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Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
Hot air balloons still have their place, but it’s not always in the air, as
Jon Walker discovers.
Top balloonists thumped
down into the fertile hills
south of Cognac to end a
three-day fiesta of hot air
and thrills. This year, the Hot
Air Balloon European Cup
and Ladies World Cup from
August 2 to 5, which
attracted more than 50 pilots,
began at Mainfonds and
ended with a flight
over Cognac.
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
The Charente nurtures some precious wildlife. Lindsay Woodster looks at one organisation trying to keep it that way
Aserious pollution
crisis caused by
major paper factories
in the 1980s brought
Charente Nature (CN) to
public attention for the part
it played in the subsequent
trial. The association is now
seen as a key player in the
protection of the Charentais
environment. Founded in
1970, CN now has a research
centre and library; runs a
significant education
programme; and is
commissioned to carry out
statistical and scientific
studies.
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
After a triumphant
three-day horse and
donkey show in
Romagne (86)– the 22nd
Journées de l’Âne et du
Cheval on the 3rd, 4th and
5th of August – the very
final moments of the event
were marred by an accident.
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“Wake up,” says
Laurent Freboeuf,
president of La Sauce Verte,
which organises this sixth
edition of the Nanclars (16)
eco-festival on September
29 and 30. He expects to see
more than 3000 visitors to
the village for one of the
region’s biggest
opportunities to meet others
with the same concerns for
the environment and the
future; enjoy a vast range of
products from here and
beyond and listen to music
and dance.
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
The post office at
the Orangerie in
Niort has achieved
the odd but laudable
distinction of being
the first French post
office – indeed the
first enterprise in
Deux-Sévres other
than hospitals and
emergency services
– to be equipped
with its own heart
defibrillator.
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