Château du Val

Recently, we were delighted to welcome some very talented musicians at the Chateau.

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Music written, composed and performed by Fanny Morales (hopesmusic.org), directed by Yannick Derennes. 

Musiciens, Thomas Chapet (Drums), Iain Dunnet (Piano) and Alex Ledent (Base). Actors : Johann Sauvage, Gaëla Gautier, Emma Le Marechal, Clément Evain, Shani Strano, Dave and Cathy Pierce. 

Janet Menzies, journalist for The Field, captured perfectly one of our shooting weekends when she came to stay with us.

Published in the February 2018 edition of The Field magazine.

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Mark Hedges, editor of Country Life magazine, experienced "La Chasse" French style with us at the end of the last season. We also had a wonderful dinner together in Rochefort-en-Terre - highly recommended.

"Thank you Jocelyn, Everything was wonderful! Mark did an incredible job with all of the food. Our guests were raving about everything they ate. Charlène and Sandrine were terrific as well. They were so sweet and did a beautiful job with all of the decoration. Nicola was our hero. I can't say enough about how amazing he was. He did so much for us and always had a smile on his face. Nothing was too much for him. You've put together a great team who really helped make our whole stay incredible."

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Levi

Shotgun (AND) Wedding

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Last year we were delighted to host Alasdair Crosby, editor of RURAL - Jersey Country Life magazine.

We spent the day showing him how the French go about shooting and ended the day with dinner cooked by our chef Mark and of course some good scotch.

We say au revoir to Michel and all change

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After 11 years of loyal service, Michel our gamekeeper has decided to retire. Michel will be leaving us at the end of March to his farm in Langon. However, he is not going very far and I am sure we will see him often on the shoots.

With the departure of Michel, we are taking the opportunity to make some major changes:

Glyn Davies will take over the day to day management of the shoot activities. Glyn has successfully run shoots and has been helping Michel throughout the last season. He will be aided by Mark who will also be joining us at the end of the year, and of course Alain, and Cedric will continue to liven our shoots with their dogs. Vic, an expert in forest management, is going to look after the woods and make sure we have excellent rides and paths throughout the woods for the shoot and very importantly do it in a way that will make the woods live and develop.

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Finally, we have decided to remove the nets that cover the two pheasant pens and plant more crops in the woods to encourage an even spread of birds. With all this we are sure the shoots are going to be even more exciting next season.

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Lampions du Noel

Chateau du Val, St Just

Entrance to the public is Free

We are thrilled to be holding our 3rd "Christmas Lantern event" A Christmas market will be held at the Chateau from 2pm on 18th December, with a magical candle lit walk accompanied by Icelandic ponies at 5pm. A visit to Father Christmas in the Chateau, Christmas stories, mince pies, mulled wine and galettes will all be available to keep you entertained. A great way to get into the Christmas spirit.

We look forward to seeing you.

Living, Working and Loving Life in Brittany

Saturday 12 November 2016

Chateau du Val, St Just

Entrance to the public is Free

This year we are doing something different and holding the Exhibition in the Main House, buildings and grounds of the Chateau du Val near St Just.

With British Goodies available from Christmas crackers and cards to fresh, chilled and Frozen foods; artisans and experts to talk too, craft stands, art to buy and much more, this is an event not to be missed. Looking for something to eat? Kerbian Farm will be providing Fish and Chips, Curry and more for you to enjoy.

Useful information:

The Chateau du Val will be signposted from St Just, but you can also find directions on their website. Open from 10:00 - 16:30 for visitors. Details on the Exhibitor's and what they do/have will be available nearer the time on Ai Brittany.
 

Interested in being part of the Event?

If you would like to exhibit or want to advertise on Ai please email richard.barnes@angloinfo.com.  We do not have any interior space left, we have a limited number of outside spaces left, please contact us urgently if you want one.

If you would like to come along but are unsure how to get there or want to know more about the Expo in general please e-mail brittany@angloinfo.com.

We look forward to seeing you.