France Part 2b

As i haven't got any pictures to show you I have drawn a mock up of the house, not to scale and there are some bits missing to, but you will get the idea.


Day two started off with us having breakfast and getting used to the sun, I hadn't seen it for a long time and it was definitely Shorts and t-shirt.

So once we were all fed and watered my mum decided to give us the grand tour which started out side giving us chance to walk the dog at the same time. We walked from the scullery and turned left where straight away we come across the Le pigeonaire, this is a listed building and the only one in the surrounding area it is approx 18th century. (trust my mum to find it).

Now my mum doesn't have any pigeons in there but a barn owl has taken up residence and you can normally here him/her at night screeching away. The view from here was across to the farmers field which was fully planted up with wonderful colours. We then walk round the back of the house and were you can see the tower in all is glory and also what seems to be the remains of a small pond. On the way round we walked past a walled of garden which my mum will be planning on making in to a herb garden.

After that we take a walk through the long grass my son wants be be carried for this bit, which I don't blame him as he would only fall over and get lost in it, as we get through I notice a large barn (just a simple one knocked up with iron girders and the like) and sitting in it is a full blown tractor, my mum had mentioned she needed a new one but I was thinking of the ride on mower not this. As I mentioned it mum was like well we need to cut the grass somehow and I just nodded, you don't realise what 52 acres is till you see a tractor is need to cut the grass. So we got my son on that a took a pic (once i get them it will be uploaded here). We then take a walk to the farm house seeing as no one is in at the moment.

I'm not sure how old this building it but I am guessing this was built round the time the main house was so this will be dating back to the 18th Century to. My son loved running around their garden so I quickly picked him up and got him on my shoulders before he could cause to much havoc. Whilst walking to the back of the house to look at the woods there was an iron cross mounted on a concrete pillar, this to was added at the same time (I think anyway).

We take a small walk in to the woods as if we went to deep I was going to have to carry my son back and already I was sweating from the heat, so we walk back up the bank and I spot some animal trails, we weren't sure what animal they were from but I have a suspicion it was rabbits or something of a similar size.

When we get back we chill out for the mo and sit out by the kitchen under the plum tree which my son loves, he's pulling them off left right and centre eating away. We we are seated and looking at the plan is to the left of the kitchen and we can look in to the dinning room.

After our break we start the tour again but indoors this time. So we have seen the scullery and they have had a one of these large American fridges installed that dispenses ice and ice cold water, these for my son was a new toy and i have never seen him drink so much water.

We go through to the kitchen which is just something they have thrown in from Ikea but in this room there is a large dinning table which I thought was the main one (how wrong I was) there is a large fireplace in here, not sure if this is what they would have used for the main house but I can pretend.

From the kitchen we walk in to the dinning room and wow it is something from a fairy tale. If you have ever seen batman (with Michael Keaton) and he is sitting down to dinner with Kim Basinger she ask him to pass the salt, but he can't hear her and the shot pans out and you can see why, this table is huge and he has to walk round to give it to her, well my mum has a table like this and I was in awe and also glad we weren't using it as I would starve if I had to keep getting up.

From here we go in to the main entrance way which has a extremely high ceiling and we are shown in to the Louis room, I call it this was there is Louis 14th style furniture and this is classed as the adults room, no animals and children allowed (well children are but its nicer to relax in there without).

From here I'm shown the study and bathroom all quite standard, I am then shown the cinema room once again my choice in naming it. As we walk in I noticed that it is all panelled from the floor to quarter the way up. This room is ideal for use as a cinema, the acoustics are great due to the quarry tiled floor (which is through out the house) the shade given by the tress and also the fact that for some reason there is a toilet and sink in there so no treks across the house missing half the film.

Upstairs is very much a mirror of downstairs regrading rooms, all very large, the room I staying with my soon was very bog standard when we walked in, just a double bed and couple of bits from IKEA but then my mum tells me I have a bathroom and a walk in wardrobe, I couldn't see where these were until my mum walked to the back of the room and turned these keys that I hadn't noticed and from no where she opens this door that leads to the toilet and shower room, she walks to the otherside and opens another door which is the wardrobe, now I was impressed.

There will be a before and after pic of this once I get the photos through.

In the main hallway upstairs there is a pair of double doors that open to a small balcony which overlooks the front garden and one a nice hot day this looked amazing. (Insert picture)