by Herm, Tuesday 1 June 2010 12:24
Hermites gathered for the second big leaving party in May, to help send Chris, Lesley Alfie and Archie Pimblett on their way to their new life in France. Of course the theme had to be French so Rachel did a brilliant job of setting up ‘Cafe Rene’ and making sure we all made an effort to look a little bit French!
Chris and Lesley have recently bought a house in France but will spend the next month in a nearby ‘gite’ whilst Chris uses his building skills to install a kitchen and do some basic work on the house so that they can all move into their new home in July. Lesley speaks French but Chris’ knowledge is basic so he is already signed up for lessons as once their house is sorted he will become a self-employed builder.
Whilst working as a builder on Herm for the past 6 years Chris has turned his hand to any building job that needed doing and always made an excellent job. He certainly goes away from Herm with glowing references! Lesley first came to Herm to work the 1994 season as a receptionist at The White House Hotel. That winter she took on the permanent job of assistant to the accountant and spent the next 4 years improving her accounting skills before moving back to the UK where she eventually met Chris.
Lesley brought Chris to Herm for a holiday the summer of 2004 and the couple were rather surprised to be offered jobs by Adrian – Lesley to be in charge of the holiday cottages and Chris as the builder. The rest, as they say, is history. Chris proposed, Lesley accepted, Alfie was born and he was joined by Archie last November! It is always lovely to watch island children grow up so we look forward to being updated regularly with progress reports on the Pimblett boys and I am sure that islanders will be looking forward to staying as guests in the gite in their garden!
