VER-LE-CHARTRES
4th MAY: 2018
VER-LE-CHARTRES – B&B OF SURPRISES:
I have tried to give a good review on Trip Advisor for ‘Maison’ in Ver-le-Chartres, but found no facility to do so. Anyway, after driving up and down the main street of the very small village without finding a sign we stopped and asked the help of a neighbour. The lady and her little daughter, with characteristic French courtesy, led us to the very door. Upon entering,we found our B&B to be in a quite ancient little house. First impression: a very basic, sparse living room.
VER-LE-CHARTRES – B&B OF FRIENDLY PEOPLE
However, our hosts were a very friendly couple. They had fixed up a most comfortable bedroom, with ample clothes storage for a whole family. It looked out onto the back garden leading down to the river. Our hostess took us round, proudly pointing to all the vegetables she had planted amongst the flowers in the border. There were more guest rooms built to one side of the lawn.
OUR LANDLADY RESTORES MOTORBIKES AND TRACTORS
Our landlady – Isobel, spoke English and told us she restored tractors and motorbikes. We got the impression that this couple were bikers of long-standing, and liked a simple, slightly alternative lifestyle, and to maintain it they were turning their hand at anything to sustain them in this markedly rural village.
VER-LE-CHARTRES B&B – TALL GRAHAM HAD TO DUCK LOW
Graham could not believe it when he found that in order to get to the shower room he had to squeeze his 6’3” under a ladder leading to the loft, where our hosts slept. (This well-equipped shower room was on the ground floor and we shared it with our hosts – although we never collided).
However, it was an excellent shower. Graham got up very early the next morning for his, and then took a lengthy walk around the village, before returning in time for breakfast. He took all these lovely photographs:
VER-LE-CHARTRES B&B – NICE PEOPLE OFFERING GOOD VALUE:
Breakfast was very basic: Bread torn from a communal loaf; no butter – but there was a pot of delicious homemade jam. Fresh coffee was plentiful.
To our surprise a strange man rose from the couch – a friend who had been put up by these kindly, laid-back people. We all ate huddled together round the small table.
REMEMBERING RURAL ENTREPRENEURS:
We will long remember how welcoming Isobel and her husband were. Also, the very low price they asked, and the cleanliness and comfort of our room. (The obvious efforts they have put into providing the best accommodation possible in their property leaves them virtually no privacy).
We wish Isobel and her partner great good luck in their endeavours. We hope our readers will be attracted by our description and book with them.
https://www.booking.com/hotel/fr/maison-ver-les-chartres.fr.html
Text by – Jackie Usher, SWWJ. (aka author Debbie Darkin, & ‘Graham Liverpool’ on Trip Advisor.)
Photographs by – Graham Usher.
