Outside at Les Yeches:
The courtyard offers a variety of opportunities for al fresco eating. Immediately outside the kitchen door is a teak table – complete with large umbrella - which will seat eight. Towards the pool is a smaller table with four chairs under the shade of an elegant tree.
But the pride of the courtyard is the summer kitchen, between the main house and the studio. It's a lovely space with exposed beams and antique farm implements and is fully open to the courtyard. It's equipped with a large, rustic table, a sink with running water, a gas hob and a fridge for your ice, beer and, of course, local rose.
On a hot day, lunch in the summer kitchen is perfect. But it's also subtly lit, which makes it the ideal place for dinner as well – especially if you take the trouble to light the candles all around. A large Weber barbecue is provided.
The pool, 10 x 5 metres with Roman steps, is in an idyllic spot where you can lie in full sun for the whole day or take advantage of the shade provided.
Local activities:
There are superb activity centres close by – including boating lakes, riding stables and golf. There are rivers for kayaking and canoeing, the biggest dry ski slopes in France and a superb aquatic centre.
Throughout the Golden Triangle there are numerous historic hill villages – all worth a visit. As we’ve said, there is abundant wildlife – our twitching friends tell us it is a birdwatcher’s paradise. The Gresigne Forest offers spectacular walks in its wooded valleys and hills. Cap Decouverte, in the other direction, is a vast new sports and leisure complex with wonderful dry ski slopes. There is spectacular kayaking and canoeing to be enjoyed in the Gorge of the Aveyron, near the old market town (Sunday) of St- Antonin-Noble-Val.
Other Activities:
Boating, canoeing.
marks the location of the property in Midi-Pyrenees
