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Published on: 3/18/2008
Last Visited: 3/18/2008
By Mike Pryce
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The couple left their jobs in Worcestershire, where Michael has been executive head chef at the Stone Manor Hotel, near Kidderminster, and decided to "go green" in southern France.
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Michael said: "We had holidayed in France quite a bit before and one of our favourite hobbies was gazing in estate agents' windows and picking properties we liked.
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"So we decided to renovate the barn into guest accommodation and run it as a B&B on as green' principles as possible," said Michael.
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"Some of the work we were able to do ourselves, but we employed local tradesmen for the specialist jobs," Michael added.
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l Mike and Tracey's website is www.lespeupliers-loire.com