2017 Festival preparations
The MiniFest 2017 is on its’ way. Â The site is being prepared, the bands are warming up and we’re all getting v v excited eek đ This year instead of being held on our land we have decided to install … read more…
Where’s the water gone??
Quite dramatic to see the water drained from the lake. Â The level has been lowered by a very large siphon system over the dam wall in order to carry out necessary work so that we can change the status of … read more…
Garden shed going up
A classic garden shed, with the tractor and the digger and a bit of main d’oeuvres it all goes up very quickly!
The cabin’s coming!
Work has started on making the cabin a more habitable lovely place at the end of the lake. We’re planning to do it up so that we can rent house it out and let others enjoy this little bit of … read more…
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…
A quick trip over to old haunts in the Alps, saw us meet up with old friends and enjoy the sunshine and fresh snow. A couple of halves of Guinness in the Av. and the odd falafel wrap and home … read more…
New ad
We’re advertising for the first time in the magazine of the Syndicat des Ătangs de la Haute-Vienne this year. We are members of the group which exists to inform and help lake owners deal with the legislation and to liaise … read more…
Le ChĂȘne Doux
le chĂȘne doux – c’est chez nous… We have started renting out our cute studio above the garage. It is a lovely little place and should go down a storm once we get the word out. I have had a … read more…
Sophie’s Christmas
Sophie came up with a set of drawings for our Christmas card this year, although we’re not sending cards this year, it’ll be more of a Christmas email. So I put them together with a message and sent them off … read more…
UK trip
Just back from a fab trip over to the UK for the Toussaint holidays. We got the Dieppe-Newhaven ferry for the first time which was a success too. We started with a quick stop in Rowland’s Castle out the back … read more…
Cormorants and Coy-poo
Well, these really are making a nuisance of themselves round here. Perhaps they really are delightful creatures/birds and truly deserve their place on the planet, but why do we have to have quite so many. AAAAAAARGGHhhh… The cormorants turn up … read more…