As the blog is not just all about fishing I thought I would show you what Daisy spends hours of her life doing here at Bletiere – it’s basically sitting and watching. She is hiding behind a tree waiting for a red squirrel to come down and then tries to catch it… but she never […]
I promised to video the carp when they started to spawn but I had no luck as I must have the only camera shy carp in France! Every time I went down to lake they stopped spawning and have now finished. With recent hot weather we have had an explosion of baby grass hoppers and […]
John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. John London, the owner of Bletiere, takes us on a tour of Lesley’s gardens… and very beautiful they are!
With only John here enjoying the whole lake to himself and already having had carp to 37lb, I thought I would sit under the cherry tree above the big double swim and have a go for some carp. As it got hotter and hotter I soon realized the fishing was going to be slow so […]
Here’s a short video from John London – spring has sprung at Bletiere!
John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. In this short video clip John shows us how the wild flower meadow is coming along.
After 3 weeks of waiting for the spares I have at last managed to get the tractor fixed so I can cut the grass. It will take me a couple of days now as it’s all got so long! Best wishes, John
The Bletiere swing After only 3 years I have managed, after a lot of planning, to get the swing up for our young visitors. Being a man I did not want to rush and so I planned it properly… anyway that’s my excuse! Tight lines, John
The mower saga still rumbles on with the parts not in yet and will not be here until next Tuesday… so the grass is getting longer. The only good thing about it is even the weeds look nice when they all grow and flower. The downside is I hate to see the grass looking untidy […]
John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. We have a very rare free week this week and had some friends over for a few days. The weather could not have been better, with temperatures in the […]
John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. I’m often asked what we do in the winter & do we get bored. So I thought I’d shoot a short video showing you the work I’ve been doing […]
What is it? Guests often arrive here at Bletiere and ask what the plants are that grow in the trees looking like a big ball? And most are surprised when we tell them it’s mistletoe and you will see it everywhere over here. Having seen the price they charge for it in the UK at Christmas we […]
A broken drive shaft put paid to this week’s mowing John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. After 4 years lesley and I have a pretty good routine for changeover days on Saturdays & we like […]
Lesley busy at work on the veg plot John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. If you have any questions for him feel free to post them at the bottom of this post. With the exceptionally […]
John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. If you have any questions for him feel free to post them at the bottom of this post. In this post he gives us a video tour of the […]
One of the many bonuses in life in having your own lake and grounds is that it gives you the chance to observe nature and the way it works. I was sat fishing for a few hours yesterday when fish started to splash around the edges. I guessed something had started to spawn and as […]
John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. If you have any questions for him feel free to post them at the bottom of this post. On Saturdays we are non-stop all morning getting the place looking […]
John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. If you have any questions for him feel free to post them at the bottom of this post. At last the dirt has dried out enough to finish the […]
John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. If you have any questions for him feel free to post them at the bottom of this post. Here’s his first post… a video tour of the […]
John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. Outside it’s one of the rare days we have had rain in the last few weeks so I decided to sort out all the old photos we have stored […]
