Dordogne Retreat - a farmhouse tale

We were delighted that friends, Julia and Alan and their son James, from the UK decided to make a detour to stay with us for a couple of days on their way to Italy. This especially helped us focus on finishing the second new bedroom and also made us relax for the 2 days they were with us.

We had many delightful meals with them on the terrace:

While they were with us we visited the Chateau and National Stud at Pompadour and the old 'Forge' or ironworks at Savignac Ledrier.

well not quite..... but we did have 2 lots of visitors at one time!

Sues parents stopped off for a weekend on their way back from spending 8 weeks on the road in France and Spain in their motorhome.

And at the same time my Mother travelled with us to France for the weekend - our first guest who dared to stay in the house!.

We also had another unexpected guest Saturday night, but a piece of cheese and a mousetrap soon got rid of him....

We were pleased to welcome our first UK visitors on 8 April 2006 - friends from our village in the UK - Gabor, Caroline, Jes and Richard.

They stopped for a couple of hours on their way down to SW France for a weeks vacation. As they brought gifts from the local bakery they were very welcome!

Gabor is a 'podcaster' and his excellent podcast can be obtained from http://electricallanguage.blogspot.com/ (see links sections).