Yesterday was Jayac’s soirée crêpes – well it was actually l’après-midi as the original soirée was cancelled due to the snow. Sunday afternoons are usually kept for sporting activities, family outings & gardening if the weather’s good (which it was yesterday) so we didn’t expect a massive crowd but enough people made the effort which was good.

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These events are more for boosting the community spirit rather than making a profit which is invaluable for bringing some life into little villages like Jayac which could so easily drift into a ghost town state outside the tourist season.

We like to volunteer when we can as a huge amount of preparation is required to pull it all together. This time Amar was assigned to the chicken & mushroom crêpes. There was also a more traditional ham,emmental & very runny egg version and an array of dessert crêpes with sugar, jams, honey or France’s favourite, Nutella. This was all to be washed down with unlimited jugs of red wine or cider.

lots of chickens to roast

lots of roasted chickens!

dessert crêpes

Entertainment came in the form of drums by Yves and accordian by Nicholas Peuch which was much appreciated by our little crowd.

music by Nicholas Peuch & Yves

There was also the obligatory conga which is so very un -Périgordine but always seems to make an appearance at these gatherings and for some reason attracts good audience participation!! Note to self : when everyone else has their hands on the shoulders of the person in front of them maybe it’s not such a good idea to grab the mayor round the waist!The next event will likely be for the Fête de St Jean in June which will certainly be an evening affair with BBQ and bonfire and should definitely be a bit busier as the tourist season will be in full swing by then.

As yet no more mention of the Scottish evening I was volunteered for,thank goodness! Can’t even begin to imagine how much time I’d need to spend translating the country dances…mind you if the conga is anything to go by there should be no shortage of people willing to give it a go…watch this space!