On Thursday evening, Cecily made a soup and plums tarts, all of them delicious. Moreover, she told us about her holiday in Luxembourg. Very interesting!…
Jeudi soir, Cecily nous avait gâtés avec une soupe et des tartes aux prunes: tout était délicieux. De plus, elle nous a raconté ses vacances au Luxembourg : très intéressant !…
Sadly we were unable to have our usual visit to Les Sables for fish and chips as the lady fish and chipper has moved her business to the north coast. However, our valiant Secretary, Dom’ Morris rose to the challenge by organising a visit to the Rock’Ale bar in Bretignolles. Malheureusement, cette année, nous n’avons pas pu déguster nos traditionnels “Fish & Chips” aux Sables d’Olonne, car Christine, la proprétaire de la roulotte, est partie définitivement en Normandie!… Cependant notre Secrétaire, Dom’ Morris, a relevé le défi en organisant une soirée tapas/musique au Rock’Ale à Brétignolles.
In recent years more of these eclectic and ‘quirky’ bars have sprung up offering much more than the normal, ‘utilitarian’ French bar. Depuis quelques années on a vu fleurir nombre de ces bars/tavernes proposant plus que les bars habituels.
This bar has a very wide variety of wines and beer to offer, together with lots of food – of which we enjoyed a variety. Ce bar propose une grande variété de vins et de bières, de même qu’un assortiment de tapas dont nous nous sommes régalés.
Music was provided by Dom’ . However such was the air of ‘conviviality’ that I for one was unaware of the music! La playlist musicale a été concoctée par Dom, mais la convivialité était telle, qu’elle est passée au second plan. De plus, de nombreux chanteurs nous ont aussi égayés… An excellent evening. Une excellente soirée.
Now for the picnic on July 20th at Lac de Jaunay.
Et maintenant, prochain rendez-vous pour le pique-nique du 20 juillet au Lac du Jaunay, à la Baudrière!
ROYAL JUBILEE DINNERThe evening was a huge success, Michele did her creative thing and set the ambiance for the evening with bunting and table decorations.
Members had been invited to provide all the food – apart from bread and wine – and they did so right royally. I couldn’t believe that it would all be eaten, but eaten it was and with considerable gusto!. 
Many thanks to everyone who provided such a magnificent spread.
Entertainment was provided as usual by some talented members; noteworthy were Mike and Sylvianne who duetted to Mike’s guitar. As the evening progressed more and more folk felt the urge to sing and it was a joyous occasion.
Many a health was drunk to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
”The Queen – God Bless Her”
For our first meal of the year, we chose to order a Jambalaya from our favourite ‘traiteur’. Pour notre premier dîner de l’année, nous avions commandé un Jambalaya chez notre Traiteur favori de Sion,
absolutedly delicious. absolument délicieux et épicé.
Tables were set with aperos, a kir, and appropriate decorations created by our artist Michèle as usual. Les tables, comme d’habitude décorées par notre artiste Michèle, étaient préparées avec des amuse-bouches et des kirs.
Members soon tucked in as the wine flowed and the noise rose……..
Les adhérents se sont vite installés et le bruit est monté au fur et à mesure que les verres se vidaient….
….. a good time was had by all. Tout le monde a passé un très bon moment!…
On March 17th, we have duly celebrated Saint Patrick’s day … with various beers and delicacies prepared by Michèle, music, and our favourite Irishman Mike and his wife Sylviane!!!
Last Thursday, we celebrated the Beaujolais Nouveau one week late, and made a competition for green and yellow hats for Sainte Catherine ! All the ladies played the game :
The Winner, Christine, won … a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau !!!…
Our End of the Year Lunch at the Glajou, has been a success : good food and nice entertainment!… Here are some souvenirs …
As usual, the evening was hosted by Marie, helped this time by her friends Babette and Véronique!…
They spent some very nice holidays in Alsace, and they shared with us their discoveries (cultural and gastronomic…)
If you click on the link below, you can also watch an alsatian dance …
All the participants have enjoyed this lively evening, and especially the wines and the toasts and various cakes prepared by Marie.
We are looking forward to their next holidays!!!…