March Lunch 2019

Hello Ladies

We are delighted to invite you to the March lunch on 

Tuesday 12th March

This will be held at one of our favourite restaurants

La Falène Bleue Auberge, Lannepax

We hope that you can join us  The chef has prepared the following menu for us.  Please can you complete the form with your email to register your interest or let us know if you are unable to attend.  Please book early to ensure that you reserve your place but numbers will be restricted to 40.

  

Accras de poulet, gingembre et coriandre 

(chicken fritters with ginger and coriander)

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Velouté de Champignons 

(mushroom soup)

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Ballotine de veau à la sauge

 (Veal ballotine with sage)

Ou

Saumon en croûte de citron

 (salmon in pastry with lemon)

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Banana bread’ chocolat orange

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Vin compris

Café is not included.  If you want coffee you will need to pay the restaurant directly for coffee or tea.  

The cost will be 19€.  The absolute deadline for booking is Friday 8th March, we will not be able to change the reservation after this date. I need to give the provisional numbers by Tuesday 5th March, so please can you reserve your place by Tuesday.  As usual, I will send out the list of everyone who has booked before the deadline.

Details of the booking:

• Numbers will be restricted to 40.  When the cap has been reached, I will send an email and start a small waiting list.  
• The deadline for booking is Friday 8th March.  This is the date that I will give definitive numbers, so it will not be possible to change after this date.  You will be charged if you cancel after this date unless we can get a replacement from the waiting list 
• Any cancellations after Sunday 10th March will definitely be charged.
• Please reply to the email address at the bottom of this message if you are having problems with the email or feel that it may not have worked.  I will then add your details manually.
• The cost of this lunch is €19, which includes wine But not tea/coffee .  
• I will send a list of attendees before the deadline
• Please bring your cheque for €19 made payable to Ladies Lunch Club de l’Armagnac or cash in envelope with your name on it.  Your help with this is much appreciated as it helps to speed up the booking process.

Other information

If you have not renewed your membership, please bring

a separate cheque or cash for €10 to the lunch

We will advise you about future lunches and our activities in March by a separate email.  Please can you drop me a line if you have anything that you would like to be added to this email. 

lunchclubgascogne@gmail.com

At the AGM it was agreed that we would be known as Gascogne Ladies Club (GLC) rather than The Ladies Lunch Club (LLC) but our formal name will not be changed. The minutes of the AGM will be circulated shortly.  

Yours  in friendship

Janet

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LLC Walk 9 Aignan etc

Dear Walkers

For our next walk, I propose a series of 3 circular walks very close to each other and the theme is 'lakes and forest'.  The dogs will love them and we will too!  None are very long and most of the walks are on woodland trails.  We will meet on

Friday 8th March at 11.00 am 

at the Aignan lake for the start of the first walk.

1.  Aignan - 6 kms (Estimated time < 2h)

This walk takes us from the lake of Aignan through the pretty forest and out on a ridge where we have fantastic views of both Aignan and Sabazan.  This is also a good place for our picnic lunch.  There is a café but it may not be open out of season.

2.  Bouzon-Gellenave - 5 kms 
(Estimated time 1.5h - start time 14.00h)

Just up the road from Aignan off the D48 lies Gellenave.  We follow a pretty forest trail below the church of St Go and up to the sweet chapel of Bouzonnet.  We then cut through the vineyards with more splendid views of Sabazan and the Aignan ridge where we have just left!

3.  Termes d'Armagnac - 5 kms 
(Estimated time 1.5h - start time 16.00h)

Just up the road from Bouzon-Gellenave again on the D48 is Termes d'Armagnac.  It is known for its medieval festival/enactments in July.  From the medieval chateau/tower, we follow a track across fields into the woodlands and continue along another ridge with fabulous views before returning back to the village.

These are 3 separate walks and we will have to drive between them but you do have a choice to do any or all of them.  I would suggest that you bring something to eat if you are planning on all 3!

Re-Walk Lagraulet (12 kms)- 

Wednesday 13th March at 11.00 am

Lagraulet is a very pretty hill-top village with splendid views of the Gers countryside located between Gondrin and Montreal-du-Gers.  On this circular walk there are 2 variants - the main walk is 12 kms; variant (1) is 8 kms and variant (2) is 10 kms - so there is plenty of choice!  There is a steep incline back into the village at the end of the walk but variant (1) does not use this route so is therefore much easier.

If you would like to participate in any of these walks and are not a member of the Walking Group, please email

lunchclubgascogne@gmail.com

and your name will be added to the mailing list for any future walks.  Partners and dogs are welcomed into the Group and directions/maps will be emailed to you.

Looking forward to seeing you soon.