http://lovelimousin.lestroischenes.com 'The Lake District of France' - All about this beautiful but undiscovered corner of S W France Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:38:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These are just a few of my Granny's recipes for pies, meat and vegetarian. There is a bit of a story to go with this one though ...... http://www.squidoo.com/pie-recipes-from-my-grandmothers-kitchen http://lovelimousin.lestroischenes.com/2011/12/28/pie-recipes-from-my-grandmothers-kitchen/ Gifts from Les Trois Chenes for lovers of France and all things French! I only have three items at the time of writing, (massive learning curve), but do take a look and keep an eye on it for the future! Les Trois Chenes On-line Shop  http://lovelimousin.lestroischenes.com/2011/12/28/my-new-zazzle-store/ I went home for Christmas found some of my Grandmother's recipes so I set about creating articles based on them and on the pie birds and pie dishes that I remember from her kitchen. My mother found a few that she used to use in the far-distant past. Have we ... http://lovelimousin.lestroischenes.com/2011/12/28/are-you-old-enough-to-remember-pie-birds/  This is the story of how I trained as a plumber in Limousin, S W France. Although I'm a professional artist and running painting holidays here in France, we have spent eight years renovating our ancient French farm house. Imagine, then, how delighted I was to be offered the opportunity ... http://lovelimousin.lestroischenes.com/2011/08/25/my-training-as-a-french-plumber-by-an-english-lady-artist/ On the 1st  June 2011 we welcomed horses for the first time to Les Trois Chenes B&B. A group of holiday makers discovering Limousin in horse drawn traps stayed the night with us on their journey through this wonderfully green and pleasant part of France. Bring your own horses, or let ... http://lovelimousin.lestroischenes.com/2011/06/15/horses-at-les-trois-chenes/ Ok, my New Year's Resolution, to keep my blog up to date by making at least one post a month, so here's my News from January 2011.Christmas was busy for the first time here at Les Trois Chenes. We had Bed and Breakfast guests staying over for Christmas Week which ... http://lovelimousin.lestroischenes.com/2011/02/03/january-at-les-trois-chenes/ Put the Fête Médiévale de Rochechouart in your diaries now. A spectacular day out where the whole town devoted to recreating the middle ages including whole pigs roasting on the roadside and a  medieval banquet at the foot of Rochechouart Castle. All day in the town centre. Free - (some events ie dinner ... http://lovelimousin.lestroischenes.com/2011/02/03/the-medieval-festival-of-rochechouart-is-on-20-august-2011/ It is nearly Christmas and my New Year's resolution is to keep this blog up to date and to try to make one decent contribution every month - at least. I am put off opening up my blog because I do find it hard to manage, but practice makes perfect ... http://lovelimousin.lestroischenes.com/2010/12/16/merry-christmas/ At the end of November it snowed which is quite an event in Videix. When the sun came out we just had to get out into the countryside and enjoy the "winter wonderland". Here are a few pictures that I took just to show that Limousin is the perfect holiday ... http://lovelimousin.lestroischenes.com/2010/12/16/a-walk-in-the-snow-around-videix/ The beliefs and the superstitions of Limousin, deep in the countryside of rural France where wolves roamed the beautiful and wild countryside not so long ago , and people feared werewolves, witches and vampires. They believed in the healing waters of the fountains and the local healers. There ... http://lovelimousin.lestroischenes.com/2010/04/21/limousin-land-of-wolves-and-witches/