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After a couple of suggestions that we write an online diary, here we go…………………………..
To start, just a quick summary! We’ve had a good summer. Lots of very nice guests (one of whom has kindly written a fantastic review on TripAdvisor and described us as a ‘boutique bed & breakfast’ with ‘understated chic rooms’ – so we think we must have achieved our aim) of varying ages and nationalities, pretty good weather and a plethora of festivals and seasonal markets. The local Charentaise melons have been as fantastic as last year, as have the delicately flavoured white peaches. Next comes mushroom season, bringing a wide array or mushrooms which, although can be purchased locally, we are going to try and find ourselves on mushroom foraging trips. We’ve bought the book, so hopefully will be able to distinguish between those that are edible and those that range from mildly poisonous all the way through to lethal!
We’ve added a monthly recipe section to our website, the first recipe being of popular demand. So we hope you enjoy!
Summer seems to have come to an end though and Autumn is kicking in, even here, just south of the Loire Valley. Whilst the weather is dry and bright there is a slight chill in the air, so our thoughts are beginning to turn towards Christmas and New Year celebrations.
We think we have chosen our main feast menus, with the help of our lovely consultant Chef – Cristeana - combining traditional French with traditional English cooking and using locally sourced ingredients. Carefully selected French wines will accompany each course, so we should be in for some gastronomic feasts, and plan to have these on our website in the next few weeks. Watch those waistlines! It’s the other details that will also make for an enjoyable and relaxed time over the Christmas and New Year periods. All the traditional Christmas trimmings & maybe even something going off with a bang to bring in the New Year.
Well, that’s probably enough for our first diary entry, but we plan to keep it regularly updated, so watch this space.
To start, just a quick summary! We’ve had a good summer. Lots of very nice guests (one of whom has kindly written a fantastic review on TripAdvisor and described us as a ‘boutique bed & breakfast’ with ‘understated chic rooms’ – so we think we must have achieved our aim) of varying ages and nationalities, pretty good weather and a plethora of festivals and seasonal markets. The local Charentaise melons have been as fantastic as last year, as have the delicately flavoured white peaches. Next comes mushroom season, bringing a wide array or mushrooms which, although can be purchased locally, we are going to try and find ourselves on mushroom foraging trips. We’ve bought the book, so hopefully will be able to distinguish between those that are edible and those that range from mildly poisonous all the way through to lethal!
We’ve added a monthly recipe section to our website, the first recipe being of popular demand. So we hope you enjoy!
Summer seems to have come to an end though and Autumn is kicking in, even here, just south of the Loire Valley. Whilst the weather is dry and bright there is a slight chill in the air, so our thoughts are beginning to turn towards Christmas and New Year celebrations.
We think we have chosen our main feast menus, with the help of our lovely consultant Chef – Cristeana - combining traditional French with traditional English cooking and using locally sourced ingredients. Carefully selected French wines will accompany each course, so we should be in for some gastronomic feasts, and plan to have these on our website in the next few weeks. Watch those waistlines! It’s the other details that will also make for an enjoyable and relaxed time over the Christmas and New Year periods. All the traditional Christmas trimmings & maybe even something going off with a bang to bring in the New Year.
Well, that’s probably enough for our first diary entry, but we plan to keep it regularly updated, so watch this space.
