Pompadour – Chateau
Pompadour (about 20 minutes away) is the home of the French National Stud and has a beautiful chateau which until recently was the grace and favour residence of the Director … Read More
Category: 2006
Visitors – Julia, Alan and James
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 … Read More
Bathroom update
The hole in the bathroom wall has been filled (see earlier article) and we also installed a shower screen on the bath so the high tech shower curtain (held up … Read More
New Bedroom 2 update…
It’s been six days since the website was last udated, this can be divided into 2 parts – 4 days finishing off the second new bedroom ready for guests, and … Read More
The bathroom…..
As if I didn’t have enough to do this week the bathroom is also undergoing a bit of a makeover. The first task was to install new lights which involved … Read More
Batten down the hatches…. take 2
Just to prove that I did finish the third hatch here is the proof! Am geting pretty good with the angle grinder to cut the blocks: The other two hatches … Read More
Finding a doctor…
One of the kids woke up in the middle of the night with bad earache. While painkillers did the trick thought we should have it checked out by a doctor, … Read More
Kitchen Window update
I mentioned in the post on the window saga that the main oak beam under the window was a little on the rotten side. Just so you can appreciate the … Read More
The kitchen window….
After bricking up the third attic hatch in good time yesterday morning decided that the next job was to replace the first of two windows in the kitchen. The window … Read More
Wild life, no sorry I mean wildlife
With temperatures hitting the low 40’s not much activity from humans! Yesterday we recorded 43 while driving back from a shopping expedition. The only significant activity is from the … Read More