Living at Las Laous over the Summer and peering into the Pyrenees on a daily basis gave us Jesse a thirst to get amongst the mountains on a more intimate level. Thus, we began planning a 2 week hiking adventure westwards through the Pyrenees, criss crossing from France to Spain along the GR10 and GR11 trails....

So it rolled round, the 20th of August and our last day on holiday with Sue and Chilli. We thought it called for something special… lunch maybe? The South of France has many things to offer, but it doesn’t get much better than a lunch at Mirazur with a view back down the coast to...

Sue Chase takes over the blog today to share her experience of our inaugural cooking class in Provence. Chilly and I had an awesome day yesterday creating food masterpieces under the expert guidance of Sarah and Jesse. Firstly Sarah (my delightful daughter) and Jesse told us we were booked into a French Cooking Class in Provence. I...

There were a few days when Emily and Justin loosened the shackles and allowed us to explore the gorgeous Ariegè.  

This is the slogan of Las Laous, the pig farm where we have spent the last 7 weeks getting involved in sperm to plate farming. Sounds delicious right? Well you would be correct, their pork is the tastiest pork I’ve ever had on my fork – so good in fact that we consumed it at...