Big news!!!
We have just signed the Stage 1 contracts to purchase our old neighbour Sylvain's property.
Very exciting news. I am currently having to restrain Paula (heavily), from executing all the plans she has for the place before the property formally becomes ours in January.
Sylvain's relatives have, however, agreed we can start at least tidying up the grounds in advance of the Final contract, as these have quite over-grown since the poor old boy passed away suddenly in February and next January leaves us very little time to get started before other pre-season work also starts to compete.
This purchase doubles the terrain available to guests from 8 to 16 acres and now adds some very pretty woodland, meadow and woodland walks. There is a small plantation of about 2 acres of Red Pine, which will be fun for the kids to play in and around the lines of trees.
The acquisition also adds one of the two lakes you drive between as you reach La Croix Spa (the one on the left as you arrive). We will put up shaded spots and sitting areas on the far bank and we will allow guests to fish-for-fun from here (pending clarification of the exact permissions, which we'll get at Stage 2). Herbert Heron already appears to help himself for free from here and is subject to no rules and regs!
The property comes complete with ints own children's playhouse-in-waiting. The girls are going to clear it out and we'll tidy it all up, get some paint on the walls, and it will be perfect!
The open grange guests will already be familiar with will become an open-air, but under-cover games area with ping-pong, basket-ball hoop and other facilities, so you can watch your kids from your cottage terrace. It all obviously needs a good clear-out and tidy right now.
The house and inside barns will all remain private and not available to guests for the time-being.
We do not intend to expand the guest accommodation at any time soon (nor our prices). All the new features will be available within the existing package! :-)
And finally.... what a gorgeous November day - we were all in t-shirts !!!!
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