A new website for our area. Worth having a look

http://www.pays-occitane-monts-ambazac.fr/theme2.html

SNOW

Finally, although a little later than usual. Temperatures have dropped to about minus 10, but blue skies so some stunning views. Managed only a couple of photos until the cold zapped the battery

 

local lake, frozen over

It looks like all the main summer weeks are now booked up, there are still some weeks begining 25t August and weeks available in June. The weather is usually scorchy hot in June and September and the flights are cheap. So if you fancy a cheap get away, get in touch.

Is Spring arriving early

Well, it seems all I do is talk about the weather, but im amazed this year at how mild it has been. No snow, no frost. I moved a lot of leaves today and the spring bulbs are already sprouting through an inch or so. If it stays like this the pool will be open earlier this year, only 8 weeks to go and I will be getting it ready, fresh salt, fresh water and get the heater going to get it up to temperature. It was end of March when I opened it last year.

The garden is now looking a little bare, and over the next week we shall be planting seeds in the barn to get them ready for planting.

I have found an old cart up in the field, our neighbour recons its been there for at least 60 years. It is now in the barn slowly getting restored. I plan to fill it full of plants and put it at the front of the house. Pictures to follow.

Two lots of guests arriving for the February half term. One is a family from the charity we support THHN who are here for a break with their children, one of whom is struggling through treatment. We have managed to get futurescope to give them all free passes to the theme park, so lets hope they have a good time. The other family is a couple who have stayed before and are bringing their parents with them. So we are looking forward to February half term.

Still no Snow

Still suprisingly warm here. I have found a few photos from last christmas we had snow nearly all of December. 

Katie and the dogs

 

So maybe its going to be a rarity and Grandmont sees no snow.

The new camera is going well, although a little confusing going from a point and press, a little too many options but hopefully by the time spring arrives I will have mastered it.

Heres my attempt at artistic

 

Bookings are rolling in now and we have very little availability in July and August. Anybody interested in dates either side of those months should email as we still have some offers on.

New year resolution

update the blog more…. I just seem to be busy doing other things and keep forgetting to update the blog. So the New Years resolution is to update more regular. So keep an eye out.

Christmas has had no snow, we were all expecting it as it normally snows at Christmas, maybe January will bring some.

We went skiing to Le Lioran which is not far from us and had brilliant time, another thing to add to the list of “things to do” at Grandmont.

The gites are booking up for Summer and most of July and August is fully booked, so another busy and exciting year to look forward to. We have decided to keep all of our out of season breaks at the same price as last year, and with Ryanair doing some great cheap flights, there are some bargains to be had.

A new digital SLR camera for christmas, so will be posting some pics soon

November

A beautiful morning this morning and  stunning sunrise over Grandmont

The Weather for November has been suprisingly warm. The trees are losing

all the leaves, the colours are wonderful but a sure sign winter is arriving.

October Half term

Another busy couple of weeks and all 3 gites are full for the next two weeks. We have a scottish family who stayed with us in Sumer who are returning, a German family and a couple from Australia who have been travelling the world and chose us to have a weeks rest after the trip.

The weather is suprisingly sunny and hot, the evenings are getting a little cooler now and we will soon be lighting the fires. The pool is still 30 degrees.

Spent a day at http://tarz-en-arbre.com/ about 15 minutes away from us, an absolutely brilliant place, we spent 5 hours there, and the zip wires are the longest and fastest I have ever seen, a must place to visit and open all year, everyday.

The horses have just had new shoes and are all ready for a couple of weeks riding.