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A Sunny Morning in Duault
At 8am the first stallholders were arriving, and began to set up as the early rays of morning sunlight appeared from behind the Forest in the distance.
By 9:30 there were over 30 stallholders, eleven of which were from the commune of Duault itself, while the rest came from neighbouring Callac, Carnoet, Plusquellec, Locarn, St-Servais, as [...]
Garage Sale: Spezet
9th October Sunday 10am to 6pm.
20 rue Feunteun Gorned (opposite the cemetry car park), Spezet.
Please note that information about this garage sale arrived at the Journal too late for inclusion in the Oct issue, but the organiser is hoping that Journal readers will attend.
Bad Timing for a Financial Crisis
The usual sense of optimism seems to have been lacking from the business pages of the French press of late, and the change of tone has made me wonder what is going on the mind of the French establishment.
The main thing that I have noticed is that people think that the current financial difficulties have come [...]
Weak Government Gives Business a Bad Name
It was announced in the news at the end of last week that Barack Obama has decided to abandon plans to introduce a new smog standard in the United States. The proposed regulations would have forced factories and power stations to cut emissions of ozone and nitrogen oxides, which react with sunlight to produce smog. [...]
Saint-Mayeux Tots’ Club
The mums' names from the left are: Chrissy, Vicky, Anna, Hazel, Sarah and Emma. And children are: Oscar, Sam, Reuben, Chloe, Rebecca, Holly and Katie and just out of sight are James and Immy.
The St Mayeux Tots Club meets every Wednesday morning (including school holidays) in the Salle des Fêtes, St Mayeux, and runs from [...]
Independent Business
As far as I can tell from my emails and business contacts, the whole of Europe and America seems to be pervaded by a general sense of anxiety t the moment, and people are becoming particularly concerned about how the currency crisis will affect their own personal finances.
This raises the interesting question of to what [...]
Mr Biznuz: Surviving the Financial Crisis Part 2
France, Brittany and the Eurobond.
In last week’s column, I gave a brief overview of the debt problems facing Eruope and America; this week, I would like to take a look at how these problems might affect France, and more specifically, Brittany.
France
Up until the past couple of weeks, France has been regarded by the world’s financial [...]
Traffic Lights – Callac
We have received several enquiries about the traffic lights in the centre of Callac – they have not been working for a couple of weeks, and the lights themselves have now been covered over with black plastic.
We checked with the Mairie in Callac and were told that the lights have suffered a technical fault, probably [...]
Brittany Sailing
One of the great things about sailing, says Richard Curtis, co-owner with his wife, Sue, of Brittany Sailing, is that it’s never too late! Richard and Sue moved to the Crozon peninsula to set up the sailing school and a gite business eleven years ago. Richard Griffiths went to meet them.
Brittany Sailing is the only [...]
Micheál Mac an Ultaigh – Hotel le Cheval Blanc
Lynette Jarvis talks to Micheál Mac an Ultaigh, Proprietor of Le Cheval Blanc Hotel and Cultural Centre, Plancoet. First published in the Central Brittany Journal August 2011.
Micheál, what’s an Irishman doing in Brittany? When did you land here?
Well I’m not the only one, there are quite a few of us in these parts, but more [...]
