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Dog friendly accommodation in the Limousin, France for lovers of nature. Le Moulin de Pensol, 87440 Welkom bij Nik en Heidi in Le Moulin de Pensol !

Kom en geniet van het goede leven in la douce France in onze gîtes of chambres d'hôtes. Onze vakantiewoningen (gîtes) liggen bij het dorpje Pensol, departement Haute-Vienne in de streek Périgord Vert op de noordgrens van de Dordogne, middenin het Parc Naturel Régional Périgord/Limousin. Le Moulin de Pensol ligt aan de internationale wandelroute Saint Jacques/Santiago de Compostella en aan de grande randonnée nr.4. De gîtes zijn zeer rustig gelegen op het terrein van onze oude watermolen, waarvan de geschiedenis teruggaat naar de 17de eeuw. De gîtes liggen direct aan de rand van het bos met aan de voorzijde een eigen terras, grasveld (loungeveld) en het riviertje Le Bandiat. Vanuit uw gîte wandelt u direct de natuur in en met 20 minuten lopen door de bossen achter de gîtes staat u aan het meer L'Epinassie. Ons meer dan 80.000 m2 grote terrein staat volledig tot uw beschikking en bestaat uit glooiende weilanden, een grote fruitboomgaard, moes- en kruidentuin, bossen, grotten, middeleeuwse wasplaats, veel rustige hoekjes, heldere beekjes, eeuwenoude kastanje- en lindebomen. Een eigen zwembad ontbreekt uiteraard niet!

09/10/2026

Little egret on Fleet pond. 🖤🤍🖤

03/10/2026

Mule memory from 2022!
She is still terrible. But we love her.

01/10/2026

Nontron, over the border from us in the Dordogne. A lovely town, home of the knife trade (the Sheffield of the Limousin), the Basic Fit gym, some big supermarkets and great restaurants.
And for us Norfolk folk- it's really 3 dimensional!

26/09/2026

🪰 Look who came to Le Moulin!

We were absolutely delighted to host Dr Erica McAlister — entomologist, author, broadcaster and Curator of Flies at the Natural History Museum.

Erica gave us a brilliant talk on the weird and wonderful world of flies, then had a good look around our rewilding project.

And she loved it. ❤️

For us, that’s a pretty big deal. We want Le Moulin to be somewhere where wildlife enthusiasts come on holiday, but also somewhere that serious naturalists and specialists want to visit.

We talked insects, rewilding and biodiversity, got on famously — and will be continuing the conversation when we visit Erica at Knepp next month.

Not a bad day at Le Moulin. 😃🪰🦋

21/09/2026

Amazing video by of a pool frog eating a european hornet on our pond.
We've been observing this behaviour for several days. But no one believed us, so we took a video of it!

Pass the Gaviscon. 🔥🐸

20/09/2026

Crocs n ch*****ne by the new pond. 🐸❤️ cheers. 🥂

15/09/2026

We are very excited to be hosting Dr. Erica McAlister here at Le Moulin de Pensol rewilding project. She is well known in wildlife circles for her books, TV, radio & podcast appearances and through her work with Knepp Wildlands (a flagship rewilding project in England)

She will be giving a talk about her work with invertebrates this Sunday 20th September 10:30AM here at Le Moulin de Pensol. After which, if you wish, you can join us on a walk (or drive there in your car) through the woods (1.7km) to enjoy a Sunday roast at Le ferme du lac.

The talk will be free. Please book yourselves in for lunch, if you wish, by contacting Jackie on 0033 (0)6 83 27 03 77.

Places are limited so it is vital that you book.

Dr. Erica McAlister Hon.FRES (born 1973) is a prominent British entomologist, author, and broadcaster who serves as the Principal Curator of Diptera and Siphonaptera at the Natural History Museum, London. Widely recognized as an enthusiastic champion for insects, she is dedicated to shifting public perception of flies from pests to vital ecological heroes.
Core Work & ExpertiseMuseum Curation: She manages massive historic insect collections at the Natural History Museum, jointly overseeing roughly 2.5 million individual specimens.

Contact us to book a place on the talk and book yourselves in at Ferme du Lac.

11/09/2026

French traditional music appears to have a strangely calming effect on animals. 🎶

Vladimir hates having his feet trimmed. But put on some pipes and hurdy-gurdy and he’ll stand there and put up with it — just about. 😂

Friends of mine in Norwich noticed exactly the same thing with their baby years ago. We’ve always wondered whether there’s something about the frequencies of the hurdy-gurdy strings and those continuous pipe drones.

Whatever the science, Vladimir seems to approve. 🫏🎵

02/09/2026

Last night we hosted a showing of The People’s Emergency Briefing on the climate and nature crisis.

The film focuses on the UK, but the issues it explores apply just as much here in Limousin, France, where most of our audience lives.

What really struck me was the conversation afterwards.

People were shocked by many of the facts laid out in the film, but there was also a real sense of relief: relief at having the evidence brought together so clearly, and at discovering that they weren’t alone in carrying the fear and frustration that comes with watching our climate change, nature disappear and political action fall so far short of what is needed.

It turned into a thoughtful, lively and hopeful discussion about what we can actually do.

Now the challenge is to turn that energy into action — and keep the momentum going.

🎥 This video is me, Heidi Smith, just before the event, talking about climate change here in France.

31/08/2026

Habitants et visiteurs de Pensol
Vous avez peut-être remarqué que le grand noyer situé sur la route de Marval, près du virage menant au Moulin, est malheureusement mort. J’ai toutefois une bonne nouvelle à vous annoncer ! Pendant le confinement, j’ai ramassé quelques noix sur cet arbre et je les ai fait germer dans des pots. L’une d’entre elles a germé et je l’ai plantée dans le champ que nous appelons « Top Field », là où vivent les ânes. Il y a deux ans, nous avons connu un gel tardif très sévère, qui ne lui a pas réussi, et il semblait avoir dépéri. Mais ce printemps, il a soudainement repoussé à partir de ses racines et est désormais devenu un joli petit arbre.
Ainsi, même si ce vénérable vieil arbre n’est peut-être plus là, son petit-fils continue de vivre au sein de la commune de Pensol.

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Moulin De Pensol, 1 Le Moulin
Pensol
87440

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http://www.lemoulindepensol.com/

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