Content about Pays Confolentais

Thursday marks an important departure for the monthly lunch group, Mange tout.  They are meeting at the lake at Etignac (also spelled Etagnac) at 12:30.

For those intending to go you need to take all your own food and drink, but no doubt you will wish and be able to share with others. You will be able to buy chips at the little cafe by the lake.

Afterwards you can relax by the lake and after a suitable time go swimming.

Rendez-vous under the trees at Grange d'Olga to see locally produced products and produce.  Then to eat food that you have brought and if you are lucky shared with others.

Not so many years ago a comuter and a connection to the internet were regarded as exotic and for others.  Today they are common place with over 60% of the French population having not only a computer but access to the internet in some form or other. This gives rise to the associated problems of how does one get support and what happens when things do wrong.

There can' t be too many English who are married in small French Villages. On Saturday at the Mairie in Hiesse two of the select few were married by the Mayor, M. Gilbert Quesne in the presence of the secretary to the commune Pattricia ? (Sorry surname not known, drop me a line)

Who were these adventurous English?  They were Annie and Alan Wright who have lived in Hiesse for a couple of years.  They are well known in the motor cycle fraternity, participating in the regular motorbike runs. They were showered in the traditional manner on leaving the Mairie

The reservation for the next lunch at 12 for 12.30 on 31st March is at Cafe Clemence in Chabenais. This restaurant is popular with the group and numbers are restricted, so please reserve early so that you will not be disappointed.  Send your reservation to Shielagh Plumley  with your choices for Entres, Plat Principal and Dessert. before Monday 28th March. You may order by number:
The menu is as follows:-

It is a place in which all types of activities can be undertaken.  It is available to all

It has celebrated its 21st year 

It's activities include

Ø       Liesure activities for all; classical dance, modern jazz, ballroom dancing, traditional dancing, yoga, badmington, painting, ........

Visite organisé par  le Centre Socio-culturel du Confolentais

Chaillac sur vienne contactez le centre pour détails sur transport de Confolens 2 rue St-Michel 16500 CONFOLENS - 05 45 84 00 43 – centresocioculturelduconfolentais@orange.fr

Collection of Web sites associated with St Germain de Confolens.

Includes official, tourist and protest sites.

Lessac is a small village noted for its combined bar and shop.

It has an excellent village hall in which its fencing club meets

In a recent article I said that there was strong hope that a grocery shop would open in Abzac this year.  This has been confirmed in the Mayor's wishes and he has also given a name of the new proprietaire and a date.

Mrs Parsons, who currently runs the bric-a-brac shop in Abzac will take over the premises and open both as a grocery and sell bread during March. She will also open a tea room to cater for both visitors to Abzac and the locals.

Book swaps and eating out

Over a period of several years Sheilah Plumley has actively supported a number of initiatives.  The best known are the regular book swaps and eating out with Mange Tout.