English Tea Garden in the Auvergne

We are about to open an English Tea Garden "Jardin de Thé Anglais" this Easter at "Le Boucharel" Champagnac le Vieux in the Haute Loire department of the Auvergne. It will compliment our existing Chambre and Table d'hotes business and we are hoping to

Winter in the Auvergne

We have had a very warm winter in the Auvergne this year compared to the previous two winters.  In October and November we were sitting in the garden drinking coffee with blue skies and sunshine. December was also fairly warm.  We had three

Mushrooming in the Livradois-Forez, Auvergne.

Since our move to France in November 2004 life has been very hetic. We now have our Chambre et Table d'hotes at Le Boucharel, Champagnac le Vieux, 12 kms from the small market town of Brioude, up and running and have just finished our first summer season. We