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a very grand pressigny: October 2014
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A very grand pressigny. October 22, 2014. Today is a BIG DAY for Nick. One of the main criteria when looking for a bigger house in France was that it had a garden big enough to require a sit-on mower! On Monday Nick cut the grass using the ancient heap of a petrol mower left behind for us by the previous owners. It was kind of them to leave it but it was hard work to use. After an hour of heaving the thing around Nick had sore wrists, a sore back and I had sore ears! More of the same Garden. As the conve...
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a very grand pressigny: July 2014
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A very grand pressigny. July 25, 2014. TWO WEEKS TOO LATE. The next house we saw had nothing much to either recommend it or not. It was an ordinary bungalow in an ordinary suburb. There was nothing much wrong with it, nor anything very exciting about it. It’s the sort of bungalow my dad would like and that we might like ourselves when we’re much older and want a house that’s easy to look after and maintain. You could even walk to the shops for a baguette. It was just a few thousand euros above our price ...
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a very grand pressigny: April 2015
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A very grand pressigny. April 18, 2015. As soon as the kitchen floor was finished we moved back in amongst the dust and chaos to begin the next phase, which was to board over the remaining walls and fit plumbing, gas and an electricity supply, ready for the imminent arrival of the kitchen units from the UK. At last the delivery arrived but when the lorry driver started unloading the pallets containing our beautiful brand new Magnet units I had a feeling that something was wrong and my heart sank. Insuran...
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It's a Cat's Life!!: November 2012
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Monday, 5 November 2012. My brother Bagger thinks he's a tomato. Monday, November 05, 2012. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Me, Me, Me, Miaou! Le Moulin de la Forge. De la bonne bouffe. Days on the Claise. A Very Grand Pressigny. In and around Braye-sous-Faye. Social History in the Touraine. L'Union Bar de Paulmy. Ethereal template. Powered by Blogger.
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a very grand pressigny: March 2015
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A very grand pressigny. March 24, 2015. PROGRESS IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. The last two weeks have gone by in a blur of hectic activity. I’ll try to get things in the right order and do an update. This is a long post so please bear with me! The builders had also made a start on raising the lintel on the doorway to the. 8211; the very low one that so many people bang their heads on! We checked the house on our way home and they had laid the concrete. The house was then left for it to dry and the ...
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a very grand pressigny: GOING, GOING, GONE
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A very grand pressigny. March 4, 2015. GOING, GOING, GONE. Getting the old kitchen out was a big job. Having emptied all the cupboards and set up a temporary kitchen elsewhere in the house it needed a lot of effort and a good thump with a big hammer to remove the rest of the units. Having carefully prised it away from the plasterboard covering the walls, the time came to heave and grunt and get it out of the front door and into the back of a large van. The only awkward part is that our water supply is in...
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a very grand pressigny: December 2014
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A very grand pressigny. December 30, 2014. AN AMAZING YEAR, MONTH BY MONTH. A visit to the France Show in London, then we call in local estate agents to value our UK house and we make a start in getting it ready for sale. After weeks of cleaning, sorting out, chucking out, tidying and some decorating, twenty nine years of accumulated possessions are thinned out, the photos are taken and the house is ready. Nick’s mum celebrates her 90th birthday. Most of our furniture and belongings are removed to storag...
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a very grand pressigny: January 2015
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A very grand pressigny. January 24, 2015. KITCHEN, FOSSE AND KITTEN UPDATE – AND A PUZZLE. First, the fosse. Despite unfriendly weather and plenty of delays, Fred the contractor managed to get the fosse ready for inspection by Satese on the 20th and it passed. The holes in the ground can now be filled in and then the new drive installed. By all accounts the courtyard and garden are one huge mess and advice is that we should stay away for a while longer. There is still no sign of the new boiler. So far we...
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Le Moulin de la Forge - In a country lane....
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De la bonne bouffe. Le Moulin de la Forge. For hundreds of generations, humans and proto-humans have worked here, shaping the landscape, progressively creating a place with a sense of time. They saw water running and they eventually thought of harnessing that power. They harvested the wood and used fire, for cooking, for firing up bread-ovens, or stills. We have started blogging to bring you up to date information on a regular basis.
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The local environment...
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De la bonne bouffe. The southernmost tip of Touraine, drained by the River Claise and its tributaries and bordered by the River Creuse, forms a wedge driven between the plateau of Haut Poitou and the Brenne with is mysterious lakes . This secluded region, far from the tourist honey pots, is unlike the popular image of Touraine. It is a region that keep its delights for those who take the time to stop a while. It is a region where history is to be discovered around every corner. The Claise, and its tribut...
