The unveiling…

And here we are 4 months after starting our project it’s FINISHED!!! Back at the end of June Mike decided I should start marketing without any photos with availability from 1st August…not shying from a challenge I went for it using our other properties as a touch stone and a follow up telephone call to

70th Anniversary and this hidden peninsula….

There is just so much going on in this area of Normandy, certainly I have learnt that the British side of the Invasion Beaches whilst busy with parachute displays etc. this American sector seems to making a huge affair out of it all…I’m finding my head is spinning and not able to express myself sufficiently,

We’ve reached the end of the beginning!

So here we are 3 weeks on…plaster board almost finished upstairs, the electrician is really going great guns with 1st fix electrics and plumbing…we’ve even bought loos now. I’m being dragged out of bed at 6 am to get to Brico Depot in Cherbourg for doors opening at 7 am with the words ringing in

hey ho, hey ho…it’s off to work we go!

1st April is normally known for All Fools Day or Jour du Poisson here in France…for us it’s Day 1 !! We signed for the house yesterday afternoon so it is ours now, which is a bit of a relief as we’ve had our roofer mending the leaks and replacing rotten timber all last week…so

We’ve had a brain storm! Another vacation rental coming on line…

Mike, did you notice that stone cottage opposite the church in Sainte Marie du Mont for sale?   I heard myself ask a couple of weeks ago …funnily enough I did he replied, do you think we should look at it? I’ll phone Stefan The Notary, I  said…so I did and 2 weeks later we’re