Hello and welcome to our August Blog. We made it. August is here and what a season so far. Finders Keepers France continues to grow in strength and plans continue to develop. We are very thankful for how this year has turned out and for the guests we have had the privilege to meet. Like most Gite owners we opened the season with many doubts. Would we get guests? How many cancellations would we receive? Would we all be safe? We opened in May and instantly watched the bookings

We are open. Take a look at our latest updates and changes to Finders Keepers France. A Bientot.

Happy Easter and welcome to Finders Keepers France's April blog.

Happy New Year. Welcome to our final update for 2020. 2021 brings 'Walnut Grove Glamping' opening June and Marcadis Gite May onwards.

Autumn is nearly here. You can smell it in the air here at Finders Keepers France. Take a look to see what we have been up to over Summer.

Hello and welcome to our latest Blog. Read further to find out about the development of Marcadis Gite, Claude and our mischievous chickens

Hello and welcome to our Summer blog here at Finders Keepers France. Merci et à bientôt.

Our latest update from Finders Keepers France. Take a look to see our latest inventions.

Well......Where do I start. It certainly didn't go the way I anticipated when I wrote my last blog, promising you all that I would blog monthly. It has been a very testing start to 2020 and one that will certainly go down in history. I have avoided writing a blog due to both time and what to actually say. I will certainly not be talking about the C-19 word and how it has affected us all however I do feel that we owe all of our followers and guests a well overdue update. Finde

Bonjour et bienvenue sur mon blog Happy New Year to you all. Where did 2019 go? Looking back at my blogs it only seems like yesterday that I was typing my 2019 update, yet here we are wishing a happy new year to 2020. You may think I am mad, however I do like to set myself some New Year Resolutions. One of them is to blog more frequently. So here goes. Lets see if I succeed. Firstly, let me tell you about how 2019 ended. With a bang might I add. Despite all of the work that D

Bonjour et Bienvenue. It has certainly been a busy start to the year. I cannot believe that we are nearly into June and we have been open for 1 month now. We are very thankful for the weather this year compared to last which has enabled us to complete many projects around the grounds ready for our first guests who arrived last week. February - This saw the clearing of the grounds. We still have lots of brambles to remove to allow the plants and trees the chance to grow. 13 ac

Well, as the title reads, Where is 2019 going? It only seems like yesterday that I signed off from 2018 and said I would be back in touch early 2019 with updates, yet already it is April and spring has arrived. We have had a very busy winter here at Finders Keepers France getting ready for our opening day 1 May. Thankfully we have been blessed with good weather which has helped. We have seen many changes and updates which I will share with you below. These updates will contin

Happy Saturday everyone and welcome to our latest blog. Its been a month since our last Blog and what a busy month it has been. We opened for our second season on the 1st May and was very worried initially due to the poor start to the year with the floods etc, but we need not worry. It has been another great season with some amazing guests and very positive feedback. We have still got 2 months to go with back to back bookings, so remain full steam ahead and focussed. Around t

Bonjour et bienvenue sur mon blog 2018 is a year that will go down in history for many who live in France. February saw the delivery of snow, which for us was a first. Despite it being a nightmare for many who live rural, it did make for some wonderful photographs. Then after the snow came the rain, and more rain, and more rain. In fact we had that much rain we ended up to be 5 months behind on our winter jobs, plus the Potager had come to a total standstill. We lost many of

Bonjour et bienvenue I hope this blogs finds you all well and enjoying the fabulous weather. Finally we can say "yes we are" as temperatures reach 33 degrees and finally the rain has left leaving the garden looking its best . I am not sure if I have blogged photos of our fabulous rose garden but here they are: We are very lucky to not suffer from black spot; however, Darren does have an obsession with them and is permanently dead heading and hosing them down. One very proud f

Well I must be on the ball this month. Its been less than a month and I am already starting to write this blog. Thankfully the rain has stopped and the sun has come out. What a weird start to 2018 it has been. +++ amounts of rain followed by temperatures of 31. We ended up with a waterfall in the lower grounds which was a first. In fact it was that beautiful we have decided to develop the lower grounds into a wildlife pond surrounded by a butterfly meadow. It is so nice to ha

Well I cannot believe that it is now June. For many of us living here in France, we would say it is still winter what with all the very odd weather we are having. The sun has finally arrived but it is mixed in with lots and lots of rain. Darren has been frantically trying to keep up with the lawns, however trying to tame 16 acres has been a big ask. Despite loving his new tractor I think even he would say 'that's enough'. A month has passed since my last blog and so much has

Well firstly let me apologise to my followers for my delay in writing a Blog. For those who live in France or have been following the weather here will know it has been wet, wet, and wet. So all my blog would have been about was how horrific we have been having it. Anyway we made it, and I believe it may be spring, or so the flowers are telling me. Darren decided to barricade himself inside and refused to come our until the weather improved. This only meant one thing. When he

Yes, Really!. When we moved to Marcadis, Moncrabeau we found an old sledge in one of our barns. Getting very excited at the prospect of snow in winter we were brought back down to reality when one of our neighbours told us that they had not had snow for years and years. Coming from England we loved the idea of Snow in Winter. The vision of the French landscape covered in a carpet of white snow would be breathtaking. Oh well, never mind. However........... This year it happene

At some time during our life our paths will have crossed with either the Blue Light Emergency Services or the Military. It would be fair to say that it has to have happened to each and everyone of us. Not me you may say? I haven't been to hospital or had a run with the police. No, but you will have gone to see a GP, or (if female) had a trip to the nurse or maybe had a baby. You may have had a car accident or just missed one and had the traffic police support you along the bu