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

Today at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud with private heated swimming pool and gym we released the first full-length Halloween video for children to enjoy.

I hope you enjoy and if so please share:

Happy Halloween preview from our Brittany holiday cottage with Private swimming pool and gym near Baud

As Halloween approaches at our Brittany holiday cottage with private swimming pool and gym near Baud we are celebrating Halloween with a  Happy Halloween preview of our movie to follow on the eve of the festivities.

We hope you enjoy!

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

Today at our Brittany holiday cottage with private swimming pool and gym near Baud Naomi filmed her recipe for Biko, a wonderful sweet dessert made from sticky/glutinous rice.

For a step by step guide please click here

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

At our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool and gym near Baud yesterday our final guest of the season with the pool open departed so James and I took the opportunity of no guest present and a glorious day to dig up the boule court to expand the lawn area.

We are contemplating with the larger lawn to provide guest the opportunity to play croquet in the garden as an alternative to ' Boule'.

In a day the boule court was dug over, racked flat, new top soil added and grass seed sown - we now have 4 weeks before the next guest arrive and I'm sure by then the area will be all grass.


La Forge is available to rent all year where as La Veille Maison is available from the end of may through to the start of September.

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

As we arrive soon at the end of the pool season at our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool and gym at the end of September. I am amazed no one has beaten my under water challenge yet of swimming 7 lengths with a single breath.  

In fact no one has beaten my daughters record either of 3 lengths for anyone under 15 years of age even though she was only 9 when she set the record.

The video below captures me doing 6 1/2 lengths - the 7 is a very special day and I have not been lucky enough to capture it on camera.

The best a guest has done to date was we had a 19 year old boy swim the same as in the above video.

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

Today at our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated pool and gym near Baud it was bright and sunny and its forecast to be the same over the next week, therefore it was time to bring out our Bird of paradise plants and bananas for our new tropical garden beside the new terrace of La Forge.

The terrace was constructed at the end of February and this month as the weather has been improving the planting up of all the new boarders has begun.

As mentioned above we have Birds of Paradise,several varieties of Banana, in addition we have planted up Arum's of different colors and Canna.

Ready for our guest to enjoy at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud

The new brighter terrace of La Forge our Brittany holiday cottage

Climbing up the terrace we have planted 2 varieties of Jasmine and 2 varieties of honeysuckle all chosen for there scent.

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

Over the last week at our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool and gym near Baud I have been busy working in the garden.

'Killing two birds with one stone' I dismantled the terrace of La Forge to fuel the fire to burn out the large tree stump within the garden. For a full explanation of the work carried out click this LINK

The tree stump is now gone and my next job will be to build a new terrace for the Brittany holiday cottage La Forge.

The other cottage La Veille Maison has a large fixed terrace over looking the garden and pool also.

The terrace of La Veille Maison Brittany holiday cottage

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.

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 

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

At the weekend at our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated pool and gym near Baud the temperature rose enough for me to paint the undercoat on the play house. Its just a shame that I can not paint the top coat yet as the temperature needs to be at least 15 degrees.

James enjoyed the playhouse today as it was such a lovely day be it still quite cold hitting only 8 degrees today.

Enjoying the play house at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud

Its lovely seeing the children's play area coming together now for all the children to enjoy while enjoying a holiday in either La Forge or La Veille Maison.

I'm sure there is something for everyone at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud to enjoy be it the heated pool, the gym, the children's play area and so much more.

Our child friendly Brittany holiday cottage with heated swimming pool near Baud

The work is almost finished at our child friendly Brittany holiday cottage with heated swimming pool near Baud creating the extended play area for the children to enjoy.

Fun for the children to enjoy at our Brittany holiday cottage

The children s play area at our Brittany holiday cottage

With the new rubber matting down its made for a safe area for the children to enjoy and hopefully soon the grass will start growing through the matting to soften the look.

 

Our aim is to make for a perfect family holiday destination to enjoy for guest staying in either La Forge or La Veille Maison.

Our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool near Baud

Today at our Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool near Baud our first guest of the year arrived for a 2 week stay on a house hunting trip - the guest wished to stay in February to see for himself what the climate was like for this time of year.

It was a lovely bright sunny day for his arrival but with a cold wind.

The guest took advantage of our current late booking offer in booking at just £225 per week reduced from £299 and the 20% Brittany ferry discount on his crossing.

We warmed the holiday cottage up prior to his arrival and provided a complimentary bag of logs for the fire.

This afternoon I spent another few hours in the sunshine working on the play center for the children to enjoy during there holidays and young James tested the slide. Unlike before when he used it just on some outside steps it was now set at the correct height and he was flung of the slide at the bottom and he thoroughly enjoyed it - we just made sure we were at either end for safety reasons.

James testing out the new slide 

Our holiday cottage offers so much for all the family to enjoy a fantastic holiday in southern Brittany.

Our child friendly holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool near Baud

Yesterday at  our child friendly holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool near Baud I was back in the garden working on the new play area for children to enjoy during there holidays in either La Forge or La Veille Maison.

Day two of the build

Having a young family ourselves we know how important it is to keep the children happy while on holiday - if the children are happy you are happy and relaxed.

Our Brittany holiday cottages offer a wonderful family holiday destination.

Our child friendly Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool near Baud

Today at our child friendly Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool near Baud work commenced on the planned play house.

Naomi and James popped out to see the start of my work.

Setting out the size of the platform and where it will be placed.

I initially built the template of the platform to see it in position and mark out where the vertical post will be located. I then dug the 6 holes where the post will be located and then filled with concrete to form the bases for the feet to stand.

The whole area will be covered with a 23 mm rubber mat that allows the grass to grow through to hide the matting and hopefully make for a very safe play area for the children to enjoy while on holiday at either La Forge or La veille Maison.

The protective rubber matting to create a safe play area.

The plan is to have a 3 meter slide, a rock climbing wall and one other climbing system as yet undecided for the new play house in addition to the existing play items located in the garden.

We hope that we offer every thing a family would need for a perfect holiday in France at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud