Le Bouchet

Not very much went wrong!

Here we have tried to capture the story of doing up and enjoying a small farm house in the Charente.

How much..?!

Nearly a week of work but Thalia and Ange have pretty much finished the most important room in the house, Thalia’s bedroom. Built and...

Hot weather for a few days and shopping altered into a leisure activity. We went to Saintes for the first time, on Adam and Jo’s...

Shutters back up and the missing little men’s heads that drop to hold them in the open position, installed. Slightly incorrectly on one...

This is a busy corner under the bathroom floor. I hope it doesn’t need attention in future when I’ll have forgotten what everything does....

Post 31st March outdoor fires are frowned upon for fear of setting fire to the French countryside. Jim's opinion is that a good fire is...

Sometimes I’m slow on the uptake.. Okay, insert your own gag here. When I’m sold something that turns out to be craptacular, it takes me...

Carmen visited us briefly in the first few days and came back again yesterday for the full tour. She lives in a house in the woods a few...

So Wilson and I are into screeding. Troweling away I spot what I think is a twig sticking out of the mix, reach down to grab it and the...

"The sand is in the hole" sounds like one of those phrases taught in French lessons, like "La sange est dans l'arbre". Although they're...

We had a few visitors during the first week but nobody since. The most interesting lady took up the offer of a tour of the house and...