I had a major panic last week. Guests were coming for the numerous French bank holidays in May, and the B&B was far from ready. The...

How we acquired our mule was purely by chance. A friend who runs Hee Haws donkey sanctuary was helping rehome the unwanted horses of a...

Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the UK and it received a 1 star review on Trip Advisor recently. The headline read “very steep and...

We needed pigs we decided. We were losing the fight against the bramble invasion and Nik had read that even small pigs can be useful in...

This is a guest blog written by Jacky Fitt who travelled to Le Moulin by train last year. Jacky shares her experience of Eurostar and TGV.

We have also spent a lot of time restoring the old fruit orchard at the top of our land. This used to be a pick-your-own (PYO), and we have

Outside of Le Moulin and our animals, one of our great passions is music. We play Irish and French traditional music and have been...

10 things to do around the little village of Pensol in Perigord Vert, Limousin, France. Market towns, chateaux, swimming lakes and walks.

The roads of the Limousin around Pensol are a cyclist's paradise. Well maintained and virtually traffic free.

We're feeling a bit glum and at a loose end here at the mill. Our last guests of the main season left the other day, and though we have...

It's been a while since the last blog, and I'm pleased to say that is because we have been extremely busy. Summer 2019 was when Le Moulin...

This blog is about cheese. Just kidding, it's not of course, it's about donkeys. Because EVERYTHING is now about donkeys. Because we now...

Sometimes it helps to have a deadline. As you will have seen from Facebook, we have been working on our new chambre d'hôtes (B&B rooms)...

For our blog this month I wanted to give a proper send-off to Jasper – a much missed member of the team. He was put to sleep on January...

We decided to do some training yesterday with one of our dogs, Wolfie. Wolfie looks like, as his name suggests, a scrawny wolf who has...

I made a batch of mince pies yesterday. This involved buying some mincemeat from the humiliating “English section” of the supermarket...

Yes winter is definitely coming. I have been slightly panicking for the last few months as I have watched our neighbours beautiful wood...

A couple of friends who booked with us over the summer introduced me to the concept of wild swimming. The first was a marathon runner who...

Why take your dog on holiday with you? Anyone who has ever had to look into a pair of much-loved brown eyes and then walk away as you...

If you live in England, The Netherlands, Belgium or France, It will not have escaped your notice that it has been a little warm lately!...