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SEMI-MARATHON
La date s'approche! Le Semi-marathon de
Huelgoat-Carhaix va démarrer devant l'Hôtel du Lac le samedi
12 mai à 16h. Il y aura autour de 400 coureurs, mais il y a
encore le temps de vous inscrire sur le site web si vous
avez envie de participer!
Voici un message de Pierre-Yves de Ménezarts et le comité de
jumelage.
"Je me permets de vous envoyer ce petit courriel pour faire
la promotion du concert de Ménezarts dimanche prochain. Nous
chantons dans un répertoire de chants traditionnels de
différents pays. Ce sera surtout je l'espère un moment
simple et convivial, en musique. C'est dimanche à 16h00 à la
salle asphodèle à Berrien.
Et c'est seulement 5€ et seulement pour les adultes (cela ne
veut pas dire que les enfants ne sont pas les bienvenus, au
contraire. C'est que c'est gratuit pour les moins de 16
ans). A la "mi-temps", il y aura possibilité de prendre un
goûter (gâteaux, boissons) et à la fin du "match", l'apéro
sera offert.
Les bénéfices serviront à financer le voyage de notre groupe
l'an prochain à St Just, en Cornouailles anglaises (jumelage
Huelgoat-St Just)
En espérant vous voir!"
CONCERT LYRIQUE
Si vous aimez les concerts en plein air,
selon le temps, visitez le Théâtre de la Verdure le
dimanche 13 mai où la chorale de St Sève, le Chœur du Volcan
sera en concert à 16h30
CHORALE EN CONCERT
Si vous aimez la musique chantée par les
jeunes, allez au C.A.L. (Centre d'Accueil et de Loisirs) le
vendredi 11 mai à 20h à l'occasion du concert annuel des
élèves du Collège Jean Jaurès de Huelgoat.
RÉOUVERTURE DE L'ARBORETUM
Le site mondialement connu qui contient des arbres de
partout dans le monde a rouvert ses portes le 1er avril avec
un nouveau nom "LES ARBRES DU MONDE". En effet;, 20 hectares
de l'ancien arboretum ont été acquises récemment par Franck Jaclin,
qui possède déjà le
château de Kergroadez, à Brelès. Il a l'intention de faire
du site un espace ouvert où tout le monde peut venir
profiter d'une visite et de la pépinière, le centre
d'accueil, des évènements et des ballades.
Alors, qu'attendez-vous? Allez-y et amusez-vous!
Anciennement connu sous le nom de l'Arboretum du Poerop
LES ARBRES DU MONDE
55 rue des Cieux
29690 Huelgoat
La 8ème édition des courses pédestres
Huelgoat-Carhaix aura lieu le samedi 12 mai 2012 en Centre
Ouest Bretagne. Sur des parcours propices aux performances
et aux records personnels, entre sentiers aménagés et routes
bitumées, le semi-marathon et le 10 km seront les deux
courses principales de l'après-midi festif et sportif.
Sept sites
en Bretagne étaient sous les projecteurs de Yann Kersalé
entre juillet et septembre 2011 :
le Chaos du Diable à Huelgoat, entre autres.
Il les a ensuite exposés pendant l'exposition à Paris
cette année.
Vous pouvez retrouvez quelques unes de ses
photos ici:
Le week-end annuel de
courses VTT "Les roch des Monts d'Arrée" aura lieu
les 17 et 18t septembre cette année. Il y a des circuits
pour tous les niveaux de 8km à 120km. Si cela te semble
toujours un peu trop, venez simplement profiter de
l'ambiance lorsque des milliers cyclistes descendent au
village!
Trouvez tous les renseignemebnts at
inscrivez-vous au
site officiel!
TRIATHLON D'HUELGOAT
Dimanche 28 août le
Triathlon sera de retour. Inscrivez-vous ou regardez et
profitez du spectacle! Tout démarre à 10h pour les 1900m de
natation, 90km de vélo et 21km de course à pied. cela vous
semble beaucoup? Normal puisque l'événement est classé
moitié iron man!
L'artiste local Tom
Hickman tiendra une exposition de quelques uns de ses
œuvres à sa galerie à
Plouyé . C'est plus ou moins une rétrospective de ses
dessins, ses peintures et ses sculptures, d'où le nom de
l'expo "Sur les traces de moi même"- qui aura du
lundi 22 août au mercredi 31 août. Allez-y pour apprécier
son excelent travail à la Galerie Ar C'haou Dall à Lézélé,
Plouyé.
