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The longer the tour went, the more convinced I became that your cottages were built using materials from some grand building not too far away - Manor, Chateau, Abbey? I remember Time Team would find grand masonry all over a village, like a mantel as a street curbing.
@@idaslpdhr Thanks Poppet, looking forward to sharing the journey with you. We have a couple of ways to donate to the roof fund if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼. Our LINKS.. linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
@@happydays310 They’re amazing aren’t they!, yes the roofs are of course the priority, we are working on the stonework along the roofline whilst we raise funds for the roof materials.. 🙏🏼… We have a couple of ways to donate if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼. Our LINKS.. 9 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks Thanks so much for watching 👍🏼🙏🏼
@@KayAras-og4hv Isn’t there Kay!.. We have a couple of ways to donate to the roof fund if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼. Our LINKS.. linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
Hey Bobol 👋🏼, oui la pensée actuelle est que l'ancien bâtiment plus grand était sur ce site avec la cheminée vieille de 900 ans...🤯 Si vous ne l'avez pas encore fait, nous aimerions que vous LIKE👍🏼 + SUBSCRIBE (C'est gratuit ! !) Et aussi nos autres liens importants... linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
@@ej12349 Thanks EJ, we appreciate your support and confidence in us. 🥰 We have a couple of ways to donate to the roof fund if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼. Our LINKS.. linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
Yes, I thought it was perhaps an old Inn, and the through doors opening on to sections added as it grew and needed more public rooms or accommodations.
@@julias-shed Hey Julia..yes we are thinking the same on both counts 🤣😳.. We have a couple of ways to donate if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼. Our LINKS.. linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
What lovely details on the lintels ❤ Urs the fireplace wall lplkd as it bern added as uoi dsid Yip it's not even central Its going to make 2 lovely holiday cottages Thanks fir sharing Paul and Yip ❤
Only just stumbled upon you guys and your village you bought and just WOW 😍also loving the converted horsebox & piggery.. Im watching the bread oven build on catch up at mo. Just saw your gofundme page and shared and will donate myself when ive got a few spare £s... Admire the hard work thats gone into you both building it back to its formal glory 🙌❤️
@@susandellet7121 It is amazing isn’t it Susan, the blend of the aged timbers and the stonework is so beautiful. We have a couple of ways to donate to the roof fund if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼. Our LINKS.. linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
@@mohumphries7149 Thanks so much Mo 🥰 We have a couple of ways to donate to the roof fund if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼. Our LINKS.. linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
@@wendyrose8430 Absolutely Wendy, nothing can happen inside the buildings until we have the roof done, we are currently working on the stonework along the roofline whilst we try to raise funds via our GoFundMe crowdfunding page, proceeds from it so far have enabled us to completely restore from the ground p the Old Piggery and re-roof the Bread Oven building, but now it’s the biggy…the COTTAGES!, they’re bigger, they’re higher and they are obviously more pricey. We are working away from La Buslière 3 days a week to bring in funds for the roof fund but this in itself will cause the progress to be slower. We’d love you to share our all important links..🥰 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
enchanting village! 🤩 and nobody around, free to do what you want😊 you are really brave and I am a little crazy, the most they are decayed, the most I love, I dislike castles , manors and old builfingd rescued so perfectly to look new.... U have a very old ex farm
As bad as it is, you can see the charm and how great it will look when you’re finished . Would be interesting to see where those fireplace mantles came from. You’re right they look very grand to be in workers cottages. The hole in the wall, yeah agree definitely a Tasmanian Devil lol. Love that people are giving you things for the brocante and to help with the reno. How generous. Question wtf is the owl eating to produce such droppings. I’m guessing mice and such.
I hope you save some of the "before" photos to frame/hang on the walls in the "after". IDEA: another way to make it a "destination" is in your brocant, sell "Picnic Packages" with sausage/cheese/crackers/wine that people can buy and sit at an outside table and enjoy.
@@WhatMatttersMost Hey👋🏼, what a fantastic idea Poppet..thank you. Yes we have also been taking loads of photos to show progress. We be honoured if you would share our GoFundMe crowdfunding link and LIKE👍🏼 + SUBSCRIBE our RUclips if you haven’t done so already. 🙏🏼🤞🏼🥳 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
@@joquartobeans398 Oh my goodness Jo, we wish you all were! 🥰 sometimes it feels impossible. 🤞🏼🤞🏼 We have a couple of ways to donate to the roof fund if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼. Our LINKS.. linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
With the adjoining rooms, deluxe lintels, and the huge fireplace in cottage two i feel you are living in an old manor, or castle. At least, there must have been one close by to pick apart and add here and there. Search old records! Also, have you thought of having mini-investors? people buying time for a stayover when things are ready to do so. online broconte before its set up as well is a possibility.
