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The Central Brittany Journal. Published monthly. Printed by JY Concept, Carhaix. CPPAP No.0323 K 87642 Contents Editorial / Contributors 5 News 6 Food & Drink 7 Going What's On 8 Antiques & Second Hand 9 Nowhere CBJ Quiz 10 Tax & Investment 12 pages 14-15 Church & Community 13 Going Nowhere 14 Limericks 16 Chess Puzzle 16 Prize Crossword 17 Preserving the Memory 18 Blackcap Tim the Gardener 20 On & Off the Beaten Track 22 page 31 Letters 24 William's War: Part 19 26 Art & Culture 28 Popular Sayings 28 Bridge Puzzle 30 Birds to See in Brittany 31 Hetty's Kitchen 32 Brittany Wine and Beer 33 Classified Advertising 35

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CBJ Sales in Eastern Brittany Distribution of magazines and newspapers in Eastern parts of Brittany has been disrupted by a major French distributor going into liquidation. As a result the CBJ was not available in most shops in Rennes and surrounding areas in June, and there is no immediate prospect of the situation being resolved. CBJ Boot Sales We are happy to supply shops direct (that is how the We were hoping to announce the resumption of the Journal started 16 years ago), so if anyone knows of a CBJ boot sales in this issue, but, so far, it has not been shop, or cafe, that would like to stock the Journal, let us possible to get authorisation for them to restart. There know, and we will make the necessary arrangements. have been a few vide greniers held in Morbihan, plus [email protected] / 02 96 21 58 40 (mon-fri, 9-12am) a few professionals-only events, but, in general, vide greniers have not been allowed to recommence in Brittany since the lockdown. Spotlight on Brittany: Ideally, all the scheduled vide greniers would start July on the same weekend, otherwise there is likely to be After long weeks of lockdown, Spotlight on Brit- a crush at those which restart first – making social tany is back on air! This month we bring you distancing impossible. some suggestions of events and places to visit, The plan for the CBJ boot sales, when they restart, is to now that we are free to do so. For example, retain the same organisation as before, so that people the Musée de la Résistance at Saint Connan; find their own pitches and take as much space as they English-speaking guide Claudie Poles tells us about how the museum was created and what need. Multiple access points mean that the public the visitor can expect to see there. Many of Brit- can maintain social distancing, and are not funnelled tany’s festivals have been cancelled of course, through tight spaces. but there are still a number of events open to the If there are any developments, we will put details on the website: public. One such is “Le Circuit des Chapelles du www.thecbj.com Pays de Plestin”, a series of exhibitions by local artists in the chapels in the countryside between 02 96 21 58 40 (mon-fri, 9-12) Morlaix and Lannion in the Côtes d’Armor. We hear from the organiser, Jeanne Eliet, and one of the artists, Rozenn Joyeux. And on a different theme, Anne-Sophie Harris talks about moving to central Brittany and taking up the challenge of being a local councillor. All this and more can MOBILE NAIL SERVICES be heard by tuning in to Radio Kreiz Breizh on EVERY FRIDAY AT SALON FEELING IN GOURIN Wednesdays at 14h00 and Saturdays at 12h00 Nail extensions, Acrylics, UV Gels, Manicures, Pedicures, (102.9 Mhz-106Mhz),or Radio Bro Gwened Semi Permanent colours, etc.... (101.7Mhz-92.6Mhz) on Wednesdays at 14h00 information or appointments: 06 12 14 30 90 and Sundays at 14h00. Alternatively, you can or mail: [email protected] listen anytime to this month’s programme, and Facebook Gems Nails/Ongles Instagram gems_nails_ongles others from the archive, by following the links on EVERYTHING FOR BEAUTIFUL NAILS!! our website: www.spotlightonbrittany.fr

www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 Contributors July Editorial 5 Jon Chambers Editorial July Quiz pp.10-11 his month's cover is dedicated to the Breton Carina Ogilvie summer: sunshine, flowers, bird song, and the buzzing of bees are all happening as usual (Covid Tax & Investment p.12 T or no Covid). In human affairs uncertainty seems to have James Bell Going Nowhere pp.14-15 replaced caution with respect to how the virus is being Malcolm Body Chess Puzzle p.16 dealt with: we have a few events in the What's On column Dave King this month, but it looks as though we are all still a long way from being able to enjoy a normal life. Prize Crossword p.17 The coronavirus epidemic seems to have exposed a crisis Tim the Gardener pp.20-21 in leadership around the world; everyone has been aware, Richard Griffiths for a long time, that our society faces some extremely pressing problems; and it has been hard to understand why On & Off the Beaten Track pp.22-23 people have pushed themselves forward into positions of Brian Noel A Real Find p.24 authority when they clearly have no idea how these issues Hilary Bridewell – ranging from climate change to chronic inequality – can William's War, part 19 pp.26-27 be dealt with. Public health now has to be added to the list. Perhaps we are all going to have to take more personal Xavier Dekeroual responsibility for keeping ourselves and our communities Emile de Wogan p.29 in good shape. As far as the Journal is concerned, sales Melvyn Card Photo p.29 have been lower over the past few months, but, on the other hand, the level of interest from those who are managing to Dan Lewis Bridge p.30 get hold of a copy remains, if anything, higher than ever; Jim Henderson Blackcap p.31 and I am hoping that, with your help, it will be able to Hetty's Kitchen p.32 continue to play an active part in helping to build a safer, Roger Dawson Wine & Beer p.33 more healthy, more just, and more sustainable society, in this corner of the world at least. GL

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www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 6 News Les Puces, Poullaouen News Animal Charity Shop Help For People with Tourism Businesses The Breton Tourist Board has compiled a data bank of informa- tion about regulations regarding the coronavirus as they apply to the tourist industry. : https://www.demarches-sanitaires-tourisme.bzh/ It includes information about grants that are available, and a breakdown of the rules as they affect different sectors – cafes, restaurants, campsites, hotels, gîtes, tourist sites, etc. The infor- mation will be updated as the regulations change. It is also possible to arrange an interview with someone from the tourist board if you need special advice.

Christian Fellowship Saint Aignan, NEW OPENING TIMES: Fridays, Saturdays Further to my previous letters in April and June inviting people and Sundays - 2pm to 4pm. to a meeting to establish and develop a Christian fellowship in Give your wardrobe a fresh look with our new the area, I am pleased to say that the Marie of Saint Aignan has tops, summer dresses, skirts, shorts, T-shirts, now opened the village hall, next to the Creperie on the rue de jewellery and bags. There are also hundreds Guerledan, and I have booked it for Sunday the 26th July, for a of books, jigsaws, games and DVDs. Tombola meeting at 11.30am. and raffle and takeway quiches, pasties and Everyone is welcome; I would be grateful if people could let me cakes! Thank you all so much for your contin- know if they plan to attend – so I have an idea of how many folk ued support! We're really looking forward to to expect. seeing you! My contact details are: tamrash@aol,com / 02 97 79 18 43 / 0793 0522253. I look forward to meeting you all. Abandoned Pets Reverend Robert Ash Animal refuges across the country are really busy at the moment as pet abandonments con- Poppy Appeal tinue to rise, any help directly to any animal ref- The Brittany Poppy Appeal is unable to order from HQ at the mo- uge are much appreciated, as many struggle to ment, but does still have some stock, including some wreaths keep going. and a few 'pins' commemorating the 75th year of the end of the 'Looking for a Home', page 51, features four boys Second World War, as well as other items connected with the and girls as a way of introducing the possibility of Poppy Appeal. adoption, there are hundreds of waifs and strays w, if permitted, an August gathering is planned (assuming a lift- out there waiting for new families. ing of the 10-person limit). It wil held outdoors, in the garden, There is more information on the facebook pag- in St Aignan (56) to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VJ es of Liberté Pour Chiens, or call us on 02 96 72 Day. 26 53, and we will do our best to help. More info: Catherine Curtis (Mme), Poppy Appeal Organiser. Liberté Pour Chiens 02 97 39 60 69 [email protected]

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www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 8 What's On Satellites What's On in July

& MUCH MORE... Wed 1 - Sun 5 July Wednesday 1st July AVAILABLE NOW! Mr Jones (French title L'Ombre de Staline). Callac Cinema. Our Geo-Blockers allow you to watch Directed by Agnieszka Holland. Starring James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard 8.45pm. Catch-Up, on-Demand, Netflix, Amazon Prime etc and work with 1st July - 16th August compatible Sky, Freesat Exhibition 'Une Annee avec la Terre' featuring Tim the Gar- and Smart devices dener. Ch'ty Coz Cafe - Brocante, Bulat Pestivien. 02 96 45 75 74. DON'T DELAY - RING TODAY! Saturday 4th July Veterans' Breakfast Club. La P'tite Pause, St Lubin. 10am. Tel- [email protected] ephone 02 96 24 77 43 to book, or e-mail lapetitepause060617@ 02.97.27.58.50 gmail.com. Any enquiries telephone Remy Savigar on 02 98 99 77 11.

Sunday 5th July Il Trovatore. Callac Cinema. A film by Franco Zeffirelli, based nursing / care on the opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Champagne and cakes to cel- ebrate the reopening of Calla cinema. 3 hours with two intervals. JD Care Services Entry 15€. In Italian with French subtitles. siret: 50524791600024 Accompagne medical visits for communication assistance. Mon 6 - Sun 12 July Personal care at home Social visits by English qualified nurse. Monday 6th July (www.) jdcareservices.fr Radioactive. Rostrenen Cinema. Directed by Marjane Satrapi 06 26 81 88 49 and starring Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley. Starts 8.30pm. In [email protected] English with French subtitles

Wednesday 8th July Secours Populaire, Callac. Open from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. HELLO ! Masks obligitory, buyers limited to 4 at any one time. I am an english speaking nurse covering a 15km radius of Huelgoat for home visits. Action infirmières Vehicle Registration Cabinet Emma Müller Hent Menez Are 29690 La Feuillée Help registering a vehicle in France. Phone: 02 98 93 88 80 Administrative support for vehicles. Web : www.action-infirmieres .com Central Brittany area (Carhaix / Chateauneuf / Huelgoat) Please phone for further information or to Marie-Josée CONAN arrange an appointment, we are available Tel: 06 37 95 54 32 7 days a week from 6am to 8pm email: [email protected]

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Sunday 19th July Mr Jones (French title: L’Ombre de Staline). Rostrenen Cinema. Directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring James Norton and Vanessa Kirby. Starts 8.30pm. In English with French subtitles.

