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[...]

Buttons, Builders and Badgers

Well, we’re up and running and our first guests have been arriving at Le Poteau’s[...]

We’re ready to open on Saturday 29th April.

Time needs to slow down.  It sometimes feels like we are participating in one of[...]

Short-toed tree creepers, boules and DIY! Read all about it!

The days whizz along. My visitor, Gary Eden, has not only been good company but[...]

Given up counting the days, but still learning to set up a campsite in Gers

Finally, the weather is behaving more like the South of France.  It has been a[...]

Day 35 Setting Up A Campsite In Gers

It feels like time is flying. This is good and bad. The good is that[...]

Day 32 Setting Up A Campsite In Gers

I think we may have peaked with obscure, arty photos in our last blog (did[...]