Below is an up to date list of all previous blog post titles and links to make it easier to find the relevant information for what you are looking for. The feature stories are highlighted in green...
20.18.18 - 6 Weeks of Summer 2018 - From a Now Non-Resident Holiday Home Owner's Point of View - It's Not All Sunshine and Sangrias, but We Still Think It's Worth It - Especially With a "Thank You!" :o) ...
03.08.15 - We Did It!!! Now For a Bit of Time Out!!!
14.06.15 - Concrete Jungle - Finished! WHOOPIEEE!!! A Celebration Post
03.05.15 - Barn Progress: First Bay Floor Complete & We Have a Flat Lounge Floor! Only 4 More Bays To Go! :o/ Barn "Facelift" Commences!
19.04.15 - 25.04.15 - Barn: First Fix Plumbing, an Artiste Commissioned, A Larger Lounge in Seconds and The Gite Gets a Facelift! Tips on Identifying and Preventing Snakes Too! :o/
21/04/15 - Spring Has Truly Sprung, Summer is Fast Approaching and The Heat Is On!: Barn Floor Progress and My Continued Fight With The Garden!
10/04/15 - A Sneaky (Very) Early Birthday Trip Away To Paris, Easter and Progress With The Barn and Garden!
08/04/15 - Paris, Mon Amour!
24/03/15 - Cold and Rainy, But There Are Always Waterproofs!
23/03/15 - Plant Delivery! Let The Planting Commence! Let's Not Mention The..errr...lawn..mower...issue.... :o/
21/03/15 - A Shocking Revelation! Vendée Family Connections!
20/03/15 - Solar Eclipse!!?? Back To The Barn - Preparations For The Floor Levelling
18/03/15 - The Gardening Continues - Hard Work Definitely Pays Off!
17/03/15 - Carry on Gardening!
16/03/15 - Spring Is Here!: Time To Get The Garden Sorted
11/10/14 - The Quandary; A Bad Case of Head VS Heart - What Do You Think?
30/07/14 - Finding our Feet; Settling and Adjusting as a Family
15/08/13 - Heroes & Heroines - A Tribute To Team Lys
01/03/13 - More Insulation and Battening! CM vs MM = Trouble in...Paradise??! ;o)
24/02/13 - Snow!
24/02/13 - Early Party For Lula
21/02/13 - More Preparations For The Biodigester Installation: The Concrete Base Is Going In!
20/02/13 - Knee Deep With a Shovel and a Special Little Visitor!
19/02/13 - The Biodigester Has Arrived! It is HUGE!!!
16/02/13 - Waste Pipe Runs - Let The Digging Begin!
16/02/13 - At Last! The Rendering Can Commence
15/02/13 - 5 Nappies!!??
14/02/13 - Endless Chisseling, 1st Fix Electrics, Battening and Plasterboarding
13/02/13 - Plasterboarding: And The Filling Commenses!
01/02/13 - Waterproofs Needed?
29/01/13 - Insulation Installation - All Hands on Deck!
24/01/13 - Roof Leaks and Pointing
17/01/13 - We're Back! More Windows! And Summer Gets a Swing!
25/12/12 - Christmas Already!
18/12/12 - Day 8 - 2nd Window Going In!
12/12/12 - Day 3 - And There Was Light!
Day 2 - Warmth!
10/12/12 - A Beautiful Arrival Never To Be Forgotten - Bonjour France!
10/12/12 - We have Arrived!: A guided Tour of The Property as We Found It
19/12/12 - The Big Move; It Is Really Happening! A Bientôt Angleterre!
25/10/12 - Getting The Ball Rolling; The Start of a New Venture - Many a Hoop To Jump From Here On In!