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Hi Moira,

Just a quick few words to let you know what a fabulous relaxing time we had
at Le Verger. The birthday meal was wonderful. The
entire family agreed that the birthday cake was the best ever - can't go
wrong with chocolate mousse! We made the most of the beautiful surrounding
countryside and even the weather was kind to us. All parties are now home
safely and we certainly experienced a birthday to remember. I can thoroughly
recommend it to anyone who is planning a family holiday or get together in
the future.

Sadly it is all behind us now and I am bracing myself to go back to work
tomorrow. Not something I am really looking forward to but that's life.
Thank you once again for all your special touches like the champagne, which
we all enjoyed, and the wine recommendations.
The house itself was amazing and we had no difficulties or problems with
anything.

Best wishes,

Irene  21st March 2011

Happy New Year Moira

We are all home safe and sound to Hampton, Gloucester and Luxembourg and have all enjoyed our stay in your lovely house in Wambercourt. What a lovely property and so comfortable.

Many thanks Moira for providing such a nice property for us to rent.

Niall Boyle        January 2011

Dear Peter & Moira,

What great vision you both have. Le Verger is such a nice house.
Congratulations you have done a wonderful job. Thank you so much for
sharing it with others, it's a joy to experience.
 
 Friday
 
Our children had arrived before us so when we got there the lights were
on, the fire was roaring and carols were playing. Just as we drove in, as if
on  cue it began to snow. The children were standing in the Manger with
Champagne. Eve thought we were on a business trip to see a French client.
Well what a surprise! Just fantastic. Everyone kept thinking we were on the set of a film.

It was just perfect.

 Saturday
 
A good hearty breakfast, snow fights, party then dinner. We will never
forget the meal prepared for us. We could not eat the last 2 courses and had to keep them until Sunday morning. They were
there from 6 until gone midnight having cooked and waited and washed- up.

What a great night!

Mike Pomfret  December 2010

We are now back from a glorious weekend in France. The accommodation and the food were excellent. 
The meals were always served on time and were superbly done. The bacon
and sausage were really good. :-)

Robin Hodges and the golfers

Moira , 
 
A lovely weekend at Le Verger , wall to wall sunshine , fabulous food and  wine ..... made all sorts of plans to do things but in the end we more or  less stayed at the house and enjoyed the tranquillity and Summer weather.  
We were able to eat outside and used the bbq while kids played table tennis and cricket (very impressed with the table tennis table !!) .

Lindsay Williams    October 2010

Moira and Peter,

Some members of the family have been holidaying in France for 28 years and they commented that this was the best ever location and house they have stayed in. We loved your property and had a wonderful time both on site and travelling to the beach,Hesdin and the new cemetery at Fromelles. The facilities and amenities were excellent.

Terry and Jeanette  12.8.10

ps are you taking bookings for next year? 

Dear Moira,

May I reiterate Janet's praise for Le Verger. 
We thoroughly enjoyed our week, the youngsters organised a table tennis tournament, and the middle age group made full use of the barbecue (including sea bass one day and butterflied leg of lamb another!!)

Thank you again,      Ann Parkinson   31.7.10

Dear Moira,

We all thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Le Verger, thank you for letting us
share in a lovely and well loved home.  it was a great family re-union, we
do not see the New Zealanders as often as we would like but have to content
ourselves with the wonders of MSN on the internet.

Your directions were first class and all was in complete order when we
arrived and as far as we know, everything was in the same order when we
left.

Northern France was to us, a place that we hurried through on our way to
other parts, we didn't realise that it had so much to offer.

With our best wishes and thanks,

Mike & Joyce  27.7.10

Dear Moira and Peter
 
Just a short note to say how much we all enjoyed our stay at Le Verger last week - we had beautiful weather and were out and about every day to a variety of sights.
 
The house is a wonderful place to stay and the kitchen in particular was very conducive to long evenings sitting around the table eating lots and drinking French wine. 
 
I do hope that we will be back one day to visit again soon.
 
