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SUMMARY:CSF NEWSLETTER: SEPTEMBER 2023
DESCRIPTION:Hello Everyone\n\n\nLooking out over the Albères at the moment\, 7.30 in the evening\, everything is green and peaceful. The sun is setting later now and often casts its warm orange glow over my garden around 8.30. It’s only the beginning of September and there are still visitors enjoying our beautiful area – they want to make the most of the last days of summer. \nAs the temperatures drop to a comfortable 25\, the birds are back\, pecking at the cracks in the patio paving. The tramontane can blow all it likes at the moment – I’ll put up with the constant tapping and the flapping so long as I can feel a cool breeze on my face. \nDon’t be afraid to go to our Facebook page. It’s perfectly safe! Lots of photos and info. Go on\, I dare you… \nThis is our national website where there are some interesting news items. The CSF Shop will appear soon. Click on this and have a look at our new Christmas cards. \n\nTombola and raffle prizes for Autumn Ball\nWe would be very grateful indeed for anything you might have which you think worthy of a Tombola or Raffle prize. Bottles of wine or spirits\, unopened presents\, anything in good condition really: paintings\, ornaments\, china or glass\, scarves\, handkerchiefs\, fancy bed linen. \nAlso BRIC-A-BRAC wanted for a VIDE GRENIER in Maureillas (details below) \nPlease bring your donations along to any of our Drop Ins or email me and I will try and arrange a pick-up. \n\n\nDrop Ins\n\n\nWednesday 6 September\, Pablo’s Bar\, Céret\, 10.30 \n\nCome along for coffee and chat.  There will also be books and greetings cards and Céret is a great place to meet up with friends.\n\nMonday 18 September\, Café des Artistes\, Laroque des Albères\, 10.15 \nCome along and buy a coffee and take away a book or two.  If you have books to bring\, they must be paperbacks please.  No large books and no hardbacks or non-fiction.  Don’t forget there will be greetings cards on sale!\nWednesday 20 September\, Villa Lafabrègue\, Prades\, 10.15 \nCatch up with friends at this splendid villa. It’s in a beautiful area on the edge of the village. Coffee\, tea and books and greetings cards and maybe a few cakes. \nThursday 7th September\, Walk for Life\, Maureillas \nThis year’s Activity for Life has been cancelled. The Mairie requested that we share the venue for the day with another event of 100 participants. We reluctantly decided that this would not be feasible. We will be back bigger and better next year! \nLooking ahead\nSaturday 7th October\, Autumn Ball\, Bages\, 7pm – Midnight \nOur Autumn Ball in the Salle des Fêtes in Bages is always a fun evening!\nTICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE \nTapas\, Dessert and a glass of wine plus music from Zircon and dancing after the meal. There will also be a chance to win prizes on the Tombola and a Prize Draw at the end of the evening. \n\nThe price of a ticket is €20. Please bring your friends and make a night of it. We can reserve a table for up to 10 people. \nYou must purchase your ticket before the evening of the Ball and you can do this at any one of our events or Drop Ins or just email me. \n\n\nSunday 8th October\, Vide-grenier d’automne\, Prat de la Farga\, Maureillas\, 8am-6pm\nCSF will have a stand at this Vide. We will have Christmas cards for sale and other CSF goodies. If you have any bric-a-brac items collecting dust in your cupboard\, we’d love to have them for our table. Please let me know\, or bring them to one of our Drop Ins. \nThursday 17th October\, CSF Sud Information Meeting\, 9.30 – 12 noon \nOur Information Meeting will be held in the Maison de la Prévention Santé in Narbonne. It is a morning only event\, starting with coffee. This is a meeting where we tell members what we do and encourage new people to join. In the past we have extended this meeting to include an introduction to the Active Listening role – on this occasion we will simply talk generally about this it. It is open to all. \nAddress: 41\, boulevard Ferroul 11100 Narbonne\nParking: at Les Halles (the Maison is in the town centre) \nIf you would like to attend this meeting\, please let Sue Ackloo know by Friday 6 October. Her email address is sud-treasurer@cancersupportfrance.org \n\n\n\n\n\nPlease remember that if anyone is struggling or needing help\, the CSF telephone and email helplines are always open.   We are there for everyone needing assistance at this time as well as for those affected by cancer. There is also lots of information on our website.\n\n\n\n\nDiana Eastaff \n
