Dear All,
Kate, Esther and I arrived back safely on Saturday evening from a week in France with the Brown tribe. We stayed in a hamlet of three houses called Fretay in the middle of a prosperous agricultural region. The nearest town was Savigny-sur-Braye and the nearest city was Le Mans. We crossed from Dover to Calais and had a 300 mile journey which was fairly painless apart from the tolls. The house was a large converted barn standing in a large garden with a swimming pool. One of the neighbouring houses was a chateau complete with moat.
House at Fretay
Neighbours!
The weather was very hot so the local wheat harvest was completed while we were there. All the grass was burned brown and maize was being heavily irrigated. One downside to the rural location was a pig unit in the next hamlet which sometimes wafted country smells especially when slurry spreading! and always seemed to encourage a host of flies. There was plenty of larger local wildlife including a wild boar and several deer.
The pool was very welcome and used to cool off most days.
Pool Lifeguards!
The scenery was not spectacular but we were close to Le Loir (which is a smaller tributary of La Loire) and there were a number of interesting towns on it which we visited in turn. All were decorated with window boxes and flower borders and most had troglodyte cave dwellings as the rock was easily excavated..JPG)
Lavigny
It was a restful week with a craft or activity rota each night and a chance to get to know younger relatives much better!
Aunty Kate’s homemade volcanoes
Love
Mike & Kate
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