Another year has gone past and we are now in the swing of our 4th season here. Our Carp France Fishing anniversary on 2nd May always gives a chance to reflect on where we are and how far we have come and our list of things we want/need to do never seems to end but it keeps us busy and out of mischief and it never really feels like work as we just love being here in our little piece of paradise.
We are constantly reviewing the resources we have and every booking we take allows us to invest further in the lakes and accommodation for the benefit of our guests so we see it only fair that we keep you updated with what we have done here. Some things are just about time and effort and a small cost for fuel and maintenance such as chainsaw, wood chipper, removing waste etc. Other things come out of the blue and sent to try us, and reduce the money we have to spend on what we want to do! But we are always open to suggestions and we have put some of those suggestions in place again this year.
Here is a summary of what we have done here in the last 12 months:
Kingfisher
- New diffuser aerator in place
- The overflow has been rebuilt
- Stream inlet into the lake has been modified to meet regulations
- New huts on swims 2 and 3 and swims levelled and gravelled
- Trees overhanging the water have been pruned or removed to reduce snags
- Fallen or dangerous trees have been removed as well as several trees from the shallow end of the lake to open it up
- Around the lake is kept strimmed and tidy
- Woodchips replaced around the main paths
- Swimming pool replaced
- Lock repaired on bathroom door
- Bathroom rubbish bin put in place
- Floor replaced throughout the chalet
- Television replaced
- Microwave replaced
- Fridge replaced
- Curtains made for all windows to replace the blinds
- Some pillows and single duvets replaced
- Replaced rubbish bins, doormat and broom
Lac Lucie
- Main bank steps repaired
- Slabs under swimming pool steps levelled and tidied
- Trees overhanging the water have been pruned or removed to reduce snags
- Fallen or dangerous trees have been removed
- Around the lake is kept strimmed and tidy
- Woodchips have been put down in places where the paths tend to get wetter
- Blown windows have been replaced
- The lock has been replaced on the main door
- Flooring in kitchen/dining/living area
- Some pillows and single duvets replaced
- Bathroom lock added
- Bathroom rubbish bin put in place
- Bathroom shelf added
- Double bed and all bedside tables replaced
- Socket for hot tub moved
- Decking repaired
- Replaced rubbish bins, doormat and broom
Other
- The meadow path is maintained and a few lavenders planted near the beehives – we now have two
- Woodland walkway has been maintained
- 10 carp under 10lb have been added to our new stock pond
- We have done a refresh of the website refreshed and reviewed all our documents
- Increased our Facebook followers to 3.5k (up 0.9k in the last 12 months!) and our Instagram followers to 2.6k (up0.7k) and we now have started using TikTok and have 351 followers
- We continue to send out a monthly newsletter to all those who have had visited us as well as any new subscribers from our website
- We now provide tripods on each swim as well as landing nets, cradles and weigh slings
- We have taken charge of two cats, well they adopted us really, who live in our barn
- We have traded in the Microcat bait boats for two brand new Ultracats from Angling Technics
We will keep focused on making our lakes better and better and thank everyone who makes a booking with us to enable us to keep doing this.