Holidays and Offers: "3 nights for the price of 2"

Holidays and Offers: "3 nights for the price of 2": now until the end of March. Why not spoil yourself with a quick three night break to the South West of France. There's plenty to d...

Maison Laurent 2012....

After going back to the UK for an extended holiday at the beginning of December we returned to France in time to see in the New Year. A big thank you to all our friends and family for their hospitality in the three weeks we were away.
We open again today and have visitors arriving this afternoon. Although its raining at the moment, yesterday was truly fabulous and we managed a two hour walk with friends in temperatures touching 18 degrees! The forecast is for more sunshine again tomorrow and for the rest of the week.
I am excited about the coming season and looking forward to opening our doors again to visitors from far and wide. I lost count of the number of nationalities we had visiting last year. I think that's one of the things that make it so interesting. There is always a different perspective and viewpoint to be gained. Well back to it - I need to go shopping for tonight's dinner....pork I think, but let's see what looks good when I'm out.

.....and if you fancy a winter break we are offering "3 nights for the price of 2" until the end of March....

Summer draws to a close....

The summer seems to have rolled on and on. But at last I have put on a pair of socks and some long trousers. Apart from the odd night out I have lived all summer in shorts and it was with some sadness they were relegated to the bottom draw. It's still sunny but there has been a noticeable drop in the temperature, particularly early morning and evenings.

Nearby Limoux

We have had the busiest summer imaginable and are looking forward to a quieter period over the winter. The garden is really maturing well and we will complete some more planting and extend the boule court amongst other things in the next few weeks. Olivier our builder is also due to arrive this week to render the outside of the extension and commence work on a few new projects we have lined up ready for next year. We will also then be able to look at completing the new courtyard garden below the extention. Once that is done I will feel like we can stop apologizing for the fact some things dont look finished. Not that this has stopped our guests enjoying their stays with us. Last year in November I wrote:-

 "Thank you all for your kind reviews on Trip Advisor we are now rated 4th most popular B&B in the whole of Languedoc and are really looking forward to next summer. No 1 next year? No, I said I was coming to France to get away from all that competition stuff, but who knows, if we carry on enjoying what we are now doing and our guests enjoy it too....maybe..... "

This year we have spent most of the year as No 1 thanks to plenty of encouragement and positive feedback from our guests. But we need to maintain this and to do that things constantly need to be looked at and hopefully improved. Quiet winter? I dont think so.....