Alès Coffee Morning
2026-03-09 10:30 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris) | Café Restaurant L’atelier de Marie, 8 Place Gabriel Péri, Alès, 30100, France
Monday 9 March, 10:30am – noon
Café Restaurant L’atelier de Marie, Place Gabriel Péri, Alès
Come and join your BN friends for coffee and a chat! You will find us inside during the winter months but we are hoping for at least some sunshine for our March gathering.
There’s lots of parking on the lower level of the quays, with the first hour free.

Francis is looking forward to seeing you this month, so please RSVP by 7 March to let him know if you’d like to join us.
New members are always welcome. We look forward to seeing you!
Francis Lagarde
francis@britsnimes.com

Sommières Coffee Morning
2026-03-10 10:30 - 12:00 | La Maison d’Avignon, Place Jean Jaurès, Sommieres, 30250, France
Tuesday 10 March, 10:30am
La Maison d’Avignon, 4 Place Jean Jaurès, 30250 Sommières
Join hosts Jean and Derek for coffee and a chat at La Maison d’Avignon. La Maison d’Avignon is located under the beautiful arches in Place Jean Jaurès, with plenty of indoor seating for these colder days. Please note our new starting time and be sure to look for us inside.
Enjoy free parking across the river and take a short stroll across the bridge. Walk under the Clock Tower, follow the street to the end, and you’ll reach Place Jean Jaurès.
If you’d like to come along, please RSVP by 8 March.
Jean & Derek Bawden
derek@britsnimes.com

Sauve Coffee Morning - Date change!
2026-03-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Cafe du Jardin, Rue des Combes, Sauve, 30610, France
Friday 13 March, 10:30am
Café du Jardin, Rue des Combes, 30610 Sauve
Come and join us for coffee and conversation. We will be at our usual winter spot and ready to have fun and share our newest adventures.
Please RSVP by 10 March to let Suzanne know if you are coming. Hope to see you on the 13th.
Suzanne Saxe-Roux
suzanne2@britsnimes.com

Hiking Club
2026-03-15 07:30 - 09:30 | Vaunage, Calvisson, Gard, 30420, France
Sunday 15 March
A Winter Loop in Vaunage
30420 Calvisson
Join us for a pleasant and hopefully very sunny hike overlooking the Vaunage valley. For more details, keep an eye out for the flyer in early March. Hope to see you there.
Xavier Castor – Hike Leader
Mary Brent Knutsson – Hike Administrator
marybrent@britsnimes.com

Billiards Club
2026-03-16 19:00 - 21:00 | O’Flaherty’s Irish pub, 21 boulevard Amiral Courbet, Nîmes, Gard, 30000, France
Monday 16 March, 7:00pm
O’Flaherty’s Irish Pub
27 Amiral Courbet, 30000 Nîmes

Come and join our growing group for an evening of fun and friendship. All are welcome from novice to expert players and spectators and cheerleaders.
There’s parking 200m away at the Parking Indigo Nîmes Porte Auguste, under the Église Sainte-Baudile.
Please RSVP to Joe by 14 March so we know how many are coming.
Looking forward to seeing you on Monday the 16th.
Joe Schulz
joe@britsnimes.com

Alès Book Club
2026-03-17 14:30 - 15:30 | Café Restaurant L’atelier de Marie, 8 Place Gabriel Péri, Alès, 30100, France
Tuesday 17 March, 2:30pm
Café Restaurant L’atelier de Marie, Place Gabriel Péri, Alès
The Alès book club will meet on Tuesday 17th March at 2:30 in its usual venue, L’atelier de Marie, Place Gabriel Péri, Alès
Our book will be ‘A Woman of no Importance’ by Sonia Purnell, which tells the Second World War story of Virginia Hall, an American who infiltrated Vichy command, training civilians in guérilla warfare and springing soldiers from Nazi prison camps. A superb true tale of espionage and courage and secrets.
Please RSVP to Yvette by 15 March to let her know you are attending.
New members are always welcome, please contact Yvette for more details.
Yvette Judge
yvette@britsnimes.com

