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| Les volets Blues - French Cottages |
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| The pool with Roman steps
Another `nook' for a read or an aperitif in the evening sun. |
My wife and I own three cottages which are available to rent for most of the year. They are in a small hamlet about half a mile from a village between Riberac and Aubeterre, Dordogne/Charente, France - peace & tranquility without isolation. The hamlet only has two full-time resident French families (one of these acts as our caretakers). There are four other family-owned holiday cottages, one French and three British. There is a renovated mill- house straddling the hamlet stream, which was part of an ancient paper mill. It only stopped producing its specialised paper in 1969.There were about 300 such mills until recent times. It is now a wood mill. The millstream is about 100 yards downhill from our cottages and there are gentle walks along its banks and across the fields to a small river where paddling and limited swimming are possible. There is excellent river and lake swimming - all with sandy beaches - at several places nearby. More details of these and other activities (riding, golf, tennis, canoeing and fishing, for example), plus information on nearby places of interest and good restaurants are in folders in the cottages. All cottages have full and efficient central heating, and cottages 1 & 2 have open fires as well. The open fires need only be used for their traditional, cheering effects and out-of-season. All cottages in their individual gardens have simple garden furniture, parasols and barbecues. They have cookers, a micro-wave oven and a frdge/freezer. They share a washing machine in an out-house at the back and there is an `overspill' fridge there as well. The cottages share about an acre of grass garden and woodland - complete with Victorian summerhouse. The cottages are simply but adequately furnished for 'knockabout' family holidays. The weather from April through until mid November is usually a
delight. July and August can be very hot indeed. Our central heating
makes even a visit in December and January comfortable.
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