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2009 highlights

Moving from England in February Pauline laying a concrete floor! Rebuilding our greenhouse Derek helping us create our potager Nothing like the smell of manure in the morning! La Mini en France!

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2008 highlights

Ron takes Pauline for a spin! Belcastel restaurant with Judy & Ian Ian catches a trout in the Cerou Holiday in Switzerland Planning permission to paint the garage door! Birthday girl Janet

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2007 highlights

Derek helps us clear 200+ trees Swimming in the Viaur at Laguepie Staying at Val & Ians Jazz at Gaillac Happy Birthday Pauline! Judy & Ian take us to lunch at Belcastel

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2006 highlights

Pauline swots-up on her Spanish and French! Kathryn practises her mask clearing, Pauline takes cleaning the pool to new levels! Say goodbye to the old woodburner at Le Bourg Sorting out the porcheries roof at Le Bourg Daytrip to the Pyrennes French cooking lesson from Fabien

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2005 highlights

Derek helps us split and stack about 40 tonnes of logs! Stocking the garden at Les bazandes Manou installing the pool at Les bazandes Enjoying the new pool at Les bazandes Ian gets to drive Judy and Ian's Porsche 911 - cool! Bonnie supervises the gardening at Le Bourg

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A different lifestyle

We've been working on our houses and gardens for over 7 years now so we thought we'd share a few photographs of friends, visitors and experiences to give you a flavour of our outdoor lifestyle in France.  In fact, we've enjoyed it so much, we now live here permanently since February 2009.

It's not all wining, dining and lazing by a pool though -  although there's a bit of that too!

Hope you find them interesting!

Click on HELICOPTER to find out more about Ian's rock band!

 Pauline & Ian

 

2004 highlights

Mick paces himself Jo goes for a swim and announces she's pregnant Ian sorts out the leaking pipe in the garden - what a hero! Dinner on the terrace Le potager - lovely courgettes Anyone for jam or chutney?

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2003 highlights

Never a truer word 2003 Tour de France passes Les bazandes Treefelling just misses bridge! Decorating starts in earnest, Les bazandes 18 pairs of shutters stripped and repainted - phew! Escaping the heat in the Pyrennes with Rosie

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2002 highlights

Winter in Castanet - so stylish! Digging the pool Sanding the floor, Le Bourg Ian takes a rest from decorating Le Bourg Our little helper gets a bath! Skiing-crowd do the quality control!

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