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CATEGORIES:A Bit of Everything,Charity Events,Health & Well-Being
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SUMMARY:AT A GLANCE September 2023
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nAround the region September 2023\n\n\n\nWHEN & WHERE?\nWHAT?\n\n\n\n\nThroughout the year\nFairs and festivals around the region\, little and large\, celebrating every imaginable ‘produit de terroir’.\n\n\nThroughout the year\nCatch a bargain or get rid of your junk at one of the many vide-greniers across the region.\n\n\nThroughout September\nForums des associations.\n\n\nUntil 23rd September\nAcross the region\nFestival Courts Circuits 66. Festival & competition of short films\, with screenings in towns across the region. Website.\n\n\nThursday 31st August – Saturday 2nd\nVilla Palauda\, Thuir\nFestival Pellicu-live. Festival combining\, music\, film and gastronomy. Website.\n\n\nThursday 31st – Sunday 3rd\nBanyuls sur Mer\nBlue Tech Show. Tech innovation around water\, sea and environment\, with entertainment\, exhibitions and more. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nFriday 1st\nPort-Vendres\nFête du bicentenaire. 200th anniversary of Port Vendres. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nFriday 1st\, 6pm\nLe Racou\, Argelès sur Mer\nRac’o Jazz. Free jazz festival. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSaturday 2nd\nBanyuls sur Mer\nFête de fin d’été. Send off the summer season with a day of celebrations\, dancing and fun for the whole family. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSaturday 2nd\nCollioure\nDiada Catalana. Traditional Catalan celebrations. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSaturday 2nd\nMaureillas las Illas\nCatal Festa. Traditional Catalan celebrations. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSaturday 2nd\nSaint Cyprien\nSalon du livre. Book fair with signings\, readings and more. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSaturday 2nd\, 9.30pm\nPézilla la Rivière\nJeux de sorcières. Witching hour in Pézilla with pyrotechnic display and street performers. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSaturday 2nd – Sunday 17th\nPerpignan\nVisa pour l’Image.\n\n\nSunday 3rd\nCéret\nFête du livre. Book fair with signings\, readings and more. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSunday 3rd\, 5pm\nEglise\, Ria\nCanticel Concert.\n\n\nMonday 4th – Friday 8th\nOnline\nFree 5-day Pilates Challenge from Fit 66.\n\n\nThursday 7th\nPrat de Farga\, Maureillas\nCSF Walk for Life.\n\n\nFriday 8th\, 7.30pm\nCloisters\, Saint Génis des Fontaines\nChoir concert. Local choirs\, La Mi Bémol and Chorale International d’Albera perform popular music\, some of it quite unusual! Website.\n\n\nSaturday 9th\, 10am\nVillefranche de Conflent\nConcert on the train jaune. Enjoy the spectacular scenery with tales and stories\, traditional Catalan music and more. Animations free with a regular return ticket. Website.\n\n\nSaturday 9th\, 6pm\nChapelle de Juhègues\, Torreilles\nPyrenean Warriors. Heavy metal festival. Online ticket office.\n\n\nSaturday 9th – Sunday 10th\nCollioure\nFestival de fanfare. Street music and parades with the joyous Catalan fanfares. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSaturday 9th – Sunday 10th\nCollioure\nFestival de fanfare. Street music and parades with the joyous Catalan fanfares. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSunday 10th\, 4pm\nPrades\nFête de l’escalade. Demonstrations\, competitions & initiations for different climbing disciplines. