Sunday, January 1, 2012

2012

Wishing all past & future guests a
 Very Happy, Healthy 2012.
 Best wishes Steve & Tessa

End of 2011





This year we have re-done the web-site & added the blogs to try & make more information available to you. Here are a few photos taken at the end of the year.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

2011

18th-25th June 2011
The Whittingtons, Sneaths & Stradlings plus the children had a wonderful time at Les Places. What a beautiful house-such character & so well equipped-it had everything we needed. The pool was enjoyed by all & that view-wow !! We would love to come back one day-Thank you.
2nd-9th July
The Gordons from Edinburgh & the McVivens from deepest, frozen Argyllshire, Scotland. We have had a great week, defrosting & enjoying the lavender, the pool, the boules & the kitchen. Maggie.
The McViven clan from deepest, darkest Argyll have once again returned to their ancestral & spiritual home-land, the Lot, & it is clear why our forefathers of the auld alliana enjoyed such climate, cuisine & drink, Cend lulle faid....
It was great though I look like a lobster-young master Gordon.
Auberge du Porche in Serignac is very good-good value-worth a visit. Merci ! for a wonderful holiday !!
9th-16th July
The croquet lawn needs levelling & cutting ! Everything else excellant, thank you. Martin Ribathon.
The croquet lawn was perfect, Martin just needs to learn how to play. A wonderful place, we had such an amazing time. The Passion Rouge (restaurant-Mauroux) was excellent. Clare & Reys
Loved all the nooks & crannies throughout the house & all the wooden sculptures. The week has been lovely despite a couple of dodgy days ! Lovely visit to Chateau Bonaguil & Chateau Cayrou where we learnt much about 'growing wine'. Linda & Giles Rigler.
There has been many fantastic days & nights spent here at Les Places. As you can tell from the earlier comments ! But my personal favourite aspect has been the PICON BIERRE !I have left some for you ! Enjoy Rhys the Welshman. ps Sorry I drank all of the Picon......
Loved the house-especially the sculptures & art-as well as the atmospheric barn, pyramid & the glorious garden & natural meadows. A week of bliss-thank you ! Wonderful walks & canoeing on the Lot too. Have to come back.....
The Sacks Clan 05/08/2011  ps The observatory is a must !
23rd July-13th August
Thank you for letting us stay in your lovely home. We-& many of our friend-have had a wonderful time here. We have left some food in the fridge & cupboards in the hope that it will be of some use to you or the next tenants, rather than throwing it away. I hope it isn't an inconvenience. We had a couple of breakages-2 wine glasses & a glass bedside lamp from the bedroom above the kitchen-sorry !
Many thanks & best wishes, Anne & Nigel. 
13-20/08/11
A wonderful QUIET location & room enough to escape the teenagers ! Enjoyed the pool & the table-tennis. Thankful for all the fans as the temperature was above 35 degrees outside ! Didn't venture out much, Puy L'Eveque v.quiet, big Leclerc at Montayral easy to find on road to Fumel. Delicious meal at 'Le Vert' at Mauroux. Wonderful for bird-spotting in the evening by the pool. Thank you for taking us at such short notice & making our stay so relaxing & enjoyable. Peter, Susan, Rebecca & Amy Vicary-Smith

2010

July 3-17, 2010
 Two marvellous weeks-thank you so much ! The extended family, eleven of all ages, loved  your house & grounds, & the pool & all the wildlife. Special recommendation for the many local activities, including the new Salon Gourmand (ice-cream to die for !) in Puy L'Eveque. The Friday market in Prayssac, Monflanquin & the wines from Chateau Lacapelle-Cabanac-especially their rose sec-Berri-& the red Prestige ! Hic ! 
We'd love to come again some day, it's been memorable. Lovely soaps-thank you.
All the best Alison & Phil Bowers, Neil & Steph Eilidh, Kyne, John, Anya, Esme, Catriane, & Tali. xx
17/07-24/07
Nous avons passe une tres bonne semaine en famille. Votre maison est spacieuse et a beaucoup de charme et nous avons adore l'environnement- praires, campagne, forets , villages_____
Cordiallement, Familles Villard/Julien.
07/08-21/08
We all have had a lovely time. The house is beautiful & has everything you could need. The kids were hardly out of the pool & have gone from timid little water babies with floats & arm bands to 'full on' water demons-jumping around & swimming lengths & basically terrorising all the adults (flipping them off inflatables & squirting water at them ). Thanks & best wishes. The Britton-Chambers, The Brintworths, The Wheelers & The Woods. xxxxx
21st-28th August
It was murder ! One of us was murdered by a knife wielding granny in Leclerc, whilst another was beaten over the head with a steering wheel in his bedroom. Shocking !! Beware next time you visit a bottle bank, night market or the boulangere for croissants. Also lock away all pepper grinders, noodles, inflatable crocodiles & keep away from the lavender fields. All of which are extremely dangerous in the wrong hands. A good game of murder mystery was had by all. See you soon & have a fab time yourselves.... The gang of 2010

