Brittany holiday cottage with private pool and gym

Popped into the gym today at the Brittany holiday cottage with private pool for a great leg work out, doing 6 sets of squats up to 120kg followed by a couple of sets of straight leg dead lifts to work the leg biceps.

Looking forward to my next chest work out as my shoulder is feeling so much better, just goes to show that training around and injury seems to be better than not training at all.

The gym at the Brittany holiday cottage is available to use all year.

Brittany holiday cottage with pool and gym

I stopped to speak to the guest currently staying at the Brittany holiday cottage with pool and gym yesterday and they told me they had enjoyed a great game of golf that day and the previous night had a wonderful meal at Le Cheval Blanc.



Tonight for the New year festivities they requested that I pre-book a meal at a local restaurant and they will enjoy a special set menu, drinks included at La Taverne which is located just 2 miles from the Brittany holiday cottage.

Brittany holiday cottage with private pool

The guest arrived yesterday at the Brittany holiday cottage with private pool and were welcomed with a roaring log fire on arrival.

Supplied with fire wood I talked them through how to use the wood burner and showed that with a slide of a switch the fire went from roaring down to a calm burn and back up again.

I explained that the most economical way to keep the cottage warm is to keep a fire burning slowly throughout the day, once the thick stone walls are warm the cottage retains its heat for a long time. I gave the cottage a boost at the start of the day with the central heating to make the whole process easier, the guest have said they will let me know if they need the central heating during there stay at the holiday cottage.

They have brought there golf clubs and are aiming to enjoy a few rounds of golf during there week at La Forge.

Brittany holiday cottage with private pool and gym

After a week of dieting at the Brittany holiday cottage with private pool and gym, I gained 2 lbs when I weighed myself Monday morning....not good, but then I would hate to know how many calories I ate on Christmas and Boxing day...looking at it on a positive note if I had not been dieting I might be 7 plus lbs heavier.

The diet restarted this Monday following the Christmas gluttony.

Trained chest and triceps yesterday and increased the weight I'm benching by an additional 10 kg, still my shoulder hurts but its getting better week by week.

Looking to buy some new equipment for the gym at the Brittany holiday cottage for 2011, ideally a leg curl/leg extension machine.

Brittany holiday cottage with private pool

Today was the clean day at the Brittany holiday cottage with private pool getting La Forge ready for the arrival of the guest this evening.


The guest staying at the cottage arrived at 7pm after driving from Caen taking a Brittany ferry to cross via Portsmouth and took advantage of the 20% discount on the ferry crossing by booking La Forge.


Book La Forge or La Veille Maison and receive a 20% discount on your Brittany ferry crossing making staying at the Brittany cottage with private pool even better value for money.

Brittany holiday cottage with private pool

Just the other side of Chapel Nerve which is 3 minutes away from the Brittany holiday cottage with private pool lives a friend who looks after Elsa when ever I'm away and it was my turn to look after their animals today for a week while they are away.



With a dog, 2 goats, 3 hens and 3 ducks to look after I tend to be there for 45 minutes each day giving them all food, fresh water and the dog and goats some time.



As a bonus for me I get to collect all the eggs while they are away.



I will buy some new hens for the holiday cottage in February so children staying at La Forge or La Veille maison can collect fresh eggs each year. I will increase the height of the fence to prevent the birds wondering the garden as I do not want a repeat of this year losing a bird to a cat or fox.

Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool

This year at the Brittany holiday cottage with private heated swimming pool, the pool was closed at the end of October and just to finish on the jobs involved with running the pool, I'll run through how the pool is closed.



Firstly it is given a good clean, making sure if any algae is present it is wiped of the walls and then thoroughly hovered. Before this Ive timed it that the chlorine in the pool has gone and the heater has been off for a week and the temperature is around 10 degrees, I then cover the pool with the winter cover and then introduce a double dose of Chlorine tablets to kill any thing that's present in the water.



The pump is then just put on a timer to run between 12am - 7am taking advantage of cheaper electricity then a few weeks later i reduce it further down to just 4 hours per day.



That's it, very straight forward and when the pool is opened in March ready for the start of the swimming pool season its crystal clear.



The heater is switched on 2 weeks before the start of April or my first booking at La Forge.

The swimming pool is open between April and September at the Brittany holiday cottage with private pool but can be extended into October if requested.