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A timely reminder from Colin Elliott, who runs a French Garden design company at Chabris (36 Indre, Centre) who will be exhibiting at the Garden Festival (Fete des Plantes) at the Chateau de la Ferte St Aubin from 1-3 May 2009.
For more info see www.chateau-ferte-st-aubin.com
la Ferte St Aubin is
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[ February 14, 2009 to February 15, 2009. ] Despite the huge number of villages across France named after saints, there is only one which is named after St Valentine – at St Valentin (36 Indre, Centre), west of Issoudun and South West of Bourges.
Styling itself the “Villages for Lovers” (le village des Amoureux) the website at www.village-saint-valentin.com/ is very French and just a
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[ July 4, 2009 to July 26, 2009. ] Each July the French get very excited about 180 or more professional cyclists who cover 3,500km over three weeks racing around France, including staggering climbs in the Alps and Pyrenees.
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With lots of razzamataz, commercial sponsorship, scandal and sporting achievement, it is a spectacle well worth seeing – especially
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[ July 10, 2008; ]
The Tour de France 2008 (21 stages, 3500 km) Stage 6 is on 10 July 2008 and starts from Aigurande (36 Indre, Centre) and runs 195.5km through the Creuse department (23 Limousin) to
Super-Besse (63 Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne)
For more on the Tour de France 2008 see www.letour.fr/
For details of coverage on ITV see
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[ July 9, 2008; ]
The Tour de France 2008 (21 stages, 3500 km) Stage 5 is on 9 July 2008 and starts from Cholet (49 Maine-et-Loire) and runs 232km to Chateauroux (36 Indre, Centre) via Loudun (86 Vienne, Poitou-Charentes)
For more on the Tour de France 2008 see www.letour.fr/
For details of coverage on ITV see
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Le Canard au Parapluie Rouge, or the “Duck with red umbrella” has a good start with a memorable name for a B&B – sounds a bit more exciting than the Hotel de la Gare (Station Hotel) which was its original name.
Situated south of Argenton-sur-Creuse (36 Indre, Centre -see map) just off the A20
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