@@SerendipitySharon Yes we think the same Sharon, apparently a lot of the official older records were destroyed in WW2, but our search continues 🤞🏼 Great ideas Sharon, we currently also have a GoFundMe roof fund running, proceeds so far have enabled us to completely restore the old piggery and re-roof the bread oven..now for the buggy..the cottages! 🥰 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
@@flofudge8680 The stonework and timber is amazing isn’t it Poppet..the problem and cost of the roofs stands in our way at the minute, we’d love you to promote/support our GoFundMe crowdfunding page if you are able. 🥰… linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
If you finish the pizza oven house renovation it would work well as a cafe for when people come to your brocant. They are very popular in France and that would give you two ways for making some revenue. Hopefully local people will start dropping bits off to you when word gets around 😘
@@ednadolan9253 Hello Poppet, yes that’s totally the plan Edna as regards to the bread oven, we plan for La Buslière to be a place to lay your head, fill your tum with lovely food and buy things that make your heart sing! 🥰 We have a couple of ways to donate to the roof fund if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼. Our LINKS.. linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
I just love you two, oh my goodness you've more than got your work cut out for you in restoring your beautiful village, I truly admire your enthusiasm and foresight, your hard work and dedication to your village is absolutely wonderful. I look forward each week to see what you are up to next. Thank you for the tour today. Much love from Australia xxx
Hey Pauline..Thanks for your lovely message, it means a lot. Nothing can happen inside the buildings until we have the roof done, we are currently working on the stonework along the roofline whilst we try to raise funds via our GoFundMe crowdfunding page, proceeds from it so far have enabled us to completely restore from the ground p the Old Piggery and re-roof the Bread Oven building, but now it’s the biggy…the COTTAGES!, they’re bigger, they’re higher and they are obviously more pricey. We are working away from La Buslière 3 days a week to bring in funds for the roof fund but this in itself will cause the progress to be slower. We’d love you to share our all important links..🥰 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
Love you guys! So satisfying to share in your journey to bring La Busliere back to life. What a beauty you have lovingly revealed. I am immensely proud of you both. I am Australian and enjoy watching the industrious wave of people sharing their journeys in France but your dream is full of potential ❤️
Wow thank you Susan.. we feel your pride, that’s so kind, Absolutely nothing can happen inside the buildings until we have the roof done, we are currently working on the stonework along the roofline whilst we try to raise funds via our GoFundMe crowdfunding page, proceeds from it so far have enabled us to completely restore from the ground the Old Piggery and re-roof the Bread Oven building, but now it’s the biggy…the COTTAGES!, they’re bigger, they’re higher and they are obviously more pricey. We are working away from La Buslière 3 days a week to bring in funds for the roof fund but this in itself will cause the progress to be slower. We’d love you to share our all important links..🥰 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
Time to take some plant cuttings of that sambucca and other plants for sale at your briccante or in your landscaping business. Roofing... I saw on another Chateau reno video where they bought cement corrigated panels for roofing, that they then reused the existing tiles over top of for appearance sake. Maybe you need to set up a 'Go Fund Me" for roof repairs of your village. Every little bit to your re roofing fund will help preserve the history of your property.
@@DEEDEE-cn1ud Hey Poppet 👋🏼, well funny you should say that, we actually do have a GoFundMe roof fund, proceeds over the past 2 yrs have enabled us to re-roof The Old Piggery and the Bread Oven building so far but now it’s the cottages which obviously are much bigger, much higher and much more expensive! Thanks so much DeeDee..here’s the link.. gofund.me/d1c2f7b7
Some of the materials like the decorative beams, stone work look like they were repurposed from a much earlier Manor house or medieval building or even church.
We found two faces in the stone work of the fire place when we were renovating our lounge. Looking round your old cottages is so interesting, good luck with everything, you’re definitely going to be busy 👍🏼
@@NickyHill-v2f Morning Poppet 👋🏼 it’s so amazing when you find such beautiful and historic features isn’t it 🥳, thank you so much for watching, If you have SUBSCRIBED (It’s Free!!) .. thank you so much 🥰 If you haven't then please do (It’s Free!!) 🙏🏼 Also the more 👍🏼LIKES we receive on our videos the more our content will be promoted by RUclips and the more chance there is of us earning money off the back of this 👍🏼👍🏼We really appreciate your support Nicky. We would love to save this beautiful once abandoned long forgotten village but we can't do it alone.. we need YOU! 🥰 Also our crowdfunding LINKS below or at top of our page. 👍🏼🥰 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
For those of us who do not speak French, what is a Brucant ? A shop ? An open to all living room . a consignment shop ? used 2nd hand shop ? An artist studio/ shop ??? I am also scratching my head, wondering what is keeping the weight of that enormous fireplace on the second floor up ? It's attached to a wall made of stone and dried out mud to keep it all together ... I would be extremely careful removing the later edition flu as the whole thing may just come crashing down.
@@YesItsMeGuys68 Hey Mark, yes you got it..a Brocante is a junk shop essentially. Yes the fireplace is impressive isn’t it. We have a couple of ways to donate to the roof fund if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼. Our LINKS.. linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
Looking good guys! You need to do the roof first thing, you need to keep the cottages dry! Can't wait to see you start your business and make some money! Excited for you both!
@@lindagage7315 Absolutely Linda..anything else would be foolish until then. In this video we are talking through what will happen AFTER the roofs are done.. although the odd drip in a roof is standard for most Brocantes (junk shops)in this part of Normandy😂🤣 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
Thanks Andrew, we really appreciate your company on this epic journey..needless to say the roof works are big and sealing the buildings from the weather is key to La Buslière’s survival. We currently have a GoFundMe crowdfunding page running to raise funds for the roof materials, so far proceeds from this have enabled us to do a full from the ground up restoration on the Old Piggery and re-roof the Bread Oven building, we couldn’t do these works without the help of you all.. together we are saving La Buslière with the aim of creating a memory making place for you to visit. We’d love you to contribute in any way you can , even just by sharing 🙏🏼 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks Thanks again Andrew 🙏🏼👍🏼 Y + P
I really enjoy your filming it is so much more satisfactory to watch than the TV series with the annoying voice-over and constant recapping and moving from one village to another. The work you do is great but I don't envy the task you have.