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www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 10 CBJ Quiz CBJ Quiz July 2020. Help & Advice Set by Jon Chambers Target: 25 points. Answers page 50

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www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 12 Tax & Investment A closing tax-free window? Tax & Investment As Brexit eliminates Britain’s EU commitments, the Treasury gains more scope to recoup revenue from Is time running UK nationals abroad. Many expect this will prompt wider penalties on pension transfers, even within the out for tax-free EU. The legislation for the overseas transfer charge pension already includes the ability to capture all transfers – the government would just need to remove the EU/ transfers? EEA exclusion. Catrina Ogilvie Without a guarantee that tax-free transfers will continue, anyone considering transferring should act ith all that’s been going on, it has been sooner rather than later. Timing is especially impor- easy to forget that the Brexit transition tant as pension transfers can take several months. period will end soon, on 31 December. However, transferring is not appropriate for every- W one, and differences between QROPS providers and Those lawfully settled in France before then will be able to enjoy uninterrupted residence rights. But jurisdictions can affect the benefits. Alternative in- with no certainty from 2021, there are still many un- vestment structures could offer expatriates in France knowns. comparable benefits to QROPS, so take personalised, One of these is what will happen to UK pension regulated advice. rules for expatriates. If you are already retired or planning to retire in France, this is the time to review Pensions are likely to play an important part in your your pension options before the rules potentially long-term financial security, so it is crucial that you change. only use a fully authorised and regulated provider. An alarming number of people have lost retirement Overseas transfers savings through pension scams or by reinvesting in Transferring to a Qualifying Recognised Overseas failed, unregulated investments that offer no pro- Pension Scheme (QROPS) can consolidate several tection. Your adviser should take into account your UK pensions under one tax-efficient roof and unlock circumstances, income requirements, goals and toler- benefits such as multi-currency and estate planning ance for risk – as well as the cross-border tax impli- flexibility. cations – to establish the right solution for you and Currently, expatriates in the EU can transfer to a your family. QROPS tax-free, but there are two key situations Even if transferring is not right for you, with still where tax is payable. so much uncertainty ahead, now is the time to review First, if combined UK pension benefits exceed your pension arrangements to secure the retirement of the UK’s lifetime allowance (LTA) – currently your choice in France, whatever Brexit brings. £1,073,100 – you would face a 25% tax penalty on Catrina Ogilvie, Blevins Franks anything transferred over the limit, even if you are 05 49 75 07 24 / [email protected] non-UK resident. Once in a QROPS, funds never at- Summarised tax information is based upon our tract LTA charges again. understanding of current laws and practices which Second, if you transfer to a QROPS based outside may change. Individuals should seek personalised the EU/EEA, the UK applies a 25% ‘overseas trans- advice. Keep up to date on the financial issues that fer charge’ on the whole amount. While expatriates may affect you on the Blevins Franks news page at can escape this tax by transferring to an EU/EEA- www.blevinsfranks.com based QROPS, this may change with Brexit.

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www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 Church & Community 13 CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CANCER SUPPORT FRANCE Cancer Support France provides help and support to English speaking people in France who are touched by CHRIST CHURCH BRITTANY cancer. Contact 0800 240 200 or helpline@cancersup- (Church of England – Diocese of Europe) portfrance.org 14 rue Général Dubreton, 56800 Ploërmel, Morbihan. www.churchinbrittany.com THURSDAY MORNINGS email: [email protected] Book Mark II - English Book Exchange. More than Chaplain: Pastor Robin Adams. Mobile 07 80 56 26 32 / 7000 titles available. Open Thursday mornings from [email protected] 10am until 12 noon. Churchwardens: Chris Wilson 02 97 72 19 29 or Bis 10 rue des Ecole. As you leave the traffic lights in Janet Lageveen 02 98 99 63 14 Malestroit driving away from the river and bridge in the direction of Vannes, we are about 350 metres on the right just before the sharp bend to the left in the road.For Services for July further info contact Adrian at [email protected] We are hoping to return to holding regular services at each of our worship centres in July, but as there is still some uncertainty over this please check on our website “THE BIBLE IN BRITTANY” You are warmly invited to come to a Bible Reading and and Facebook page for confirmation of services that will Discussion Group. Held in Departments 22 or 56 each be taking place. Please be assured that we will be tak- week ing all proper precautions at services that do take place. Every Thursday evening in homes at 8.00pm, God Will- In addition, during July, we will be continuing to provide ing. For Details ring 02 97 28 81 45 or 02 97 51 27 40. an online service on a Sunday morning, so if you can’t make it to one of our worship centres you can always join us there. We hope we will see you again at one of our ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Every Friday at Noon at the Foyer Culturel Rue du Pont centres very soon. de Fer, Mur-de-Bretagne (over the road from Inter- marche). Contact Number 06 79 93 69 30. Contact Details Christ Church Brittany: . HUELGOAT: Henk Lageveen 02 98 99 63 14 [email protected] ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Chris Wilson 02 97 72 19 29 Thursdays at 2:00pm. Open meeting at Josselin 56. If PLOËRMEL: you or you partner want to stop drinking, get in touch. REDON: [email protected] Tel John 02 97 73 94 99. ROSTRENEN: Linda Doidge 02 96 13 42 71 [email protected] ALCOHOL SUPPORT GROUP: CARHAIX Poher Alcool, weekly meetings, differ- ST BARTHOLOMEW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH Rue Faber, Dinard. English speaking worship : ent places, different times. Call 02 98 93 48 95, [email protected] A warm welcome to all. St Bart's website: www.stbarts-dinard.org.uk/ MORLAIX, JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES Bible Meetings in English every Week: 10am every Sunday: 30 minute bible-based discourse followed by question and answer discussion of important bible topics. 7:30pm every Thursday: Practical bible Clubs & Associations: For a free entry on the study and scriptural discussion of how to handle current Church and Community page, please send information to: events and concerns. [email protected] / CBJ, BP4, 22160 Callac

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www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 14 Going Nowhere Going Nowhere The following is an extract from a journal I kept in our early days in Brittany and rediscovered during the stricter period of the confinement on a day when the weather was not so good. The extract is from April 2011 at a time, for whatever reason, we were again going nowhere. The journal lasted in spurts up until sometime in 2013. Maybe I should have persisted, though you get busy and start going somewhere or another.

n the past few days I have gone nowhere, that is, I’ve maybe gone no further than the driveway gate or wandered around the ruins of the hamlet we inhabit. Our hamlet is the basic unit of agrarian humanity Iwho had learned how to grow food. Since these early days people in general have chosen not to go far. After living in North Devon for twenty plus years I know the name Tanton is more likely to be found in Bid- eford and a Seatherton more likely to be found in South Molton than the other way round, just as a Le Lay or a Rault is more likely in our part of Brittany than a Dupont. As in many other regions of France strangers are collectively known as Parisiens, unless informed otherwise.. Daphne (a friend) found an ox horn while digging. We made guesses on what it might be, as it was hol- lowed out and had a small hole in the side of the rim. A powder horn was one which would take it back to the days of flint muskets. Some kind of decorative drinking vessel is another thought? It lay and still lies outside their house on the gravel by the door. Honoré de Balzac solved the mystery when I read his novel The Chouans, the first in his vast Comédie Hu- maine series, about the royalist uprising after the French Revolution. This is set around Fougères in the late 1790’s and the Bretons were on the Chouans' side against the Blues, effectively Bonaparte’s sol- diers when he was a gen- eral. The ox horn did hold powder, but it was snuff and the horn was called a chinchoire. Here is how Balzac includes it in his narrative: “He held out the little ox-horn in which Bretons keep the fine to- bacco which they reduce to powder themselves during the long winter evenings... they vigorous- ly shook the chinchoire whose point Pille-miche had unscrewed. An impal- pable dust sifted slowly through the small hole at the top of this piece of Breton equipment.”* Evi- dently, this was some kind of, I assume, metal seal with a release to let small quantities of snuff into the hollow in the wrist when Bretons, from an illustration in the thumb is raised. Honoré de Balzac's Les Chouans

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We have also found a rusted horse shoe, big enough to belong to a Breton horse, originally bred as a draft horse. It is thought that the Celts used early breeds as war horses. Their pedigrees, for there have been several breeds, have been present in the hills and mountains of Brittany for thousands of years. We’ve also found an old iron weight with a piece cut out from underneath. Was it customary, or just the original owner’s habit to diddle clients? Maybe we’ll find out in time. Most of the buildings around us are in ruins. We recently met a lady who was born in one of the cottages that no longer have roofs. She is probably in her seventies now, which suggests she was born before World War Two when this was a thriving community, long before the significant downward economic drift after the war. Neighbours and friends helped to watch out for the house while we were not resident, and a couple of goats were here instead at one point, and people did visit and look through the windows. When asked what they were doing they simply replied that they had been born here. We suspect they are part of the Breton Diaspora that left the land during the fifties and sixties, and who had a craving to seek and find a disap- peared Breton heritage present now only at Fez Noz and pardons. Living conditions with packed earth floors were not really conducive to life in the second half of the 20th century. Emiline said there was a tree outside their cottage. A table was permanently placed under the tree, and this is where they had meals. Given that recent winters have made us snowbound for a time, it is likely that this was an activity for the other seasons. James Bell

*The Chouans, trans Marion Ayton Crawford., Penguin Classics 1972

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www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 16 Limericks / Chess Limericks The Apostrophe 'S

