Howard and Cathy Parkinson

I am English and my wife, Cathy, is French. 

We were both teachers in England. I was a Psychology teacher and Cathy taught Modern Languages. We moved to France in 2004 to run a small gîte business here in the Vendée. 

We have spent the past 4 years renovating and improving the property and gardens. We added a new swimming pool in 2005 and finished the restoration of gîte 5 in 2006. We plan to have gîte 6 finished for summer 2009.

Here in Vendée, Cathy teaches French part-time to the local English residents, and is involved in the running of the business. I am teaching English, and involved with the running of the business.

We have 3 children; Elodie aged 15 and our twin boys Luc and Tristan who are both aged 10.

Having viewed our website, we hope that you will decide to have a holiday at Dolphin Gites and that we may have the opportunity of meeting you at one of our social evenings.