WOW! What a difference 6 weeks makes! We first used LDLines back in Sat 29 August 2009 & I remember twittering at the time about how poor the service was and that they were obviously looking to be the Ryan Air of the English channel. I also said i’d never travel with them again due to the chaotic nature of

Today was always going to be a quieter day on the big achievement front as being the weekend we had the football to listen to and the F1 qualifying to watch but we did make a MASSIVE leap forward on the heating of the house and this is by far the biggest step forward to the living conditions in the

With Christmas coming it’s time to spend a few days getting the house ready for the winter and the work we have planned for the coming months. Today was about setting the week up so it’s the start of all the dirty jobs (oh joy)

So i just wanted to say i know its been a bit slow ont he updates for the last month and that’s simply due to the fact tht like Europe we’ve been taking out holidays too. As France and our French contracts went on holiday things shut down and this time around i’ve learnt to enbrace it rather than get

It’s finally launch day! After being held up in the application process that is Apple we are finally REALLY happy to announce the instant availability of PETITE ASSISTANTE in the App store in iTunes and on your iPhone or iPod touch. The video above shows you some basic functionality of the app running & how to use it just to

To make way for the new floor we are planning to put in requires the creation of one large open space in what we call “The Barn” . This is the space to the right of the living quarters which currently incorporates our bedroom to the far left of the building. In order to start this we need to empty

Dawn had the opportunity to take a week off with her family and spend it at the house. Given the house in an ongoing “work in progress” everyone was always going to be put to work.  Somehow they all managed to strike a balance of working on the house, garden, cowshed etc etc and exploring the area. This was just

Planning the layout of the house has been the hardest thing we’ve had to decide on.  Do we go for high style on the inside which ultimately affects the look of the outside or do we stick with what we have and compromise on size, light and what we see as quality of living space? This was a hard exercise

So does screaming and shouting get somewhere or is it just timing and the gods sense of irony? Today and well this week as a whole the process has taken great leaps forward and now we actually have time scales and the ability to get a more accurate cost plan for some of the work now things have been confirmed.

Love it or hate it Twitter is here to stay (for the moment) and while I have some current stories of woe, here’s a positive one for you and how a “serendipitous” social media fad combined with the economic downturn and a companies foresight to embrace new social media has saved us potentially £1000′s (and they’ve been super helpful to