The apostrophe 's' use needs a re-shake, Getting it wrong, an embarrassing mistake! Well, here's an apostrophe S, I have always wondered why, Source of much grief and distress, Different rules sometimes apply, Although I maintain, Yet most readers hardly care, for goodness' sake! Its meaning's quite plain, (apostrophe after goodness noted!) It just isn't worth all the stress. Cyril Young Bethan Lewis

The apostrophe 'S' is often misused. August Limerick Challenge: Its placement misunderstood and confused. Once again Corvid-19 poses a difficult ques- Can be shorthand for possession, tion: after being in lock down for so long with But its too frequent omission millions of fellow "in-mates" in France, I won- Becomes obsession with those who aren't dered how our neighbours would deal with the 1 amused. (or 2) metre no touching rule. Will elbow to elbow, or toe-cap to toe-cap re- Bren Turner place cheek to cheek? Hence a theme for the August limerick chal- If you`re using apostrophe s`s lenge : Make sure they`re correct and not guesses, For in the first lesson Greeting with Kisses They should show possession, Please send limericks on the theme of: So you`re not just adding more stresses. by the 20th July to: [email protected] / Jim Henderson CBJ, BP4, 22160 CALLAC

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www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 Prize Crossword 17 Across 1. Does racist need to be reformed ? Or Prize Crossword banished?(10) 7. Port requiring a stopper ? (4) July Dave King 9. Someone cope, inter alia, with scalp problem (8) 10. Objects to disturbed nights (6) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11. One side gets nothing agreed (6) 13. Put up with outside work ? (8) 14. Plant business falling away, we hear (12) 9 10 17. Brief reply about being OK sticking up for our four-legged friends (6,6) 20. See man I left to become an Italian citizen (8) 11 12 13 21. One can be prone to use this, following inflation (3,3) 22. Can you hear how to keep information on species 14 15 in this grouping ? (6) 16 23. A structure with design just begun but cut short (8) 25. Skylight ? (4) 17 18 26. We enrolled unusually useless layabout (4-2-4) 19 Down 20 21 2. Army unit found red soils workable (8) 3. Tear apart and it's curtains ! (3) 4. Chocaholic gets double dose of calcium – and love, 22 23 24 from this (5) 5. Bird may be out of its element in this U.K. city ! (7) 25 26 6. Critic of French rural transport ? (9) 7. Thrilling juncture arrived at in serial – don’t drop

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The 'Little Toughie' Jim Henderson 1 2 3 4 Clues Across Down 1. Dejected (7) 1. Supplement to disposition (7) 5. Composed (7) 2. Radioactive element (7) 5 6. Impair (7) 3. Violent rash man (7) 7. Fish-like vertebraeClues 4. Unsteady with age (7)

6 The following numbers of letters are required to solve this crossword A – 2; C – 2; D – 4; E – 4; F – 1; H – 1; I – 3; L – 2; M – 1; N – 1; O – 3; P – 3; R – 6; S – 2; T – 1; U – 3; Y – 1 7 Solution in the August issue. Solution June Little Toughie page 51

www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 18 Preserving the Memory Preserving the Memory of What Happened in the War hristine Nicolas-Labeyrie is active in two local associations dedicated to preserving the memory of what happened to people during the war (1939-1945), and in particular those who were deported to CGermany and forced to work in the concentration camps. The first, Amicale du camp de concentration de Dachau, is a Paris-based association, linked to the 'Comité International de Dachau (CID)', which was formed by inmates of the Dachau concentration camp in the days before its liberation by American troops. And the second is the local branch of 'Les Amis de la Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Déportation', which is an association dedicated to preserving the memory of all those who were deported from France to Germany over the war years. Christine recounts how her childhood was overshadowed by the war in two ways: growing up in Nor- mandy, she heard stories from her mother about living through the bombardment that accompanied the Al- lied landings, and found herself playing with weapons dug up from the sand, or in the fields, or found lying around in the concrete bunkers. At the same time, she gradually became aware of her father's experience of living through the horrors of the Dachau concentration camp. She discovered that he had been sent to work in Germany at the age of sixteen (against his own wishes) in January 1943. His refusal to work led him to being taken into police custody, and, eventually assigned to work in one of the Messerschmitt plants in southern Germany, working on aircraft production. There, other workers taught him how to disrupt work in the factory, and also how to introduce faults into equipment. His activities were uncovered, and he was charged with sabotage, and sent to Dachau concentration camp. Dachau was the first concentration camp built by the Nazi regime, and was originally designed to hold peo- ple who were openly opposed to its authoritarian regime. Many of the first inmates were mem- bers of the German communist party, and other political oppo- nents of the Nazi party. Other groups who resisted the Nazi takeover, and who were interned at Dachau, included Jehovah's Witnesses, and pastors belong- ing to a section of the German Protestant church. People who fell foul of Nazi theories of racial purity were also sent to Dachau – people who were physically handicapped, people adjudged to have mental-health problems, homosexuals, and people who were unable to work, and Jew- ish people. During the 1930's, Hitler was able to extend Nazi control over Czechoslovakia and Austria, and political opponents in these countries were also sent to Dachau. Eventually, Dachau housed people from thirty-eight different countries, including a

www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 Preserving the Memory 19 large number of Catholic priests from Poland, Tziganes, and a number of members of the French resistance. It was the scene of some of the worst ex- cesses of the Nazi regime: the SS training school – the school of violence – was in its grounds, and medical 'experiments', conducted by doctors, still defy comprehension. However, part of the work of preserving the memory of Dachau, is also to keep alive the story of the human spirit overcoming adversity. Some people survived, and they recount how they could not have done so without the sense of companionship that bound all the inmates together. Christine's father contracted typhoid (like many others in the camp), and was moved to a concentration camp in Vaihingen, where he was left to die. However, the camp was liberated by French troops on 7th April 1945, and he was transferred to hospi- tal. He discharged himself after three days, and made his way back home to France, where he made a slow recov- ery. For Christine herself, she says that she first started to be able to come to terms with the real- ity of the war and what it meant in her life, when her father asked her “Veux-tu m'accompagner 'chez nous' à Dachau”, and she discovered that she had a second family – made up of those who had, together, survived the horrors of Dachau. Christine is a contact person for Central Brittany for victims of the deportation and members of their fami- lies. In addition to being someone to talk to, she can receive documents and objects related to the deporta- tion; these are used to help young people understand human weaknesses, and the need to resist war in all its forms – (No to any form of discrimination, No to poverty !!!). Christine Nicolas-Labeyrie 02 96 24 20 04 / [email protected] Facing page: Christine's father with an American soldier, after his return to France, 1945. www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 20 Tim the Gardener

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www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 22 On & Off the Beaten Track On and Off the Beaten Track

iving in the country under semi-house arrest, or if you prefer euphemisms, confinement, has been rather a curate’s egg. On the one hand, the restrictions and the pesky attestations were a pain, but Lunlike the shambles in the UK, at least they were clear. On the plus side, we finished the month with money in the bank. No bar. Little need for petrol. And both C and I have spent quite a lot of it sorting things out. In her case, putting 50 years of correspondence with her parents into some form of order, while I have been scanning photographs. When my parents died, they left a plethora of photos featuring unknown relatives. I cannot throw them away, yet they still require enormous amounts of time to cross-reference from pictures with names on. We are both determined not to leave our children in the same situation when our clogs are popped. I brought the old photos with me to France along with hundreds of my own, imagining that, largely friendless, I would use them to while away the evenings for the two years of my assignment. Wrong. Apart from the fact that I worked very long days, our social life took off quickly, so here is the third of my snapshots of our early days in France. We both got involved in different ways. C, being a talented musician and self-taught organist, soon started to play the organ for the Anglican church in Maisons Laffitte (twinned with Newmarket, so well-heeled and horsey). That in itself created some lasting friendships, now sadly falling to the grim reaper. I discovered the Tabac de la Gare at Marly-le-Roi which I have mentioned in passing before. As far as learning French is concerned, it remains my alma mater. Once again, I was fortunate and knew it when there was a collection of remarkable characters. Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 On & Off the Beaten Track 23

This was partly because it was a bar de passage, difficult to resist as you arrived at or left the station. Be- fore the smoke police brought in their ban – yes, I know they were right to do so – morning punters would stop for coffee and a fag and evening ones for a demi, or eight. I remember I went in tentatively after my first day at work and never looked back. Noisy and smoky with a burble of incomprehensible sounds, I felt as a baby must feel as it gradually acquires its first halting vocabulary. Most of the punters were French, but there was a smattering of long-term British expats. The building itself arrived with the railway in the late 19th century and it was originally called L’Hôtel de la Terrace, on account of a first-floor terrace – no longer in use – which must have been like the foredeck of the Titanic in winter. Back then, it was run by Mimi and Jacques with more than an element of Café René from ‘Allo, ’Allo. Mimi was coquettish and flirtatious. Nominally, Jacques didn’t drink. Nominally. That first evening, he, recognising my atrocious accent, said, “Anglais?”. “Oui,” I replied. (Impressive, eh?) He promptly introduced me to John, who worked for an oil company. He was with a group of French which included my now great friend Georges, a doctor, referred to by many as the toubib (the Arabic for doctor). Apart from the civilities, counting to 10 and bière, my schoolboy French had disappeared as water into sand. However, having got O-level Latin – amazingly – and the fact that we had learnt grammar at school, I was lucky to have a firm base from which to start. Georges, while not quite a polymath, had a phenomenal memory and a more extensive English vocabulary than some native speakers I know. He knew much about many things beyond medicine. He also had a wicked sense of humour, which was a bit too much for some. For two years he painstakingly translated conversations until, finally, the initial muddle of sounds gradually became comprehensible. First, individual words, then phrases, and finally whole sentences. Immersion is the only way to learn if you can stick it to beyond the pain barrier. In the same group was Philippe, once a senior fonctionnaire at Bercy. Generous to a fault, he helped people with their tax returns usually a few hours before the midnight deadline for dropping them off at St. Gemain-en-Laye. This he was unable to do quietly, because he was profoundly deaf. His hearing in one ear was damaged during his military service and had required an operation. The hospital operated on the wrong ear and that was that. From my point of view, it was a boon. He spoke very loudly and slowly, stressing every syllable. He was also very funny and very un-fonctionnaire. Another regular at the T de la G was Martial, the last communist of Marly-le-Roi. When finally the local branch closed, it was joked that he had appropriated the remaining funds. Martial ran a little greengrocery two doors up from the bar. He was a Breton, short and round and overweight, but he once showed me a photo of himself from his early 20s and he looked like a film star. He probably spent more time in the bar than in his shop. But he was a nice man, also generous of spirit like so many Bretons. One day, after about four weeks, I dropped into his shop and was discreetly beckoned behind the counter and led to a grubby concrete storeroom where a bottle of Muscadet and two glasses materialised. We conversed in Pidgin French. Mine that is. I also discovered that when Jacques wanted a little tipple that he would sneak through – I seem to remember that there was some kind of dull, grey connecting passage. Very French farce. Mimi pretended not to notice. And there were many more, French and British, too numerous to mention here, but between church and bar our social life took off as my photos languished. But we both owe them all a great deal.

