Tuesday, October 18, 2011

End of season blues!

Our last gite clients have just left, and we can look back on a great season with clients from all over Europe, the USA & Canada, Australia & New Zealand, many of whom have re booked already for next year.
We are delighted to be listed No 1 on Tripadvisor for  B&B's in Saint Saturnin Les Apt, No 2 in the Luberon and No 5 in the Vaucluse out of over 340 properties. 
So a huge thank you to all our guests who have added just great feedback and comments.
We are so pleased our gites are what you are looking for!

Normally we are looking forward to time in the garden to prepare for Autumn & Winter but it has been dampened buy a run of bad luck!

First our normally efficient German heating system has suffered a little self combustion! 
The 500 Litre tank will be replaced we hope this week !


Next I managed to prang the car! Squeezing through a gap that was clearly too tight.
We are now looking very French!

But the biggest disaster of all is our pride and joy - the green lawn that (was) by the swimming pool.


We awoke last week to find the grass torn apart by the Sanglier.
The animals are  becoming a huge problem, and despite our electric fence they just came in! searching for water, which they found as we were irrigating the grass.


And despite increased defenses they returned to finish the job two nights later.
We are truly devastated. 
Thank goodness our guests have left and of course it will all be repaired ready for next year.


In need of a little refreshment this seems the most appropriate wine to drown our sorrows with!

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