@@chrisw1090 Thank so much Chris we appreciate your being on-board, I must say we LOVE the narration skills of dear Nick Brimble but understand the recapping can get a bit much for some, agreed it is pretty annoying moving on to other villages, they should just stay with us 🤣😂👍🏼 Thanks for your kind words Chris, much appreciated 🙏🏼🥳 Y + P
Hi guys. I have been enjoying your journey of ownership of your lovely little village. I think you need to remember that builders through the centuries would reuse materials, ♻️. There wasn’t a Brico down the road to buy the supplies needed to construct a building. They used the materials at hand, gathered from the land, or taken from dilapidated structures or maybe destroyed from wartimes. So, those dressed lintels were probably from an earlier build, as was the carved beams. ❤️😊
Hey Dawn👋🏼, yes absolutely, we are coming to realise that it is high;y likely that a very grand manoir of sorts once stood on this site around 900 years ago… If you have SUBSCRIBED (It’s Free!!) .. thank you so much 🥰 If you haven't then please do (It’s Free!!) 🙏🏼, please LIKE👍🏼 too, it helps to build our channel. 🤞🏼🙏🏼 We would love to save this beautiful once abandoned long forgotten village but we can't do it alone.. we need YOU! 🥰 Also our crowdfunding LINKS below or at top of our page. 👍🏼🥰 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
@@newday5 actually Darlene no Brocante is complete in France unless it has a leaky roof. 🤣.. joking aside our number one objective is to get the roofs done but this is costly so we have a crowdfunding page, we’d love you to share it for us…🥰 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
Hey Douwe 👋🏼, yes current thinking is that the older grander building was on this site along with the 900 year old fireplace…🤯 Pleased you landed on our channel 🥳🙏🏼 If you haven’t already we’d love you to LIKE👍🏼 + SUBSCRIBE (It’s Free !!) Also our other important links… linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
Not only the elegant lintels but the ginormous stone boulders making the door frame in No 3! Just gorgeous. How fascinating re the connecting doors and the patisserie connection ! (Now we know the real reason why you frequent that shop in ‘it’s not the cakes’ shocker!) Brocante project sounds really exciting and lovely to hear of all the brocante donations. A phenomenal fireplace indeed - what a historical marvel you’ve found youselves in. Look forward to reading the book - Hope a local history society can help you uncover all La B’s secrets. Had to look up ‘longere’ - ‘linear home of farmers and artisans’ - maybe one was a stonemason displaying his skills 🤷🏻♀️and the interconnecting brocante at cottages 3-4 will bring that history and row back to life. Brilliant work ! Lovely film, thankyou 😊 planted whole packet of verbena seeds last spring - rien - then yesterday noticed a lovely plant maturing unseen in a tulip bulb pot behind the shed 🙆🏻♀️🙆🏻♀️🙆🏻♀️
How wonderful to find that growing🥳, yes you’re right Sally, there is beautiful and incredible stonework wherever you turn here.. the craziness of the lives we once had in our 20’s to the lives we have created for ourselves now is not lost on us.. The book will be a good read.. it’s all in the pipeline..watch this space!🥳🥰 Y + P
As I mentioned in a previous video that I suggested having a museum instead of a brocante . You have such lovely things related to La Busliére life from early times But if you do want to proceed with the brocante you would have to go around to all the people selling house lots of things or buy items at vide grenieres to find items to put in to sell at a brocante and it can be very time wasting for little return if you don’t have passing trade. I notice on that beam that you have burn marks that some call a myth that they are marks to ward off witches hahaha I saw someone suggested a café, this could be an idea but only if you’re road is a through road to bigger towns as you would get passing trade but I think your road comes to an end up the hill doesn’t it?
@@0210rokvist Ahh thank you Juliane 🥰 We have a couple of ways to donate to the roof fund if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼. Our LINKS.. linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
@@bathroomjon1 Thanks so much Jon, yes it must’ve been something about the 1970’s where we all ruined our homes by covering our buildings in pebbledash, walls in wood chip paper, artexed our ceilings and covered lovely timber beams!🤣 Thanks so much for subscribing, we really appreciate your support. Here are all our other important links, please spread the word as we can’t do this without the help and support of you wonderful people 🙏🏼🇫🇷🏘️… Y + P… linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
@@helenfrances4332 Hey Helen..we’ve had many a lovely time in Whitstable, we’re from Tonbridge / Hadlow. 🥰 We have a couple of ways to donate to the roof fund if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼. Our LINKS.. linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
Im not a builder and what I suggest may be nonsense but why dont you fix the roofs of all the buildings first and then move to fixing them up one by one. I m afraid that the longer they stay in this condition, the more damaged they'll become.
@@litsakoutoula3071 Yes you are absolutely right Litsa and that is indeed our plan, unfortunately unlike a lot of other projecteers we don’t have the funds from a house we have sold in our native country, these buildings are the first we have ever,owned in our lives, we are working away from the village for 3 days a week to earn money for the restoration which can mean our progress is slow but we also have 2 crowdfunding pages (GoFundMe) if you would do us the honour of sharing them and spreading the word. 👋🏼🤞🏼🥰 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
@@heleneGIRARD-br5vtBonjour Helene 👋🏼.. Nous sommes d'accord avec vous, nous avons une page de crowdfunding si vous voulez aider à sauver un beau morceau de l'histoire française…. gofund.me/eb3d5e16 Cdt 🙏🏼🇫🇷👨🏼🤝👨🏻 Yip et Paul
Bonsoir à vous tous Crowfunding ou pas le travail se fait dans l’urgence La logique le veut Il y a trop de paraitre dans ces videos On vous voit jamais travailler concrètement, sauf pour trier dans le grenier des soi-disant trésors Salutations
By all appearances, this may have been, at some point, a small farming village, but if you go back further in time, it was probably a manoir. The renaissance window/door lintels, the connected rooms across the entire structure, the bread oven, the farm buildings..... this is what one expects of a 15th or 16th century manoir, not so much a hamlet. I am also wondering whether there are an indications of a chapel having stood there too, like the end section that is partly crumbling in. 🤔
Bonjour Simon..yes we hope so ..one day! We’re not short of enthusiasm..just finances, needless to say the roof works are big and sealing the buildings from the weather is key to La Buslière’s survival. We currently have a GoFundMe crowdfunding page running to raise funds for the roof materials, so far proceeds from this have enabled us to do a full from the ground up restoration on the Old Piggery and re-roof the Bread Oven building, we couldn’t do these works without the help of you all.. together we are saving La Buslière with the aim of creating a memory making place for you to visit. We’d be honoured if you could contribute even if that is just by sharing this link.. gofund.me/52f6be56 Thanks again Simon Y + P 🙏🏼🇫🇷🏘️
The "cubby hole" appears to be the location of where the spit crank was (to turn meat cooking in the fireplace, such as wild boar, deer, kangaroo, stuff like that).