Uzès Book Club
2026-03-17 15:00 - 16:30 | Uzès, Uzès, 30700, France
Tuesday 17 March, 3:00pm
At a Member’s home the third Tuesday of the Month
In March we will be discussing “The Finest Hotel in Kabul” by Lyse Doucet. Lyse Doucet first arrives at the Kabul Inter-Continental Hotel on Christmas Day 1988, the day after her thirtieth birthday, to cover the withdrawal of Soviet troops. But she was immediately taken by the faded grandeur of the hotel and the warmth of its staff. Over the next four decades, Lyse would become the world’s best-respected war correspondent, reporting on moments from the Arab Spring to the Russian invasion of Ukraine as Chief International Correspondent for the BBC. Yet, she is always drawn back to her Afghan home, the hotel most people just call the ‘Inter-Con’. Here, by drawing upon years of conversations with its staff and guests, she tells the story that only she can. The book offers an unflinching and intimate portrait of contemporary Afghanistan, from the hopeful days following the fall of the Taliban’s first regime to the chilling return of fear under their second rule.
The Book Club has a waiting list at the moment, but we are happy to share our 2026 book list (created via a member poll) if anyone is looking for new reading ideas. Please contact us if you are interested in being added to the waiting list or receiving our book choices.
Christine Frati Angela Denton-Thompson
christine@britsnimes.com angeladt@britsnimes.com

Nîmes Apéro-New Date!
2026-03-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Tempo Restaurant, 9 Place de la Couronne, Nîmes, 30000, France
Wednesday 18 March, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Tempo Restaurant, 9 Sq. de la Couronne, 30000 Nîmes
Join us at our spacious and cozy apéro spot, Tempo! Unfortunately they are not available on Thursday so we will see you all a day earlier. We are looking forward to seeing all of our regulars and new members for an evening of drinks and chatter on the 18th!
Pay parking is available at Indigo Nimes Arènes. The closest entrance to the parking garage in relation to Tempo will be on Rue Notre Dame.
Please RSVP no later than 9 pm 16 March to Barney’s email address below. See you there!
Barney Lehrer
barney@britsnimes.com

Uzès Coffee Morning-New venue
2026-03-19 10:00 - 11:30 | Era Ora, 66 Bd Gambetta, Uzes, 30700, France
Thursday 19 March, 10:00am – 11:30am
Era Ora, 66 Blvd Gambetta, 30700 Uzès
The Uzès Coffee morning’s standard location will be closed during the March 19 scheduled date and we will meet instead at Era Ora, an Italian Restaurant located at 66 blvd Gambetta. It’s a little more expensive but the Italian Hot Chocolate and coffees are very good. Croissants will also be available. Time remains the same,
10:00-11:30am.
We are looking forward to seeing you.
Please RSVP by 17 March to let Paula know you are attending.
Paula Hunter
paula@britsnimes.com

Creative Hive (New Club)
2026-03-19 14:00 - 17:00 | St Victor de Malcap, Gard, 30303, France
Thursday 19 March, 2:00pm
Home of Valerie Thompson, Saint-Victor-de-Malcap
The Creative Hive get together is 19 March at 2:00pm. Join us as we “Plan for Easter”. If you’d like to join our creative group for some fun please let Valerie know.
If you are planning to attend, please RSVP by Tuesday 17 March. Thank you
Valerie Thompson
valerie@britsnimes.com

Uzège-Area Apéro
2026-03-25 17:30 - 19:00 | Le Vieux Cafe, 1 Bd Gambetta, Uzes, 30700, France
Wednesday, 25 March, 5:30 pm – 7:00pm
Le Vieux Café, 1 Boulevard Gambetta, 30700 Uzès
Join us for our monthly get-together at our regularly scheduled 4th Wednesday of the month. We are enjoying our new winter venue and have a room reserved for our get together and hope we will see you there. Please make certain you have reserved your space by letting Jean know you are coming. We are looking forward to seeing you all there. You will find Le Vieux Café at 1 Boulevard Gambetta in Uzés and our meeting time will be from 5:30pm to 7:00pm.
Your attendance must be confirmed with Jean by Monday 22 March. I am looking forward to seeing you on the 25th.
Jean Clegg
Jean@britsnimes.com

