Frequently asked questions
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We have been
renting at Ferme Christine for eight years and a number of questions
are often asked: * Can we drink the water from the tap in the kitchen ? Yes, it's town water, so it is drinkable. We drink it all the time. At mealtimes on hot days, a jug of chilled water can be very refreshing. |
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| What can we do? Cycling Reading Birdwatching |
* How far is the nearest baker? There are two, equidistant at 5 kms, say 3 miles, from here. At La Tour du Crieu, the baker is very used to visitors buying bread and ordering their cakes and croissants. At M. Dussart, there is more choice as you there is a baker for bread and pizzas, a cake maker and chocolate cake and biscuit maker. M. Dussart's van , with baguettes, comes to the hamlet on Mondays and Fridays. You can catch the driver at about 11.30am on the lane at the back gate. |
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| * What noise is there from the parachute
regiment about 2 miles away? On Tuesdays, you can hear the faint 'whoosh' of 25 parachutes at a time opening in the sky, and a squadron of men descending to Les Pujols airstrip. When they are having an annual memorial party, we can hear the male voice choir softly on the breeze. It's beautiful. |
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| * When we are around the swimming pool,
reading or sunbathing, will we be disturbed by traffic noise ? No. The motorway is 5 kms, around 3 miles away. It is not busy and in seven years since it opened, we have have never heard any noise. * What about local traffic? The country road has occasional cars and tractors, as we are in corn growing countryside. But, the courtyard acts a baffle for noise, and maintains tranquility. |
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| * Is the property overlooked? No. * How many houses in the hamlet? Three including ours. Our neighbours, four people in all, have houses facing eah other across the main Christine rural road. Our property is completely sepearate, with our private lane . You would drive up this lane and turn left into the courtyard. |
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| * If we need health treatment, can we get
additional cover for our time in France apart from our holiday
insurance? Yes, you need a European Health Insurance Card,(EHIC), available online at www.ehic.org.uk , by telephone, or by calling at the Post Office to pick up a form. The card is valid for between three and five years, in France and all of the countries in the EEC. With it, you can have emergency or 'necessary' healthcare, at free or reduced prices. It gives you the same heath treatment from the state that a resident in France would get. * Can our dog(s) or other pets accompany us on holiday here? No, sorry, but we do not have any visitors' pets here. We have two cats, very friendly, and we want to maintain their tranquility. |
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