2009

July 2009
What an idyllic setting, the peace just hits you & with the land, it's just perfect ! The kids have had a fantastic time swimming in the pool & playing hide & seek in the fields. The house has so much character & we love the little quirks like the sink in the downstairs wash room. Only the presence of the wasps next to the pool were a slight annoyance. We have visited the English vineyard Domaine du Garinet & even returned to purchase more bottles ! Managed to fit in kayaking at Roque Gagac which was amazing fun, a boat trip around Cahors, Walibi Park & lunch at Puy L'Eveque. A must visit place is Gouffre du Padirac (1hr 30 mins drive) & Rocamador. Thank you Steve & Tessa for letting us live in your wonderful home.
Sarah Brouard (part of 14 Brouards ages 5-74)
GREAT CELEBRATION-25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY-SARA & STEVE.
1st-15th August.
Fazackerleys-Sara, Steve, Kathryn. Rebecca Pinks-Jackie & Stuart, Juliet, Will. Saxbys-Nick, Caro, Rebecca. Hurleys-Mike & Wendy, Rachel. Mosses-Carol, Bob, Lawrence, Emma, Adam, Sophie. Absons-John, Nicky, Matthew, Elizabeth.
7th August
We have had a lovely time, the weather has been perfect & we hardly left the house, as we enjoyed lounging around at home. We have had visits from the toads & a large beetle causing certain people to run inside ! We were disappointed by the roap swing that earlier guests wrote that they enjoyed. It would have been fun for the kids ! * The badminton, table-tennis & swimming pool were used often & kept us entertained though ! The house itself was very spacious & comfortable & was very remote. We enjoyed wine tasting at a local house & brought back many bottles ! (Wine) Overall we have had a wonderful holiday in a lovely house & we regret leaving after a nice time ! The Saxbys xxxx
* Ha Ha ! We knew it had been removed !!!
9th August(our stay from 3pm 6/8/09 to 5.30 9/8/09)
Very sad to be leaving the house & the fab family & friends 'get together'. Our 4 day stay has been far too short & as we fly back to UK the other part of the family arrive. It's been so much fun-all mucking in with food, cooking & game playing. The sun didn't come out too often & the storm was incredible-lots of lightening & thunder. Only down side was the lack of sun the following day. The annexe (La Grange) was very cosy & cool, Bob & family will enjoy. We'll be thinking of you as we fly back. Enjoy the rest of your stay everyone. Fab house, fab pool, fab holiday. Skooie & Jah-Jah.
9th August-14th August
The Moss Family !
Bob(Bozza), Carol(Cazza), Lawrence(Lozza), Emma(Ezza), Adam(Azza), Sophie(Sozza)
The family holiday in this large lovely house was great. Weather was really great, blue sky every day. Enjoyed using the pool & ping-pong (or wiff-waff) table. No complaints from my behalf. The pool at night-very nice ! Lovely sky with stars. Only left the house once as it was perfect just chillin at the house.
Lots of 'creme du solait? (sun cream ) needed as got quite burnt.
Lovely stay & don't want to leave.
The Mosses Family (Mozzas!)
Fazackerley Family. Where do we start ? What a fantastic quiet place to relax & enjoy a superb holiday. We have loved the pool, the Boules & the table tennis. Each evening we eagerly awaited the arrival of the two toads on the patio & the gentle 'whoo' of the owl. (A Scops Owl apparently). Visited both the vineyards recommended by Steve & Tessa (Domaine du Garinet-visited before anyway) & at Bru (Nosiere) very friendly. We enjoyed night swims to the noise of crickets & Boules in the sunset. We & our friends & family had a superb celebration here over the fortnight & will hopefully come again. Thank you to Steve & Tessa for lending us your special place.
Sara, Stephen, Rebecca, Juliet, Kathryn & Will
15th-29th August
Thanks for a fabulous place to enjoy our holiday. We all loved it, mainly the feel of the place-very peaceful...even with children in it! Loved the wildlife (toads, frog, snake, owls, buzzards) & the pool , so much, we didn't get to do much else. All went far too quickly, but we leave refreshed. Thanks & good luck with everything. Chris, Liz, Martha, Noah, Ashid, Jordon, Jess, Angel.
ps Can we heartily recommend the hazelnuts from the tree by the pool. We made hazelnut shortbread with them from a recipe in one of the kitchen cook books.....fab !
I really enjoyed this holiday, it was brilliant. I will miss the toad. Sometimes I sit with my mum & look at the stars. Your garden was a wonderful place to play in. I want to come here when I'm older. I really enjoyed our stay. Good luck, Martha xxx