BritsVignes
2026-03-27 10:00 - 12:30 | Les Collines de Bourdic, Bourdic, 30190, France
Friday 27 March, 10:00am
Les Collines du Bourdic
30190 Bourdic
In March, we will be visiting Les Collines du Bourdic, which is a large cave cooperative located in the village of Bourdic. This is the site where the wine making takes place, not to be confused with their sales cooperative at Saint Maximin! Originally opened in 1928 when a group of local winegrowers from four villages decided to join forces and produce wine together. Today, this has grown into 110 vignerons working over 1,800 hectares of vineyards, producing over 30 cuvées!
Our visit will include a one-hour visit to the cave, followed by a guided tasting of 7 different wines.
Here’s the link to their website: https://www.collines-du-bourdic.com for more details.
After the visit, there is an option to have lunch at La Bergerie, a Franco-Mauritian fusion restaurant in Garrigues-Saint-Eulalie. Have a look at their website for details of their menus and wines: https://labergerie-restaurant.fr/menu/
Barney Lehrer
barney@britsnimes.com

Nîmes Book Club-New Venue
2026-03-27 10:30 - 12:00 | Maison Quaker, 11 Avenue des Quakers, Congenis, 30011, France
Nîmes Book Club (Venue Change)
Friday 27 March, 10:30am
Maison Quaker, 11 avenue des Quakers, 30011 Congénies

Our book this month is “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight” by Alexandra Fuller.
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight is Alexandra Fuller’s coming of age memoir in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) during the 1970s, during the civil war. She recounts, in often vivid detail, the harsh realities of living in a violently polarized society and the deep scars that war leaves upon its survivors.
It’s a fascinating story of an unusual, highly independent immigrant family from Britain, forever moving from one farm to another, with each change putting them more at risk from the guerilla insurgency. And there are thoughtful accounts/reflections on how the black Rhodesian farm employees saw the Fuller family. Alexandra pulls no punches, so the story is vivid, often funny, often painful.
For practical reasons attendance is limited to 14.
If you wish to attend e-mail me by March 20.
Geneviève Arnaud-Vincent
genevieve@britsnimes.com

Gardening Club
2026-03-28 15:00 - 18:00 | Uzès, Uzès, 30700, France
Saturday 28 March, 3:00pm
Home of Julia Crick

Finally, Spring is springing and the Garden Club will have its first meeting of the year on March 28 at my house. This will be an opportunity to discuss overwintering problems and exchange seedlings and seeds ready to plant for the Spring and Summer. There will be an opportunity to walk around my garden if the weather holds out. There will also be a Gardeners Quiz and as usual light bites and wine/beer/tea/coffee/soft drinks will be available.
Dogs are welcome as long as you keep them under control – I have a dog and 2 cats myself. There is ample parking at my house. We will kick off at 15:00.
Please contact me via email below if you would like to attend.
And just an advance warning, our April meeting will need to be rescheduled for Saturday May 2nd.
Julia Crick
Julia@britsnimes.com

Nimes Coffee Morning-New Venue
2026-04-01 10:00 - 11:30 | Les Tables de la Fontaine, Les Tables de la Fontaine, 9 Quai Georges Clemenceau, Nîmes, Gard, 30900, France
After a hugely successful kick-off coffee at Les Tables in March, please join us at this beautiful venue for our April meet up! Enjoy a coffee or tea at Les Tables in the beautiful Jardins de la Fontaine. Providing our spring weather cooperates, we will be changing our location slightly to the wooden deck that is up the steps to the side entrance to the Café (If the weather is dismal, look for us inside!). Make sure no one pins a picture of a fish to your back on your way to coffee!
We must reserve space, so please RSVP me by 9:00 PM, 30 March. This is especially important as we were such a large group in March, we need to give them a realistic expectation as to the size of our crowd for April.
Pay parking is available at Quai Georges Clemenceau next to the restaurant.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Debbie Connell
debbie@britsnimes.com

