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And now the House: The Kitchen is in
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And now the House. Monday, May 10, 2010. The Kitchen is in. Started to write this in April. Forgot to post it.). The kitchen is in, looking sleek and modern against our off-white freshly painted walls and the beautifully laid floor tiles. Cupboards with shelves that slide out, either side of the big fridge freezer. At last I shall know what we've got in store without having to scrabble at the back of the top shelf while balancing on a ladder. In French. I've no idea what it is in English. We have finishe...
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And now the House: Floor Plans
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And now the House. Monday, December 28, 2009. Lynne, who dips into this blog from time to time, asked if I could do a simple floor plan. Certainly the house layout is confusing and even living here it took us time to work out how all the rooms fitted together. This is what the house looks like at present, put together over years from an old farmhouse and outside barns. People who know us park in front of the garage, walk past the bedroom, come along the terrace and into the kitchen. A third stage will en...
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: 219. Bye bye winter blues..
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque. France's best kept secret. Tuesday, 10 March 2015. 219 Bye bye winter blues. I think I may have been out in the sun too long! Here's yet another reminder (as if you needed it) of just why the Pays Basque is such a special place. Thursday, 19th March. Yes, I know the RBS 6 Nations rugby tournament has been rumbling on over the past few weeks and this weekend will see the title being decided. (I've been busy! How the bookies see it. To stir even the most jaded of armc...
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: March 2015
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque. France's best kept secret. Tuesday, 10 March 2015. 219 Bye bye winter blues. I think I may have been out in the sun too long! Here's yet another reminder (as if you needed it) of just why the Pays Basque is such a special place. Thursday, 19th March. Yes, I know the RBS 6 Nations rugby tournament has been rumbling on over the past few weeks and this weekend will see the title being decided. (I've been busy! How the bookies see it. To stir even the most jaded of armc...
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And now the House: Wet, Wet, Wet
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And now the House. Monday, February 22, 2010. Wet, Wet, Wet. Saturday afternoon and yet again we've had an emergency water company engineer on site; this time up to his elbows in the manhole where the water meter sits. I thought about getting my camera and taking a picture of his bottom in the air, but it seemed rude to wander off and leave him when he was baling ice cold water as fast as he could so he could get at the problem. So we carried buckets and made small talk in French and English. We're seein...
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La Ferme de Sourrou .:. Permaculture in France: We've finally got a new worktop in the kitchen !
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La Ferme de Sourrou .:. Permaculture in France. Hardworkinghippy and Fabrice and their off grid, home built house and smallholding in Bourrou, France. We've finally got a new worktop in the kitchen! The worktop's finished and I cleaned the cooker to celebrate. Originally uploaded by hardworkinghippy. Now I know for some people this is no big deal but for me it's one the most exciting things that's happened for ages. (Apart from the roof but I'll talk about that another time.). We ask people to try not to...
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La Ferme de Sourrou .:. Permaculture in France: We've started lambing and there's a Basco Béarnaise !
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La Ferme de Sourrou .:. Permaculture in France. Hardworkinghippy and Fabrice and their off grid, home built house and smallholding in Bourrou, France. We've started lambing and there's a Basco Béarnaise! Sleeping lamb after her fiirst feed. Originally uploaded by hardworkinghippy. There's not a lot to eat in the fields anyway and it's been bitterly cold and windy out there for the past few days. We have a lot more water harvested from the roof this year which the goats and sheep seem to prefer to tap wat...
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La Ferme de Sourrou .:. Permaculture in France: What an amazing sky !
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La Ferme de Sourrou .:. Permaculture in France. Hardworkinghippy and Fabrice and their off grid, home built house and smallholding in Bourrou, France. What an amazing sky! What a sky on a cold October evening. Originally uploaded by hardworkinghippy. He's a funny dog. He's a Border Collie from good working stock and we got him to work with the goats and sheep and he does help a bit but gets bored easily then runs off to chase swallows and butterflies. We've given up trying to get him to work properly.
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And now the House: What a Week
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And now the House. Saturday, April 17, 2010. Monsieur G and his workmen, lorries, vans and diggers completely took over the drive for most of the week as the ". Went in, the pipework was laid and then a large ". Sand filter bed) and a drain were dug out on the other side of the drive in what used to be Serge's field. Friends told us they had planned to drop by but hurriedly drove on when they saw the controlled chaos. Fosse septique goes in. Bac à sable being dug. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: 136. Summer's here (maybe)
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The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque. France's best kept secret. Friday, 1 April 2011. 136 Summer's here (maybe). At last, we've reached the end of March and we can say finally goodbye to winter. No more endless days of dripping rain. or squalls that blow in from the Bay of Biscay. Now the windows are open wide, the heating is off and the padded jackets are back in storage. I've just given the table and chairs for the terrace their first wipe down with teak oil. Next up? We went up to Arès (just to the ...