Richard Griffiths, [email protected]

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www.thecbj.com continued on page 24 Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 24 Letters Letters "A real Find" My friends Maggie and Jonathan Low at their camping site, Milin Kerhé, in Pabu telephoned me and invited me to visit them to see quite a rare sight in their forest – high up in the tree was nesting a black woodpecker . The nest was quite high up and far away so I took my Nikon D500 which has a cropped sensor and my Tamron 150-600mm Telephoto lens with a converter 1x4 to give me maximum zoom . I set the camera up on a Gimbal head and tripod with a re- mote control . To make the nest the woodpecker chips away at the trunk of a tree (normally a poplar), and once a hole is made it then chips downwards creating a nesting area lined with the wooden chippings. The female woodpecker then lays a clutch of two to eight eggs. I could only see two chicks all the time I was there . The chicks or nestlings seem to fight their way to the entrance of the nest, and perch looking out all around them . Unfortunately, in the course of time that I was watching the nest from the undergrowth in the for- est, I never saw the male or female Black Wood- pecker visit the young chicks. From time to time the chicks would stick their heads out of the nest and call for their parents . Here are some of the shots I managed to get . This really was a real treat for me, as I have nev- er seen young Black Woodpecker chicks before. Brian Noel

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A. Horlock & Co Following the article in the June CBJ, about the steam engine now running on the Paimpol Pontrieux line, I was reminded of a steam train, the Fire Queen, that was created by my great great grandfather, Al- fred Horlock, for use in the Dinorwic slate quarries of North Wales, to replace those poor pit ponies. He did build 2, the other being the Jenny Lind, named after the famous American opera singer on whom he, apparently, had a crush. The Fire Queen was rescued and resides very happily in Penrhyn Castle near Bangor.

Coincidentally, I once stayed in the Red Lion Hotel in Shrews- bury, which is famed for hosting many operatic stars over the years. Imagine how I felt being allocated the Jenny Lind bedroom! Unfor- tunately, I was unable to check back over hotel registers for the 19th century, due to the fact that they had been destroyed in a fire. I am certain that Alfred would have been there to hear her sing, he followed her everywhere around the UK. Marie Moran

Moths Visit My Garden We all love the birds, bees and butterflies, but what about our moths? There are many colourful species in Brittany. These are a few visitors to the back outdoor light in our garden. Above: An Emerald Moth, Saturnia Pavonia, a large beautiful male day- flying moth , with a wingspan of 80-90 mm. All 4 wings have large colourful eye-spots.Geographically widespread but not so common Above right: This moth, is very unusual. Poplar Hawk-moth, Laothoe Populi. A medium sized hawk-moth , wingspan up to 90mm, grayish to pinkish-brown. Widely distributed and moderately common Right: My final visitor was a White Ermine, Spilosoma Lubricipeda. An attractive moth, white wings, liberally spotted with black dots. Wing- span 35-45 mm. The abdomen is orange-yellow, dotted with black. Widespread and a more common species. Patricia Hebblewhite, Morbhan

www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 26 William's War William's War: Part 19 The war diaries of William Fredrick Spinks, edited by Hilary Bridewell. Summer 1915 hese summer days filled us with wonderful may be added). hopes. T’was sunlight undoubtedly that was Divisional concert parties were coming into being Tresponsible for this. Surely the war must end and in big barns or in the farm yards, eager, happy soon. We even ventured to predict approximate dates faces proved that amusement is one of the most pow- when we thought that the guns would cease firing erful of tonics for the relaxation of mind. Sometimes – True! They did not make themselves very formi- an “impromptu” concert would be made up amongst dable, until just before Loos. our Battalion, and though some of the “artists” were Estaires and La Gorgue were very much favoured rather crude in their renderings of song, caricature, by us, when we were resting in the villages nearby. recitation, or musical instrument solos, yet if any- These two places were really one town. Factories thing can be said at all we liked them most of all, be- were at work spinning cotton and in one or two there cause they were our own production! Occasionally a were fitted up bathing apparatus. Big tubs that a man travelling cinema show would visit us too. could comfortably sit in and shower bath. Clean We frequently billeted at Lestrem and once or clothes afterwards to put on, while the Uniforms twice at the Chateau there, an old red-bricked tur- would sometimes be put into de-lousing ovens, to reted building with moat and bridge – thoroughly exterminate the unwelcome pests (only temporarily Medieval. This undoubtedly was one of the old

JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILLET - L'angélus 1857-1859 Musée d'Orsay www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 William's War 27 fortress-like places which the Spaniards had built in old-fashioned place with the usual “Grande Place” their struggles in Flanders. and main street lined with trees. Once or twice we On Sundays sometime I would go to the High stayed in a village nearby – St. Floris – and the walk Mass at the old church and perhaps Vespers in the to St. Venant was nearest, by the way of the canal afternoon. A strange thrill would hold me as I lis- path. I loved that walk, when the sun had set, and tened to the rugged folk singing the old plainchant the poplars cast their shadows over the water; the of the Church, accompanied by an ancient out-of- croaking of the frogs, the hooting of the owl, and the tune instrument. Music of the soil, lost in the misty sudden splash as a water-rat was disturbed, with the past, as its origins are, made to be sung only with bark here and there of a watch-dog. So tranquil that true spirit and feeling by sons and daughters of the the war might never have been. Then sometimes soil. It always left me in a meditative mood to call one might hear the deep-toned bell swinging high up the visions that my imagination could create. in the tower of St. Venant Church, calling the folk to There was Merville too, that we made the “Mec- “Salut”. There is something calm and comfortable ca” for many of our walks when back at Rest. in the sound of a bell, when heard out of the stillness Merville was to be plainly located because it had of the evening. There was a very nice pastry-shop a fairly lofty Church tower, which could be seen where a variety of choice “tastys” could be bought several miles away, in that flat country. This place and eaten with relish to the last crumb. had many amenities for the supplying of little wants Sometimes we bathed and swam in the canal, then that the civilised habits of us demand. There were dried ourselves on the banks. restaurants, and pastry shops – and girls! We felt, We were in the land of fertile cornfields, and rich in here, that we were out of the War area entirely golden seas waved, as the light breeze caught them. and perfectly safe from shell fire. Trim villas with Women working in the fields with big sun bonnets; their quaintly decorated walls in coloured bricks, short skirts and heavy boots and men with blouse, neat women, mostly dressed in black, shopping and corduroy trousers, made me think of that picture in the streets, all contributed to this. How good it called “The Angelus”. To see a whole countryside was to eat something that was placed before one in devastated with barren wastes instead of fields was proper style, with clean cloth on table and a chair an unknown thing to me then. to sit upon. Sometimes we went onto “Divisional Rest” near St. Venant. That was also a nice little town, quite an

Tim the erally do better than greenhouse-grown plants which tend to have been forced, and need to be hardened Gardener off before being planted out. At this time of year focus tends to turn towards the Brassicas can provide an invaluable supply of food all-important winter crops. The summer crops, such for the kitchen from autumn onwards, but need to be as courgettes, cucumbers, tomatoes, peas, beans, nursed through the summer months. The first task is etc., should all be on their way to maturity and start- to protect the young plants from being pecked at by ing to yield produce, but there is still work to be pigeons (who seem to relish tender cabbage leaves done if one is to have vegetables over the winter. as much as we do). This can be done with the help of a net or a bamboo frame which impedes access Cabbages to the plants. The plants also benefit from being wa- Several members of the brassica family - includ- tered regularly for the first few weeks, particularly ing cabbages, Brussels sprouts, and kale - can be in hot, dry weather. planted out to their final growing positions during Later, when the plants are bigger, it is caterpillars the month of July. Cabbage plants can generally be which become the main problem. A peaceful eve- found on the market or in garden centres at this time ning activity in July and August is to stroll around of year. Plants raised in open soil, out of doors, gen- Continued page 34 www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 28 Art & Culture Art & Culture Popular phrases and Abbaye de Bon Repos sayings explained: GRASS "Gone to grass": Meaning dead, the allu- sion is to the grass that grows over the dead. It also meant to be knocked down in a pugilistic encounter when boxing took place on grass and also to being sacked from a job – here the allu- sion is to a horse being put to grass when unfit for work. Re-open from 15th June. Opening times July and August. Every day 10.30am to 1pm and 2.30pm to "Not to let the grass grow under one's feet" is to 6.30pm. be pro-active and energetic. Entry (including a use of a tablet) 6€ / 15€ family / 2.50€ 8-16 "From the grassroots up" is a phrase used to Exhibitions, including Trevor Leat’s wishing tree wil- describe anything of a fundamental nature, from low sculpture, have been extended to 31st October. around 1900 and specifically in politics since 1902 – originally in the USA. It became a political The Kreizy Family cliché in the UK from the late 1960's. The Kreizy family is back in Central Brittany from 10th July. Families are invited to visit different at- "A grass widow": From the 16th century, originally tractions in the area, and collect badges of different meant an unmarried woman who had sexual en- members of the family. Once you have four badges, counters with one or more men – probably while you can clam an extra present from the Rostrenen lying in the grass – and bore an illegitimate child Tourist Office. or children. It was also applied to a mistress who A booklet listing the participating attractions can had been cast aside. Later the term was applied be obtained from the Rostrenen to women in British India who were sent up to T o u r i s t the grassy and cool hill country during the hottest Office. season of the year. The term as used today de- scribes a divorced woman or one apart from her husband because his job or some other preoc- cupation has taken him elsewhere. "Grass doesn`t grow on a busy thoroughfare" – is self explanatory, but is also used by many gentlemen to explain hair loss or a receding hair- line. "To grass someone up" – is to inform on some- one while a “Grass” is an informer to the police on another criminal. "Grass" – a slang word for Marijuana. By the way