Alès Apéro
2026-04-07 18:00 - 20:00 | V and B Alès, 173 Rte de Nîmes, Alès, 30100, France
Tuesday 7 April, 6:00 – 8:00pm
V & B Alès, 173 Route de Nîmes, 30100 Alès
Join us the first Tuesday of every month for drinks and fun. There is plenty of space at V & B so do come on over for drinks, snacks and friendly chatter with your fellow BN members.
If you’d like to come along, please RSVP by 5 April to let Elspeth know you’ll be there.
Elspeth Town
elspeth@britsnimes.com

Alès Coffee Morning
2026-04-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Café Restaurant L’atelier de Marie, 8 Place Gabriel Péri, Alès, 30100, France
Monday 13 April, 10:30am – noon
Café Restaurant L’atelier de Marie, Place Gabriel Péri, Alès
Come and join your BN friends for coffee and a chat! We are hoping to find ourselves outside enjoying a sunny morning, but if the rain prevails, you can find us inside enjoying our morning coffee in warmth.
There’s lots of parking on the lower level of the quays, with the first hour free.

Francis is looking forward to seeing you this month, so please RSVP by 11 April to let him know if you’d like to join us.
New members are always welcome. We look forward to seeing you!
Francis Lagarde
francis@britsnimes.com

Sommières Coffee Morning
2026-04-14 10:30 - 12:00 | La Maison d’Avignon, Place Jean Jaurès, Sommieres, 30250, France
Tuesday 14 April, 10:30am
La Maison d’Avignon, 4 Place Jean Jaurès, 30250 Sommières
Join hosts Jean and Derek for coffee and a chat at La Maison d’Avignon. La Maison d’Avignon is located under the beautiful arches in Place Jean Jaurès, Hopefully we will be enjoying our coffee outside under the lovely arches of Place Jean Jaurès.
Enjoy free parking across the river and take a short stroll across the bridge. Walk under the Clock Tower, follow the street to the end, and you’ll reach Place Jean Jaurès.
If you’d like to come along, please RSVP by 12 April.
Jean & Derek Bawden
derek@britsnimes.com

Uzès Coffee Morning-New venue
2026-04-16 10:00 - 11:30 | La Fille de Vignes, 18 Place Albert 1er, Uzès, 30700, France
Thursday 16 April, 10:00am – 11:30am
La Fille des Vignes, 18 Pl. Albert 1er, 30700 Uzès
We are back at our usual Coffee Morning haunt, La Fille des Vignes. The restaurant is conveniently located next to the Tourist Office in Uzès. Being such a popular spot, we are limited in the number of ‘coffee drinkers’ we can accommodate, even when we are outdoors enjoying the spring weather. So if you’d like to join us for coffee, tea and a good chat among friends, please let Paula know.
New members are always welcome. We look forward to seeing you on the 16th.
Please RSVP by 12 April to let Paula know you are attending.
Paula Hunter
paula@britsnimes.com

Nîmes Apéro-New Date!
2026-04-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Tempo Restaurant, 9 Place de la Couronne, Nîmes, 30000, France
Thursday 16 April, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Tempo Restaurant, 9 Sq. de la Couronne, 30000 Nîmes
Join us at our spacious and cozy apéro spot, Tempo! We are looking forward to seeing our regulars and new members for an evening of drinks and chatter on the 16th! If the weather is pleasant, you will find us on the beautiful terrace in the Square.
Pay parking is available at Indigo Nimes Arènes. The closest entrance to the parking garage in relation to Tempo will be on Rue Notre Dame.
Please RSVP no later than 9 pm 14 April to Barney’s email address below. See you there!
Barney Lehrer
barney@britsnimes.com

