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Garden festival at Ferte St Aubin

[ May 1, 2009 to May 3, 2009. ] [caption id="attachment_1786" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Fete des Plantes"][/caption]

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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April 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: 36 Indre, 45 Loiret, Cheverny/Cour-Cheverny, France Events, Gardens, Touraine | Leave a comment

St Valentin on St Valentine’s Day?

[ 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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January 18th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: 30 Gard, 36 Indre, France Events, Lirac | Leave a comment

Cycling’s Tour de France 2009

[ 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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October 25th, 2008 | Category: 06 Alpes-Maritimes, 07 Ardeche, 09 Ariege, 11 Aude, 13 Bouches-du-Rhone, 25 Doubs, 26 Drome, 34 Herault, 36 Indre, 38 Isere, 65 Hautes-Pyrenees, 66 Pyrenees-Orientales, 67 Bas-Rhin, 68 Haut-Rhin, 73 Savoie, 74 Haute-Savoie, 75 Paris, 77 Seine et Marne, 83 Var, 84 Vaucluse, 87 Haut-Vienne, 88 Vosges, 89 Yonne, France, France Events, Roads/Autoroutes, Tour de France | Leave a comment

Tour de France 2008 Stage 6 Aigurande – Super Besse

[ 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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January 21st, 2008 | Category: 36 Indre, 63 Puy-de-Dome, France Events, Tour de France | Leave a comment

Tour de France 2008 Stage 5 Cholet – Chateauroux

[ 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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January 21st, 2008 | Category: 36 Indre, 49 Maine-et-Loire, 86 Vienne, France, France Events, Tour de France | Leave a comment

French Duck B&B near Argenton-sur-Creuse

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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February 2nd, 2007 | Category: 36 Indre, Accommodation France, B&B,Chambres d'Hote, Centre, France | Leave a comment