Your hosts are Henry Blackmore (the artist) and his wife Sheila Walshe-Blackmore, and we offer the experience of living in a vibrant artistic community, meeting local people, playing petanque/boules in the village bouladrome, tasting the magnificent wares of the boulangerie & patisserie, and of course the painting holidays and painting courses. We don’t do big groups – we will take bookings of maximum of four students (4 maximum, 2 normally). We are English speaking and also comfortable in French, so if you don’t speak French, don’t worry – we can help with shopping, restaurant menus and general translation
 | You will stay in the guest room of our home which is a comfortable, double room with en suite bathroom – so, not a hotel or B&B. The house, dating from the 18th century and which has been beautifully restored, is right in the heart of Lagrasse, just minutes from the river. You will feel relaxed and welcomed on arrival with a glass of Blanquette, which predates champagne by about 150 years and was first produced in the middle of the 16th century by monks at Limoux, about an hour from Lagrasse. Many think that Blanquette equals and betters many of the sparkling wines from the Champagne Region. |