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www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 Art & Culture 29 Emile de Wogan (1817-1891) A Celtic Adventurer in the 19th Century mile, from a military family (his ancestor was in the Royal Dillon regiment – Irish troops in Ethe service of Louis XIV in 1690), was born in Dinan in 1817. During his twenties, he was in the army in colonial Algeria. Once back to France, he or- ganised a trip with a group of assocates to join the California Gold Rush in 1850. His team never found any treasure, but their adventures inspired Emile to embark on a career as a writer. In1853, while working on the telegraph in Saint- Sever (Landes), he began to write serials for French newspapers. His hero provided the inspiration for the Indian chief Winnetou, featured in stories by German writer, Karl May, which led to a series of film adapta- tions in the 1960s. Ironically, it was a Breton actor, Pierre Brice, who was chosen to play the hero. Bécherel bookvillage paid tribute to Emile de Wo- gan in 2017 for the bicentenary of his birth. And his stories are still in print. Xavier Dekeroual

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Bridge Puzzle 18 Lucien PouëdrasExhibition The Scissors Coup Lucien Pouëdras The Bidding. Dealer East L’attraction cheval East - West vulnerable LeL'attraction cheval dans le monde Cheval rural avant 1950 Horses in the countryside pre-1950 S W N E 1♣ 6 juillet > ♠ 6 5 1♠ 2♥ 3♦1 4♥ 31 décembre ♥ 8 4 3 4♠2 All pass 2021 1 Bold show of strength ♦ A K Q 6 2 Causing South to ‘sacrifice’ ♣ 7 6 4 3 Un autre rapport à l’animal dans ♠ 9 3 N ♠ A J 4 une étonnante West leads the ♥ A Q 10 9 2 ♥ K J 7 6 ♦ J 10 5 W E résonnance 5♣. East wins ♦ 9 2 ♣ Q 9 5 avec les with the A♣ and S ♣ A J 10 8 questionnements continues with ♠ K Q 10 8 7 2 contemporains. the J♣. In with the K♣ South ♥ 5 crosses to dummy with a ♦ 8 7 4 3 high diamond and leads a ♣ K 2 trump to the K♠ which wins. That worked okay so it seems like a good idea to cross to dummy again and lead another spade – or is it ?? Cette été, 6th40 toiles July de -Lucien 31st DecemberAutour de l’exposition Solution page 53 Pouëdras mettentEcomusée en lumière de le lienSt-Degan Les vendredis de juillet et aout 2020 particulièrementRue Park fort queSegal la société 56400 Brec'hVisite accompagnée de l’exposition à 15h Bridge puzzle contributed by Dan Lewis, bretonne entretenait avec le cheval Mercredi 5 aout 2020 [email protected] avant 1950. Il était02 présent 97 57tout 66au 00 Journée sur la thématique du cheval l o n g d e www.ecomusee-st-degan.fr l a v i e et su r to u t l e te r r i to i re. Dimanche 20 septembre 2020 à 15h Son intelligence et sa mémoire du Spectacle conté réalisé à partir de territoire en faisait un collègue de témoignages de C. Avenel et M. Corrignan « les champs modernes, une histoire du travail et non un simple exécutant. remembrement en Bretagne » Dimanche 4 octobre 11h-18h Ecomusée de St-Dégan Ramène ta pomme ! Le cheval au manège pour Rue Park Segal - 56400 BREC’H le pressage traditionnel des pommes 02 97 57 66 00 A l’automne (dates à venir) [email protected] Démonstration des travaux agricoles www.ecomusee-st-degan.fr sur la parcelle avec la traction animale

Waterman: For a bit of fun, I put water in a bowl and poured water into it, and zoomed in. I call this shot “Waterman”. Brian Noel www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 Birds to See in Brittany 31 Birds to See in Brittany: Blackcap

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riginally known as the Blackcap Warbler we Oare now referred to as the Blackcap. We are renowned songsters, considered by many to be equal to the Nightingale. Our song is best heard in two periods of the year. One is in early April before the buds have fully opened, and the other is in July and August when we often come into gardens looking for berries. A word of caution here, as the Marsh Tit can also be seen looking for the same berries and can cause confusion with its black cap. If we are seen or heard in late March we may be the vanguard of new arrivals, or we may have been wintering, as many do these days. We males have a black cap on the crown only – not extending as in other birds – with greyish brown body – lighter around the head and on wings – underparts are greyish white. The female is similar in colour but the cap is a bright reddish brown, with more brown than grey on other parts. We breed in open woodland with bushy undergrowth, old hedges with brambly bottoms, or sometimes in parks and gardens with a similar mixture of trees and bushy cover. For our nesting site we choose a forked branch in a thick bush, the dense top of a young conifer or a thorn bush. The nest is built by both birds and is seldom more than 2 metres above ground. It is solidly built of stems, roots, lichen, plant fluff and occasionally horse hair in the lining of the well. We nest twice a year between May and July and generally 4-5 eggs are laid – incubation is by both parents in turn and lasts for 12- 14 days. The young are fed for 10-11 days. We feed on insects such as flies, caterpillars and beetles, but are markedly fond of small succulent fruit such as Raspberries, Currants, Honeysuckle and Daphne in summer. Wintering birds can be seen eating apples still on the tree. We have a scolding call – frequently when broods and parents are roaming together – heard as a harsh “Tack-Tack” – while our song is a clear high pitched warble often with fluting notes like the Blackbird – typi- cally increasing in volume towards the finish. We still suffer from illegal trapping in Mediterranean countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Libya and Cyprus where we are considered a delicacy. We appear in folk tales under names such as Black Headed Peggy, King Harry Blackcap and Coal Hoodie, and, because of our choice of nesting material, we are also called Jack Straw and Hay Jack. Our song has also led us to be called the “Mock or Country Nightingale”. Jim Henderson

www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 32 Hetty's Kitchen Toss in all the remaining vegetables and keep stirring until they are slightly softened – a Hetty’s Kitchen further 7-10 minutes. Serve with steamed rice. Cheesy Potato Nests (for 4-6) 1 tbsp soft butter 500g potatoes e.g. Charlotte Nectarine Streusel Tart (for 6-8) 1 large onion, finely diced 1 clove garlic, pounded to a pulp 1 pack pate brisée, or make shortcrust for 200g smoked alumettes/lardons lining one tart tin. 100ml dry white wine 6 cups stoned and sliced ripe nectarines, 250g Reblochon cheese, cut into cubes unpeeled Brush a six hole muffin tin with the soft butter. Scant ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar Peel and very thinly slice the potatoes, then cut 1½ tablespoons fresh lemon juice again into matchsticks. 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest Toss the onions, garlic and lardons in a frying pan 2½ tablespoons cornflour until they start to colour. Add the white wine and ¼ teaspoon almond extract reduce until there is only about two tablespoons of liquid left. Almond Streusel Topping: Stir in the potato matchsticks and take off the 3/4 cup whole or slivered almonds, chopped heat. Stir in the Reblochon. Divide the mix between small the muffin tins and bake at 180°C/ Gas 4 for about 1/2 cup sugar 20 minutes until golden and bubbling. Serve hot as 1/2 cup plain flour an accompaniment or with a mixed salad. 1/4 teaspoon salt 90g cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Orange Chicken Stir Fry (for 4) Grease the tart tin and line with the pastry. Prick the base with a fork and chill. Preheat the oven 125ml orange juice to 200°C/Gas 6. 3 tbsp soy sauce 3 cloves garlic, chopped In a large bowl, combine the nectarines, 1/2 cup 1 tbsp orange zest of the sugar, the lemon juice, and lemon zest. 1 tsp ground ginger Set aside for 10 minutes to steep. Combine the ¼ tsp ground black pepper remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and the cornflour ½ tsp chilli flakes (optional) in a small bowl, then stir the mixture into the 3 tbsp vegetable oil fruit. Stir in the almond extract. Scrape the filling 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, thinly in to the chilled pie shell, smoothing the fruit sliced with a spoon. Place the pie on the center oven 125ml chicken stock rack and bake for 30 minutes. 2 tbsp cornflour Meanwhile, make the topping. 1 cup mangetout Combine the almonds and the sugar. Add the 1 cup small broccoli florets flour and salt and mix. Scatter the butter over 1 cup sliced carrot the dry ingredients and rub in until the mixture looks like fine crumbs. Refrigerate until ready to 1 large onion, cut into chunks use. 1 red pepper, seeded and diced Remove the pie from the oven and reduce Small can water chestnuts, drained the temperature to 180°C/Gas 4. Carefully scrape the crumbs on to the center of the tart, Whisk together the orange juice, soy sauce, garlic, spreading them evenly with a fork. Return to the orange zest, chilli flakes, pepper and ground ginger oven. Place a baking sheet onto the rack below until combined. to catch any spills. Continue to bake until the Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok over juices bubble thickly around the edge, 30 to 40 medium high heat. Toss in the chicken and seal on minutes. all sides, then add the orange juice mixture. Keep Transfer the tart to a wire rack and cool for at stirring until the chicken is cooked through – about least 2 hours before serving. 7 or 8 minutes. Bon appétit Whisk the chicken stock and cornflour in a small bowl until smooth. Drizzle into the wok, stirring, see also page 23 until the sauce is thickened. Raspberry Mess

