What are the best alternatives to flying to France from the UK? Wondering about alternatives to flying to France from the UK? Catch the train, and help the environment. This is a guest blog written by Jacky Fitt. Jacky and her husband Tom travelled to Le Moulin by train as paying guests last year – […]
by Heidi Smith
They are calling the time after coronavirus “the new normal”. It seemed a good idea to use some of our long days of confinement while in lockdown to try and define what this might mean for Le Moulin de Pensol. We weren’t enormous fans of the old normal. In fact, getting away from the old […]
by Heidi Smith
Our guide to Live Music in France around Pensol Outside of Le Moulin and our animals, one of our great passions is music. We play Irish and French traditional music and have been fortunate enough to find fellow musicians out here in France. We have also discovered a vibrant local traditional music scene, and I […]
by Heidi Smith
Our guide to Cycling in the Limousin Here at Le Moulin De Pensol, we can offer you the perfect holiday cycling in the Limousin. This is our guide to getting the most out of cycling in the Limousin region. The roads of the Limousin are a cyclist’s paradise. Well maintained and virtually traffic free, they offer […]
by Heidi Smith
Le Moulin de Pensol: the perfect holidays for Butterfly Enthusiasts We offer the perfect holidays for Butterfly Enthusiasts here at Le Moulin de Pensol. There are 64 species of butterflies in our gardens and grounds. The wildlife of the wider Parc Naturel Régionale Perigord-Limousin really is outstanding too. Our butterfly highlights We’re feeling a bit […]
by Heidi Smith
Summer 2019 was when Le Moulin de Pensol, as a business, really found its feet. Our B&B rooms were open, and the gites were full. We met some wonderful people, and our market from the Netherlands, Belgium and France grew – which we were delighted about, particularly given the current fiasco taking place in the […]
by Heidi Smith
This blog is about cheese. Just kidding, it’s not, of course, it’s about donkeys because EVERYTHING is now about donkeys. Because we now have three donkeys. Hadn’t you heard? Well, where have you been? Certainly not on Facebook, clearly. It all happened rather quickly. We had always talked about getting donkeys (and hens and goats […]
by Heidi Smith
Sometimes it helps to have a deadline. As you will have seen from Facebook, we have been working on our new chambre d’hôtes in Limousin (B&B rooms) throughout the winter. We just don’t seem to be able to finish them though. We still need a double bed for one of the rooms. The other two […]
by Heidi Smith
For our blog this month I wanted to give a proper send-off to Jasper, our rescue dog – a much missed member of the team. He was put to sleep on January 12th aged only nine, but his short life is a fascinating story. Jasper was born in Romania as one of the many street […]
by Heidi Smith
Transhumance is a type of pastoralism or nomadism, a seasonal movement of livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures We decided to do some training yesterday with one of our dogs, Wolfie. As his name suggests, Wolfie looks like a scrawny wolf who has been put through a hot wash. He has a beautiful coat […]
by Heidi Smith
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