This is it!

Christmas revels at Le Camélia

Well, it was touch and go - you know how it is - oh I have plenty of time to do this that and the other - Oh my God, they're arriving tomorrow! The only thing that we hadn't finished was the external flue to the log burner - quite important for people staying in December but it was sooo expensive to buy the necessary double lined stuff and not enough time to buy and build a chimney. In the end I borrowed several heaters and prayed that the electricity bill wouldn't bankrupt me - that remains to be seen. We had both my sons with us from 18th to 28th Dec after which my older son left to meet up with friends in Paris for New Year and the younger one stayed to 2nd and then both departed to the warmer climes of Saudi. I think they had a good time, made the most of being able to have a drink and eat all things porcine so we had bacon butties, sausages, ham, spare ribs, roast pork, to name but a few. Anyway the real purpose of this posting is to announce for all the world to see, (and gasp in admiration) that Le Camélia is officially finished - well - apart from the paving outside which is a spring job. So here are photos to prove it: