buildbrittany.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.easy-buildbrittany.<strong>com</strong><br />
Staircases (made to measure) Cupboards & wardrobes<br />
Kitchens<br />
Furniture repairs<br />
Loft Conversions<br />
Velux Windows<br />
First & second fi x<br />
Roof and Dormer construction<br />
Daywork or price 25yrs experience www.woodworkbymark.<strong>com</strong><br />
M.R.T.P. – FOSSETECH<br />
18 years experience in <strong>Brittany</strong><br />
SEPTIC TANK AND<br />
DRAINAGE SPECIALISTS<br />
LOCAL AUTHORITY APPROVED CONTRACTORS<br />
Etudes, Plans and Permits<br />
INSTALLATIONS/EMPTYING/MAINTENANCE<br />
For Free Advice and Quotes Tel : 02 96 86 51 05<br />
www.fossetech.<strong>com</strong> Fax : 02 96 86 54 99<br />
Email:otool22@aol.<strong>com</strong><br />
PAPILLON BATIMENT<br />
SERVICES<br />
FRENCH REGISTERED GENERAL BUILDER<br />
ALL ASPECTS OF BUILDING WORK<br />
INTERIOR / EXTERIOR / GROUNDWORKS<br />
FULL DECENNAL INSURANCE<br />
STEVE PEARSON TEL 02 96 13 43 80<br />
MOBILE 0669 62 4886<br />
EMAIL PAPILLONSTEVE22@AOL.COM<br />
www.papillonbatimentservices.eu<br />
GK SANDBLASTING<br />
We offer free quotations and advice,<br />
covering areas 22, 56, 29, 35.<br />
Sandblasting is used for the removal of<br />
paint/rot/dirt etc. on wood. Ideal for<br />
cleaning old beams as it restores to a<br />
superb fi nish.<br />
Stonework / granite / fi replaces /<br />
walls, internal and external, are also<br />
left beautifully clean.<br />
Tel: 02 96 25 75 29<br />
www.gksandblasting.<strong>com</strong><br />
juliekirkham@msn.<strong>com</strong><br />
PB RENOVATION / MULTI SERVICES<br />
Doors, windows, tiling, bathrooms, kitchens,<br />
decking / patios, etc.<br />
Covering areas 29 22 56<br />
02 98 73 90 32<br />
06 74 73 14 53<br />
butler.paul@wanadoo.fr<br />
MIKE QUARTLEY<br />
Builder / Carpenter / Joiner<br />
40 years experience French registered artisan<br />
Carpentry, General Building, Renovations & Conversions<br />
Also mini-digger work<br />
Tel: 0297382156 Mobile: 0622465086<br />
e-mail mikequartley@hotmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
E L<br />
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C T<br />
R ICIAN<br />
ENGLISH SPOKEN<br />
02 96 29 72 24<br />
06 30 74 70 75<br />
patrick.dudley@wanadoo.fr<br />
Patrick Dudley<br />
22480<br />
St Nicolas du Pelem<br />
D<br />
E<br />
P<br />
A<br />
N<br />
N<br />
A<br />
G<br />
E
Mini Digger<br />
& Driver<br />
Gardens & Drainage<br />
Mains sewerage connections<br />
Banking & Drives<br />
Free estimates and advice<br />
Assoc Highstwest<br />
Plusquellec<br />
Tel: 02 96 45 04 43<br />
Mobile: 06 75 45 99 77<br />
highstwest@wanadoo.fr<br />
http://highstwest.chez-alice.fr<br />
Building Services<br />
NIGEL FREEMAN<br />
LE SOUCHET<br />
BUILDING & MAINTENANCE<br />
Le Souchet<br />
22230 St Vran<br />
<strong>Brittany</strong><br />
Tel - 02 96 25 15 98<br />
freeman.nigel@rocketmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
le bourg<br />
22160<br />
Calanhel<br />
Plumbing<br />
Heating<br />
& Bathrooms<br />
02 96 45 02 06<br />
06 77 63 77 36<br />
PLUS QU’ELEC<br />
ELECTRICITY<br />
Serving the French/English<br />
<strong>com</strong>munity.<br />
Rewiring Inspections<br />
Exterior Lighting New Houses<br />
Stewart 02 96 21 53 60 / 06 77 46 40 71<br />
Amar 02 96 36 51 86 Plusquellec 22160<br />
Sylvain<br />
GUENEGOU<br />
Roofing Specialist<br />
ENTREPRISE GÉNÉRALE<br />
de BATIMENT<br />
RENOVATION - NEUF<br />
TRAVAUX d‛ASSAINISSEMENT<br />
Building in France since 1975<br />
David KING<br />
www.davidkingconstruction.<strong>com</strong><br />
61 route de la Corniche 22580 PLOUHA<br />
Tel 02 96 20 38 11 david74173@aol.<strong>com</strong><br />
Art & fenêtres<br />
Portes Volets<br />
Fenêtres<br />
63<br />
Roofer,<br />
Carpenter &<br />
Joiner<br />
wood, aluminium & pvc.<br />
02 96 21 60 60 / 06 07 26 47 38<br />
Decennial Insurance<br />
s.guenegou.entreprise@wanadoo.fr<br />
22160 La Chapelle-Neuve<br />
Windows and Doors<br />
PVC, Aluminium<br />
Front Doors,<br />
Roll Shutters and Blinds<br />
Heating: Wood Burning stoves,<br />
Show room: 1 rue de Callac<br />
29270 CARHAIX<br />
Tel: 02.98.93.14.46 (English spoken)<br />
http://monsite.orange.fr/fenetresetfeu<br />
email: fenetresetfeu@orange.fr
Summer<br />
flowers<br />
see page 60<br />
HELP AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE LIVING<br />
IN BRITTANY (see page 45)<br />
FRENCH LESSONS & CONVERSATION CLUBS 15<br />
ENGLISH LANGUAGE RADIO PROGRAMME<br />
www.spotlightonbrittany.fr<br />
Yves de Reviers<br />
Successor to:<br />
M. UK Georges £1.25 Hamon France: 1€<br />
All Types of Insurance<br />
Car House Health<br />
Investments Retirement<br />
Fluent English Spoken<br />
7, rue des Portes – 22160 Callac<br />
02 96 45 51 15<br />
callac@agence.generali.fr<br />
No. ORIAS: 07035059<br />
GENERALI FRANCE<br />
assurances
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