A brief look back at a significant area of influence, of which Le Bugue — at the heart of the Black Périgord — remains the beating heart. The choice of landscapes to settle in after the nomadic Prehistory, 10,000 years ago, is characterized by mature and wise thinking. The lively waters of the Ladouch stream — "The Source" in Occitan — splash the hillsides of a fertile valley before flowing into the Vézère River. It floods, in turn, vast undulating plains through its sinuous meanders.

Given the number of dreadful accidents over the past few years in France – with stray bullets fatally injuring car drivers, hikers or residents in their garden – tensions are rising between the hunters and those who firmly believe that hunting should be banned on their land. And they have every right to think that way. “No-hunting” laws exist, except in three départements in Alsace-Moselle – an exception to the rule. Everywhere else, to assert this legal right to ban hunting, all you have to do is make a request by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt and send it to the Fédération des Chasseurs in your département. Their presidents and their technicians are your privileged interlocutors; they will be there to inform you and assist you. They are the only ones authorised to do so. In this article we shall be telling you the fast and easy steps to follow.

A substantial part of the Telethon held in December 2011 in Aubas and neighbouring villages was staged at the Château de Sauvebœuf, which Claude and Florence Douce, eminent patrons of this noble cause, made available to the charity workers. After a talk by Gonzague Saint Bris on his recent biography of Balzac and a harp and guitar recital by the “Fingers Crossed” ensemble came a splendid banquet, like those we read about in Balzac’s novels, prepared by chef Eric Boyard and his “Il pleut dans ma bouche” kitchen brigade, assisted for the occasion by the “Aubas’Tringue” troupe of actors. A feast and a feat that transported the kitchens and the banqueting hall to the age of the great Flemish masters. A heavenly meal with a very special treat in store, as you’ll see in Ferrassie TV’s coverage of this special event organised to raise funds for the A.F.M., Association Française contre les Myopathies.

In Le Bugue’s old tax office, opposite the primary school in rue de la Boétie, when the braderie (*) is on it’s the very best place to go for second-hand clothes for the whole family … and you’ll get the warmest of welcomes from the devoted voluntary workers who collect and redistribute all the clothing. The Red Cross needs you - to continue helping people, quickly, simply and with the same efficiency.
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A scene from another age – the swearing in of two knights – took place this summer beneath the towering walls of Paunat Abbey. A singularly strange ceremony which we were authorized to film in the aroma of Paunat’s far-famed cauldron. “Les haricots couenne de Paunat” are the carefully kept secret of an age-old recipe of slow-cooked white beans and pork rind.

On this exceptional Sunday, Saint-Sulpice church was literally packed to witness a pastoral transition : Father Gérard Blanc taking over from Father Bernard Lambert and Father Julien Charrier as the new priest of the parish of Saint-Martin-sur-Vézère.