@@wendyfromoz4480 Hello Poppet👋🏼, yes so parts of the long row of cottages can be dated back to approx 1066 (11th century) and the earliest date we have on the cottages opposite the row is 1774 (18th century)..it’s really mind-blowing! 🤯🤯
I wonder if the worked stone and carved beams could have come from a high status building that was destroyed around the time if the French Revolution. Maybe there is a record of a fairly local medieval building that was pulled down? Thanks for the tour! I am also curious about a small building on the same side of the street as your most recent purchase, but (if my sense of direction is ok) east? I am guessing that the camera always approaches from the east in the opening. Just wondering if that little building is considered part of your hamlet? Enjoy the autumn, I hope you have apple or pear or other trees around!
Yes our thoughts too Poppet, yes the little building is part of the hamlet. Absolutely nothing can happen inside the buildings until we have the roof done, we are currently working on the stonework along the roofline whilst we try to raise funds via our GoFundMe crowdfunding page, proceeds from it so far have enabled us to completely restore from the ground the Old Piggery and re-roof the Bread Oven building, but now it’s the biggy…the COTTAGES!, they’re bigger, they’re higher and they are obviously more pricey. We are working away from La Buslière 3 days a week to bring in funds for the roof fund but this in itself will cause the progress to be slower. We’d love you to share our all important links..🥰 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
Yes absolutely Stephen, we did that with the gable end of our cottage before it was pointed and it brought it up lovely!..we’d love to you to LIKE👍🏼 + SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t done so already! (It’s Free!!)
@@karenviglione503 🤣😂🥳 We have a couple of ways to donate to the roof fund if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼. Our LINKS.. linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
Carved beams? No, this was not a series of farm houses. This was an old manoir for sure. That monumental fireplace you guys thought might be for a metal smith, yeah, probably not. 🤔
The idea is nice, but I cannot help but think it is a waste of the two most habitable cottages to turn them into potentially underearning retail space when you could have picked a different one. Also you might want to consider more accomodation for potential volunteers who have seen the show. As a historical note, peasants often had recyclied items from large houses. Aristocrats were not all horrific to the peasantry, recyclied clothing and architectural pieces were quite common in rural cottages.
@@sandrajones633 Hey Sandra 👋🏼Yes we’re thinking upstairs may be a good temporary accommodation for volunteer workers .. but long term the 2 middle houses may be better suited to a large gite and the brocante moved into one of the smaller properties. It’s nice to have options, all this of course is way off at the moment as we’re only just trying to raise funds for the roofs. If you haven’t already we’d love you to LIKE👍🏼 + SUBSCRIBE (It’s Free !!) Also our other important links… linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
Absoluut Roxy, het is frustrerend dat we niets in de gebouwen kunnen doen totdat dit essentiële dakwerk klaar is. We hebben op dit moment een crowdfundingpagina die donaties accepteert voor ons dakfonds (Link hieronder), we zouden zo dankbaar zijn als je op een of andere manier zou kunnen bijdragen, zelfs door het gewoon te delen. linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks Heel erg bedankt Poppet! 🙏🏼🥰
@@LindaLoehr Crikey you’re not kidding Linda..think we’re going to be busy for the rest of our lives and maybe some of our next ones!🤣 So glad you landed on our channel.. Welcome! 👋🏼, we’d love you to 👍🏼LIKE + SUBSCRIBE (It’s Free!!) 🇫🇷🏘️🥳 Y + P
Jesus, that fireplace upstairs didn't really seem all that impressive... then Paul stepped into shot and UNDER the mantle...😮 Is the village on the way to anything/place of note? I ask because we used to run a farm shop. It was on a main thoroughfare road, but rural none the less and was on occasion hard to capture foot traffic. La Busliere may have to be a destination place in its own right and you certainly have the ingredients to make it an interesting place to visit and/or stay..
Yes absolutely Chris, Mont Saint Michel, the Veloscenie take your pick, we are perfectly located for lots of tourist destinations, yes the plan is to make La Buslière a destination point, first we must tackle the roofs, nothing can happen inside the buildings until we have the roofs done, we are currently working on the stonework along the roofline whilst we try to raise funds via our GoFundMe crowdfunding page, proceeds from it so far have enabled us to completely restore from the ground the Old Piggery and re-roof the Bread Oven building, but now it’s the biggy…the COTTAGES!, they’re bigger, they’re higher and they are obviously more pricey. We are working away from La Buslière 3 days a week to bring in funds for the roof fund but this in itself will cause the progress to be slower. We’d love you to share our all important links..🥰 linktr.ee/yipandpaulsvillagelinks
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Your village is a hidden gem. I now understand the enthusiasm for your home.
