Oh Dear!

When we were at La Matha in November, we noticed that the hibernated pool had lost a lot of water.  The pool man, Monsieur Bouilhac of BLM Piscines had been advising us of a loss of water for the past couple of years, but each time he told us it was not serious and didn't necessarily need attention.

He has now investigated, and it seems there are a number of cracks in the concrete fabric of the pool, bad connections for the drainage plughole, and poor connections for the jets by the steps.  This will need a new lining, together with some work on the pipes.  Further investigation and subsequent estimate to follow next week, but this is definitely something we need to have sorted out!

We will update on how this progresses.....

Bookings for 2011

Well this is going well!  We have now booked all prime slots, and we now only have six free days between 4 June and 11 September.  Included in the 13 weeks are four weeks from previous visitors.  In fact, another previous guest tried to book 2 weeks just after a new enquiry had come in.

This really is encouraging for us, and hopefully shows the work that we are doing to the house is paying off.  Repeat bookings and word of mouth recommendations mean that we must be doing something right, and it's good to see that other people can relax and enjoy the house pool and garden just as we do.

Sporting Facilities

Paving the way for competitions in the summer, we have just bought an outdoor table tennis table.  Whilst we think this should fit in the boiler room/utility room with a bit of rejigging of things, we intend to put it out on the hard stand outside the bathroom for the summer.  The area there has more than enough space, and is flat; when swept should be great - certainly in the morning or early evening!

This will complement the boules and badminton sets we have provided in previous years.  There is also a darts board left by a visitor (although I don't really classify darts as a sport!).  Together with swimming, guests may be able to have a "Superstars" competition........

Bathroom Progress - Update

We have now received the quote from the builder, and have sent a cheque for the materials.  He now has two months to complete before I go out there.  Here's hoping  he does that!