En ce moment la colonie de vacances bat
son plein au camping de Huelgoat. Les jeunes campeurs ont
profité du soleil pour organiser un mini spectacle de danse..Voici
quelques photos:
(Cliquez sur la vignette pour les voir en plus grand)
EVENTS AT THE "BULLE D'AIR"
Lucie at the "Bulle d'Air"
café-librairie in Huelgoat (just next to the cinema) has
just sent me the dates of some upcoming events to be held
there - a great opportunity to meet people and improve your
French! Of course, you can always just pop along for a
coffee or a cup of tea among the amazing selection, but here
are the details:
Sat 13th Aug:
Games night : Loups-Garous (werewolves) as it's the full
moon! starting at 8.30pm. if the weather's fine wear a juper
as it could take place outside!
(More info on this came can be found
here and
here)
Weds 17th Aug : Café & comics : Bruno Le Floc'h
autographing his work.
Bruno Le Floc'h, author of Trois éclats
blancs, Un après-midi d'été, St-Germain, puis rouler vers
l'ouest, and more recently Chroniques Outremers, will be at
the Bulle D'air bookshop from 2pm to 7pm to meet you, chat
over a cuppa and of course autograph his graphic novels!
(learn more about him
here)
Sat 20th Aug : Coffee and Games : Time's Up !
Mini-contest of Time's Up ! The game
where you have to make your team mates guess the words or
names of people with mimes, clues or sounds! Laughs
assured from 8.45pm onwards.
bring a warm jumper if it's warm
enough to play outside.
(Learn about this game
here! and
here)
Sat 27th Aug : Copffee and games night : Werewolves under
the moonlight!
The sun will set at 9.07pm exactly so if
it's warm enough the gaeme will be played outside with just
candlelight providing a spooky atmosphere! Starts at
8.45pm and it's free! Don't forget a warm jumper if it's
warm enough to play outside. Of course, if it rains everyone
will head back into the café.
You can find out more about his fab place
with these links:
Local artist Tom Hickman
has a new exhibition coming up in September called "L'OISEAU
EST MORT" (The bird is dead) with some unusual paintings to
say the least! The exhibition will take place in Carhaix's
tourist office from 1st
September to 15th
Septemebr. The tourist office can be found at Rue Brizeux,
Carhaix-Plouguer, open Mon to Sat from 9am to 12 and 2pm to
6pm.
AMAZING PROPERTY FOR SALE
I was really sad when I heard some
good friends of mine were going to move away from Huelgoat,
but I know where they live now so they won't get rid of me
that easily!
If I'm telling you this it's because
they've left behind them a stunning property in the centre
of Huelgoat that they've completely renovated to a high
standard that you don't see everyday. It's just come onto
the market and you can visit their blog with stacks of
photos of this amazing building where it is said Gauguin
once stayed.
Have you visited ‘leK° art
contemporain Huelgoat’ yet? (Notice the word play with K° and Huelgoat's Chaos!) which has
taken the place of the old primary school on the way out of
Place Aristide Briand in the village centre. There are
around 300 square metres of exhibiting space and that's just
what the artist Michel Guinot does along with the
contemporary artists he invites.
If you missed the recent exhibition by
the two excellent artists Tom Hickman and Guy Dennning you
can see their two completely different styles and some of
their work on their websites:
If you went past the lake last summer,
you'll remember some new sit-on-top canoes for hire. In
fact, Canal Loisirs has kayaks, canoes, boats and bikes for
hire. And they're back for summer 2011, but this time from
the municipal campsite.
For more information or reservations,
you can contact them by mail,
You can usually meet Louise Midgley at
her market stall in Huelgoat on a Thursday where she sells
her wicker baskets. But she has several strings to her bow.
She's also a ceramic artiste. You can discover her animal
creations at her workshop in Poullaouen, 5 minutes from
Huelgoat.
Tim Bates and Amanda Bates recently
moved into the area and are about to open an Arts centre in
La Feuillée (5 mins from Huelgoat) where they will be
running art courses for adults and children as well as a
small gallery showing craft works from British and Breton
artists. They are opening on September 13th
and you can have a look at their website which is
currently being updated with course dates etc.