With regards
 
Oonagh  19th April 2010

 
Hi Moira,

We have just returned from our long weekend at le Verger and really thought the house was special. The kitchen is the best-equipped of any house I have stayed in and was a pleasure to cook in . The living room was warm and welcoming in the freezing weather with a big fire going and there were  enough beds for an army .

Lindsay   8th March 2010

Hi Moira,

We are back home after a fabulous weekend at Le Verger.  The house is fantastic and the best equipped holiday rental we have ever stayed in.  We were 9 adults and 5 kids in the end, celebrating an early Christmas together.  The kitchen was the hub of all our activities and our Christmas dinner was a success thanks to the huge oven!

Regards,

Julie             8th December 2009 

Moira

We had a great time celebrating thanksgiving at your house in northern france! Thank you very much for all your help in the period leading up to this weekend. Not least in setting me together with Seb to sort out the turkey.

Thanks,  Thomas         4th December 2009

We had a lovely time at the house and the weather was kind to us during the last week.  It was a lovely property to stay at.  The children loved it and
the myriad of games and 'kit' about the place made it feel like a  'home
from home'

Philip Read  August 2009

Dear Moira,                                                    June 2009

Thank you so much for letting us share in a little piece of French life in the fabulous Le Verger. 

The house exceeded all our expectations and was a perfect venue for our 12 strong party of friends and family. We had a week full of  fun, laughter and total relaxation. The site of the house was idyllic, quiet and peaceful yet within easy distance of some great places to visit, the most memorable for me being Vimy, just an hour's drive away, to see the First World War trenches and the breathtaking Canadian War Memorial. Also recommended is the bird Sanctuary at Parc du Marquenterre where you can see spoonbills and avocets to name but a few. We were also lucky enough to be able to watch a pair of flycatchers hatching their young in the eve of the patio roof at Le Verger – a rare treat!

I can also recommend a canoeing trip on Le Canche – very reasonable and great fun and even involved a little bit of white water kyacking! 

The kitchen was exceptionally well equipped and Drew fulfilled a long held dream of producing some authentic French cuisine for family and friends in a kitchen that lends itself to accommodating large parties - and there was plenty of room for us kitchen skivvies to help out, whilst enjoying the odd aperitif! 

The house and garden itself has plenty of quiet places where you could hide away for a snooze or with a book but also there always seemed to be a game of boules or table-tennis going on for the more energetic of us. Come each evening we would congregate on the covered patio for pre-dinner drinks before gathering  round the wonderful dining table for Grand Dejeuner, more wine and  silly games. 

Altogether we had  brilliant week and I have a strong feeling will be back again before very long for another “fix” of French magic! 

With many thanks for your hospitality,  

Best Wishes, 

Roz and Drew and co.

Moira,

We had a great time last week at your house, probably the best of the three times we have stayed there. The weather was very good, apart from a very heavy thunderstorm on Thursday, which flattened half of  the delphiniums.

We  had some very good meals, particularly at L'Ecurie, and we chose some good routes for cycling over the hills and around the valleys. We went to Berck one day. It was about as hot as we would want it. We watched a flycatcher feeding her brood in a nest under the eaves, but missed their first flight.

Thanks for a wonderful holiday.

Andrew (The cyclists) June 09

"Hi Moira & Peter

Happy New Year to you and your family!!

We would like to say how wonderful Le Verger was and we had a relaxing and
pleasant time there. Our New Year Celebrations were a success and all
families thought your property was so well equipped. We would definately
visit again and will recommend it to everyone.

One thing I will say is the photos on the Big Domain website do not give Le
Verger the justice it fully deserves. We were all overwhelmed on our arrival
not only at its size and layout but also the warm and comfort we felt during
our stay.

Once again many thanks for your hospitality and thats comes from all of our
party."

Mr and Mrs H. January 2008

"Hi Moira - happy New Year to you - I hope your celebrations went well.

Just a quick note to say thanks for making your home available over Christmas - you and your husband should be really proud of what you have achieved with the house - we thought it was fantastic."

Mr and Mrs B. January 2008