Book Club
A group of book loving Anglophones meet together regularly to discuss books that have been chosen by its members. If you, like us, enjoy reading. Perhaps you would like the opportunity to explore books that you might not have thought of trying. We are a friendly bunch and our discussions are often lively and thought […]
English / French Conversation Groups
We have recently formed two conversation groups; one to cater for beginners wanting to learn French and a second our French speakers who want to improve their English (with a little French thrown in!) We have a group of members (English and French) who facilitate these groups. We generally plan specific themes or subjects each […]
Dance Group
Why not join us to learn country dancing? Our dance group meets every other Tuesday during term time near Coutances. The evening encompasses English Country Dancing, Scottish Country Dancing and a touch of Morris Dancing thrown in as well. Members and non-members are welcome, men and women, you don’t need to have a partner to […]
Walking Group
Our walking group meets once a month from February to June and from September to November. All members are welcome – we have some regulars but also people who dip in and out as it suits them. We walk for about 5km – taking around an hour and a half. We try to put together […]
Book Club goes International
Our book club members were very excited when we were approached with a proposal for a meeting between a book club in Jersey and ourselves. After a great deal of liaising and planning, our Jersey guests arrived on the Saturday afternoon. The evening was kindly hosted at the home of a member of the Coutances-Jersey […]
September Walk at Coutainville
Our walk took us past some very large holiday villas, but also some cosy houses surrounded by beautiful trees and flowers. We all thoroughly enjoyed it and unbelievably the rain waited until we entered the restaurant! We all took the starter buffet and the lunch formule. There was a good ambiance present. Once again it […]
Dance Group at Le Manoir
Our Dance Group has been meeting once a fortnight. Under the guidance of Louise we have had great fun and much hilarity learning some more English and Scottish country dances. Our season culminated in June in a small dance “show” at Le Manoir retirement home in Coutances and an end-of-season party at Gratot. This was […]
1st French conversation group
Not wanting to wait for La Rentrée, 11 keen members got together on 21 August for the first of the French conversation groups. Introductions (in French of course) were made and various aspects of the weather discussed and phrases learnt. Hopefully everyone gained from the discussion and learnt at least that it’s OK to open […]
Walk at Hambye
16 people and one dog enjoyed a walk in the vicinity of the Abbey at Hambye. Whilst it was raining heavily prior to the walk, it did not rain during the walk but the ground was very wet and some of the bridges were very slippery. Following the walk we had a very nice 3 […]