Champagne, Chataigne, Chutney and Christmas

The camping season is well and truly over.  This blog was going to be and [...]

Potager, pools and petanque

  It has been a relatively rock and gravel free period of calm here (please [...]

Le Poteau Rocks!

CAMPSITE OPENS ON 28TH APRIL! We’re racing towards our second camping season at Domaine Le [...]

Here comes the sun…..

“Oh wellies they are wonderful.  Oh wellies they are swell.  Cos they keep oot the [...]

And a Red Squirrel in a Pear Tree

What a difference a year makes! This time last year we were waiting anxiously for [...]

Older and wiser? End of season reflections

So here we are in October. The camping season is over (bit of a shame [...]

Officially Gezellig

August has been wonderfully lively.  We’ve enjoyed many warm, starlit, friendly evenings with our guests.  [...]

Stepping over plums

So after a long 6 months, Le Poteau has two bosses.  Fiona has arrived.  Yes, [...]

Feeling hot hot hot

It has been quite warm recently for a Scot in France.  My natural pale blue [...]

A land of ducks, Armagnac, fruit and nuts.

Well – we have our first review on Cool Camping – and we got 5 [...]