Saturday, March 26, 2016

Our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool and gym near Baud

Yesterday at our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool and gym near Baud I popped out to our local swimming pool shop to purchase every thing I needed for the start of the season.

A tub of all in one pool chemicals, box of skimmer nets, new pool net and a little treat for the children to enjoy an inflatable pool slide.

The type of pool slide I purchased yesterday for the children to enjoy.

I'm sure the slide will provide hours of fun and makes for a lovely treat for guest to enjoy in La Forge or La Veille Maison our child friendly Brittany holiday cottages.

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Weight training at the gym / fitness center at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud

Back weight training at the gym / fitness center at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud yesterday after a week off due to having physio on my neck.

Just took it easy with 7 sets of incline bench press followed by 5 sets of tricep push downs - the next chest workout will be back to normal in 5 days time. Today I am back in the gym to train back and biceps.

Its lovely having the gym located at the holiday cottages enabling easy access to train on a whim.

The gym is available for all our guest staying in La Forge or La Veille Maison for a holiday.

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool and gym near Baud

Today at our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool and gym near Baud the pool heater was switched on to get the pool ready for the guest arriving for a holiday in
La Forge on 2nd April.

Last weekend the pool was opened and we emptied the pool taking out 40% of the water to reduce the stabilizer level within the water and have run the pump 24 hours per day since opening the pool.

renewing 40% of the water in the pool
This week the pool area has been power washed and all the sun beds cleaned ready for the arrival of our guest to enjoy staying at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud.

Monday, March 14, 2016

Our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool near Baud

Today at our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool near Baud James was able to play on the children's play house as the paint had finally dried.

To keep the little ones entertained so you can relax

The children's play area at our Brittany holiday cottage 

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool near Baud

Today at our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool near Baud we opened the swimming pool in order to get the pool ready for guest staying in La Forge on 2nd April.

The pool was really clean on taking off the winter cover yet I decided to drain 40% of the water away in order to reduce the amount of stabilizer within the existing water.

Opened the swimming pool today at our Brittany holiday cottage
 We will run the pump now 24 hours per day and will start the heater on the 20th March to provide enough time to get the temperature up to around 26 degrees for the arrival of the guest.

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Fishing at our Brittany holiday cottage with private pool near Baud

Today was the start of the fishing season at our Brittany holiday cottage with private pool near Baud, and along the river Tarun were cars parked as fishermen were keen to catch there first wild trout of 2016.



The river Tarun is only 4 or 6 meters wide but holds a good head of wild brown trout and salmon par and is located just 100 meters from La Forge and La Veille Maison.


Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Weight training at the gym / fitness center located at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud

Back weight training at the gym / fitness center located at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud today for a back and biceps workout.

I don't normally train in the morning but had a physiotherapy session booked for midday and boy am I glade I trained before hand as this afternoon I'm feeling rather beaten up - I had a car accident a month ago and still experiencing problems with my neck so my doctor prescribed a 10 session coarse of physio.

That's one way to straighten out your back!


Unlike the public gyms that are only open for set hours in the day having the gym located at our holiday cottage gives more flexibility in when one can train.

The gym is available for guest staying in La Forge or La Veille Maison to utilize during there holidays.

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool near Baud

Today at our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool near Baud we announce some fantastic last minute booking deals with the swimming pool offered on a private basis for guest staying in La Forge.

Last minute bargain at our Brittany holiday cottage with private pool


From 26th March - 30th April book a week for just £350 reduced from £549 per week.

The swimming pool is offered on a private basis from 12th March through too 21st May and again in September and October for guest staying at our Brittany holiday cottage La Forge.

Monday, March 7, 2016

Weight training at the gym / fitness center at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud

Today I was back weight training at the gym / fitness center at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud for a leg session.

Started of with 4 sets of leg extensions to warm up my knees then it was on to 6 sets of deep front squats then back for another 4 sets of leg extensions.

Arnold performing the front squat


Finishing the workout with 4 sets of leg curls.

18 sets in 40 minutes then back in the house for dinner - perfect!

It's wonderful having the gym literally on your door step - making it easy for all our guest wishing to train while on holiday at either La Forge or La Veille Maison a very simple mission.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Our Brittany holiday cottage with private pool and gym near Baud

Over the last week we had a problem at our Brittany holiday cottage with private pool and gym near Baud with watching English TV.

In La Veille Maison we have a free sat satellite system installed and over the last week we were getting a message saying ' New service - please wait' and nothing would ever happen on half the channels even though it said we had 100% signal.

Then on Friday all channels were lost as it said no signal what so ever - I tried again on Sunday to see  100% signal had returned but still half the channels were missing and we had the same message showing on the screen.

Today we had our new receiver arrive a Manhattan Plaza HD-S2 and within 5 minutes we were back up and running all for just £44 on Amazon and it looks like the picture quality has improved from the previous receiver.







Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Weight training at the gym / fitness center located at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud

Had a great weight training session at the gym / fitness center located at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud today - training chest and triceps.

Kept it very basis just doing 8 sets of incline bench press up to 80kg and on the last set I failed getting the 7th rep and had to roll the bar from my chest on to my stomach in order to sit up of the bench to rescue myself. It's not a thing I would recommend any one to do and it's something I always try to avoid, but trying to push myself its inevitable that its going to happen at some point.

After the fail I stopped doing chest and moved on to tricep push downs, starting with a 30 rep set on 20 kgs, increasing each set by 5 kgs to finish on the last set at 45kg for 6 reps.

The good old days


All in all just a 30 minute workout.

It's great when you have a gym onsite at our Brittany holiday cottage because your able to do the quick workouts - when you have to travel to a gym you feel compelled to train for longer to justify the 40 minute round trip in the car as was the case when I trained in Pontivey.