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“body” (or weight) in the mouth, have more intense Exploring The Worlds and, some say, more interesting flavours, and are best drunk cool (11 to 13 Celsius) rather than cold. Of Beer and Wine The fact that lager beers are traditionally brewed at lower temperatures than ales is due to an interest- "I believe this would be a good time for a beer" ing quirk of brewing history: brewing laws passed Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945, upon the ratifi- by Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria in 1516 specified cation of the 21st Amendment repealing Prohibition the ingredients and standards to be applied in mak- ing the local beer. The word “lager” comes from When Is Beer Not Ale? the German “lagern”, meaning “to store”: storing at very low temperatures was a way to keep beer for When It's a Lager, of Course! longer periods. The preferred strains of yeast were ut what's the difference? Broadly speaking therefore those that worked best at cold tempera- the two styles of beer result from the differ- tures, contributing to the typical character profile of Bent techniques and ingredients used. For ex- lager beer that we know today. ample, lagers are typically “top fermented”: most of The challenge of preserving the freshness of beer the yeast in the beer is near the top of the fermenter. was met in another way by 19th century English By contrast, ale is normally “bottom fermented”, al- brewers, faced with how to store and transport their though in both styles at least some yeast cells float ale over long distances throughout the British Em- throughout the beer during fermentation. pire. They discovered that the addition of more hops Typically lager-style beers taste “crisp” and “clean”, to the beer acted as a preservative in hot conditions. contain more CO2 resulting in greater fizziness, and This is the origin of the popular style of India Pale are best drunk cold (2 to 8 degrees Celsius). Ales, on Ale, or “IPA”, with its characteristic high degree the other hand, tend to give more of a sensation of of bitterness. By balancing this bitterness with the sugars fermented from forms of malted barley the modern brewer is able to create a wide palette of delightful flavour combinations. The selection of different techniques and yeasts, hops and malt ingredi- ents, resulted in brewers evolving the two broad families of beer styles we refer to as lager and ale. Each of these families encompass- es an almost infinite array of beers, some classic and others less well known, wait- ing to be discovered by the discerning drinker and explored in future columns. For in the end, whether it be an altbiere or pilsner, pale ale or stout, the most important question to the true lover of this great beverage is not “how was it made” but “how does it taste”! And one of the best ways to find out is to brew it oneself from the basic ingredients, or using some of the great, quality craft beer kits now available to the budding home brewer.

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www.thecbj.com Central Brittany Journal – July 2020 34 Tim the Gardener for example) they will reward you with a bumper Tim the Gardener crop. continued from page 27 in the cabbage patch, taking care to look under the Potatoes leaves, and crushing any clutches of eggs that you In theory, main-crop potatoes are best left in the find deposited there. The aim is to keep -caterpil ground until the autumn, but in my garden there is lar eggs down to a minimum until the first frosts a very active mouse population, capable of eating come. most of the crop over the course of the summer. Last year, I lifted the potatoes after the tops died back, Leeks and stored them in a summer clamp, and then sorted Leeks have been a staple food in Brittany since through them in October, before putting them into time immemorial. With skill, they can be harvested winter storage. It worked well, and I intend to do from the garden almost throughout the year, but the the same this year. main crop is planted in July and August, so that it is ready for picking from autumn through till spring. Trees Plants are generally sold in bunches of fifty. They When I am cutting the grass at this time of year, I thrive on being treated quite harshly: it is customary keep an eye out for tree seedlings. I cut round them to cut of the top, and trim the roots of each plant. and then move them into a tree nursery or to a final A large hole (an inch in diameter and three or four growing position in the winter. Self-seeded saplings inches deep) is made with a dipper, and the plant are generally better adapted to local conditions, and dropped in. The hole can then be filled with water, help to maintainn biodiversity in your tree popula- which helps the plant to settle. Leeks are very har- tion. dy, and will grow in almost any conditions, but if Pickled Walnuts, page 20 you plant them in a weed-free, well-nourished spot, Fat Hen, back page (from where you have lifted the early potatoes, Tim the Gardener New Cartoon book Une Année avec la Terre 'A Year with the Land' 190 pages Black and White, 210 x 148mm (A5 landscape) Follow Tim the Gardener month- by-month, chopping wood, making a fence, preparing his vegetable garden, harvesting cereals, building a shed, making bread and carving wooden bowls.

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ALL YOUR PROPERTY NEEDS. Smallholder courses and Taster All home renovations and repairs days. Collective of smallholders offering undertaken from loft conversions, kitchen practical, relevant courses and insights. Garden Services and bathroom to garden design, patios 1 day tasters and 2 day courses. August, and landscaping. Whatever your needs September, October. www.facebook. from extra sockets to painting, give me com/pg/afrinoonpermaculture/events/ or See GARDENING pp. 40-41 a call: Gordon 0641445519 or email [email protected] Tel: 0788113505 PEST CONTROL SERVICE - [email protected] . French Experienced British Pest Control. Trained TAI CHI, MEDITATION & QIGONG: registered and insured. Operative. Moles, Rats, Mice, Hornets, Gentle exercise for relaxation and well- Wasps, etc. Call 02 96 21 53 47 / being. Tai chi has many health benefits. Painting, decorating, ceramic floor 0681889724 after 6pm. damon.parry@ Beginners welcome to small weekly & wall tiling, property maintenance. sky.com. Fast friendly service. Based in St Tugdual 56540 covering classes near Corlay. 02 96 29 98 71 [email protected] 30km around. Registered, references Traditional Mole Catcher, friendly, available. 0297273906 or 0695594301 efficient service. Within 40km of Pontivy. [email protected] Also Traps and tuition. Call Phil 06 81 57 Courses - French 93 66 / 02 97 25 30 99 or Stephen Godwin Renovation: [email protected] Repairs and Maintenance. Re-pointing, See HELP & ADVICE p. 10 Rendering. Call 09 62 68 40 90 /07 82 39 Grass cutting. Established for 11 years. Weekly and intensive courses. Small 29 41. [email protected] Cut every 2 wks / 3 wks / 4wks. Regular groups. Qualified bilingual teacher. or one-offs. Within 30km Corlay. Free Lessons of all levels from beginners Paul Duckworth, Joiner. All types of quotes. Tel: 02 96 24 55 30 joinery work undertaken, from fabrication to advanced at AIKB, 3 rue Sénéchal, 22570 Gouarec. Contact 02 96 24 87 to fitting. Fully registered and insured. , gardening, hedge 90, [email protected]. Grass cutting Tel: 02 98 78 26 09. E-mail: trimming, property maintenance, key [email protected] French Tuition and Courses. All levels. holding. Based in St Tugdual 56540 One to One, or small groups. 30km covering 30km around. Registered, Le-Bricoleur (22). Project Management, radius Callac. Translation service also references available. 0297273906 or property maintenance to DIY. Within 60 available. Phone Nathalie on 06 34 13 08 0695594301 [email protected] kilometres of Loudeac. No job too small 21 [email protected]. or too large. email: peter-le-bricoleur@ www.dm-translation.com. GARDEN SERVICES / GENERAL hotmail.com Blog: peter-le-bricoleur. HANDYMAN. Strimming, hedge and blogspot.fr Call Peter on 06 37 05 27 42. French classes, qualified teacher, all treework, tree surgery. Garden waste, levels, tailored to your needs, small rubbish and house clearance. Morlaix, Architectural drawings & planning groups or private lessons at Kergrist Huelgoat, Carhaix and surrounding applications. Permis de construire, Moelou. Peter Mickelborough, areas. Call Steve 06 02 35 57 87 declaration prealable, etc. Any size 0296 365900, [email protected] project. Contact Arthur Cutler on 02 97 Grass cutting/Landscaping. Garden 39 38 72. www.frenchplans.com like a jungle or just needs maintaining? From small garden to 10 Hectares, one Premier Wood Treatment Specialist. For Hire off or regular maintenance. Including Covering depts. 22, 35, 56. Tel: 02 96 83 hedge cutting, stump removal, digger/ 97 49 / 06 58 04 51 46, tipper. Shaun 02 96 29 01 87 MAN AND A VAN (bilingual): Pick-ups, [email protected]. Mob: 06 95 85 56 06. drop-offs, accompanied trips to Brico Depot etc., house clearance, general Cullen Décor. Professional Decorating Pasture/Field cutting: small tractor rubbish and garden waste clearance Service. Lifetime experience, very with topper, small and medium size etc. Based in Callac. Call Paul on 06 21 competitive prices. www.cullendecor. fields. Wood chipping services for small/ 34 17 90 E-mail: brittanymanandavan@ com. 06 04 10 88 22 / 06 04 02 35 43 medium jobs. 50km radius from Le gmail.com Faouët. Tel: 0749203197 or [email protected]

