LLC Knitting group “There is love in every stitch”

Everything made by the Knitting Group  is made from donated materials, and their motto is 
“There is love in every stitch”.
 
The Knitters meet regularly at 

Le Progres in Nogaro

The knitting group are continuing to knit for the Salvation Army, who currently need hand-knitted garments for HMP Bronzefield, Ilford Homeless Project, Ilford Baby Bank and the Lovelight Project in Eastern Europe. 

All items are delivered personally to the Salvation Army by Marion to ensure safe arrival, no costs involved.

Marion showed the meeting a wonderful 
Thank You card from the Salvation Army and a wonderful selection of knitted garments.  

Photos of these to update the Blog.

Marion further advised us that one member has started to collect second-hand clothes to donate, but that costs were involved in sending these items.  

It was agreed that the LLC Committee will give every alternate month’s raffle proceeds to Marion for these costs.  
Marion will look into whether the Salvation Army has a collection point in France. (In case someone can be of help here? please contact us)

If you do have any unused and spare wool which you no longer want and would like to donate to this group, please bring it along with you to the LLC lunch. Thank you.

For meeting dates please and more information 
about any of the above, please contact Ladieslunchclub secretary:

lunchclubgascogne(at)gmail.com

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LLC garden group meeting May 2016

Dear Gardeners, 

First of all Pat and I would like to welcome our new members to the Garden Group and look forward to meeting you at the next outing. 
We meet on the first Thursday of every month in the afternoon, mostly to view interesting gardens although during the winter months we also organise other garden related activities. We hope you will enjoy being members of this group.

For the second month running we have had to change the date of our outing - this time because of a bank holiday on the Thursday !

Our next outing will therefore take place on WEDNESDAY 4th MAY 

We will be visiting the wonderful garden of  
Renée Boy-Faget, Le Jardin d’Entêoulet, 32550 Lasseube-Propre

We will meet in the car park at 14.30h.

This 2 hectare garden has been entirely created by Renée & was voted “Le jardin préféré des français” in 2014

I would be most grateful if you could all let me know as soon as possible if you will be attending - if we have 20 people Renée will give us a guided tour

There is an entrance fee of 7€ if we are more than 10 people.

Pat & I will look forward to seeing you on the 4th. As always car-sharing is recommended. Tea & cake will be served after the visit.

Lasseube-Propre is south of Auch on the road to Pavie, after a few kilometres you will see the right turn to the village. Go into the village, it's set below the church, you will easily see it laid out, and the car park.

For more information about any of the above or our next meeting and venue, please contact:

LLC secretary: lunchclubgascogne(at)gmail.com
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We would like to get your suggestions for garden visits. 

Please let us know if you have ideas or wishes. Also let us know who would like to host one of the meetings of the garden group. 

Sign up for 2016 May Lunch with Ladies Lunch Club de l’Armagnac

Dear Ladies,

It is with great pleasure that the Committee invites you LLC members to our 

10th May 2016 lunch at 12 noon

at the

Hotel-Restaurant du Commerce 

Place du 4 Septembre, 

32240 Estang

Please complete the emailed Booking Form to let us know that you wish to attend.  
If you are unable to submit the Form please send us an email to: lunchclubgascogne@gmail.com

Deadline for places is 2nd May, so please hurry! 

There is a small car park opposite the hotel.  It may be a good idea to organise car sharing with other members.

Please note that there is NOT a separate vegetarian menu this month - if you have a problem with an item on the menu please contact us separately in plenty of time.

MENU 17 €

Feuilleté d'Asperges

Flaky pastry with Asparagus

*****

Pavé de Thon aux Petits Légumes

Tuna filet with small vegetables

*****

Bavarois Fraises

Strawberry cream

*****

Café, the infusion et vin inclus

Wine, coffee and tea included

Your cheque for 17 euros should be made payable to Ladies Lunch Club de l'Armagnac and put into an envelope with your name on it.  
Please remember to wear your name badge.  
A list of members who have booked will be emailed in due course.

Looking forward to seeing you all on 10th May.

Best wishes from
The Committee

For more information about any activities or our next meeting and venue, please contact:

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The Ladies Club meets on every 2d Tuesday per month (except July and August)

The Gersabelles - LLC choir

The Gersabelles 
was founded and led by Sue Treeby until September 2015 when she returned to the UK. 

