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Eurotunnel has brought 17 kilometres of the North tunnel back into service. It has been closed as a result of damage from a lorry that caught fire 11 miles into the North tunnel on September 11.
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 |
John Paton has lived in the Dordogne since 2002 and has played more than 400 rounds of golf on local courses. Born in Scotland, John has held a single-figure handicap for most of his 48-year golfing career. Here he offers a player’s view of one local course.
A parkland course with lots of trees and small lakes,
offering a most enjoyable round of golf and calling
for every club in the bag, the Golf Public de
Périgueux is one of the best municipal courses in France.
Interesting doglegs require precise irons off the tee to
open up the angle to large, very true greens. In contrast,
the par fives require long straight drives and an accurate
second to set up a chance of getting close to the pin
with a short iron. The par threes all have dangerous
bunkerage as well as humps and hollows to take the
misdirected ball away from the green. The lakes come in
to play on only six holes but each offers an opportunity
to get over ambitious and wet. (i.e. hitting your ball in
the water).
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 |
On the lucky Saturday morning of August 16, a
family, a club, a town, a département... everyone
was congratulating each other with bursting smiles, in
honour of the performance of their champion, Julien
Desprès. The Périgourdin from Monbazillac has
brought back a bronze medal from Beijing, with the
help of Dorian Mortelette, Germain Chardin and
Benjamin Rondeau, his fellow teammates in the fourperson
French rowing squad.
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 |
Bernard Chubilleau met up with Jean Rousseau, the happy president of the Sport Nautique in Bergerac, where Julien Desprès got his start
Julien Desprès, now 25, began rowing at the Sport
Nautique club in Bergerac as a sprightly 11-year-old.
Since then, says club president Jean Rousseau, he has
developed a true team spirit.
“Whether in France or abroad, he always puts his club
in Bergerac first, along with Monbazillac, his village
where he produces wine with his father,” says Rousseau.
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
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Les Chemins de Guyenne is a walking association
founded in 2001 and a member of the FFRP
(Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre). It is
open to beginners with shorter walks (between 7 and
8km) on Wednesdays. Experienced hikers will be pleased
with longer distances on Sundays on a car-sharing
scheme and walking at weekends. Last year, several
members of the walking group spent a whole weekend in
the Pyrénées for snow-shoeing, and eight days in
Morocco. This 50-member association – a dozen of
whom are English-speakers – is more than willing to
expand and offers an excellent opportunity to socialise
and explore the Saint-Pardoux/Isaac area in northern
Lot-et-Garonne.
‘Les Chemins de Guyenne’ walking group is located in Saint-
Pardoux-Isaac.
Last year’s financial contribution: €28.
Contact Averil de la Rue 05 53 94 38 28
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