@@susanharris8406 Hey Susan..yes La Buslière has stolen our hearts we hope that one day we can do her justice 🙏🏼🤞🏼🥰
Looks like some of La Busliere was built with salvaged stones from some demolished medieval building. There is a lot of history in there
I thought that too.
@@ludovica8221 Exactly the same thoughts here too poppet…🥰
The longer the tour went, the more convinced I became that your cottages were built using materials from some grand building not too far away - Manor, Chateau, Abbey? I remember Time Team would find grand masonry all over a village, like a mantel as a street curbing.
The little cubby next to the fireplace is for a candle or lantern.
You are brave taking on this village, I'm in for the long haul and will probably be watching forever, all the best guys
@@idaslpdhr Thanks Poppet, looking forward to sharing the journey with you.
We have a couple of ways to donate to the roof fund if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼.
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So much potential!! Thanks for the tour.
Love the fireplaces amazing character in the home. Thank you for showing us what needs doing. Your roofs seem to be the priority.
@@happydays310 They’re amazing aren’t they!, yes the roofs are of course the priority, we are working on the stonework along the roofline whilst we raise funds for the roof materials.. 🙏🏼…
We have a couple of ways to donate if you would be so very kind as to share them and help us get the word out there..alone I can’t..together we can 🤞🏼.
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Thanks so much for watching 👍🏼🙏🏼
What a fabulous idea and one way to occupy the different cottages. Can't wait until it's ready to open.
Those cottages are beautiful, and such a lovely day there
@@Ksp1009 Hey Karen, they are aren’t they, we love it when the weather is like this, it’s a joy to work in. 🥰
So much potential ❤
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Truly amazing buildings!
@@melissaeden1219 Beautiful aren’t they! 🥰
les linteaux et la cheminées sont probablement des éléments gothique de récupération
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Looks like you have most of the units cleaned out. That is half the battle. You will reach your goals and it will look amazing!
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I wonder if it was originally a medieval hall with the lords accommodation upstairs? Amazing but scary amount of work 😀
Yes, I thought it was perhaps an old Inn, and the through doors opening on to sections added as it grew and needed more public rooms or accommodations.
@@julias-shed Hey Julia..yes we are thinking the same on both counts 🤣😳..
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What lovely details on the lintels ❤
Urs the fireplace wall lplkd as it bern added as uoi dsid Yip it's not even central
Its going to make 2 lovely holiday cottages
Thanks fir sharing Paul and Yip ❤
Thank you so much 😊
Only just stumbled upon you guys and your village you bought and just WOW 😍also loving the converted horsebox & piggery.. Im watching the bread oven build on catch up at mo. Just saw your gofundme page and shared and will donate myself when ive got a few spare £s... Admire the hard work thats gone into you both building it back to its formal glory 🙌❤️
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@@shehazi695 Ahh thank you too Shehazi 🙏🏼🥳🥰
Such history in the wood stone design amazing
@@susandellet7121 It is amazing isn’t it Susan, the blend of the aged timbers and the stonework is so beautiful.
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Boys those houses look so small from outside,but inside they re big they are beautiful 😊you ll do them thats no problem to you both😊❤😊
@@mohumphries7149 Thanks so much Mo 🥰
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Nice tour but surely your priority must be the roof. 🥰
@@wendyrose8430 Absolutely Wendy, nothing can happen inside the buildings until we have the roof done, we are currently working on the stonework along the roofline whilst we try to raise funds via our GoFundMe crowdfunding page, proceeds from it so far have enabled us to completely restore from the ground p the Old Piggery and re-roof the Bread Oven building, but now it’s the biggy…the COTTAGES!, they’re bigger, they’re higher and they are obviously more pricey.
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Nothing like a well chiseled lintel
enchanting village! 🤩 and nobody around, free to do what you want😊 you are really brave and I am a little crazy, the most they are decayed, the most I love, I dislike castles , manors and old builfingd rescued so perfectly to look new.... U have a very old ex farm
As bad as it is, you can see the charm and how great it will look when you’re finished . Would be interesting to see where those fireplace mantles came from. You’re right they look very grand to be in workers cottages. The hole in the wall, yeah agree definitely a Tasmanian Devil lol. Love that people are giving you things for the brocante and to help with the reno. How generous. Question wtf is the owl eating to produce such droppings. I’m guessing mice and such.
@@clairewright8153 Thanks Claire 🥰
Great vlog Popets love that word you have done a great job in clearing them out 😅
@@myrnamcmillan4755 Thanks Poppet, tons more to do yet..we will get there though. 🥰
I hope you save some of the "before" photos to frame/hang on the walls in the "after". IDEA: another way to make it a "destination" is in your brocant, sell "Picnic Packages" with sausage/cheese/crackers/wine that people can buy and sit at an outside table and enjoy.
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We all want to be there to help you with your amazing project.
@@joquartobeans398 Oh my goodness Jo, we wish you all were! 🥰 sometimes it feels impossible. 🤞🏼🤞🏼
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With the adjoining rooms, deluxe lintels, and the huge fireplace in cottage two i feel you are living in an old manor, or castle. At least, there must have been one close by to pick apart and add here and there. Search old records! Also, have you thought of having mini-investors? people buying time for a stayover when things are ready to do so. online broconte before its set up as well is a possibility.
@@SerendipitySharon Yes we think the same Sharon, apparently a lot of the official older records were destroyed in WW2, but our search continues 🤞🏼
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Oooo unconsciously stumbled on a truth there ! All power to you x
Beautiful home it will be. Can’t wait for you to start the renovation of this cottage.
