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 17th May 2008
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Terry Ferdinand is a man of many talents. When not hosting his radio show in the North east of England he spends his time at his holiday home in the ...
Kathleen Fourches told us of the complex political system in France. Here we have an English man's acount of what it is like to be on the front line on polling day.
Local elections have just been held throughout Limousin. Kathleen Fourches, who has lived and voted in France for nearly 50 years, guides us through the far from simple French voting system..............
As a nation the British have a reputation for being obsessed with the weather. I wondered if the French were the same. Delphine Roux from France 3 helped me find out....
Unbelievably, it is over 2 years since I last updated our story so far. This should give the reader an idea of just how fast time can pass here in France......
Sue Adshead originally came to the Haute Vienne in 2002 on a fact finding mission. Since then she has been keeping us updated on her progress...........
It was after we attended the 2007 Pont Laveyrat Memorial service that I wrote the attached article. We were astonished that on a cold Friday afternoon in February that nearly 500 people would assemble in a remote part of Beyssenac to remember the occasion of the massacre of many young people from the communes of Lanouaille, Beyssenac, Payzac etc
There is not a gardener in France who who has not been driven to distraction by moles. These little critters spend their lives creating chaos among the chrysanthemums and carnage in the carnations. Here one Correze resident tells us of his, and his neighbour's attempts at eradication.
Kathleen Fourches has lived in France for nearly fifty years (more than twice as long as she ever lived in England!) Married to a Frenchman she really is a mine of information about life in the Limousin. Here Kathleen takes a look at Christmas in the region..
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The last two years have seen an amazing amount of change for Amanda and Clint. Getting married, moving country and setting up two new businesses in a foreign land cannot have been easy. Here they tell us of the events that saw them turning their wishes in to reality when they finally settled in the Limousin....
Tuesday 11th September 2007 saw the opening of Coif Hair the Limousin’s first British hairdressing salon. After 13 months of fighting through mountains of French red tape! We originally asked the chambre de metiers about opening a salon in July 2006, they said yes...
If anyone had said to Bill Stott a year ago, when sitting in the canteen with his workmates that a year on he would be selling cheese to the French he would have laughed. Today, he and his wife Alma are building a thriving business doing exactly that....
James Read returns with another wry look at life in the Limousin. This weeks James is visits the antiques and brocante market in Limoges in search of bargains....
My American parents came for a visit last month. They came to see the new 5 month old grandbaby, they came to see their newly married to a frenchman, daughter. They came to meet the new family. They came to see THE CREUSE....
One of the few things I miss, living in this wonderfully quiet part of rural France is the hustle and bustle of city life. Now, I never lived in a ...
Almost two years ago, Julie Thirkettle, her daughter Joanna and baby grand-son, Alfie, moved to France in search of a new life. Since then they have started up a hugely successful B&B, Alfie is confidently bi-lingual and Julie and Joanna have made lots of friends. So why are they now returning to their native Yorkshire? Julie explains...
The days of instant fines for speeding and minor traffic offences are truly upon us in the UK. No sooner has one passed a sneakily placed camera, travelling slightly above the speed limit - a letter arrives on the mat, fining and endorsing with swift retribution. Indeed, nowadays the police seem to hand out fixed penalty fines for most minor offences...
We continue our occasional business feature which meets British people who have set up a business in the region. This month FrenchEntrée-Limousin met Joe Philpot, manager of French operations for "Premier Furniture Direct" a family run business providing "first class furniture direct to your French home".......
Our experience, I have to say, is based on the various rules and regulations pertaining to Dept 87, they may well be slightly different where you are.
FrenchEntrée-Limousin continues its serialisation of extracts from "Bonne Chance! - Building a life in rural France" by the author, Richard Wiles. A follow up to the book, "Bon Courage!", "Bonne Chance!" is based on the author's experiences from living in the Limousin and as such features many scenes from the region. The book is published by Summersdale Publishers Ltd and is available to buy from 
When we discovered the burned out ruin of Chez Jallot in February 2003, we never imagined what a change it would make to our lives. Both of us were complete novices at DIY, but for some incomprehensible reason we decided ‘we can do this’.
You buy a house in France, your dreams have been realised and this new and exciting life beckons you. At some point the notaire may mention that it is advisable for you to make a will, as French inheritance laws can be complicated......
I live in the rural chateau town of Bourganeuf with my 23 year old daughter and 3 year old grandson. I run ‘SARL Le Verger’ from my home, this consists two businesses – the first a luxury bed and breakfast or ‘chambres d’hôtes,’ and secondly, a furniture company ...
Miles of beautiful countryside . . . . forested hills . . . lush green valleys. . . wide rivers, narrow gorges . . . dotted with picturesque historic towns and villages. . . . and spectacular chateaux – all connected by virtually deserted winding roads – where’s my roadster!?...
Full-timing on an RV is a great life, and we have enjoyed every day of the three-plus years we have lived on our RV, which we have named “Columbus”, as it really has been a voyage of discovery for us. We have always enjoyed being together, but could we cope with life in a 32ft motorhome – the answer has been a resounding Yes!...
Living here, in rural France, I have learned to follow the seasons. Here they are very marked by the temperature, the rainfall - or snow -, the food available, and and generally the activities one can practise. In big towns, and generally in Britain.......
How easy it is to forget, or even not to know, that at one time major parts of France were ruled by the same kings and queens as England. The kingdom stretched from England across Normandy, Aquitaine, Limousin and to Gascony. However it is in the Limousin that one hears much more about King Richard 1, as he was killed after a successful siege of the château in Châlus to the south west of Limoges. This happened in 1199, after a reign of but 10 years and of those Richard spent ...
FrenchEntrée-Limousin is delighted to announce that over the next few months we will be serialising extracts of Limousin & Corrèze resident Kathleen Fourches' book "Going Native". Kathleen has been a resident of Corrèze for the past 45 years, in her book she recounts many interesting and amusing stories of her life in Corrèze and the people she's met along the way...
I have lived in France for forty-five years, ever since I married a Corrézien in 1959, most of the time in 1959, most of the time in Limousin, the rest in different regions of Auvergne. I arrived before we British had adopted central heating, before all the French had telephones, before there were any supermarkets ...