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 20th July 2008
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Real People, Real LivesWelcome to Real Lives. This is where people who have realised their dream of living in the Indre share their stories with you. Whether you have a permanent home or a holiday cottage, we’re always looking for more contributors, so if you've a story to tell of your experiences in the Indre/Berry region, whatever you want to tell us, we'd be delighted to hear from you. Just email us at editor@frenchentree-indre.comSmallholdings is back! A French view of Indre life Frankie's blog from St Civran Frankie's pictures |
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Are you moving to the Indre?Star in your own Good Life! Contributions welcome FrenchEntrée-Indre is always looking for contributions. Tell us about your life in the Indre, or if you have a blog or diary of your move to France, let us know about it! We are also looking for interesting news stories or details of an event that you're organising. Please send all contributions to editor |
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When FrenchEntrée Indre visited Glyn Shakespeare in July 2006, his barn renovation near St Benoit du Sault had only just started and it was hard to visualise the confortable home he was hoping to achieve...
Legend has it that there are 50 English families living in the small village of Chaillac, so French Entrée Indre set out to find out if it is really true, ...
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Steve and Fiona Hanson had one goal when they moved to the Indre - to try to be totally self-sufficient. And they are well on the way after two and a half years of hard work and single minded commitment. As they put it, "What people call "the good life" is more than just an idea for us. It's our whole principle of ...
When Portsmouth couple Mark and Sian Elliott stayed in the Indre 18 months ago, little did they think they would soon be living there in a little cottage and running their own grocery business.
John Southworth and his wife Linda live in a house on the edge of the beautiful Lake Eguzon. Wanting to take advantage of living near the water, they bought a boat earlier this year.
When vet Luc Pollet arrived in Chaillac from Belgium in January 1983, he found that he was the first non-French inhabitant of the small Indre village. He had heard there was no veterinary surgeon in Chaillac, so he rented a house there and 6 months later, married his fiancée Hilde. Together they began to ...
Dutchman Jacques van Tiggelen had great expectations for the potential of farming in the Indre when he moved from Belgium 6 years ago. “I had already farmed in Holland,” he says, “and I had been to France many times, as I used to export my Texel sheep to the Indre.” Land was cheap then and ...
Mike and Caroline Teague, from Neath, near Swansea in Wales, have found wonderful French neighbours in the tiny hamlet of L’Aumone, near Argenton-sur-Creuse in the Indre. They bought their holiday cottage on the N20, the old road to Argenton, in 2004 and they have spent as much time as possible there ever since...
Some people might think it would be a mad idea for a British couple to take on a full service French restaurant without having any experience. But Dave and Teresa Maskell have had varied careers with experience in different industries, so the prospect of running a French restaurant in the Indre, in the heart of the ...
The mediaeval village of St Benoit du Sault may seem a long way from Loch Lomond, but to Scottish couple James and Jeanette Hunter, it’s only a short drive to Prestwick airport and a flight to Paris, with a pleasant drive or a train journey through the French countryside to...
Glyn Shakespeare has a dream - to turn his dilapidated barn, or "grange", into a dream home with swimming pool, jacuzzi and a games room, not to mention 8 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and a large kitchen, lounge and and dining area.