Mumei Juku is a small
private martial arts dojo, located in Poulpry, Nr. Scrignac
(29).
The main art taught at
the dojo is Wado-Ryu karate. There are also lessons in Muso
Shinden Ryu Iai-do (drawing and cutting with a Japanese
sword) and Shinden Muso Ryu Jo-do (4ft. Stick against a
Japanese sword).
The instructor is Stephen
Chamberlain 5th Dan Wado-Ryu karate, who has been
training/studying Wado-Ryu for 35 years and is a senior
instructor with Shikukai Karate International. He is also a
3rd Dan in Iai-do and a 3rd Dan in Jo-do with the British
Kendo and European Kendo Federations.
For more information you
can contact Steve on 02 98 78 14 86 or e.mail:-
Visit his site
here or read
an article about Steve
here
You may have heard
that there's a tennis club in town.
The "Tennis de l'Arrée"
club offers training seesions with a coach for players from
6 to 77 years old (or more if you're interested) on
Wednesday evening in the local omnisports hall from 6pm to
9pm. The charge for an hour's lesson a week (term time only)
with French Federation of Tennis membership included is
165 euros a year payable in three installments (that's 3 x
55 euros cheques) for over tens. It's 120 euros a year for 6
to 10 year olds (also payable in three goes: that's three
cheques for 40 euros). The association also has a package
for those who don't want lessons but just want to play a few
matches together at 50 euros a year, with the all important
FFT membership included and unlimited access at the times
that have currently been agreed with the town hall and when
the sports hall is free. Around thirty people have already
shown an interest which is not a bad start. The first
lessons start on Wednesday 19th September. All are welcome
to the sports hall at 6pm. Gor more info phone
02.98.99.99.56, or 02.98.99.99.37 or 06.83.48.68.19 or even
02.98.99.75.99.! It should be noted that for 5-10 year-olds
this year the first 1000 new members in Finistère (yes, that
means you've got a chance!) will receive their first racket
free from the fédération départementale
Thanks to Yann for this
information.
Garden and Gîte
services
So you dreamt about that cute little
cottage in Brittany with the nice little garden and you
finally made the leap and bought it. You've spent some nice
holidays there but you always spend the first couple of days
mowing the lawn and weeding the flower beds while the rest
of the family are off having fun. So how about getting a
gardener in to make sure everything's ready for your
arrival? Well, Carol and Mike at nearby Loqueffret have
recently set up a gardening and gîte service for the
Huelgoat area which is already finding success with people
in such a situation. They can keep your garden tidy or even
your gîte. For more information about the services they
offer give them a ring on 02 98 26 43 19 (That's 00 33 2 98
26 43 19 from the UK) or send them an e-mail at
mike.lloyd@tiscali.fr
Translator, Interpreter, Teacher!
Perhaps it's time to have
a go at learning something new or maybe improve on something
you can already do... such as speaking French!
You probably realise the
best way to integrate in a foreign country is to speak the
language. Let's face it though, learning a language is quite
a difficult thing to do. However help is at hand!
Johann Maunet is
continuing his popular French and English classes. Lessons
can take place in the evening or the daytime according your
availability. All are welcome. You should give Johann a ring
to register as places are limited since the aim is to have
small personalised groups catering for the learner's level.
These lessons are just part of his
activities which include teaching in local primary schools
and working as a translator-interpretor:
Did you know fewer and fewer people
are watching Tv these days and that kids are spending more
time on the internet than in front of the box? Well, France
being anti-minority languages (it's the only country in
Europe to have signed the EU charter for regional langueges
and not put it into practice via national law!) Bretons are
making the most of the Net by creating Web TV sites in
Breton. You can check some of these out for example at
blog.gwagenn.tv
(mostly filmed reports by young people) ,
brezhoweb.com (which has
has weekly 2hr live reports called WebNoz and watched by up
to 2000 internautes) or
dizale.org (for great cartoons dubbed into Breton).
These sites all provide a French translation for most of
what is written there. Anyway, it's a great way to
experience some Breton culture without leaving the house!
At the moment there are plenty of reports on the Vieilles
Charrues music festival. Check it out!
