Parents' pride

Fleur came home with the results of her 3rd evaluation this year and we are very happy to say that all has been very very good and in September she will be going to CE1 (Cours Elémentaire 1 - this name is used for the third year of primary education).
For the non-French readers the teacher wrote that Fleur's results are very satisfying. She reached good results with mathematics and a big progress in reading and writing. Bravo. A pleasant pupil and she will go to the next level up.

Let the harvest begin

The sun is shining at Au Bellefleur and it would be wrong not to mention that it has also rained a lot but that does mean it is warm and everywhere is looking green, and things are growing like crazy.

The harvesting has begun and we are in the middle of a bumper crop of cherries, we’ve got 4 trees and after 2 weeks we are still harvesting No1, Strawberries are a bit slow this year, but tomatoes carrots and onions are going great guns, fuelled by high temps and a reasonable amount of natural watering, ok rain….

We also have a lot of guests staying with us at the moment, so things are getting very busy but that’s the way we like it. We still have some availability in each of the summer months, so if you are thinking of coming down to the sunny Charente there is still time to get your booking in. Don’t leave it too long though as we are starting to fill up.

Temperatures in the Charente are typically sitting between 20 and 30 degrees at the moment, tempting me outside but we have to get the last two guest rooms finished by July as they are let in August, so the pressure is on, watch this space for progress up dates.