However the Gersabelles continues under able  the leadership of Val Ashplant.

We welcome new members,especially "middles" and altos.
Don’t worry if you think you can’t sing! 
Enthusiasm is more important!

We meet on Wednesday mornings, 

10.30am-12.00pm, 

in the room above the cinema in Nogaro.

For more information please contact:
Ladieslunchclub secretary at lunchclubgascogne(at)gmail.com

We are still looking for a volunteer (male or female) to play the piano at our singing sessions.

If you are able to help, or know of someone who might, please contact LLC secretary at lunchclubgascogne(at)gmail.com

LLC April 2016 bookclub meeting

LLC Bookclub - What's next? 

Just a reminder about the April meeting which is coming up next week. We will be discussing Ginster’s choice of book, 
Next meeting is on 

Thursday April 21st 2.30 pm

  
Housekeeping by Marilyn Robinson  (GM)

Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. The family house is in the small town of Fingerbone on a glacial lake in the Far West, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck and their mother drove off a cliff to her death. It is a town "chastened by an outsized landscape and extravagant weather, and chastened again by an awareness that the whole of human history had occurred elsewhere." 
Ruth and Lucille's struggle toward adulthood beautifully illuminates the price of loss and survival, and the dangerous and deep undertow of transience.

All meetings, unless notified, are at Pam’s at 2.30.
Ginster’s list of questions have been emailed to the bookclub members 

For the next bookclub meeting on May 19^th:  

2 books were chosen by Ann P and Nellie:

1, Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani 

and/or  

2. A Desert in Bohemia  Jill Paton Walsh

The June book has been chosen by Paula who will be back by then, June 16th. 

Here is some info on the book below.

Michelle de Kretser - Questions of Travel

Paula comments: “I was not able to put down Michelle de Kretser’s book Questions of Travel when I found it in my local second hand book shop.

When I read it, I thought, the LLC group would like to know this book, and I believe that there would be good discussion.

It does have violence, but it is in the context of devastation that leads to a migrant’s path, and this is why I think that it is so suitable a theme for now and what our world is facing in the displacement of lives and events that shape destinies. 

Michelle de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka and now lives in Australia.   Her book Questions of Travel won the Australian Prime Ministers Award in 2013 as well as the literary Miles Franklin award.

I found it a very moving book of great literary standard.  I’m glancing at the back cover right now and quote Hilary Mantel

“I so much admire Michelle de Kreser’s formidable technique - her characters feel alive, and she can create a sweeping narrative which encompasses years, and yet still retain the sharp, almost hallucinatory detail.  It’s brilliant.”" 

Jackie will be choosing the July book, and may have my selection ready by Thursday.

Hope to see as many of you as possible on Thursday.

For more information about any of the above or our next meeting and venue, please contact:
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For Exponants of ART&NATURE Exhibition on Sunday 17th April 2016

Dear LLC members,

Martine from APR Rèans, organizer of the ART&NATURE Exhibition on Sunday, requests

 

all exposants to go to Réans 

between 2-3pm on Saturday 

to set up the stalls/stands

because it might be too far to travel then 

Sunday 9 -9.30am the latest as doors open at 10 am.

Welcome 

All other members we invite to come and see our

ART&NATURE EXHIBITION 

ON SUNDAY 17TH APRIL 2016 - 

10.00 – 18.00

at Salles de fetes in Réans.

Sign up for 2016 April Lunch with Ladies Lunch Club de l’Armagnac

 

Dear Ladies/Members,

It is with great pleasure that the Committee invites you to our 2016 April lunch at a new venue, 

The Hotel/Restaurant Le Continental in Condom

(20 rue Marechal Foch, 32100)

at 12 noon.

Deadline for places is 3rd April, 

so please hurry! 

It may be a good idea to organise car sharing with other members.

Please let us know that you wish to attend. 

There is a small car park opposite the hotel on the (Riverside) on Quay Jaubert (turn sharp first left as you go over the bridge). 

Info parking in Condom please click here 

If you are unable to submit the emailed Form 

please send us an email lunchclubgascogne@gmail.com

Your cheque for 17 euros should be made payable to Ladies Lunch Club de l'Armagnac and put into an envelope with your name on it. 

 Please remember to wear your name badge. 

 A list of members who have booked will be sent out in due course.

