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Once upon a time, a French-German and British family from London decided to move to the French countryside with their 3yo. They have this big idea of renovating the old family home and settle for a new life with cheese and wine... and chickens! Read more here...
Latest Blog Posts
May 2025
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Philippe MIGUET
A slow burner – Part 3: the garden

May 2025
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Philippe MIGUET
A slow burner – Part 2: renovations

Apr 2025
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Philippe MIGUET
A slow burner – Part 1: the chickens

Jan 2025
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Philippe MIGUET
Coop & Cage: First Experiences

Jan 2025
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Philippe MIGUET
Welcome to 2025 – The Recap of 2024

Nov 2024
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Philippe MIGUET
The Stray Cats Conundrum


May 2025
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Philippe MIGUET
A slow burner – Part 3: the garden
The garden is one of my main projects while my husband takes care of the renovation works where I am not much of a help. At the moment the house is rather plain. Don’t get me wrong, my aunt uses the garden a lot, it’s her little baby and she’s done a good job. But you also can tell that

May 2025
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Philippe MIGUET
A slow burner – Part 2: renovations
We have recently passed our one year anniversairy of moving to France and whilsts we did achieve some stuff in the house, sometimes it feels rather like we didn’t. Back then when we got here, we said seven months is plenty of time to turn one room into livable space with proper heating so we could survive a winter in

April 2025
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Philippe MIGUET
A slow burner – Part 1: the chickens
I’ve been meaning to update this page a long time ago, but we’ve been bouncing between loads of work and frustrating nothingness, that it really was difficult to get any motivation or – rather – inspiration on how to continue this website. Post Chicken Chaos So, trying to catch up with where I left things of: the chickens. My husband
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Helpful Links
Life on the Plateau
Mairie Plateau d'Hauteville
Office de Tourisme
Haut-Bugey Agglomération
Chickens
YouTube Channel "Oak Abode"
Holidays
Au Pâturage Montagnard (for groups)
Leisure
La Praille (Google Maps)

May 2025
|
Philippe MIGUET
A slow burner – Part 3: the garden
The garden is one of my main projects while my husband takes care of the renovation works where I am not much of a help. At the moment the house is rather plain. Don’t get me wrong, my aunt uses the garden a lot, it’s her little baby and she’s done a good job. But you also can tell that

May 2025
|
Philippe MIGUET
A slow burner – Part 2: renovations
We have recently passed our one year anniversairy of moving to France and whilsts we did achieve some stuff in the house, sometimes it feels rather like we didn’t. Back then when we got here, we said seven months is plenty of time to turn one room into livable space with proper heating so we could survive a winter in

April 2025
|
Philippe MIGUET
A slow burner – Part 1: the chickens
I’ve been meaning to update this page a long time ago, but we’ve been bouncing between loads of work and frustrating nothingness, that it really was difficult to get any motivation or – rather – inspiration on how to continue this website. Post Chicken Chaos So, trying to catch up with where I left things of: the chickens. My husband
Impressions

















Helpful Links
Life on the Plateau
Mairie Plateau d'Hauteville
Office de Tourisme
Haut-Bugey Agglomération
Chickens
YouTube Channel "Oak Abode"