Our nearest town was Langon - rather quiet and with plenty of services for the local farmers and growers. When we arrived it was the National Pig Festival, which included (if we translated correctly) the National Honking Competition! We gave that a miss and all we saw was the fragrant remains on the Monday outside the covered market!
Talking of pigs, we can report that the smoking ban seems to be holding, leading to sights such as the above outside many bars and restaurants!
Langon also has a Fiat dealer who was happy to service Yvette for what seemed a fair price, and a huge brand new Leclerc hypermarket with a Chinese buffet no more than 2.5 times the price of those in the Canaries. (to be fair it was a little better in quality, and included deep-fried frog legs!)