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Saint Armour

Finished cementing in the stone around the fireplace, ready for pointing.

The two big leylandii hedges at the front need a bit of a haircut so whilst buying half-a-tonne of sand for the pointing we also bought a hedge trimmer. 24 inches (600mm) of pure German cutting power.

The oil drum BBQ made another appearance this evening. We have got three families staying in the gites this week that all know each other so everything swung along very well indeed and all the kids behaved superbly. One of the advantages of living on-site with the gites is that our evening entertainment is close at hand and we don't need baby sitters.

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These are our experiences of running a gite business in Brittany, France. A gite is the French equivalent of a country holiday cottage. French culture, language, taxes and bureaucracy. Find out about our gites using the links on the LHS. This is our fourth season (2006) and we are looking forward to the summer. Stories about the road to this point will be added in due course. Renovation nightmares, builders, stress, schooling etc. Stay tuned.



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