Thanks to the De Notrechat family's anglophilia and passion for hunting, Barkshire was practically their second home. Though they hated the Channel crossing, they would nonetheless make the journey from France every August, taking up residence in Airedale Manor and remaining well into the autumn, first for the grouse, then the woodcock, and finally the pheasant. Their customary employment of the Airedale villagers as beaters, loaders, and retrievers meant that the De Notrechats would often be seen with the likes of Biff in the meadows and woods of western Barkshire. On Saturday nights up at the Manor the De Notrechats, too, would indulge in card games, though of course they preferred bridge.

Charles Coolidge did a number of individual portraits of the De Notrechats, three of which hang in the Louvre and two in the Tate. In 1908 he sent letters to each member of the family, requesting that they sit for a group portrait. Every one sent a polite refusal, all in the vein of, "I just don't think any of the others are quite noble enough to be pictured with me." Mr. Coolidge indulged himself in a number of fanciful (and unauthorized) genre scenes showing the De Notrechats disporting with Airedale villagers. These enjoyed enormous popularity, and Coolidge became sought after for commissions from three continents. On the morning of November 1, 1913, however, he was found dead in the Barkshire woods, with his face completely scratched off. The circumstances of his death remain a mystery.