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If you finish the pizza oven house renovation it would work well as a cafe for when people come to your brocant. They are very popular in France and that would give you two ways for making some revenue. Hopefully local people will start dropping bits off to you when word gets around 😘
@@ednadolan9253 Hello Poppet, yes that’s totally the plan Edna as regards to the bread oven, we plan for La Buslière to be a place to lay your head, fill your tum with lovely food and buy things that make your heart sing! 🥰
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@@ednadolan9253 France is a Caffè society.
I just love you two, oh my goodness you've more than got your work cut out for you in restoring your beautiful village, I truly admire your enthusiasm and foresight, your hard work and dedication to your village is absolutely wonderful. I look forward each week to see what you are up to next. Thank you for the tour today. Much love from Australia xxx
Hey Pauline..Thanks for your lovely message, it means a lot.
Nothing can happen inside the buildings until we have the roof done, we are currently working on the stonework along the roofline whilst we try to raise funds via our GoFundMe crowdfunding page, proceeds from it so far have enabled us to completely restore from the ground p the Old Piggery and re-roof the Bread Oven building, but now it’s the biggy…the COTTAGES!, they’re bigger, they’re higher and they are obviously more pricey.
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Love you guys! So satisfying to share in your journey to bring La Busliere back to life. What a beauty you have lovingly revealed. I am immensely proud of you both. I am Australian and enjoy watching the industrious wave of people sharing their journeys in France but your dream is full of potential ❤️
Wow thank you Susan.. we feel your pride, that’s so kind, Absolutely nothing can happen inside the buildings until we have the roof done, we are currently working on the stonework along the roofline whilst we try to raise funds via our GoFundMe crowdfunding page, proceeds from it so far have enabled us to completely restore from the ground the Old Piggery and re-roof the Bread Oven building, but now it’s the biggy…the COTTAGES!, they’re bigger, they’re higher and they are obviously more pricey.
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Time to take some plant cuttings of that sambucca and other plants for sale at your briccante or in your landscaping business. Roofing... I saw on another Chateau reno video where they bought cement corrigated panels for roofing, that they then reused the existing tiles over top of for appearance sake. Maybe you need to set up a 'Go Fund Me" for roof repairs of your village. Every little bit to your re roofing fund will help preserve the history of your property.
@@DEEDEE-cn1ud Hey Poppet 👋🏼, well funny you should say that, we actually do have a GoFundMe roof fund, proceeds over the past 2 yrs have enabled us to re-roof The Old Piggery and the Bread Oven building so far but now it’s the cottages which obviously are much bigger, much higher and much more expensive!
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Wonderful space watching your little tours. I’ve planted some Verbena.
@@ChristalSpraggon Hey Christal… let the Verbena grow!!🥰
Some of the materials like the decorative beams, stone work look like they were repurposed from a much earlier Manor house or medieval building or even church.
@@louiscecere5636 That’s exactly our thoughts Louis, it’s all so interesting.
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My thoughts exactly. Recycling was common from post-Roman times on.
We found two faces in the stone work of the fire place when we were renovating our lounge. Looking round your old cottages is so interesting, good luck with everything, you’re definitely going to be busy 👍🏼
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For those of us who do not speak French, what is a Brucant ? A shop ? An open to all living room . a consignment shop ? used 2nd hand shop ? An artist studio/ shop ??? I am also scratching my head, wondering what is keeping the weight of that enormous fireplace on the second floor up ? It's attached to a wall made of stone and dried out mud to keep it all together ... I would be extremely careful removing the later edition flu as the whole thing may just come crashing down.
A brocante is a bit like a cross between a charity shop (thrift store) and an antique shop. They sell all sorts of everything.
It's a second hand shop with everything from furniture books clothes just everything you can imagen.😅
So glad to see you here on a Autumn. Day in rural upstate NY..❤
@@YesItsMeGuys68 Hey Mark, yes you got it..a Brocante is a junk shop essentially. Yes the fireplace is impressive isn’t it.
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Bric-a-brac/second hand goods shop
Looking good guys! You need to do the roof first thing, you need to keep the cottages dry! Can't wait to see you start your business and make some money! Excited for you both!
@@lindagage7315 Absolutely Linda..anything else would be foolish until then.
In this video we are talking through what will happen AFTER the roofs are done.. although the odd drip in a roof is standard for most Brocantes (junk shops)in this part of Normandy😂🤣
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Great insite to the building. A lot of work to do which I'm going to enjoy watching you develop for the betterment of the village
Thanks Andrew, we really appreciate your company on this epic journey..needless to say the roof works are big and sealing the buildings from the weather is key to La Buslière’s survival.
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@@andrewdaniel653 Thanks Andrew..glad to have you on-board sharing our journey 🙏🏼👍🏼🥳👋🏼
I really enjoy your filming it is so much more satisfactory to watch than the TV series with the annoying voice-over and constant recapping and moving from one village to another. The work you do is great but I don't envy the task you have.
