Hello world!

18/06/2007 by Bob and Di.

So here we go.  No more individual emails with news of our activities - you can get the latest news by logging onto our blog - and you can let us have your comments too. So how are things progressing here?

We’ve had a succession of visitors, numbers ranging from one to five at any one time, but rarely none.  Everyone seems to have left happy with their experience here, and as a result we are seeing people arrive as a result of recommendations, always the best form of advertising.  Parc Verger is looking good, the light gravel on the pitches  contrasting with the grass and trees.  Like everywhere in Europe, it seems, we’ve had an unsettled spell of weather, generally warm or hot though with showers and some spectacular thunderstorms.  Fortunately this is a well-drained site, so even though the pitches are level, water drains off them vey speedily.

There are several items occurring in the near future.  The signs for the main road (which we had to pay for, of course) have been delivered to the local authority who have to install them, hopefully soon!  We are just about to accept the electrician’s quote for work needed to upgrade the power supply on site, and that should mean that the work can be done before the French holidays, which are normally interminable!  Third job is to clear the extension to the site of treestumps (and everything else).  This involves another estimate being prepared, this time by the groundwork contractor, and our aim is to get him on site, with all his heavy machinery, in early September, so that we can get grass sown later that month.  This should give it a fighting chance of growing before the winter, though whether the ground will be firm enough for caravans next summer we’ll have to see - should be OK for tents, though.  Whilst the machinery is on site we’ve a couple of other jobs for it, one of which is to change the slope of the bottom of the drive, as motorhomes with trailers are grounding due to the change of slope from the road to the drive.

The final major task, for this winter period, is to convert the small chalet we have here to a sanitary block.  We’re still awaiting the necessary permissions, but it seems hopeful that these will come through soon.  There will be some digging needed, for drainage trenches and a modest extension, so we’ll get this done when the contractor’s machinery is on site , and then we’ll get on with the internal work.  Should be fun!

It is fair to say that starting this enterprise was effectively an act of faith on our part.  We knew what we wanted to achieve, and there was a good rationale behind it, but how would it turn out in practice?  Well, we’re now 18 months (from the time the detailed planning permissions were received) into what we estimated as a three-year project, and we’re thoroughly enjoying every minute of it.  We have met many marvellous people, a number of whom have become firm friends.  We are looking forward to the next eighteen months with excitement as we move towards the completion of the work here.

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