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MAN AND A VAN (bilingual): Pick-ups, Caroline Lotoux, English- speaking Here to Help. Cleaning - residential drop-offs, accompanied trips to Brico psychotherapist, is in Maël-Carhaix (22) and commercial. Gite change-overs. Depot etc., house clearance, general on Mondays and Fridays and in Ploërdut Keyholding. Security checks. DIY. Tip rubbish and garden waste clearance etc. (56) on Tuesdays and Thursdays runs. Free estimates.Trustworthy. 30 Based in Callac. Call Paul on 06 21 34 (medical offices). Phone : 02 56 25 11 years experience in the UK. 30km radius 17 90. E-mail: brittanymanandavan@ 68. www.caroline-lotoux.fr of 22. Call Dave or Pam: 06 33 47 58 57 gmail.com / 07 86 344 019. Counsellor/Psychotherapist, Peter Hazlewood Property Management, Mickelborough, formerly British English speaking nurse covering 15km friendly, reliable, professional service Association for Counselling and radius of Huelgoat for home visits. Action for your home & garden, experienced Psychotherapy Senior Registered infirmières. Cabinet Emma Müller. 02 98 in all aspects of garden care, security Practitioner, for individuals or couples, 93 88 80. www.action-infirmieres .com. checks, changeovers & key holding etc. Central Brittany, 02 96 36 59 00, Open 7 days a week, 6am to 8pm Fully registered. References available. [email protected] Contact Sam & Steve 0642379061 / Engineering Services: Laser cutting, [email protected] Klassic Kuts By Karen. Please Call 02 3D printing, turning, milling. Designs, 56 33 50 11 or 06 35 95 05 37 for your models, parts ... made to your Qualified Gardener:Maintenance, next hair appointment. I cover a 50km specification. Call Richard 06 43 77 87 design, and expert advice minimising radius of Le Faouët. 50 www.servicesplouneour.net costs. Affordable rates, 30kms MAN AND A VAN (bilingual): Pick-ups, Guingamp. Network of trusted trades Viniyoga course in Maël-Carhaix for drop-offs, accompanied trips to Brico people. 10 years in Brittany. Tel: Peter 02 English-speaking people, Saturdays Depot etc., house clearance, general 96 21 72 05 11am, Salle Kerfers (behind the school). rubbish and garden waste clearance etc. [email protected] Starting on 5th September. Info: Ann Based in Callac. Call Paul on Boudart 0771008608 or 06 21 34 17 90 email: Goldfinch Garden Services. General [email protected] [email protected] garden maintenance, grass cutting, strimming, rotavating, clearance. Call Personal care, homehelp, cooking and Mike on: 06 68 09 75 59 Area covered cleaning. Gouarec/Corlay area. Contact 25km of Plounéour-Ménez 29410. email Music Jane on 06 99 03 23 91 email: [email protected] [email protected]. Drumming lessons by professional tutor. Beginner or advanced, acoustic Girl Friday. 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APW GITE Mop and Mow & GARDEN Husbandservices and wife team. Key holding, Gite change overs, Security checks. The help you need - Grass cutting service. At a price you can afford. Large overgrown grass and brambles Btw Carhaix & Huelgoat - will travel! Contact Steve & Lea Weeding, strimming, fencing, tip runs. 09 62 67 45 52 / 0044 7931 339871 [email protected] Fully registered & insured. Wood delivery 33/50cm supplied. [email protected] Breizh Property Services 02 96 29 68 63 / 07 80 47 45 02 For all Garden Maintenance & Clearance, Mael-Carhaix Security checks & Key holding, French registered Also, Mini digger & driver hire. Escape to the Patio www.breizhpropertyservices.com Gardening & Maintenance Services Tel: 07 80 03 75 36 Mowing, hedging, ground clearance. E-mail: [email protected] Also jet washing, DIY, gutter clearing. 13 yrs experience. Registered. 09 74 74 59 74 / 07 66 83 94 26 www.escapetothepatio.com [email protected]

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Petite Bricolage Property Services Gardening, Property Maintenance and Building Works. Based La Trinite Porhoet Tel: 09 69 80 88 45 email: [email protected] TDW Property Watson's Services Maintenance & Garden Handyman House, Gite or Holiday home maintenance For the jobs you don't want to do and change overs. French registered & insured All DIY jobs considered however small. Full range of gardening services. Mobile UK: 07591217457 Hourly rates. Covering South & Central Brittany 22,29,56 Mobile Fr: 0644116224 07 69 33 18 41 [email protected] [email protected] Jordan Greenwood Mark Elsden Qualified Ma s o n a n d Bu i l d e r Construction Renovations Alterations Property Maintenance Repairs & Demolition. Complete General Maintenance Service Available. All aspects of building works. 25 yrs experience. Fully registered. 30 years experience in UK. Based area 22 / 29 Central Brittany Realistic Rates. French registered & insured. Tel: 02 96 38 57 79 075 81 35 18 37 / 06 30 98 24 55 Mob: 07 49 48 38 91 email: [email protected] [email protected]

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Groundwork Septic Tanks Stuart Barker (Standard systems, Micro Stations, Compact Systems: designed to meet the requirements of your site and soil type) Plastering & Building Services Systems brought up to Standard Help with planning issues. After 30 yrs experience in the UK, Adherent to the ‘Charte Qualité du Conseil Général we are now offering a professional 10 Year Guarantee English Spoken plastering service in Brittany. Free estimates & advice All work carried out to the highest Tel: Sébastien standard, references provided. 06.86.44.12.92 Free estimates. Areas 22, 29 & 56 Saint Nicodème [email protected] French or UK materials 02 98 93 87 43 / 06 23 67 84 17 [email protected] Paul Read PLASTERER Rendering, Painting & Handyman • Insulating cold rooms. • Kitchens and Bathrooms. A.E. Building • Modifying of older areas. • Finishing that list of unfinished jobs Services Registered in Rostrenen for 12 years (Eng & Fr references available) For all your building Holiday homes and gardens cared for and maintained. projects from start [email protected] to finish. 02 96 29 36 62 / 06 37 30 03 88 * Plastering * Attic conversions * Complete renovations For all your home renovation No job too big or too small. projects & building works Fully French Registered & Insured in Brittany see website: www.edenbuilding.eu General Builders, specialising in the renovation of traditional Breton properties since 2006 Tel: 02 98 26 40 85 / 06 35 90 39 68 ● Full Home Renovation ● Barn & Loft Conversions ● Timber Framed Buildings ● Extensions ● Garages 3 Kerhouais 56590 Credin Email: [email protected] CULLENDECOR www.bretonbuild.com Tel: 02 97 38 57 61 Professional Decorators bretonbuild1 Mobile: 06 78 04 20 63 with 30 years of experience Guaranteed work & Insurance in all types of decorating. We are fully covered by emplyers, Public Liability and 10 years Guarantee for all works carried out. Competitive, Reliable and Courteous Mobile: 06 04 10 88 22 06 04 02 35 43 Web: www.cullendecor.com E-mail: [email protected] Paul Duckworth Joinery Over 30 years experience in all aspects of woodworking Doors, Staircases, inc spiral. Traditional French style windows. Stephen Godwin Velux windows fitted / re-glazed Renovation All types of custom joinery. Repairs and Maintenance. From fabrication to fitting. Re pointing, Rendering. Free quotation. No job too small. Tel: 02 98 78 26 09 [email protected] Call: 09 62 68 40 90 / 07 82 39 29 41 [email protected] Fully registered and insured

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Dan Green Jon Oram PLASTERING Spezet 29540 Renovations - Restorations - Light building / Maintenance. Kitchens / Bathrooms. Tiling, Floors & Walls. Extensions - Conversions. Plaster Boarding / Insulation / Plastering. Registered and French speaking Masonry / Rendering. Plastering, Tiling, Lime & Cement Rendering & Pointing 02 98 93 95 33 / 06 36 06 97 49 Paving & Patio's, Internal & External Decoration [email protected] All Aspects of Work Undertaken Tel: 02 98 99 77 46 / 06 25 78 93 63 Les Bons Voisins e.mail: [email protected] Central Côtes-d’Armor Peter and Julie Duggan Property management and BOWKER BUILDING chimney sweeping CONSTRUCTION.RENOVATION. DEMOLITION . Keyholding . Security Checks REGISTERED GENERAL BUILDER . Gardening . Changeovers All Aspects of Building Works +33(0)2 96 29 96 94 [email protected] Tel: 02 96 29 78 47

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Stephen Loy Carpenter & Joiner S.P.Fishlock 30 yrs experience. Traditionally qualified. Bespoke furniture and Builders kitchens, custom joinery, staircases and doors, etc. & Roofers Before after Mobile: 07 80 02 48 03 Tel: 02 97 34 03 24 * Old and new work in slate & tiles * Lead & Zinc work [email protected] * Guttering & down pipes. * Velux & Dormer Windows * Loft insulation * Chimney stack pointed & rebuilt 02 96 84 93 27 [email protected] Dan Lewis Plastering www.roofersinbrittany.com Le Herisson, 22250 Rouillac Walls, Ceilings & Floors. French/Uk plasters. Traditional lime & sand Renderings. Stonework and Repointing. Registered and French speaking SEAN GOURLEY Will travel 1 hr radius from Merdrignac Tel 02 96 80 46 18 / 06 40 75 12 47 Email [email protected] ROOFING SPECIALIST Building Services 25yrs experience New Builds, Renovations, Repairs Vince Boon Free Quotes All Work Guaranteed Heating Solutions Find us on Facebook 02 98 26 97 36 / 06 76 60 96 65 Water cylinders [email protected] Log Burner Installations Pellet / Biomass heaters Peter Jensen [email protected] Skilled Carpenter, Joiner & Roofing Specialist www.vinceboon.com Get it right first time - Danish workmanship built to last. 07 63 73 80 28 New Builds, Renovations & Repairs. Also: Floors, Stairs, Windows, Doors, Loft Conversions, Velux & Dormers, Plasterboarding, Kitchens, etc. MJL Services Handyman 10 year guarantee - Free quotes Kitchen/ Bathroom installations. Qualified Denmark 1989, in France since 2004 Wall and floor tiling. 02 96 29 51 66 Decking / carpentry. Dry lining. [email protected] www.peterjensen.fr 20+ years experience. Callac based. Contact Mark 07 85 96 70 92 [email protected] Raikes Couverture Roofing specialist, Qualified in France MSL MULTI SERVICES Fully registered & insured with 10 year guarantee RENOVATIONS AND NEW PROPERTY ELECTRICAL / TILING / PLASTERBOARD Renovations, repairs, velux... MACONNERIE / TAPPISSERIE / UPHOLSTERY Bradley RAIKES FULLY REGISTERED AND INSURED [email protected] FREE QUOTE CALL 09 62 19 99 46 or 06 45 22 27 17 EMAIL MARK OAKLEY ON [email protected] TEL: 02 97 27 63 95 06 95 43 12 86 FREE QUOTES

