自我介绍

After leaving school Howard undertook an apprenticeship as a toolmaker, living in Coventry at the time it was the best place to be. Coventry was a boom town for engineering and he studied at the local polytechnic and gained an HNC in mechanical engineering and later went on to study Quality Assurance. He spent most of his working life based in Coventry, where he met his partner Shirley, and after a brief spell in France we moved to the south coast for a change of environment. Being close to the sea was a big draw for us. we could watch it for hours especially as there was always something to see off the shore at Southsea. Shirley and I started using Airbnb with one room and eventually had 4 rooms listed, hard work but very rewarding, you get to meet some lovely people from all over the world. We have now moved to a beautiful part of France and are now running a gite and rooms which is situated in and beside our house, a former mill, sited on a plot of 1 hectare. Spare time is spent renovating the garden but we do enjoy a good night out and a nice little bar in the village, Le Petit Baigneur is a great place to meet up for a coffe/beer and is just a five minute walk away..