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSunday 10th\, 5pm\nSalle des Fêtes\, le Perthus\nAutomne musical en Vallespir festival.\n\n\nFriday 15th – Sunday 17th\nSaint Cyprien\nFesta major.\n\n\nSaturday 16th\nLe Vallespir\nBearman Xtreme Triathlon.\n\n\nSaturday 16th\, 4.30pm\nEglise\, Les Cluses\nAutomne musical en Vallespir festival.\n\n\nSaturday 16th – Sunday 17th\nAcross the region\nJournées européennes de patrimoine.\n\n\nSaturday 16th – Sunday 17th\nCanet en Roussillon\nLa ferme à Canet.\n\n\nSaturday 16th – Sunday 17th\nTropique du Papillon\, Elne\nFestival du Papillon.\n\n\nSaturday 16th – Sunday 17th\nParc des Expos\, Perpignan\nTattoo convention. Over 150 tattoo & piercing artists\, with shows\, competitions and more. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSunday 17th\nCéret\nLa ronde céretane.\n\n\nSunday 17th\, 4.30pm\nEglise\, Saint André\nCanticel Concert.\n\n\nSunday 17th\, 5pm\nEglise\, l’Albère\nAutomne musical en Vallespir festival.\n\n\nFriday 22nd – Sunday 23rd\nSaint Cyprien\nLate Summer Days.\n\n\nFriday 22nd – Monday 24th\nArgelès sur Mer\nFesta Major. Celebrate the town’s patron saints\, Côme and Damien\, with lots of traditional Catalan festivities. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSaturday 23rd\, 3pm\nSaint Cyprien\nPatrouille de France.\n\n\nSaturday 23rd\, 5pm\nEglise\, Taillet\nAutomne musical en Vallespir festival.\n\n\nSaturday 23rd – Sunday 24th\nSalle Génin de Règnes\, Saint Cyprien\nForum bien-être. Navigate the change of seasons in the best of health with this well being salon. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSaturday 23rd – Sunday 24th\nParc de Clairfont\, Toulouges\nFestival de l’escargot.\n\n\nSunday 24th\nChâteau d’Aubiry\, Céret\nFête de la Nature en Vallespir. Discover the amazing local flora and fauna with this nature festival in Château d’Aubiry. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSunday 24th\, 2.30pm\nCinéma le Vauban\, Port Vendres\nAlice et les petits guérriers.\n\n\nSunday 24th\, 5pm\nEglise\, Nyls\nCanticel Concert.\n\n\nFriday 29th\, 8pm\nSalle polyvalent\, Vivès\nAutomne musical en Vallespir festival.\n\n\nFriday 29th – Saturday 30th\nLa Maison De L’eau Et De La Méditerranée\nLe Boulou\nFestival de la Mer. Celebration of the marine environment with entertainment\, awareness-raising stands\, and a chance to learn more about marine biodiversity\, its conservation\, issues linked to the ecosystem…. FREE\n\n\nSaturday 30th\, 6pm\nChâteau Valmy\, Argelès sur Mer\nFestival Azure. Music festival in the Valmy grounds. Website.\n\n\nSaturday 30th – Sunday 1st October\nLe Ptit Mailly\, Perpignan\nEt alors? 7th annual LGBT+ film festival. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSaturday 30th – Sunday 1st October\nEglise des Dominicains\, Perpignan\nFestival International del Disc & de la Bande Dessinée (FID BD).\n\n\n\n\nMORE…..\n\n\n\n\n*Photo credit: Tourisme Conflent Canigou \n \nANY EVENTS TO ADD? ADD YOUR OWN EVENTS BELOW\, OR SEND THEM TO US.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n
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SUMMARY:The Travessia de l’Estany\, Banyoles
DESCRIPTION:Sunday 17th September 2023\nCross the Lake – Travessia de l’Estany\nWith Simon Newman \n\nThe Travessia de l’Estany (crossing of the lake) at Banyoles every September is a great family day out – so pack a picnic and get on down there!\nA genial atmosphere at any event\, particularly outdoor ones\, can be a hard thing to put your finger on but you know instinctively whether it’s present or not. And there’s no doubting the atmosphere at the annual Travessia de l’Estany at Banyoles (Girona region) every September when over two thousand men\, women and youngsters take on the 2.2 km length of this 50 metre deep lake in what has become a major event in Catalonia’s autumn calendar. \nIt’s a social as much as a sporting occasion and you don’t need to be especially interested in swimming to enjoy the day\, for the energy and ambience of the Travessia is really something rather special. \n \nIn the hour