I'm shortly moving to France with Amanda, and our cat, Thomas. We are leaving behind our three children who are well settled into their respective careers and social scene in the UK. Our house in Kent has almost been sold - we waited 18 months to get an offer, and that only happened as the price was dropped considerably.
We have bought a house in Lavausseau, which is near Poitiers, that is next to the River Boivre. In fact the river runs right through the plot of two acres. In the winter there is always a possibility that the river will burst the bank, so we have to take special precautions to thwart the ingress of water to the house.
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Jason kindly volunteered to trim the Laurel hedge while he was here. We had to buy a special scaffold to work from, and the one we chose (10...
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We were invited last week to this glorious chateau. The stained glass window was in the chateau's chapel. -
This is a very desirable view of the harbour's edge. We had a snack in a beautiful bar - mussels in curried sauce for me, and a sandwi...
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