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Kingfisher David Dunn Decorating 12 years working in France, Areas 22, 29 & 56 covered registered & insured Interior/Exterior General Maintenance Decorating / Alterations, Wall & Floor tiling Dry lining, Tiling, Plasterboarding Bathroom projects, Reasonable Prices Roof repairs 22 years experience Free estimates Tel: 02 96 29 88 19 email: [email protected] Bob: 02 97 51 20 57 Free estimates [email protected] numerous references. Premier Tiling & patio services 02 96 83 97 49 06 58 04 51 46 [email protected] T.A.Walker Covering depts 22, 35, and 56 Artisan Builder & Slate Roofer Covering new builds, renovations, extensions & loft conversions Scaffolding, digger and dumper available Kerryelec Excellent standard of work, free quotes Electrician Full decennale 10 yr Insurance 30 years experience Consuel & Edf translations. decennial insurance. Big or little jobs. Tel: Terry 0298781667 / 0676509640 Plouray 56770 [email protected] Tel: 06 58 14 09 17 e-mail: [email protected]

BUILDERS MERCHANT Floor...board ‘n’ Plastered Dry Wall - Plastering Taping & Jointing TRADE & DIY - ENGLISH STAFF Parquet flooring & Floor & Wall Tiling GOURIN MATÉRIAUX Bon Prix. Bon Service. Fully French Registered Tools & Building Materials 07 81 36 00 54 for the house and garden. GOURIN [email protected] Z.I. de Guernearc’h QUIMPER 56110 GOURIN Tel: 02 97 23 45 03 deliveries www.gourin-materiaux.fr CARHAIX Vince Boon E-mail: [email protected] LORIENT Heating Solutions gourin Opening hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-12 & 2-6 Sat 8:30-12 matÉriaux Find us on Facebook Oil boilers Solution: Chess Puzzle page 16 Pellet / Biomass heaters After black plays Rxe6 white can mate by 1) Qxh7+, Kf8; [email protected] 2) Qh8 mate www.vinceboon.com 07 63 73 80 28

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Steve McMurray Electrician Thistle Renovations Ltd. Chambre de Métiers registered artisan with Timber treatment, Preventative & remedial 35 years experience. For all your electrical installation requirements Plastering, Pointing & in central Brittany, from an extra socket to a complete renovation with Consuel certification. all Interior Renovations Free quotes. References available. Based in France for 15 years Telephone 02 96 78 39 28 or 06 48 81 06 22 [email protected] Fully Registered & insured Phone Laurie Irving 06 14 42 10 91 Baytree Construction Email: [email protected] Building & Renovation Contact Nigel Freeman 02 96 25 15 98 D. Hall DIGGER & [email protected] Property DRIVER www.baytreeconstruction.com Maintenance Septic tanks T.E.C.S. Repairs & Renovation drainage, of kitchens, bathrooms, George McNee living areas, outside spaces landscaping etc. Quality, friendly service. Rostrenen, Guerlesquin, Elect(French Rriegistered)cia n Registered Carhaix area Cotes d’Armor & Brittany Region Whole jobs or a helping hand Bilingual help and advice. Contact: +33 (0)7 83 36 02 15 Call Dave on : 02 96 44 99 57 02 96 45 89 20/06 17 85 55 02 +44 (0)74 29 27 85 29 07 86 04 65 53 [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Ce n t r a l Br i t t a n y Mi n i Di g g e r Hi r e Paul Tandy Carpentry & La n d s c a p i n g covering 56 Decorative Stone, Gravel Over 30 years experience - honest & reliable. & Sand Deliveries All aspects of woodwork undertaken. Small renovations. Rostrenen area • Da r r e n Wh i t e Porcelain & Ceramic tiling. +44 7968 329895 Painting & Decorating. [email protected] Tel: 02 97 70 02 76 Fully registered and insured, Siret : 882 420 201 00015. Email: [email protected]

ADH SERVICES TP Groundwork, Driveways, Field Clearance and Qualified Maintenance, Landscaping, Paul Transport Mason & Builder (stone, sand & gravel etc.) Johnson 20 yrs experience of working for French & English clients in Brittany. Adam Hobbs, Based in the centre of Brittany. Areas 56, 22 &29 covered Based near 06 04 45 88 79 [email protected] Contact info. Tel 02 97 39 34 83 Callac. e-mail [email protected]

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Removals S.W. Removals & Storage Are you moving from Cornwall to France or visa versa? Local, national and UK removals and We specialise in small, quality removals & deliveries. Single items to full loads deliveries from / to Cornwall & surrounding Storage in Brittany areas to / from Normandy / Brittany / France Call or email us for a free quote Secure drop-off point in UK for onward delivery to France. +44 1726 815053 / 07974 180041 www.swremovalsandstorage.co.uk www.redvan.fr [email protected] 06 87 89 94 76 email: [email protected] patrick-transports.com Fully licenced & insured, bilingual man-and-a-van service for Deliveries, Collections & Removals. 02.56.43.16.44 or 06.13.25.26.62 [email protected] Roadrunners Watson European page 53 Remover & Courier heating National & International. Base in Merdrignac (FR), WOODBURNERS Manchester (UK), Murcia (SP). Ash Grove Stoves Fix 02 57 72 01 00 Mobile 06 73 42 20 31 Supplier of Hunter & Parkray Stoves [email protected] fb: RoadRunners22 Boiler versions available Tel: 00 44 (0) 1392 861579 www.ashgrovestoves.com CBJ Quiz page 10 [email protected]

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! Buzzwood Automotive ! Service - Repair - Welding - Diagnostics All Makes & Models 35 Years Experience - No Job Too Small Contact PETER BUSBY 02 98 72 80 25 / 06 77 00 75 95 Garage Torode [email protected] Car servicing - Car parts supplier Based SCRIGNAC 29640 MON-FRI 9am-6pm Tel: 02 97 38 62 82 Dave Chapman e-mail: [email protected] Mobile Mechanic [email protected] Garage Open Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm DC AUTOS 29 07 68 06 15 62 / 02 98 27 91 63 Cars, Vans, Agricultural Equipment & Plant Servicing, Diagnostics, Auto Electrics, Repairs,  MOBILE MECHANIC Welding and Vehicle Recovery. Vehicle repairs and servicing Brakes, towbars, electrics, clutches, CT repairs, code reading, welding. Also Garden Machinery: mowers, strimmers, chainsaws, etc. 35+ years experience. Mael-Carhaix area. garden machinery Mike Clark 06 44 00 20 68 (8am-6pm) [email protected] REPAIRS Contact: Paul Heaton 02 96 24 92 93 [email protected] H SIRET: 844 362 822 00018 AUTO CENTRAL BRITTANY MECHANIC (GUERN) CARS, VANS, VSP’S RIDE-ON/SELF PROPELLED MOWERS, etc. Garden Machinery CITRoeN 2CV SPECIALIST Repairs and Sales SERVICE / REPAIR / ELECTRONIC DIAGNOSTIC Contact Derek Roberts C&G QUALIFIED, 30+ YEARS EXPERIENCE FULLY registered 06 34 95 18 34 [email protected] CALL Simon Hart: 9 till 5 Monday to Friday 06 13 37 50 31 siret: 80146717600013 EMAIL: [email protected]

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West leads the ♠ 9 3 N ♠ A J 4 5♣. East wins ♥ A Q 10 9 2 ♥ K J 7 6 with the A♣ and ♦ J 10 5 W E ♦ 9 2 continues with ♣ Q 9 5 ♣ A J 10 8 the J♣. In with S the K♣ South ♠ K Q 10 8 7 2 crosses to dummy with a REMOVAL 60 DAYS FREE ♥ 5 high diamond and leads a trump to the K♠ which wins. ♦ 8 7 4 3 ♣ K 2 & STORAGE That worked okay so it seems like a good idea to cross to dummy again and lead another spade – or is it ?? . The problem is that East, who holds only 2 diamonds but 3 trumps, will win the second round of trumps with the A♠, lead a heart to his partner's A♥, and ruff the diamond return to defeat the contract. To avoid this, at trick five, South should play his singleton OUR SPECIALISED VEHICLES CAN ACCOMMODATE FULL OR PARTIAL CALL TODAY 5♥ to cut (scissors coup) the communications between OFFICE: 0044 (0) 1522 569 099 HOME REMOVALS, CARS, CARAVANS the defenders. South can then make his contract losing a ANDY: 0044 (0) 7876 504 547 AND MUCH MUCH MORE. club,a heart and the A♠. DAVE: 0044 (0) 7515 722 772 EMAIL: [email protected] UK & INTERNATIONAL REMOVAL

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For Sale Le Saint (56) Superbly-sited Wanted: House to Rent rare breeds farm, Professional couple (no children) looking to rent a fenced & gated, three bed+ house, furnished or unfurnished for 12 4-bedroom months, whilst longer term plans are formulated. House, open plan kitchen / Ideally located between Guingamp and Morlaix and living room, of- preferably but not essentially north of the N12. fice, bathroom, An attached dependence which could be used basement with as an artist’s studio would be a bonus but not es- garage and utility room. Superb mature gardens - soft fruit bushes, young fruit trees. sential. We would also like to bring our small very Huge detached garage, field shelters, stunning views from well-trained Cockapoo dog. all corners. Magical sun rises and sun sets not to be missed. Looking to move into the property between end Barn, chicken run. Discover your ‘all sorts’ at Le Jordu d’en September to late October 2020 but there is some Haute. The catalyst that holds the rest together. Large park, flexibility. 3.1ha. Le Saint awaits you. 450,000€ Ouest Immo, Carhaix 02 98 99 27 85 www.ouestimmo.eu Please email details to: [email protected] or text contact details to: Property Wanted +44 (0) 7770 596926 or phone 02 96 54 32 68 Wanted: Properties For Sale in Central Brittany within 30 minutes drive from Josselin. Leggett Immobilier. email:[email protected] / Mobile 06 20 44 12 30. Wanted. Properties to sell in Bourbriac, Pont Melvez, Guingamp, Lannion, Perros ,Paimpol ,Plestin-les-Grèves & surrounding areas. Agent for Bel Air Homes Agence Wanted: Properties For Sale in Central Brittany within a Immobillier. Lo-Cost Commission. [email protected] 35 min drive from Loudeac. Agent for Leggett Immobilier. E-mail: [email protected] / Mobile: 0650012968.

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