Gites du Pont La Baleine

23/05/2024

La Chouette au Chemin is a two person gite with large garden and valley views. Perfect for walkers and only 20 minutes from the sea.

La Chouette au Chemin est un gîte pour deux personnes avec un grand jardin et une vue sur la vallée. Parfait pour les randonneurs et à seulement 20 minutes de la mer.

22/05/2023

We've given over part of our children's playground over to the wildflowers and grasses this May as bees and insects need all the help they can get. James did mow a wibby wobbly path through the middle for little ones to explore. I think there is still enough room for the volleyball/badminton net and football or game of petanque.

05/03/2023

05/03/2023

10/02/2023

Read our first blog The First Primrose at

Hello and welcome to our new Blog. I'm Tina and with my partner James we are the hosts at the Gîtes du Pont. The start of a new year and the first signs of spring feel like a good time to start and you can follow the changing seasons with us. The first primrose of spring has been spotted in our che...

02/01/2023

One thing we always had to take home from our holidays in France was Coings/quince jelly as just couldn't find in UK. Now not only can we buy it the fruit is easy to find too. So first go at homemade.

24/08/2022

This weekend we visited one of the many local festivals, the Retro Fair at St Aubin de Bois. This one held dances, rotisserie, fireworks and stalls with bygone crafts and on the second day a show and parade of vehicles from early 19th century up to the 1960s.
From next weekend it's the Dahlia Festival in Coutances until 25th September Then in Gavray we have the enormous Foire St Luc in mid October.

15/07/2022

People come to stay with us for all sorts of reasons including the obvious attractions of the beautiful, sandy beaches or the quiet and calm of the countryside. However, some come because they have bought a classic French car!
Jacqui with her 'new' 1978 Citroën Ami and Bob with his Citroën DS.

28/06/2022

Late availability due to cancellation for week 30th July to 6th August. Come and experience the tranquility and space of our countryside gite with beautiful Normandy beaches for family days or sunset dinners.

Disponibilité tardive en raison d'une annulation pour la semaine du 30 juillet au 6 août. Venez découvrir la tranquillité et l'espace de notre gîte de campagne avec les belles plages de Normandie pour des journées en famille ou des dîners au coucher du soleil.

Späte Verfügbarkeit aufgrund von Stornierungen für die Woche vom 30. Juli bis 6. August. Kommen Sie und erleben Sie die Ruhe und den Raum unseres Ferienhauses auf dem Lande mit schönen Stränden der Normandie für Familientage oder Sonnenuntergangsdinner.

12/06/2022

Proudly displaying our classification from Tourisme Coutances, part of the national scheme.
Nous affichons fièrement notre classification de Tourisme Coutances, qui fait partie du système national.

06/06/2022

Despite a late arrival this year our first swallow chicks have fledged today are are showing their flying skills round the courtyard. We still have a few weeks available at the start of July and the end of August when you can enjoy them and the other local wildlife at La Baleine.

15/05/2022

James attended a course to mark and maintain official signposts for walkers. Here is his first solo attempt at way marking under the supervision of the Féderation Française de la Randonnée Pédestre. We are lucky to have lots of beautiful countryside and coastal walks near Gites du Pont.

27/02/2022

Spring is beginning to blossom in Normandy.

12/11/2021

Warm weather in early November is known as St Martin's summer. So lovely dry walks direct from the gîte.
Le temps chaud de début novembre est connu comme l'été de la St Martin. Donc de belles promenades sèches directement à partir du gîte.

27/09/2021

The summer season has come to and end but there is still plenty to do in Normandy. This weekend we visited the Dahlia Festival at Coutances. Now we just have to decide which ones to buy and where to plant them.

04/08/2021

17/07/2021

We have a huge variety of wildlife in La Baliene including badgers, rabbits digging up our lawns, foxes, shrews, stag beetles, grass snakes, mayflies, dragonflies, swallows and buzzards. Today's surprise in our garden is a Hummingbird-Hawk moth. Can its proboscis dipping for necktar?

17/07/2021

The local beach, St Martin de Bréhal is looking lovely this week.

09/07/2021

We had a lovely meal and some good music at our local bar/restaurant.

07/07/2021

Looking forward to the free concerts every Tuesday evening in Villedieu during summer.

Amateur de musique classique ? 🎼 Guy Angelloz vous donne rendez-vous pour un concert de flûtes ce jeudi 8 juillet.

ℹ Concert gratuit à l'Eglise Notre-Dame de Villedieu à 21h

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07/07/2021

The sun doesn't shine every day in Normandy but there is always something to do. We are only a few km from the beautiful Abbaye de Hambye. As well as the Abbaye and buildings they have exhibitions. I thoroughly enjoyed the current one by Maurice Matieu.

07/07/2021

You can now contact us via WhatsApp

15/06/2021

We are lucky to be near the loveliest beaches here in Normandy. This is St Martin de Bréhal at lunchtime in mid June.

25/04/2021

Nature and cultivated plants in colour competition. Clematis at the gite and from the hedgerows, Early Purple Orchid. Which do you prefer?

26/03/2021

Spring is all around us now in La Baliene. We have lovely walks direct from our door to see these spring flowers.