La Baillee du Moulin

23/06/2024

Little refurb to the shower room using left over worktop from the kitchen refurb with the addition of a new bowl and tap. Love it.

23/06/2024

Apparently I wasn’t supposed to take photos of the tapestry yesterday mais, je ne comprends pas!!!! Here’s the bit where Harold gets it through the eye…..

22/06/2024

We saw this in a random shop window today. We saw similar in many other places this week.

22/06/2024

Cathedrale Notra Dame de Bayeaux. We were lucky enough to witness a wedding and hear the organ playing Mendelssohn in full flap.

22/06/2024

We’ve been to the British Normandy Memorial before but had to come and see Standing With Giants, marking the 80 year anniversary of D Day (or Jour J as it is here ). A stunning display. 1475 statues marking the British troops that died just on D Day (not including the battle that followed).

I loved how they’re all different silhouettes, different uniforms, different ranks. I especially love that you can see the remains of the Mulberries at Arromanche in the distance.

22/06/2024

21/06/2024

Couldn’t resist a couple more.

21/06/2024

Happily having lunch in the garden when I realised I had company sat beside me!

20/06/2024

Roses of La Baillee.

20/06/2024

First of replacement furniture installation.

19/06/2024

The last couple of trips we’ve been looking for a beach we can make ‘our regular’ for Dustin. Today, I think we found it. Just over an hour away, the beautiful village of Cherrueix. Miles and miles of open sand, a creperie over looking the beach and other restaurants in the village. Perfect. And Dustin loved it.

18/06/2024

We are in residence at La Baillee. I’d like to report that the wet effect doesn’t reach this far but apparently it does. Rain in for the day. It doesn’t matter, we are inside anyway installing the new furniture. Before and after pics later.

15/06/2024

La Baillee is getting new furniture…..

30/04/2024

Since we are no longer on Airbnb, La Baillee du Moulin is available, only to friends, friends of friends, throughout this summer. If you fancy a quiet rural retreat to escape the hoards of school children during holiday time, La Baillee is the perfect spot. And we wont hike up the price for school holidays either. It's available for you all to share. Contact me for more details.

(2 bedrooms, one double, one king, 1 shower room / toilet, kitchen / living area, separate dining room, private quiet garden, no neighbours.)

03/04/2024

Beach walks, just an hour from La Baillee.

01/04/2024

It’s not a proper trip without some maintenance so we painted the gates!

31/03/2024

A wet afternoon so took mum and dad to wave to Dick and Angel at the Chateau.

30/03/2024

At the age of 79 I finally get my dad to Omaha Beach in honour of his late oldest brother who served at, and survived D-Day

29/03/2024

Taken mum and dad to look around our local chateau (or what’s left of it). 10 mins drive from La Baillee.

29/03/2024

First visit here since New Year. Parent’s with us so it’s a full house. All is well. A tad cold and windy but hopefully that will improve over the weekend.

Will update with new places we find as we go along.

31/12/2023

Here in France we meet 2024 an hour before you guys. We’re already there. so, we’ll wish you a happy new year and leave you to the final hour of your celebrations. We’re off to bed.

19/08/2023

Taken in the garden this afternoon.

19/08/2023

The long awaited new roof section and repaired sections we came to check on are fabulous.

18/08/2023

As always a flying visit to La Baillee for us.

A small development here, after not needing one for 400 years, La Baillee now has not only a road name but a number too! It will make it much easier for people to find us and also not confuse us with La Baillee du moulin , Passais just half a mile away. You’ll note we are number 584. Our nearest neighbour in number 66. 😄. Why? It’s the number of meters from the start of the road.

It’s weird getting a new address without moving house!