There certainly is a lot of wood going in to this place. I suppose it's understandable, we are surrounded by it. I'm assured that we are not just ripping chunks out of the National Park to build the perfect ski home. This is a picture of the underneath of one of the balconies and although it's difficult to see, they are huge slabs of wood, entire trunks, carved to shape. I've never thought about it before, but these buildings certainly use a lot of forest. It's interesting to see how it's managed. If there is an avalanche further down the valley,the trees that have been knocked down are salvaged and stacked neatly to be used later. Any wood from old buildings that can be saved is retreated and used again in the new building, in fact we have a lot of the old wood from the original farmhouse in the master bedrooms, it looks fantastic. I guess it's reassuring to know that nothing goes to waste, especially when you're paying for it!!
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
Blimey, I hope its sustainable!!
There certainly is a lot of wood going in to this place. I suppose it's understandable, we are surrounded by it. I'm assured that we are not just ripping chunks out of the National Park to build the perfect ski home. This is a picture of the underneath of one of the balconies and although it's difficult to see, they are huge slabs of wood, entire trunks, carved to shape. I've never thought about it before, but these buildings certainly use a lot of forest. It's interesting to see how it's managed. If there is an avalanche further down the valley,the trees that have been knocked down are salvaged and stacked neatly to be used later. Any wood from old buildings that can be saved is retreated and used again in the new building, in fact we have a lot of the old wood from the original farmhouse in the master bedrooms, it looks fantastic. I guess it's reassuring to know that nothing goes to waste, especially when you're paying for it!!
Saturday, 8 September 2007
Oh please give me a day off!!!
Another very unpleasant job had to be dealt with last month. It's just slog, slog and more slog.It was time to find a gem of a champagne and slog it was. Actually it did pour with rain constantly and I did have to drive as far as Brevieres and back in two days. However we met some lovely producers. Mrs H as always, was very concerned about quality and grape variety, whilst I was mainly concerned with my French grammar or lack of. I thought I was doing rather well until, after speaking in my very best Francais for at least twenty minutes with one of the Gimmonet brothers, he broke in to perfect English, delivered in a fantastically sexy french tone. It was only after such a shock and tasting 5 different delicious champagnes that I was obliged, as he left the room briefly, to mention to Mrs H that he was actually rather sexy. Oh OK, OK so I got distracted, but there's no need to worry such a facetious remark was soon dismissed and I was back on track in no time! Gimmonet really is a wonderful champagne, not too easy to get here but worth the hunt.
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