@@chrisw1090 Thank so much Chris we appreciate your being on-board, I must say we LOVE the narration skills of dear Nick Brimble but understand the recapping can get a bit much for some, agreed it is pretty annoying moving on to other villages, they should just stay with us 🤣😂👍🏼
Thanks for your kind words Chris, much appreciated 🙏🏼🥳 Y + P
Hi guys. I have been enjoying your journey of ownership of your lovely little village. I think you need to remember that builders through the centuries would reuse materials, ♻️. There wasn’t a Brico down the road to buy the supplies needed to construct a building. They used the materials at hand, gathered from the land, or taken from dilapidated structures or maybe destroyed from wartimes. So, those dressed lintels were probably from an earlier build, as was the carved beams. ❤️😊
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@@yipnpaulshelpweboughtavillage i am subscribed! Looking forward to the progress y’all make. Y’all are doing great work. Love all of your ideas. ❤️😊
Maybe each cottage could have a name. Can we have a vote 😊
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Fantastic vlog lads the cottages are just magic. What life stories and histories. So happy I found your channel. ❤❤❤
@@paulpuckerinGM Thanks so much Paul, we’re happy you found us too 🥳🥳
Love seeing more of the village and imagining what it will all become.
What are the plans to reroof ? It is hard to make a brochante with a leaky roof .
@@newday5 actually Darlene no Brocante is complete in France unless it has a leaky roof. 🤣..
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Hi guys, the lintels and the fireplace look very much like the’ve been reused from an older, grander building
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Not only the elegant lintels but the ginormous stone boulders making the door frame in No 3! Just gorgeous. How fascinating re the connecting doors and the patisserie connection ! (Now we know the real reason why you frequent that shop in ‘it’s not the cakes’ shocker!) Brocante project sounds really exciting and lovely to hear of all the brocante donations. A phenomenal fireplace indeed - what a historical marvel you’ve found youselves in. Look forward to reading the book - Hope a local history society can help you uncover all La B’s secrets. Had to look up ‘longere’ - ‘linear home of farmers and artisans’ - maybe one was a stonemason displaying his skills 🤷🏻♀️and the interconnecting brocante at cottages 3-4 will bring that history and row back to life. Brilliant work ! Lovely film, thankyou 😊 planted whole packet of verbena seeds last spring - rien - then yesterday noticed a lovely plant maturing unseen in a tulip bulb pot behind the shed 🙆🏻♀️🙆🏻♀️🙆🏻♀️
How wonderful to find that growing🥳, yes you’re right Sally, there is beautiful and incredible stonework wherever you turn here.. the craziness of the lives we once had in our 20’s to the lives we have created for ourselves now is not lost on us.. The book will be a good read.. it’s all in the pipeline..watch this space!🥳🥰 Y + P
As I mentioned in a previous video that I suggested having a museum instead of a brocante . You have such lovely things related to La Busliére life from early times
But if you do want to proceed with the brocante you would have to go around to all the people selling house lots of things or buy items at vide grenieres to find items
to put in to sell at a brocante and it can be very time wasting for little return if you don’t have passing trade.
I notice on that beam that you have burn marks that some call a myth that they are marks to ward off witches hahaha
I saw someone suggested a café, this could be an idea but only if you’re road is a through road to bigger towns as you would get passing trade but I think your road comes to an end up the hill doesn’t it?
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@@0210rokvist Ahh thank you Juliane 🥰
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Be good to see the old beams exposed! Lots of work!! Amazing what they used to cover up - same in the Uk I guess - Good luck guys
@@bathroomjon1 Thanks so much Jon, yes it must’ve been something about the 1970’s where we all ruined our homes by covering our buildings in pebbledash, walls in wood chip paper, artexed our ceilings and covered lovely timber beams!🤣
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Great vlog. I love your village. I grew up in Whitstable. Where in Kent are you from? Xx😊
@@helenfrances4332 Hey Helen..we’ve had many a lovely time in Whitstable, we’re from Tonbridge / Hadlow. 🥰
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My word just stunning
Hey Heather👋🏼..thanks 🙏🏼🥰
Im not a builder and what I suggest may be nonsense but why dont you fix the roofs of all the buildings first and then move to fixing them up one by one. I m afraid that the longer they stay in this condition, the more damaged they'll become.
@@litsakoutoula3071 Yes you are absolutely right Litsa and that is indeed our plan, unfortunately unlike a lot of other projecteers we don’t have the funds from a house we have sold in our native country, these buildings are the first we have ever,owned in our lives, we are working away from the village for 3 days a week to earn money for the restoration which can mean our progress is slow but we also have 2 crowdfunding pages (GoFundMe) if you would do us the honour of sharing them and spreading the word. 👋🏼🤞🏼🥰
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Je suis d’accord avec vous
Lr toit en premier et ensuite......
La brocante passera en dernier
On se doit de reconstruire en urgence
@@heleneGIRARD-br5vtBonjour Helene 👋🏼.. Nous sommes d'accord avec vous, nous avons une page de crowdfunding si vous voulez aider à sauver un beau morceau de l'histoire française….
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Bonsoir à vous tous
Crowfunding ou pas le travail se fait dans l’urgence
La logique le veut
Il y a trop de paraitre dans ces videos
On vous voit jamais travailler concrètement, sauf pour trier dans le grenier des soi-disant trésors
Salutations
Would it be possible to cover the worst areas of the roof with tarps, at least until funding is in place for proper roof replacements?
Have you done any metal detecting? That would hopefully be a lovely adventure..
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By all appearances, this may have been, at some point, a small farming village, but if you go back further in time, it was probably a manoir. The renaissance window/door lintels, the connected rooms across the entire structure, the bread oven, the farm buildings..... this is what one expects of a 15th or 16th century manoir, not so much a hamlet. I am also wondering whether there are an indications of a chapel having stood there too, like the end section that is partly crumbling in. 🤔
That makes sense of the wonderful fireplaces and interconnecting doors. Be wonderful to know its history
Guys, it's gonna be amazing
Bonjour Simon..yes we hope so ..one day!
We’re not short of enthusiasm..just finances, needless to say the roof works are big and sealing the buildings from the weather is key to La Buslière’s survival.
