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Introduction
  The
Moulin du Chat Cros in the department of La
Creuse, (the Limousin) just off the centre of
France, is an area recognised for its outstanding
natural beauty and life-style qualities.
Essentially
rural, on the edge of the largest forests in
Europe, this is also an area characterised by
flowing water everywhere, a legacy of picturesque
buildings constructed by the same stone masons
responsible for the architectural signatures
of Paris and Lyon; and farming and communal
activity reminiscent of yesteryear. These were
the hunting grounds of Richard 1, or alternatively,
the 'mini-Russian front' for the occupying forces
of the Second World War.
 It
currently serves as a home; a social venue;
a business resources and advice
centre and the location of the
Home Business Alliance's European centre of
activities; a facility for local business
people
to network; a showcase and shopwindow for local
crafts and artisans;
a rendezvous and information point for randonneurs,
walkers, fishermen, hunters and tourists; a
watering point for wild animals and birds; and
shelter for increasingly threatened species
such as the pipistrel bat, European crayfish,
wild orchids . . . and lovers of nature
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Le
Moulin du Chat Cros