How to replace the sluice gates in a water mill This is a departure from my normal ramblings about wilding, coppicing and patching up Le...

After a long night of trundling, cascading thunder and whip-crack lightening setting fire to the sky, the rain is finally here. We’ve had...

After ten years staring at the fading garage doors, I finally painted them both, and what a difference! The whole outbuilding has been...

The theme this year has definitely been 'willow'. In a storm ten years ago we lost all the huge poplar trees alongside the leet. The...

We have left the mayhem and political madness of London behind and are once again out at the beautiful Moulin. And it is hot! As it...

April 2022 This is our first trip out to Le Moulin without covid restrictions. It’s a perfect time of year to visit, the weather and...

As the rules around isolation lift in the UK and France, we have finally made it out to Le Moulin, for the first time in a year! Sitting...

Work continues this summer on expanding the field kitchen. For many years we've been happy pulling up a log seat and eating of our laps....

Just returned from the Moulin after half term week. It's a good time of year to catch up with the garden jobs. Tom laid hedges on the...

It's March. This is the time of year when the rivers and leat are full. You can almost feel the land swelling to contain all the water....

First swim of the year! Over Easter there was more than enough water in the Leat for swimming - in fact there was more water rushing...

Our outside eating area is evolving. We now have a fire to cook on, a pan and pot to cook with and a table with some chairs. Eating...

My parents, Allan and Judy, bought the Moulin de Tingaud in 2007 as a place for our family to meet and have holidays together. At the...