2008

July 2008
We have had a wonderful holiday here at Les Places & will take home endless memories to keep us warm throughout our Scottish winter. There have been a few days when it all seemed too good to be true-the pool & the lavender, the beautiful rooms & the moon lit evenings-Thank you so much for all of this. 
Clare & Norman McHiven, their 4 children (Martin, Lianin, Katie & Mairi)-Argyll, Scotland.
Maggie McKernan & family Edinburgh, Scotland.
19th July-2nd August
Pickerings, Gompertz & Binnies.
Thank you very much I had a great time ! Tom Binnie age 12
It was fun swimming in the pool Ned age 11
Thank you for the best time ever I loved it, from Wiz, thanks for that evening, ps it is a beautiful place. I've had a wonderful time , from Eddie.
Thank you for a really fun two weeks here, the weather was lovely & there was always something fun to do. Arthur age 12.
Discovered the beautiful Montcuq this time plus Lauzerte-well worth a visit. Freshly baked pizzas eaten on the green at Serignac on Thursdays-big success along with beaucoup de rose, boules, tennis & basketball ! Thank you again Steve & Tessa-please let us come back ! Lizzie Pickering (aged 42) xxxx
Thank you sooooo much for letting us stay , it is amazing coming here & swimming etc ! The grounds are beautiful & so is the house. I hope we can come back next year !!!!! Emily Pickering aged 9
I have had such a great two weeks & dreading going home. The swimming pool is great & have loved dive bombing the adults ! I love the tennis court so near by & really do hope we come next year. Mary aged 9.
Everything that we did was really fun & when my mum asked me what my favourite thing we did was, I couldn't think of anything that was not fun !! Cam age 12
Great holiday although Will was very annoying, maybe don't let him come next time. Francis.
Another great holiday discovered Domaine d'Homs & Le Licorne in Saux.
Thank you, we have had a fantastic two weeks. The house is beautiful-hope to be back.  Cathy & Binnie Family.
Very comfortable & a great sense of space with lovely people. Alisdair.
August '08
The perfect idyll-your little piece of heaven ! Hopefully we will be back, if you can guarantee the sunshine ! Anne & Milhe.
Last 2 weeks of August '08
We are a party of 11, ages 7-74. Excellent gite, lovely area, nice wine from local vineyard, Domaine du Garinet-English owners, very helpful. Everyone loved the pool especially Hannah & Cameron.
Market at Libos very goo. Horse riding just up the hill. Wear good clothing ! Kyaking-Anglaros, beautiful, peaceful & great fun. Good value for money. Creperie at Puy L'Eveque 'Le Pigeonnier' good for everyone & good value. Les Gonies, 2 kms away, excellent food & greta value BBQ-all home grown produce. Dutch owners, excellent English. We all enjoyed this area, brilliant night skies with brilliant hot days. The water park at Souillac (Quercyland) excellent value for money-VERY HOT-all day. Great slides & pool. Thanks Steve & Tessa-great house, we loved it's individually designed rooms especially the downstairs shower room with great artwork.

2007

June 2007
Amazing, fantastic, wonderful etc. etc. We have had a fab two weeks staying in your beautiful home....a true sanctuary ! Thank you !! The Garders xx
Aug 2007
We had a great time here. We had a lovely time by the pool & enjoyed the caves at Padirac. We found out what magray meant & all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. It is fair to say , we had a lovely time washed down perfectly with plenty of Tsar wine. Thank you for a lovely time. The early August 2007 people xxxx
August 11-18
Barnes, Powells, Lillywhites & Dysons, from London, Nottingham & Sutton Coldfield.
Many thanks for a really relaxing time in your great property. Terraces, pool, kitchen, furniture, art & loos were splendid. Loved the garden too. Steve, Ruth & boys x 3.
Beautiful & relaxing-even with 9 children ! Art & artefacts-a feast for the senses ! Rae & Steve xx
It has all been said already-we loved it & are sad to return to rainy England. Thank you Bid, Chin et al.
18th-25th August
The space in & around the house has allowed us to greatly enjoy the week despite lousy weather. I particularly loved the floors & the tables. Dave, Kay, Kate Brodie & Lara.
We have had a wonderful week in your beautiful home. Lots of peaceful spots, inteesting sculptures & places for the children to explore. Horse riding excellent up the road.
Your garden is magnificent & I love your house. The swimming pool is peaceful. And so are the fields, also they're good for hide & seek. The lavender rows smell lovely & look brill. I had a wonderful week. PS the jackel & the pyramid look amazing.
We saved a beetle from the swimming pool. The cattle stared at me. I like your home. I like the plough.
25th August-1st September
A wonderful hot sunny delicious week ! THANK YOU