Gunner

Does anyone know of any biker meeting points in the Charente Maritime ? We moved from Surrey where Box Hill was our Sunday morning meeting point and am now really missing a coffee and a chat with like minded people. If not would anyone be interested to meet up sometime during the summer for a good chat about how fantastic the riding is over here compared to England ?

We live 10 minutes out of Saintes and found a useful contact at France Telecom, who speaks very good english. Her name is Pascal Penon and her direct number is 0545901732. I haven't needed to speak to her for a while but hopefuly she is still there. I think she is based in Angouleme but it didn't seem to be a problem. She sorted everything for us - changing line to our name, setting up a new line, email account and ADSL. She also sent through instructions on how to use the message service (like BT callminder) in english. Good luck with the move!

Well if we can't find two teams to play, at least we can pass this foolproof guide on to our french friend and watch in amusement over a bottle of wine! Superb!  

Perhaps I should clarify the reason for this request. A very good FRENCH friend of ours works for the Hotel de Ville in Saintes and is looking for two teams to play as part of the towns summer events. There are a number of events taking place as part of the 'twin town' celebrations between Saintes and Salisbury.  The idea of this mail is to see if anyone can help, not to open up an ex-pat debate. Thanks for your interest Charley.    

Does anyone know of any cricket teams in the Charente Maritime ? We are looking for two teams to play an exhibition match in Saintes in July this year. The standard of play is not to important, it just needs to be a very English affair.