Bingo

 The Chemery school PTA (we think - still haven't worked it out 100%) hosted a bingo night at the large village hall on a Friday night.

Doors opened at 6pm with bingo starting at 8pm. We thought it would be a bit of a late night so the kids stayed home with Mum and Dad (good timing for them to be here!).

We turned up at 7pm expecting to see a smallish crowd and be home by 10.30ish. How wrong we were! Bingo is serious business in Chemery it seems. Most of the village would have to have been there and the last round of bingo finished at 1am. Apparently the PTA were there cleaning up until 3am.

The prizes were incredible too, air fryers, an electric scooter, hot air balloon rides, a Nintendo switch and cash prizes up to 500 Euros were on offer to name a few. The locals all came with their bingo counters ready to go and magnetic wands to sweep them off at the end of every round.

It was challenging keeping up with the numbers all in French but we did it with a lot of help from Laura (she has been amazing helping us settle in to the village) who helped translate for our tired brains. We didn't win any prizes but I can confidently say I know all the French numbers up to 90 now.