tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post6852239205458379177..comments2023-10-14T12:22:12.267+02:00Comments on Chez Charnizay: Brocante des livresNiall & Antoinettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-27053716026640884002012-04-06T17:00:56.328+02:002012-04-06T17:00:56.328+02:00@Vera - we can never resist a rummage and always c...@Vera - we can never resist a rummage and always come away with a purchase or two. The reading in French will take a bit of effort :-).<br />Hope you have a happy & peaceful Easter as well.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-64850664763696245202012-04-05T17:35:42.731+02:002012-04-05T17:35:42.731+02:00Now that book fayre sounds interesting. Would love...Now that book fayre sounds interesting. Would love to have had a rummage amongst the books myself! Hope you enjoy your reading, and wishing you a lovely and peaceful Easter.Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-86300742907730871632012-04-04T16:10:20.761+02:002012-04-04T16:10:20.761+02:00@Martine - no, but it sounds a fab place to go![ha...@Martine - no, but it sounds a fab place to go![haven't been to Villandry since the late 1990's]Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-50443745802372236202012-04-04T16:09:09.071+02:002012-04-04T16:09:09.071+02:00@Fly - lord knows! Did you see the most recent cov...@Fly - lord knows! Did you see the most recent cover of the Economist [re French elections]? Says it all.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-72658742938636190662012-04-04T16:08:03.769+02:002012-04-04T16:08:03.769+02:00@Jean - it is a bit 'fresh' today but shou...@Jean - it is a bit 'fresh' today but should improve a little -- 17C -- by the weekend.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-13133669165863866152012-04-04T16:07:08.566+02:002012-04-04T16:07:08.566+02:00@Diane - we love books and have to keep creating m...@Diane - we love books and have to keep creating more space. So every so often we have a cull. Then we start to re-fill the space we've liberated!Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-31960253467763018942012-04-04T16:05:16.724+02:002012-04-04T16:05:16.724+02:00@LindyLou - not common here at all. This is the on...@LindyLou - not common here at all. This is the one and only.<br /><br />Remember one summer we rented a place near St Antonin Noble Val [much further south in the Quercy] and found a wonderful English secondhand bookstore where you could lose yourself for hrs on a hot day. A real higgledy-piggledy place :-)Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-88184545772722125102012-04-04T15:59:02.752+02:002012-04-04T15:59:02.752+02:00@Gaynor - don't know how often the hold these ...@Gaynor - don't know how often the hold these brocantes but will keep an eye out.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-79128199961768339662012-04-04T15:58:15.572+02:002012-04-04T15:58:15.572+02:00@Perpetua - *mild shudder* at Mills & Boon in ...@Perpetua - *mild shudder* at Mills & Boon in French!<br />It is sometimes sad to see over-restored or rebuilt churches as they lose some of their soul; like an over restored piece of furniture loses its patination of use. But then as you say in your area they had no choice.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-36028803035061416432012-04-04T15:52:38.964+02:002012-04-04T15:52:38.964+02:00@Broad - there were plenty of pigeons roosting in ...@Broad - there were plenty of pigeons roosting in nooks in the outside stonework. Not helpful for the building's conditionNiall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-72809731593461888412012-04-04T15:51:12.954+02:002012-04-04T15:51:12.954+02:00@Susan - although tidy and obviously looked after ...@Susan - although tidy and obviously looked after [swept etc] it was very damp inside; so some work is urgently needed.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-50071772532094769292012-04-04T15:49:32.261+02:002012-04-04T15:49:32.261+02:00@Jane & Lance - it was nice to pick up some ag...@Jane & Lance - it was nice to pick up some aged [but in good condition] Penguin classics :-)<br />Sad indeed, but fingers crossed some repairs will happen.