This was a really memorable holiday at a wonderful old French property deep in the Poitou Charentes countryside.

The owners have gone out of the way to provide everything you need to amuse and entertain a big family group for a 2 week period, there was everything from the pool to snooker, darts and table tennis, trampolining, boules and 5 a side football, play areas and a great collection of music an DVDs.

If you can pull yourself away from the French gites lovely grounds, theres loads to do in the surrounding countryside and on the fantastic local beaches. Thanks Tim and El and Nathan especially for the daily supply of organic vegetables.