I go to the Chelsea Flower Show with our great landscape architect, Davy, to get inspiration for the chateau gardens.…
We have the most wonderful week at the chateau, when Anders from Denmark arrives with two exquisite antique chandeliers which…
Things heat up at the chateau as the men tackle the clearing of the lake bed in preparation for its…
This year, we’re finally able to host our annual chateau Easter party again! We’re joined by many of our friends,…
In ‘Cadeaux at the Chateau’, all of the inhabitants of the Chateau de Lalande gather together to open beautiful gifts…
We start the preparations for our big Easter Party by baking international Easter specialities for each of the nationalities represented…
It’s a perfect and extremely satisfying day of renovations at the chateau, as Dan & I take control of the…
Under Dan the Gardener’s watchful eye, I’ve busted out the dumper to start the groundworks for our “jardin à l’anglaise”.…
We create a new storage system for our kitchen cupboard, to save us from the horror of sorting through the…
The 1980s come to the chateau in Barbara Cartland saccharine splendour as I cook a Valentine’s feast for all of…
My French mother hasn’t met Philip since he became my boyfriend. Because there’s a 21 year age gap between us,…