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-91140198977843661902012-04-04T07:20:38.629+02:002012-04-04T07:20:38.629+02:00What a nice find! When I first saw the photo of th...What a nice find! When I first saw the photo of the bar I thought it was the 'Epicerie Gourmande' in Villandry. Have you ever been there? It's a lovely place, selling yummy cheeses, salamis, wines, herbs and teas. It also runs a small restaurant where you can eat delicious salads and sweet and savoury crêpes. I strongly recommend it! Martineladybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690656561242165157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-61702594980672108742012-04-04T00:56:01.367+02:002012-04-04T00:56:01.367+02:00'Le Champ de Livres' sounds a great organi...'Le Champ de Livres' sounds a great organisation - and I envy your bargains!<br /><br />A great shame about the church in such a bad state of repair - but where is the restoration of local churches in the varying Presidential campaign offerings...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-57474918959536094282012-04-03T22:50:09.432+02:002012-04-03T22:50:09.432+02:00I love book fairs and find books irresistible. Wi...I love book fairs and find books irresistible. Wish we could have been there !! <br />I hope the weather holds for our trip, we're expecting snow here tonight - snow !! - it was 21°C last week !!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-24241879198748484242012-04-03T21:23:08.563+02:002012-04-03T21:23:08.563+02:00I love book fairs, I generally come back with the ...I love book fairs, I generally come back with the boot of the car full, at least 50% are not too bad!<br />Sounds to me like the budget is low if the church is standing by waiting for restoration. The trouble is the longer it is left the more expensive it becomes! Happy Easter DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-20059176420053142802012-04-03T20:06:52.010+02:002012-04-03T20:06:52.010+02:00Book Fairs are definitely our cup of tea as well, ...Book Fairs are definitely our cup of tea as well, but nothing like that round where we live and certainly not books in English.LindyLouMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282788551449445133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-91851943701750231862012-04-03T19:35:22.072+02:002012-04-03T19:35:22.072+02:00We are always hoping that one of the meetings will...We are always hoping that one of the meetings will coincide with a visit. When we arrived on Saturday we saw the sale and intended to pop back later. Needless to say we forgot!GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-62639941803281824212012-04-03T19:35:15.178+02:002012-04-03T19:35:15.178+02:00What a good day you had! A book fair would be righ...What a good day you had! A book fair would be right up my street too, but so far I've had to content myself with the local vide-grenier bookstalls, with people trying to sell me Mills & Boon novels in French at 10 for a euro. :-)<br /><br />It's sad to see the church so neglected. One of the few advantages of all the war damage in our area is that the churches have been thoroughly restored or rebuilt, but then somehow they lack a sense of history....Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-77890918529340842142012-04-03T18:40:30.133+02:002012-04-03T18:40:30.133+02:00So many churches in rural France in need of urgent...So many churches in rural France in need of urgent repair or at least some TLC. Fortunately, the 12th Century church in or village has found the funds to do the renovation it so desperately needs. But it is quite shocking to go into some of these ancient buildings, some of them quite prominent, and discover birds flying around inside as well as debris and other signs of neglect.<br /><br />Love the sound of your book brocante -- it would be lovely to find one in our neck of the woods and divest ourselves of some of our excess library...The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-70681378017977931522012-04-03T18:37:18.734+02:002012-04-03T18:37:18.734+02:00I don't quite know what the problem with the r...I don't quite know what the problem with the repairs of the church in La Celle-Guenand is. I thought it was all in train a couple of years ago, but nothing has actually happened. As usual, I forgot the book fair was on...Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-64938274445207226332012-04-03T17:06:22.747+02:002012-04-03T17:06:22.747+02:00Hello Niall and Antoinette:
No, we should not have...Hello Niall and Antoinette:<br />No, we should not have been able to resist the Book Fair either. You certainly do sound to have been able to snap up bargains and how very civilised for the Fair to be held in a café!<br /><br />It is sad to see so many rural churches in need of repair. We really do fear that so many of them will just become beyond all hope of restoration if this tide of destruction is not halted soon.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com