We currently have a GoFundMe crowdfunding page running to raise funds for the roof materials, so far proceeds from this have enabled us to do a full from the ground up restoration on the Old Piggery and re-roof the Bread Oven building, we couldn’t do these works without the help of you all.. together we are saving La Buslière with the aim of creating a memory making place for you to visit.
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The "cubby hole" appears to be the location of where the spit crank was (to turn meat cooking in the fireplace, such as wild boar, deer, kangaroo, stuff like that).
Yes of course, hadn’t thought of that..thanks Allen👍🏼
Would the cottages with the nice stone work predate the other cottages, maybe as a landowners house(Manor House) or something like that.
@@wendyfromoz4480 Hello Poppet👋🏼, yes so parts of the long row of cottages can be dated back to approx 1066 (11th century) and the earliest date we have on the cottages opposite the row is 1774 (18th century)..it’s really mind-blowing! 🤯🤯
I wonder if the worked stone and carved beams could have come from a high status building that was destroyed around the time if the French Revolution. Maybe there is a record of a fairly local medieval building that was pulled down? Thanks for the tour! I am also curious about a small building on the same side of the street as your most recent purchase, but (if my sense of direction is ok) east? I am guessing that the camera always approaches from the east in the opening. Just wondering if that little building is considered part of your hamlet? Enjoy the autumn, I hope you have apple or pear or other trees around!
Yes our thoughts too Poppet, yes the little building is part of the hamlet.
Absolutely nothing can happen inside the buildings until we have the roof done, we are currently working on the stonework along the roofline whilst we try to raise funds via our GoFundMe crowdfunding page, proceeds from it so far have enabled us to completely restore from the ground the Old Piggery and re-roof the Bread Oven building, but now it’s the biggy…the COTTAGES!, they’re bigger, they’re higher and they are obviously more pricey.
We are working away from La Buslière 3 days a week to bring in funds for the roof fund but this in itself will cause the progress to be slower.
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You can pressure wash the stone and bring out the original color?
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Carved beams? No, this was not a series of farm houses. This was an old manoir for sure. That monumental fireplace you guys thought might be for a metal smith, yeah, probably not. 🤔
The idea is nice, but I cannot help but think it is a waste of the two most habitable cottages to turn them into potentially underearning retail space when you could have picked a different one. Also you might want to consider more accomodation for potential volunteers who have seen the show. As a historical note, peasants often had recyclied items from large houses. Aristocrats were not all horrific to the peasantry, recyclied clothing and architectural pieces were quite common in rural cottages.
How about a brocante in that floor and an apartment upstairs
@@sandrajones633 Hey Sandra 👋🏼Yes we’re thinking upstairs may be a good temporary accommodation for volunteer workers .. but long term the 2 middle houses may be better suited to a large gite and the brocante moved into one of the smaller properties. It’s nice to have options, all this of course is way off at the moment as we’re only just trying to raise funds for the roofs.
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Paul and Yip the bakery door is originally I'm a Baker don't change it
zodra de daken hersteld zijn of vernieuwd zal er geen verder verval zijn dan zijn de huizen droog
Absoluut Roxy, het is frustrerend dat we niets in de gebouwen kunnen doen totdat dit essentiële dakwerk klaar is.
We hebben op dit moment een crowdfundingpagina die donaties accepteert voor ons dakfonds (Link hieronder), we zouden zo dankbaar zijn als je op een of andere manier zou kunnen bijdragen, zelfs door het gewoon te delen.
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Heel erg bedankt Poppet! 🙏🏼🥰
Cosyyyy means tinyyyyy, us Americans know that exact language 😂😂😂😂💯💯💯
@@Sazonman 🤣🥳🙏🏼🥰
Small.
Repairs on a roof are possible
You've got your work cut out for you. What's next? It sure is a beautiful area.
@@LindaLoehr Crikey you’re not kidding Linda..think we’re going to be busy for the rest of our lives and maybe some of our next ones!🤣
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@@yipnpaulshelpweboughtavillage There''s nothing wrong with being busy.
@@LindaLoehr Absolutely..we’ve always been that way 🥳🙏🏼👋🏼
Not gites?
Jesus, that fireplace upstairs didn't really seem all that impressive... then Paul stepped into shot and UNDER the mantle...😮
Is the village on the way to anything/place of note? I ask because we used to run a farm shop. It was on a main thoroughfare road, but rural none the less and was on occasion hard to capture foot traffic. La Busliere may have to be a destination place in its own right and you certainly have the ingredients to make it an interesting place to visit and/or stay..
Yes absolutely Chris, Mont Saint Michel, the Veloscenie take your pick, we are perfectly located for lots of tourist destinations, yes the plan is to make La Buslière a destination point, first we must tackle the roofs, nothing can happen inside the buildings until we have the roofs done, we are currently working on the stonework along the roofline whilst we try to raise funds via our GoFundMe crowdfunding page, proceeds from it so far have enabled us to completely restore from the ground the Old Piggery and re-roof the Bread Oven building, but now it’s the biggy…the COTTAGES!, they’re bigger, they’re higher and they are obviously more pricey.
We are working away from La Buslière 3 days a week to bring in funds for the roof fund but this in itself will cause the progress to be slower.
We’d love you to share our all important links..🥰
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As much as I would like to watch the swing camera work I can’t watch. I no you are aware of doing it but it’s to much. Sorry.
@@upsupeter mmM our school reports always said ‘try harder’ too 🤣..Sorry Peter 🙂🙂
Wow youve done well, you can see the potential in the whole place. So proud of you Love Pancypotter
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Thanks Poppet 🥰