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Now far from TV sets and current affairs shows, Patrick Poivre d’Arvor has chosen to live in Brittany in a house like no other. To escape stress and hustle and bustle, the former journalist chose to live in a high-altitude cabin where he rubs shoulders with birds. Rather accommodating neighbors.
Patrick Poivre d’Arvor recluse in a cabin “nestled 13 meters above the ground” in Brittany: “I am surrounded by birds”
Iconic face of TF1 during his long television career, retired to Brittanya region of his childhood that inspires him with a lot of nostalgia. “I first visited when I was 3 years old. The white strike and the beach club had great importance for me, as did friends who remained friends 60 years later, like the astrophysicist Brigitte Gondet. I appreciate this constancy in faithfulness. We were cabin neighbors, she must have had cabin 37 and we had cabin 34. These are memories that we have never forgotten“, confided the one who grew up in Reims during an interview with the Tregor in 2020. It was also in Brittany that he met Véronique Poivre, his long-time companion, in 1962. He added: “There is something exuding from the granite, and it is a place where the encounters between the maritime and terrestrial elements are quite violent. I love this place very much and, above all, it’s the place of my childhood, I’ve always been there, I find a lot of nostalgia there.”
It’s a place where I feel good
Now settled in the land of druids and fairies, there is no question for the 77-year-old former journalist – – of living in splendor and opulence. The former journalist thus invested in a “fishermen’s hut, nestled 13 meters above the ground, perched between two large fir trees“according to C86 Design. And to reach your cozy nest perched high up, you have to be (very) motivated.”There are 60 steps to get there, a spiral staircase that goes up to my bubble, my little bubble of oxygen (…) I am at the level of the canopy, surrounded by birds and nature. It’s a place where I feel good, a perfect place to escape the frenzy“, he explained. A place which became his sanctuary and of which rare photos were revealed during an interview carried out by France 3 in 2020.
PPDA cabin engulfed in flames and storm
This cocoon had unfortunately been affected by two disasters. The first in May 2023 when a violent fire ravaged one of the annexes to his house. Fortunately, the author of the work Children of dawn had managed to save the majority of the works that made up his library. Finally, the second disaster occurred in November 2023 with the . The elder then recounted this incident with great calm and composure. “The storm wreaked havoc in the surrounding area, but my cabin held up. It’s a bit of the harshness of nature, but that’s also what gives it its charm.“, he confided.