Hiking Club
2026-04-19 09:30 - 11:30
Sunday 19 April, 9:30am
Hiking Festival, 30110 Laval Pradal
For the April hike, we invite you to participate in a HIKING FESTIVAL organized by the FF RANDONEE. This years’ hike, is located in the heart of the Cévennes Gardoises, in Laval-Pradel that still bears the visible traces of its mining past.
Below is a link with more information. You are also welcome to ask any questions concerning the hike.
Fête de la Randonnée 2026
There is an online registration and a 5€ charge.
Keep your eye out for the Flyer with detailed information and sign-up link to be issued imminently.
Xavier Castor – Hike Leader
Mary Brent Knutsson – Hike Administrator
marybrent@britsnimes.com

Walking Club
2026-04-19 10:30 - 13:30
Sunday 19 April, 10:30am
Route de Barjac 30500 Saint Ambroix
A walk through the edge of the Gard where the Cévennes meets the Ardèche.
We shall start by walking 15 mins into St Ambroix, for a coffee stop. We will then head out of town and over the Cèze and towards St Victor de Malcap.
For more details and to register for this walk, please see the Flyer to be issued very early April.
Nicola Denise
nicki@britsnimes.com

Billiards Club
2026-04-20 19:00 - 21:00 | O’Flaherty’s Irish pub, 21 boulevard Amiral Courbet, Nîmes, Gard, 30000, France
Monday 20 April, 7:00pm
O’Flaherty’s Irish Pub
27 Amiral Courbet, 30000 Nîmes
Come and join our growing group for an evening of fun and friendship. All are welcome from novice to expert players and spectators and cheerleaders.

There’s parking 200m away at the Parking Indigo Nîmes Porte Auguste under the Église Sainte-Baudile.
Please RSVP to Joe by 18 April so we know how many are coming. Looking forward to seeing you on Monday the 20th.
Joe Schulz
joe@britsnimes.com

Alès Book Club
2026-04-21 14:30 - 15:30 | Café Restaurant L’atelier de Marie, 8 Place Gabriel Péri, Alès, 30100, France
Tuesday 21 April, 2:30pm
Café Restaurant L’atelier de Marie, Place Gabriel Péri, Alès
The Alès book club will meet on Tuesday April 21st at 2:30 in its usual venue, L’atelier de Marie, Place Gabriel Péri, Alès.
Our book will be ‘Beartown’ by Fredrik Backman. Beartown is a small community deep in Sweden’s north. It’s cold, dark for most of the year, there aren’t enough jobs and the population is dwindling. The people who live there are obsessed with ice hockey and when junior team reach the national semifinals, it’s the most exciting thing that’s happened in the town for years, and the residents are full of pride and excitement. But then a crime is committed which threatens all of that, and the recriminations affect the whole town. The fallout from that incident and the moral dilemmas of the characters make up the rest of the book
Please RSVP to Yvette by 19th April to let her know you are attending.
New members are always welcome, please contact Yvette for more details.
Yvette Judge
yvette@britsnimes.com

Uzès Book Club
2026-04-21 15:00 - 16:30 | Uzès, Uzès, 30700, France
Tuesday 21 April, 3:00pm
At a Member’s home the third Tuesday of the Month
In April, we will be discussing ‘Project Hail Mary’ – a gripping novel about survival, ingenuity, and unexpected friendship, centered on a lone astronaut tasked with saving humanity. Written by Andy Weir, author of The Martian, this 2021 novel follows Ryland Grace, a former science teacher, who wakes up aboard a spaceship with no memory of who he is or why he’s there. As his memories return, he realizes he’s the last hope for Earth, sent on a desperate interstellar mission to stop a mysterious cosmic threat. The story blends hard science fiction with humour and emotional depth. It features detailed problem-solving, alien contact and a surprising alliance that challenges what it means to be human. It promises to be an interesting read.
The Book Club has a waiting list at the moment but we are happy to share our 2026 book list (created via a member poll) if anyone is looking for new reading ideas. Please contact us if you are interested in being added to the waiting list or receiving our book choices.
Christine Frati Angela Denton-Thompson
christine@britsnimes.com angeladt@britsnimes.com

