Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Warm but wet time!

After purchasing a pool cover for the gite swimming pool a couple of years ago, it has been proved that during that time it has been warmer by quite a few degrees so good news for all our guests renting the house is that the new cover for the house pool has now been fitted and will be keeping the water that bit warmer in the future.
The above picture was taken late yesterday afternoon on a walk along the path next to the river Vezere showing the poppies in the fields and that this part of France has not been without the bad weather seen in the north of the country, good weather indeed for all the plants etc but not good for the many people in the area at the moment, still plenty to do though with all the attractions i n the dordogne area but some sunshine does make a massive difference!

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Happy Foxes in France!

In May 2011, exactly 5 years ago to this date, we welcomed a party of German men as our first guests to stay with us at Les Granges in the big house, every day of their stay, the club that the head of the party supported proudly displayed his club scarf from his bedroom window, that of Borussia Dortmund, because they had just won the German league championship, well today I can say that I will carry on that tradition by displaying my original 45 year old Leicester City scarf from that same bedroom window after the fantastic news last night that the Foxes cannot be caught and are now 2015/16 English Premier League Champions....the FANTASTIC FOXES HAVE DONE IT!!!