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Here we review the week ending Sunday 24th August.
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The annual 3 Chateaux Rally took over Place de la République
this weekend, along with many a (normally) quiet country lane around
St. Céré. We have put together a few photos of the event,
snatched whenever the cars stood still long enough!. Clicking on a
small image below will pop-up a larger one. There remains for us to
ask two questions from those in the "Know"... who won and
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Camping Sauvage (aka Camping Caravane) were live at the piano bar,
Au Passé Simple, Rue de la République on Friday night.
For further photos and a short report on the evening, click the
photo above to be taken to the Au Passé Simple sponsored
page on this website.
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Thursday night saw the second Local Producers Market and "Gourmand
Picnic" of the summer. Place de la République was packed
with locals and visitors alike, as the serious business of choosing
what to carry off to the picnic tables got under way. Clicking the
photo above, or the link below, will pop-up a quick slide show of
the evening.
For
a quick slide show of the goings on at the Gourmand Picnic - click
here
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Hard to pick out just a single stall, but that of Michel Thomas
caught the eye.
Honey producer Michel is based in St. Paul de Vern, so you could
not get much more local than that! Got an allergic reaction? Well
they say that locally produced honey can alleviate the symptoms.
Try it. You can contact Michel by e-mail,
to find out where you can buy his local honey.
Clicking on any of the three small images above will pop-up a
larger version.
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Saturday night saw the end of the 35th St. Céré Music
Festival, as the cast of "Le Roi Carotte" took to the
stage of the Théâtre de l'Usine for the last perfomance.
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The Tourist Office are putting on regular conducted tours
of St. Céré throughout the summer. The next
is on Thursday 28th August. Rendezvous at the Tourist Office
10.30h.
Rosendo, of Flats Wallets, goes solo at the Au Passé
Simple on Saturday 13th September.
To
view a calendar of other live music evenings booked into the
Music Bar Au Passé Simple, please click this link,
to be taken to their sponsored page on this website
The annual St Céré fête takes place in
the streets and squares of St. Céré. Expect
bands in the streets, fireworks in the sky and hangovers in
the morning!
For full details, visit
the Forthcoming Events pages by clicking this link.
The spectacular simultaneous launching of some 25 hot-air
balloons takes place at Rocamadour, Sunday 28th September
at around 17h.00. Not one to be missed.
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click this
link for details of other forthcoming events in St. Céré
area and around, in July
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Merchants House, St. Céré |
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St Céré, is in the beautiful
Dordogne river valley region of the Lot (département
46), Midi-Pyreénées, South West France.
Lot is deep in the heart of France, with the
départements of Dordogne to the West, Corrèze
to the North, Aveyron and Cantal to the South and East respectively.
To
view maps of where in France to find St. Céré
- please click this link
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Chateau Montal, St. Céré |
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of great beauty, liberally sprinkled with historic sites and
villages.
Click this link to view photos
and information of some of the great places to visit near
St. Céré
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Being in the stunning Dordogne river valley region of the
Lot, many summer activities naturally feature water! That
is, if you do not play tennis, golf, ride, walk, hot air balloon...
For information about the many
activities centred in and around St. Céré, please
click this link.
See also below for special events and visit our Forthcoming
Events pages, by clicking this link
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If it is Summer in St. Céré, sooner or later there will be
a storm about to catch the unwary. Lightning and computers
don't mix.
For information
about how to protect your modem and computer from lightning
strikes, please click this link
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Fresh off the Ryanair from East Midlands and getting
stuck into some Amstel. Dave and Ken chose the sunniest
day of the week to arrive in St. Céré
to visit friends. Bon Vacance.
Accosted in the street by the quaint custom of demanding
money on pain of a hug, this wedding party strayed into
our line of site. Identifying himself as Stephane Beauregard,
we were unable to determine whether he was to be a groom
or best man or whatever. Whether alcohol had been taken
is anyones guess, but the bizarre conversation we had
is proof positive that not eveything in black and white
makes sense!
We do not know who she was, but this bride, radiant,
in spite of the dull grey afternoon, was spotted wandering
serenely past the Café Voyageurs, followed by
her wedding party. Now as you know, normally, the first
you know of a wedding is when they convoy around town
several times with horns blaring. We prefer this bride's
version. She paused for just a moment... long enough
to grab the snap. We wish her... Bon Chance!
In the Auberge in Autoire, the Honey family grab a quick
beer before heading for the St. Céré Night
Market. Architect Chris, barrister Becky and sons Sam
and Nat were spending a few days in St. Céré
with friends before heading South to Perpignan and,
hopefully, a bit of sunshine!
Man about town Speedy, relaxing over a pizza and enjoying
the caberet put on by the Night Market dancing girls.
Out for a cool night stroll, Svetlana and mutt Susie
seemed to be enjoying the hustle, bustle and music at
the St. Céré Night Market.
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you either live near St. Céré or, as expats
anywhere in France.
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