MENU

Gaspacho Andalou et Crème Fraiche
Gaspacho with crème fraiche

*****
1.option

Longe de Porc longuement braise

Slowly cooked pork loin

*****

2. Vegetarian option

Pavé de Saumon frais

Filet of fresh Salmon

*****

Far Gascon, Crème Anglaise

Pancake with custard creme

*****

Café, thé infusion et vin inclus

1 glass of wine(white or red) 

+ coffee or tea included

17 €

Looking forward to seeing you all on 12th April.
Best wishes from the LLC Committee

Come to the Art and Nature exhibition SUNDAY 17th April 2016

Dear Members,

Why not come along to the forthcoming 

ART AND NATURE EXHIBITION ON SUNDAY 

17TH APRIL 2016 -  10.00 – 18.00 

at Salle de fetes in Réans

After a lovely afternoon making cards in The Salle de Fetes in Reans, we thought it would be a good idea to remind members that you would be most welcome to join us.  The APR and LLCA craft groups meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm, and anyone wishing to do patchwork or needlework can go every Tuesday.  It is a great place to learn a new skill and practice your French.

The APR (Aide Partage Rencontre) is an Association started by Mme le Maire – Gabrielle Clave, 

mainly for the local residents of Reans, after seeing the various handicrafts made by members of the LLCA, but anyone can join on payment of an annual subscription of €10.   

Since the Ladies Lunch Club de l’Armagnac became an Association, the two Clubs have begun to share their talents, by their weekly meetings, and by two Exhibitions/Events a year, 

in Spring (Art and Nature) and 

Christmas (Marche de Noel).

Why not come along to the forthcoming 

ART AND NATURE EXHIBITION ON SUNDAY 

17TH APRIL 2016 -  10.00 – 18.00 

at Salle de fetes in Réans

and be inspired by what we do. Although organised by APR many of our LLCA members will be exhibiting.  

The attached ‘flyer’ was designed by one of our Members – Karin Terry, and is just one example of the talents we have in our Group.  Put the date in your diaries now and spread the word.  Bring along friends and neighbours for a coffee and cake and an enjoyable outing.

If you have any questions please contact our LLC secretary <lunchclubgascogne@gamil.com>

for Pam or Diana

LLC garden group meeting April 2016

Dear Gardeners

Next month’s Garden Group outing is a trip to

KiNGDOM VEGETAL 

near Boulogne Sur Gesse 

a garden centre & landscaping business run by 

Gary & Nikki McArthur 

Due to his many commitments he is only available on Saturdays so, for this reason, we have decided (exceptionally) to change the day of the outing from Thursday to

Saturday 9th April.

We will meet at the centre at 2.30 pm 

As always, tea and cake will be served !

He has kindly agreed to give us a guided tour of the centre followed by a talk about roses.
Hoping that many of you will be able to join us, please consider car-sharing where possible.

Gary has a HND in Amenity Horticulture, a BSc (honours) Degree in Landscape Management and over 30 years of practical experience in the Horticultural trade. He has been employed in Garden Centre Management, ran a Landscape Gardening Company in the UK and for 10 years before moving to France he worked as a Lecturer at Hadlow College (a subsidiary of Greenwich University) where he initially taught Retail Horticulture and Business studies to staff of several different major Garden Centre chains, he then went on to run the Landscape Management Degree.

Le Kingdom Végétal, 

Moulin d'en Bas, 

31350 Escanecrabe

find map here

Pat and Caroline will look forward to seeing you then - for any enquiries you can contact them via 
<lunchclubgascogne@gmail.com>

For more information about any of the above or our next meeting and venue, please contact:
LLC secretary: lunchclubgascogne(at)gmail.com
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We would like to get your suggestions for garden visits. Please see our garden group page

Please let us know if you have ideas or wishes. Also let us know who would like to host one of the meetings of the garden group.

LLC March 2016 bookclub meeting

LLC Bookclub - What's next?

We meet for the March 2016 bookclub on 

Thursday March 17th 2.30 pm 

at Pam's in Reans.

We have chosen a theme for this month:

Literature on Plants & Gardens 

   

(your choice of any book relating to plants & gardens).

Remember, Book Club is always on the 3rd Thursday of the month.

For more information about any of the above or our next meeting and venue, please contact:

LLC secretary: lunchclubgascogne(at)gmail.com

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