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Does anybody know an English speaking Hypnotherapist in the Gard or Herault area? Thanks @Wendy

LAST EDITED ON 19-Aug-04 AT 07:57 PM (BST) BritsNimes is organising a day out a la Robert Louis Stevenson - walking with Donkeys..... 19 September All Welcome! Full information on www.britsnimes.com Wendy [email protected]

Anybody know anything about bilingual schools for 11 and 13 yr olds in the Montpellier area? Or a college with an Anglophone section at all? I know about the school in Baillargues.... but I understand there is the St Francois Regis in Montpellier - it's closed until 18 August and I can't find a website for it anywhere.... Thanks in advance Wendy

Tour of Aigues-Mortes and Lunch at Le Galion Sunday 16th May 2004 Meeting at the Main Gate Aigues-Mortes at 1045hrs We have arranged a tour in English, of the beautiful Aigues-Mortes' Contance Tower, and entry to the Ramparts of Aigues-Mortes (duration: about 1 hour) and then afterwards, Le Galion Restaurant for lunch. Sorry dogs not allowed. Le Galion We have a choice of menu as below including wine and coffee (NB We are restricted to 30 for the tour and the restaurant, so first come first served.) Menu Assiette de Charcuterie ou Soupe de Poisson ou Terrine de Poisson ou Moules Marinieres ou Carpaccio de Saumon - Pierrade du Mas (beef or chicken cooked on a stone) ou, - Pierrade Pescadou (Loup (fish) cooked on a stone) ou, - Gardianne de Toro ou, - Seches a L'Armoricaine (tomato flavour), - Cheese - Dessert Adult Members At Euro16.00 Adult Non-Members At Euro21.00 Children At Euro5.00 Application forms can be found on www.britsnimes.com Wendy

Rare Breeds Farm visit & Walk at Mount Bouquet 18th of April - 11am Meet up at the farm, for visit & then picnic near the lake on the farm. The address is: rsidence Ferme Coudert Font de Coulorgue 30580 VALLERARGUES Telephone: 04 66 72 90 28 & The owner is M. Bernard Coudert Entrance to the Farm is FREE!! How to get to the farm from Nimes: First go to Uzes, Via the Pont St Nicolas, or via the Als road out of Nimes, & then direction for Dions and Uzes (28kms from Nimes). Once at Uzes: Take a northerly direction, towards Larnc along the D979. Go through Larnc and continue until you hit the D6. Turn left towards Ales & Vallrargues. The farm is quite visible at the entrance of the village of Vallrargues, just a few kilometres further from this last junction. From Als it is very easy, just go along the D6, until you get to Vallrargues!! So for the picnic, please bring chairs or blankets & any folding picnic tables you may have. There is no shade at the farm, so perhaps bring a parasol or umbrella. Bring your own food!! But BritsNimes will offer you Sangria!! After the picnic, we will go in a convoy towards the Mount Bouquet. Time to take in the fresh air & wonderful views while enjoying a shortish walk! If you would like to come to this BritsNimes event please inform us by Thursday the 15th of April, so we can organise enough Sangria!! You can phone on: 04 66 26 07 34 or email: [email protected]

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I use tripleprint... and post it back to the UK and get someone to forward it to me (actually I have a royal mail redirection service set up for all my magazines...) www.tripleprint.com A 36 expo is GBP3.29 plus GBP1.30 per film postage.. you get a free film and can have your photos put on Cd for GBP1.99 You can also email them your digital photos for them to print for you... Wendy

Our new walking club meets the second Wednesday of each month. Walks are usually around 5 miles, and in good weather we stop for a picnic afterwards. Our next meeting will be Wednesday 10th March at 1030hrs. Les Espelugues de Dions Fougeras - 2 hours - 6kms Le gouffre etrange et le ravin d'ocre Dions with it's chateau, on the edge of the gorges of the Gardon. Directions: A Nimes, prenez la direction d'Ales par la N106. A La Calmette, tournez a droite vers Dions. Garez-vous au bord de la route en bas du village sur le bas cote. - There's a gravelled pavement, on the side of the road by the river, by a bus stop (shelter on the opposite side of the road also.) If you would like to attend, please let me know in case of cancellation due to weather or whatever [email protected]

Visit of Chateau Bellefontaine & Wine tasting Sunday 22nd February We will meet up at the Chateau at around 1.45pm for a 2pm start, see the map on www.britsnimes.com. Programme of the visit: Though out the visit the owner will explain the history of the chateau & the wine process. We will begin with a walk around the chateau, visiting the grape-vines, etc. (weather permitting). Then the visit will continue in the cellars, and finally finishing with tasting the wine & some of the local food specialities. Drinks for children also available. The owner is Thierry de Combarieu, and I thank him for his hospitality in advance. Please notify BritsNimes if you would like to attend this event before Wednesday the 18th of February. Either send an email to contact@britsnimes or contact us on 04 66 26 07 34 (which has an ansaphone).

Tour of Sommieres and Indian Meal Sunday 14th March 2004 Meeting at the Champion Supermarket carpark at 1045hrs We are pleased to say that Peter Hornby a BritNimes member who lives nearby, will be sharing his knowledge of Sommieres and taking us on a walking tour of this beautiful place, including up to the Castle above the town. The tour will last approximately 2 hours and will be finishing at an Indian Restaurant for lunch. Resto' Ishan We have a set menu for everybody and the price is 12.00 Euros per person including : a Thali style (all on one tray) meal like the below, litre of wine and coffee. (don't worry, it's not too spicy) There is a children's menu for 8,00 Euros. We will be taking over the whole restaurant for the meal. (we are restricted to 30 people, so first come first served.) Menu meat or fish depending on the day served in a sauce riz basmati nature lgumes gourma rata (sauce yaout) la graine de moutarde chapatti (galette de bl) vadai (beignets) dessert To reserve a space on this trip please find application form on www.britsnimes.com or Email: [email protected]

I have a friend who has a barn attached to her completely renovated and beautiful house. She wishes to change the barn from being just a garage into a bedroom, office and a bathroom and WC. She doesn't intend to make any new windows or doors or alter the outside of the building. The mairie has told her that she can only renovate 50m2 of the barn but then her architect came back to her and told her just to use the original plans which are more like 100m2.... and that nobody would know. She is new to France and doesn't want to breaks laws and so on.... can anyone give advice on this situation and can she change the mairie's mind anyhow?

Does anybody have any information on health farms or spas that offer one day specials... in the Gard /Herault area. I've seen the Mercure in Grau du Roi... but was hopefully looking for something more massage / facial / manicure kind of thing rather than thalassotherapy. Thanks Wendy

Dear all in the Nimes and surrounding area.... for those who don't know about us www.britsnimes.com is a group meeting up monthly for pub nights, a book club, awalking club and special cultural events and even a Christmas lunch which is on 14th December lunchtime - full details on the site above. It's really a club for those who like to speak English, and our numbers are made up of English, French, Americans, Australians.... you name it - we're quite a mixture! For more information and contact details have a look at www.britsnimes.com. Wendy

Try Mary Turrell of W finance Tel 04 67 43 11 41 - she's in Montpellier

There's something very special in the Provence area called Boutis (do a search on www.google.fr ) and there's a museum of Boutis near us in Calvisson and our local stitching shop does courses. Tootles - as for inheritance - there are ways around this - you can set up a French company for just Euro1000- to avoid problems. I've just joined a cross stitch club near me too... there are quite a lot of these around I've found. Wendy Gard www.chateaukeyboard.com/wendy