……… is a really busy time for us. Our employers (and their friends and family!) have a 2 month British summer holiday in this house. As their expectation is 5 star service our day starts around 7am and finishes around 10pm (on a good day)! Three – 3 course meals with silver service a day plus anything and everything else that is required.
For the first week or two we think we are going to die of fatigue but now with a mere four weeks to go we are in the zone and are no longer feeling our exhaustion is terminal.
It is 9.30am as I write this and breakfast was requested for 9am and nobody has appeared in the dinning room. This is fairly typical, meals prepared for an agreed time but actually ready for serving anything up to an hour later means the stress of putting gourmet food on the table is huge. One becomes nothing if not flexible!
It is interesting to note that our approach is considerably more “facile à vivre” than this time last year! I’m not sure if that is a good or bad thing ……..but we seem to be very secure in our jobs, so it must be good!! The question we are asking ourselves is….……how secure should they feel as our employers!!!!!!! We will have to make decisions about our future after this summer gig is over.
Meanwhile the summer migratory birds are wonderful and the House Martins as I write this are whistling and swooping around the courtyard. The days and twilight extend until after 10.30pm and dawn is about 4am, if we weren’t so zonked we might take advantage of the extended daylight hours!
I daresay as we begin to plan another assault on Europe for 5 weeks before the end of the year, the price paid now will be worth it. Meanwhile must go a dish up 3 courses of breakfast for Rod to serve………….you wouldn’t want to be here, but wish you were part of the 9 staff on hand………much love xxxxxxxx
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