or so before the race starts the buzz in the air is palpable and builds to a crescendo as the swimmers and their supporters jostle at the start point in that gloriously chaotic way for which Spaniards are famed. \nThe first race was held in 1944 when just 18 swimmers (men only back then) took the plunge. \nThe winner was one Felip Sanchez-Babot (interestingly he was also the race organiser\, but we’ll say no more of that) who took just over half an hour to complete the crossing. \nThese days the top-guns do it in 23 minutes\, while the fun swimmers can take an hour plus. Although there are massed starts for men and women\, all swimmers are electronically tagged and their individual performances are ultimately ranked in age groups\, with juniors and infants having their own shorter races. \n\nI had a go a couple of years ago and I have to say it was an unforgettable experience. \nThe launch pad for the mens’ event was a wooden decking area where 1200 hopefuls jockeyed for position – most of them seemingly a young Antonio Banderas complete with rippling six-packs and Speedo budgie-smugglers. \nDid I feel out of it? Mmmm\, just a tad. \nHowever my sense of abject inadequacy was soon dispelled as pounding rock music accompanied the countdown over the PA system. With the adrenalin running high I was all too soon carried by a lemming-like tide of humanity over the edge and into the unknown. \nThe serious swimmers\, that is to say most of the participants\, were away in a flash leaving the codgers like me plenty of room\, (to be honest\, only too welcome after the mayhem of the start) to plod their way down the central channel. \nThe winner of Banyoles’s Travessia de l’estany invariably comes from one of the top swimming clubs based either in Barcelona or Font Romeu. \nSo how did it go for me? Well in truth\, and despite a fair bit of preparation\, it was tougher\, colder\, and seemingly further than I had imagined and for the last half a kilometre or so I was definitely running on empty. \nOf the 1200 starters in the mens’ event there were 1170 finishers and I clocked-in third from last (how reassuringly British of me!) in seventy-seven minutes. This didn’t seem so bad until I realised that my time was nearly an hour more than the winner’s. \nStill\, it’s not about the winning. It’s realising what a decrepit wreck you’ve become that really counts. \nAnd yes\, it would have been nice to have staggered up the finishing steps (as indeed I did) to the accompaniment of a welcoming band and much hearty back-slapping from the organisers\, but the reality was they were all packing away their gear by the time I crossed the finish line. \nHowever my wife Pauline was there to rally round and provide a towel\, dry clothes and much needed refuelling. Never was there a more welcoming sight. \nAfter the awards ceremony (if only I’d held back a few seconds I’d have at least clinched the booby prize!) everyone congregates on the beautifully maintained green-swathes that surround the lake for a big extended family picnic. \nIt really is a fabulous location (the site of Barcelona’s Olympic rowing events in 1992\,) almost Alpine-like in its feel with no end of elegant\, grandiose lakeside villas complete with their own ornate bathing huts and boating jetties. \nThis year the 77th Travessia is to be held on Sunday 19th September so\, go on\, pack a baguette and some plonk and get on down there with family and friends – I promise you won’t be disappointed. \n\n\nBooking.com\n\n\n    (function(d\, sc\, u) {\n      var s = d.createElement(sc)\, p = d.getElementsByTagName(sc)[0];\n      s.type = 'text/javascript';\n      s.async = true;\n      s.src = u + '?v=' + (+new Date());\n      p.parentNode.insertBefore(s\,p);\n      })(document\, 'script'\, '//aff.bstatic.com/static/affiliate_base/js/flexiproduct.js');\n \nFull details at www.cnbanyoles.cat \n
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LOCATION:Banyoles
CATEGORIES:Family Fun,Festivals & Traditions,Games,Health & Well-Being,Kids,Outdoor Activities,Sport
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