Skip to content

Le Moulin de la Roche

A love affair with a French water mill

  • Home
  • About us
  • History
  • Contact

Tag: moulin a eau

Oh, the romance of an old water mill – not!

October 12, 2020February 13, 20216 Comments

The dappled light through the poplar trees plays on the rippling water, as the bright turquoise flash of a kingfisher startles a heron who lifts himself gracefully into the air and glides off along the river with long beats of his elegant wings... Yes, it is that peaceful most of the time but sometimes being … Continue reading Oh, the romance of an old water mill – not!

Tracing the history of our French home – Part 5

August 23, 2020February 13, 20211 Comment

Google is your friend During the confinement, at the start of my search (and not really knowing what I was looking for!), I got a bit bored and started googling the name of the mill/ the river we’re on/ the name of the village in various permutations. Once I had got through several pages of … Continue reading Tracing the history of our French home – Part 5

Tracing the History of our French home – Part 4

August 23, 2020February 13, 2021Leave a comment

Local historians, past and present You’ll have seen from my last post, Thank you Abbé Toublet, that one particular local historian has helped me to trace our mill back a thousand years. Yes, you read that right – A THOUSAND YEARS! Read about it here There’s no doubt about it. Local historians, past and present, … Continue reading Tracing the History of our French home – Part 4

Part of history

December 27, 2018February 13, 2021Leave a comment

Although sitting doing nothing isn't normally in my nature ( I drive Colin mad by endlessly compiling and working my way through self-inflicted lists of 'things-I-just-have-to-do') I did spend some time this Christmas just kicking back, reading books, catching up on interesting websites I'd bookmarked about the local area and I fell to pondering. This … Continue reading Part of history

Operation Kitchen Collection – and it’s ‘Go’!

December 22, 2018July 6, 20202 Comments

At 3 am on Thursday morning the alarm on my phone roused us to start ‘Operation Kitchen Collection.’ I’m really not bad at getting up early in the morning (just don’t ask me to stay awake after  9:30 pm!), which is just as well as we were booked on the 8:15am ferry from Caen to … Continue reading Operation Kitchen Collection – and it’s ‘Go’!

stuck in mud

Operation Kitchen Collection 3 days away…and no van!

December 19, 2018February 13, 20211 Comment

Now, those of you who live in France will know that the French protect their work-life balance quite jealously. Thus, if an organisation or business is open on a Saturday, not only will it almost definitely be shut on Sunday, but quite likely at least part of Monday will be taken as compensatory leisure time … Continue reading Operation Kitchen Collection 3 days away…and no van!

Take delivery of the new kitchen – sounds simple but…

December 17, 2018July 6, 20202 Comments

The time has come. We’re ready to tackle installing a new kitchen at the mill. We’ve found the kitchen we want, designed it all and ordered what we need. That took quite a while in itself, but that was the easy (and fun) bit. Having looked at furniture and appliances in France, investigated the choice … Continue reading Take delivery of the new kitchen – sounds simple but…

Moulin de la Roche, le bief

If at first…

December 26, 2016February 13, 2021Leave a comment

For some people it’s crosswords, for others it’s Sudoku. Apparently problem solving keeps the old grey matter in tip top condition and keeps you young. I can always do with some of that, but our latest brain-teaser was a bit more involved. One large tree trunk + unusually low river levels = severely damaged water … Continue reading If at first…

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Search

Choose a topic

  • Living in France
  • Renovating a property in France
  • The History of the Mill

Recent Posts

  • From factory floor to lush garden oasis – the terrace challenge
  • Residence Permit – WARP cards are here!
  • René Plassais: miller 1805 – 1820
  • René Monsimier: miller from 1770 ish – 1805
  • Residence Permit – WARP Factor 3

Archives

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Flickr
  • Instagram
Website Powered by WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Le Moulin de la Roche
    • Join 38 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Le Moulin de la Roche
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...