Clair Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 It was meant tobe an idyllic holiday retreat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Well, what can you say, it ticks all the boxes for disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 Who has house guests who have the nerve to complain about they're given for diner??? [blink] [:@] [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="Clair"]Who has house guests who have the nerve to complain about they're given for diner??? [blink] [:@] [6][/quote]Nerve to complain, they would need Balls [:D] cos that's what I would be serving [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Who has house guests?There are two sorts of house guests by the way: those who arrive, roll up their sleeves and say "What can we do to help?", and those who arrive and say "What can you do for us?" The latter are to be discouraged by suggestions of stinking drains, rats etc. The former welcomed with open arms and tool boxes and loads of booze! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 They just sound, to me, reading between the lines, like two 'yuppie' muppets from 'the smoke', with more money than sense.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="Bugbear"]They just sound, to me, reading between the lines, like two 'yuppie' muppets from 'the smoke', with more money than sense..[/quote]You could be right there...[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I would have thought she would know better about the difficulties of receiving guests in the country from Combe Florey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 What dashed bad luck Bunty ol' thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="Bugbear"]They just sound, to me, reading between the lines, like two 'yuppie' muppets from 'the smoke', with more money than sense. .[/quote]They sound to me like people who thought that buying a holiday home was a good idea, but now find it's not everything they expected, and are not ashamed to admit they made a mistake.Unlike the obviously far superior intellects who inhabit the France forums... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I've just been talking to some english people who passed while jogging and have a holiday house nearby. They must have only spent about 3 weeks here in the last year, but there has been an endless stream of workmens' lorries outside their house in the meantime. So they must have spent a fortune on it. And an elderly french couple in the village are the paid guardians of the house.Still, all extra work for the locals [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="Will"][quote user="Bugbear"]They just sound, to me, reading between the lines, like two 'yuppie' muppets from 'the smoke', with more money than sense. .[/quote]They sound to me like people who thought that buying a holiday home was a good idea, but now find it's not everything they expected, and are not ashamed to admit they made a mistake.Unlike the obviously far superior intellects who inhabit the France forums...[/quote]See where you're heading Will, but have they actually said "they made a mistake" or are they just blaming everyone else for their shortsighted lack of planning, budgeting etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 For a grand I'd write something like that for the Sunday Slimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausibattler Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I’m with you Will. They ventured and explored their dreams’,the reality of living in Francewas their downfall.They didn’t fail, bythe opinion and standards of others; they fulfilled and had anexperience most people can only envy. The truth is, they were not inextricably trapped in the webof their dreams and could, and did, escape back to reality.Bon Voyage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="ausibattler"]The truth is they were not inextricably trapped in the web of their dream and they could, and did, escape back to reality.[/quote]But not before she penned a 'novelette', Bordeaux Housewives, several copies of which are available on Amazon for 1p (one penny)...http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bordeaux-Housewives-Daisy-Waugh/dp/0007168209/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248008949&sr=1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="Cathy"]But not before she penned a 'novelette', Bordeaux Housewives, several copies of which are available on Amazon for 1p (one penny)...http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bordeaux-Housewives-Daisy-Waugh/dp/0007168209/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248008949&sr=1-1[/quote]Well fancy that!! I'd seen the article before I looked here and saw this thread, and thought, yet another lot who think owning a French property is a bed of roses. But now I see the whole purpose - yet more journalistic fodder.However, it "might" put off some of the continuing idiots who act before thinking, or even doing the basic research !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 they fulfilled and had an experience most people can only envySadly not, the only thing they may have gained was an insight to the quality of their so called friends, not very enviable IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="ausibattler"]the reality of living in Francewas their downfall.[/quote]Living in France?The article is about a holiday home..."That year [...] we had spent about €20,000 on the house and spent exactly 10 days inside it." The comments below the article are worth a read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keni Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 They must have been really dense to not pay the taxes, have money seized and still not found a translator on google.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Have a look at the Amazon link to the book that she wrote whilst (probably not) in Provence, especially the scathing reader reviews. If the book is anything like the newspaper article I am not surprised.Her article reminded me very much of another yummy mummy writer with a double barreled name and a husband called Rupert IIRC that claimed to have left France for Dubai because "the shopping is better there darling".I do hope that it is in fact one and the same person and that there arent more of the same ilk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 The shopping may be better but the climate stinks [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Daisy Waugh looks to be the 3rd child of Auberon Waugh and the grandchild of Evelyn 'Brideshead Revisited' Waugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 That is what I implied in my reference earlier to Combe Florey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="Cathy"]Daisy Waugh looks to be the 3rd child of Auberon Waugh and the grandchild of Evelyn 'Brideshead Revisited' Waugh.[/quote]Trading on the family name perhaps?Sue [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="J.Rs gone native"]Have a look at the Amazon link to the book that she wrote whilst (probably not) in Provence, especially the scathing reader reviews. If the book is anything like the newspaper article I am not surprised.Her article reminded me very much of another yummy mummy writer with a double barreled name and a husband called Rupert IIRC that claimed to have left France for Dubai because "the shopping is better there darling".I do hope that it is in fact one and the same person and that there arent more of the same ilk.[/quote]JJ, this is NOT the same person as Helena Frith Powell.This person's house is (was?) in Rochefort (Dept 17). I saw adverts for tenants and thought the rent looked ridiculously high.Combe Florey, however, looked delightful (only seen it from the outside, so not dropping names) and I used to walk past it when I used to stay at the Health Farm across the road from it.Auberon Waugh (despite his many faults) was an entertaining writer. Can't say the same for this Daisy Waugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now