Creative Hive (New Club)
2026-04-23 14:00 - 17:00 | St Victor de Malcap, Gard, 30303, France
Thursday 23 April, 2:00pm
Home of Valerie Thompson, Saint-Victor-de-Malcap
The Creative Hive get together is 23 April at 2:00pm. Join us for an afternoon of creativity! Bring along your latest ‘work in progress’ or start something new.
If you’d like to join our creative group for some fun please let Valerie know.
If you are planning to attend, please RSVP by Tuesday 21 April. Thank you
Valerie Thompson
valerie@britsnimes.com

Nîmes Book Club-New Venue
2026-04-24 10:30 - 12:00 | La Vida Restaurant, 1530 Chemin du Carreau de Lanes, Nîmes, 30900, France
Friday 24 April, 10:30am
La Vida Restaurant, 1530 Chemin du Carreau de Lanes, 30900 Nîmes
Our book this month is “The Sweetest Dream” by Doris Lessing.
The novel begins in the 1960s leading up to the 1980s and is set in London and the fictional African nation, Zimlia, a thinly veiled reference to Zimbabwe and narrates the story of a family. Two remarkable women, mother and grandmother fight for damaged kids. This novel reflects our recent history like a many-faceted mirror and is full of people not easily forgotten.

For practical reasons attendance is limited to 14.
If you wish to attend e-mail me by April 17.
Geneviève Arnaud-Vincent
genevieve@britsnimes.com

Sauve Coffee Morning - Date change!
2026-04-24 10:30 - 12:00 | Cafe Florian, Place Austruc, Sauve, 30610, France
Friday 24 April, 10:30am
Café Florian, Place Austruc, 30610 Sauve
Come and join us for coffee and conversation. We will be at our warm weather spot and ready to have fun and share our newest adventures. Suzanne will be traveling so Michael Shalom will step in as guest host this month. Thank you Michael!
Please RSVP by 21 April to let Michael know if you are coming. Hope to see you on the 24th.
Newcomers are always welcome.
Michael Shalom
atomshalom@hotmail.com

Uzège-Area Apéro-Venue change
2026-04-29 17:00 - 18:30 | L’envie Café Glacier, 2 Place Du Monument Aux Morts, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, 30700, France
Wednesday 29 April, 5:00 pm – 6:30pm
L’Envie Café Glacier
2 Place du Monuments aux Morts, 30700 Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie
We are happy to be returning to our warm weather apéro gathering spot of L’Envie Café Glacier. Under the new management, we have more flexibility in the number of participants, so hopefully we will not have to turn anyone away.
I am looking forward to welcoming you all back for drinks and conversation.
Please reserve your space by letting Jean know you are coming.
Your attendance must be confirmed with Jean by Sunday 26 April. See you on the 29th!
Jean Clegg
Jean@britsnimes.com

Gardening Club
2026-05-02 10:00 - 14:00 | Uzès, Uzès, 30700, France
Saturday 2 May, 10:00 am
Jardins les Sentiers de l’Abondance
Eygalieres

Spring has now finally sprung in the gardens and there’s lots for us to do! It’s so nice to see the new shoots and buds heralding another cycle of life.
Our April meeting has been delayed until May 2, because the Spartacus event is on our usual Saturday. So on May 2nd we will be going to the Jardins les Sentiers de l’Abondance in Eygalieres to discover their organic Mediterranean planting using traditional techniques and irrigation, respecting biodiversity.
They have made canals for irrigation originating from a natural water source and cultivated plants to suit the environment and accommodate the insects including bees. There are flowers all the way through from February to October. You can read more about it on their website: https://lessentiersdelabondance.com/
There will be a guided tour in French starting at 10:00 am followed by a brunch. This will be a paid in advance event and numbers are limited.
Please contact me at Julia@Britsnimes.com for more information.
Julia Crick
julia@britsnimes.com
