Kestrels in the barn

 Remember the Baby Kestrels in the barn?

They grew up quite fast

And have now flown away to make there own lives away from the nest.

Surgeres (13km)

 

Surgeres 

The closest small town to our gites, Ideal for a shopping and nice for strolling around in the center.

Last weekend of the French summer holidays and the beaches are full

Fouras center plage

 

Summer very hot and Beaches now very busy. Helping everybody to cool down.

Busy springtime for the birds this year

 Every year Birds nest and have chicks in our old buildings and barns, this year we have our usual sparrows and house martins but missing are the little owls but instead for the first time we have Kestrels! One of our guests has kindly sent me some photo's of when they were very small and he managed to catch the mother in the nest too.

 and 

Local Beaches warming and bracing themselves for the tide of holiday makers

 

Chatelaillon and one of the beaches at Fouras 

Spring time at the gites and Landrais

Its warming up, the sun is out, the migratory birds are back, the landscape has turned to a nice shade of green and the flowers and trees are starting to show there true colours and blossom. I love this time of the year in the Charente Maritime.   

 

Cognac Music Festival (73 km)

 Over the week many artist played including :- Deep Purple, Gloria Gaynor, Pretenders.

Old tall sailing ships in La Rochelle harbour

 

La Metairie de Monlieu, Landrais, gites, pool & garden.

Unwind by the pool or in the garden
 

Farmhouse

 

The spacious 2 bedroom Farmhouse, ideal for families who need lots of living room.

Pigeonnier

Get away from it all in our Pigeonnier. Ideal for 2 or 2 plus 2 small children. Even in the winter with the log burner it's so cosy. 
 

 My 2 favourite teams slog it out here in La Rochelle this Sunday for the European rugby champions cup next round. Battle of the giants, come on.

Looking forward to the lazy summer days in the Charente Maritime near La Rochelle

 

Coastal images around La Rochelle

Le Bois Plage, Ile de Re, Charente Maritime

 Evening sunset, Chatelaillon Plage, Charente Maritime

Customer Comment for the "Pressoir"

17 /08/2009


What a nice few days near the coast. During our short visit we saw the main places: La Rochelle and the busy aquarium. Beautiful seaside city. Another day to Île de Ré by bike. Thanks to Nigel for the tip on renting the bikes just before the toll. La Flotte was gorgeous with the best ice cream ever! The last day was spent at the " Côte sauvage". Wonderful! Louis was a great playmate for the boys.
Thanks again.


Diane, Peter, Tazman & Kadin
Calgory, Canada.