Thursday, July 29, 2010

Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool

The Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool was bathed in hot sunshine today and it was great to dive in to give it a clean this morning.

The water was tested yesterday and chlorine was added with some new HTH tablets, the pool was crystal clear, just a little debris blown in to hoover up.

The swimming pool at La Forge is heated and is open from the start of April until the second week of October, it can be extended depending on holiday guest requirements.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Brittany holiday cottage with private heated pool

I have been running the Brittany holiday cottage with private heated pool now for 4 seasons and its all ways nice to read the comments in the guest book that people have enjoyed their holiday at La Forge.

What really makes the job of running a holiday cottage pleasurable is when you receive the extra thank you from guest after they have departed.

Just received the following email that sums up what I mean:


Hi Mark,

Just to let you know the deposit cheque arrived today and thank you.

Both Rhoda and I had a fantastic holiday at the cottage,the setting was perfect as was the house and pool. You are a great host and we both hope you do well. You have picked the right area as there is loads to do and you don't have to travel far.

Thanks again and we will be back.

Yours Jim and Rhoda





La Forge is available to rent all year, why not enjoy your holiday in France at this Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool.

Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool

The Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool is located within the Morbihan region of Brittany and its possible to enjoy a tourist event most days throughout the holiday season.

During the weekend of 24-25th July Hennebont held its 15th Medieval festival, there were events being held throughout the weekend including Knights jousting on horse back, musicians playing and traditional medieval tradesmen showing how things were made and used in the bygone age.

With a large market decorated to give a medieval feel it was a hub of activity with loads of people in costume.

Each year I raid the local tourist offices and grab all the information for the season ahead so guest staying at La forge the Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool wont miss a great day out.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Brittany holiday cottage with pool and gym

The training is going very well at the Brittany holiday cottage with pool and gym, with an 8 mile power walk today while enjoying a hot sunny afternoon.

Yesterday I trained legs in the gym doing 9 sets of squats with the last set being my heaviest of 130kg for 8 repetitions.

The Udo oil seems to be working also, I feel I'm getting leaner and feel really strong.

The gym at the holiday cottage with pool is available to use for all guest staying at La Forge.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Brittany holiday cottage with heated private swimming pool

It was a changeover day at the Brittany holiday cottage with heated private swimming pool as one set of guest leave from Holland a new group arrived from the UK.

The UK group took the L & D over night crossing from Newhaven too Deippe, arriving in France at 4am. Chatting to the chap he took a different route than I normally drive for the same mileage but avoiding 3 tolls amounting to 9.3 euros.

After enjoying lunch at one of the many bars within Baud they arrived at the cottage and took full use of the good weather to enjoy the swimming pool.

The guest are staying a week at La Forge and the weather forecast is good for the week ahead, so I expect the pool with have a lot of use.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Brittany holiday cottage with private pool and gym

Had a great workout last night in the gym at La Forge the Brittany holiday cottage with private pool and gym.

It was legs and abbs last night and I did 8 sets of squats finishing with my heaviest set of 7 reps at 130 kg. Perhaps I don't need to do leg extensions as a warm up any more, it is said that leg extensions can cause problems so I might buy a leg curl machine first before getting a leg extension machine in order to hit my hamstrings.

Abbs were done on the swiss ball with weighted sit ups, using a 10kg disk, its a small movement on the ball but you get a great stretch and a deep ache in the muscle with each contraction.

The gym is for the use of all guest staying at the holiday cottage and I am always on hand to help or offer advice.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Brittany holiday cottage with private heated pool and gym

Finally after a 4 week wait a delivery van arrived at the Brittany holiday cottage with private heated pool and gym with my order of Udo's Choice ultimate oil blend.

Its a combination of all the good fats that your body needs Omega 3, 6 and 9 and you just add it to your normal food during the course of the day.

I added 2 table spoons of the oil to my porridge for breakfast and another to a pot of Yogurt later in the day today. The concept of using the oil is when dieting you restrict your fat in take, the problem with that is your body tries to retain its fat reserves because it thinks a famine has started and would rather break down muscle tissue first to provide energy rather than the fat reserves.....not good if your trying to be lean and retain all that hard earned muscle.

With the oil the theory is, if during a diet you consume the good fats your body is willing to use up its fat reserves while dieting because its still receiving fats every day.

Reading the reviews its also great for extra energy and important for me, an aid in joint soreness.

I will let you know how I get on with the oil over the next month.

Currently my training is going exceptionally well in the gym at the holiday cottage, I feel very strong and starting to get lean at the same time, however my weight has increased....must be the fact my leg workouts are back and I'm rebuilding them.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Brittany holiday cottage with private heated pool





For the last 3 nights in a bid to get the new duckling accepted by the resident duck ' Lilly' the birds at the Brittany holiday cottage with private heated pool have been allowed to have a forage an hour before dusk.
Thankfully the duckling has now been accepted and resides in the chicken run with the other birds.
Children staying at La Forge the Brittany holiday cottage with private heated pool can check for eggs during their stay and feed the birds any fruit , veg or wet bread by hand.

Brittany holiday cottage with private pool


The new duckling at the Brittany Holiday cottage with private pool has finally been accepted by the resident duck. After several attacks by the resident duck I decided to leave the duckling outside the run and for it to take its chances in the garden, I felt it had a better survival rate than leaving it in with the resident duck.
The duckling stayed around the run for 3 days and each night I would allow all the birds to graze in the garden for an hour before dusk. The ducks seems to get on, with the duckling following every move of Lilly only for Lilly to turn on the duckling for no apparent reason after half an hour or so.
This went on for 3 nights with the attacks getting less vicious each night and last night I placed the duckling inside the run when all the birds returned after their hour in the garden.
This morning all the birds seem happy and it appears that the new duckling has been accepted by all.
Once the duckling gets bigger I will put another file box into the ground and fill with water, until then they will have to make do with a plastic bowl of water. I do not want a repeat performance of the duckling that was lost about a month ago.
Still only getting one egg per day, new guest arrive at the holiday cottage with private pool on Saturday from Holland and they have a small child, so I expect they will enjoy the birds immensely.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool

New guest arrived today at the Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool after a long journey over night from Scotland.

They arrived to find La Forge enjoying another hot sunny day and after an hour I caught up with them as they enjoyed the swimming pool.

What was really nice and highlights to me how special a place La Forge is they said that' the pictures really don't give justice to how lovely the cottage and garden are' they went on to say' I was very fortunate to find such a lovely spot to settle'.

Every passing guest of the Brittany holiday cottage reconfirms to me, how lucky I am and its a real pleasure that I can share my slice of the French dream with them.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool

The chickens at the Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool have started laying eggs last weekend, I'm not sure which hen is laying but I'm sure the other will start laying soon also.

After 4 days away from all the other birds I tried allowing the other birds access to the new baby duckling. The hens went into its enclosure and totally ignored it but as soon as the resident duck Lilly got close the aggression started again.

I separated the duckling and will leave it for at least a week extra now before reintroducing it. Its eating well and its looking less shabby already.

Looking forward to seeing the delight on the faces of the next lot of children staying at La Forge holiday cottage when they find the eggs in the morning.