A traditional stone built Quercy farmhouse and barn in idyllic Lot countryside
A selection of useful links
  Local information, tourist offices, places of interest Travel - Air, Rail, Ferry
          Montcuq website
Montcuq Tourist Office
Montcuq en Quercy
Le deux jours de Montcuq (endurance horse race)
RyanAir (Stansted to Bergerac, Carcassonne or Rodez)
Lauzerte website
Les nuits de Lauzerte 6th &  7th August 2004
Easy Jet (Gatwick to Toulouse)
Cahors website
Legend of the Pont Valentre
Cahors Blues Festival
Flybe (Southampton to Bergerac, Exeter to Bergerac, Bristol to Bergerac or Toulouse; Birmingham to Bergerac or Toulouse)
Lot Tourism website
Quercy Net
Sea France Dover - Calais
Montaigu de Quercy P & O Ferries Dover - Calais ; Portsmouth - Le Havre
Moissac Speedferries Dover - Boulogne
  Brittany Ferries Portsmouth - St Malo or Caen; Poole to Cherbourg
Figeac, Musée Champollion French Railways timetable
Montauban Jazz Festival
Musée Ingres in Montauban
Getting to the airport in the UK
Au Pruneau Gourmand - Prune Museum  Gatwick Express
Activities Stansted Express
Steam Train Hiring a car in France
Golf Course at Roucous Ada
Parachuting School at Bouloc Europcar
A place to go fishing (or Quad biking) Books to help plan your trip 
Local Produce AA Road Atlas France 
Wine Information Michelin Map 235: Midi - Pyrenees
Get a Bear - Get a PAL!  Michelin France Map No. 721 
  The Rough Guide to Dordogne and the Lot
Miscellaneous The Complete Guide to Buying Property in France
  Buying a House in France: Where and How to Do It
Route of St Jaques de Compostelle
a personal account, mentioning Berty
Somewhere to stop on the way
Ticketnet for event tickets Ibis
Estate Agents  Logis de France
Lafayette Immobilier (in Montcuq) Via Michelin - choose your route and find a hotel
Quercy Blanc Immobilier (based in Montcuq) Holiday Inn Express  Orleans (no restaurant, but conveniently close to motorway)
Rey Immobilier (based in Lauzerte) Campanile
  Something to get you in the Mood Something to remind you when you get home
  A Year in Provence, Peter Mayle 
The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love and Olive Oil, Carol Drinkwater 
Life in a Postcard: Escape to the French Pyrenees, Rosemary Bailey 
A House in the Sunflowers: and A Harvest of Sunflowers Ruth Silvestre

The French Kitchen: A Cookbook Joanne Harris, Fran Warde  (hardcover). I love her writing and I have tried many of the recipes in this book with great success.
Elizabeth David Classics: "Mediterranean Food", 
"French Country Cooking"  and "Summer Cooking"  (hardcover). The lady who got us all interested in cooking 'foreign' food in the first place. Way ahead of her time.
Rick Stein's French Odyssey The book to accompany his recent TV series of his barge trip from Bordeaux to Marseilles. Lovely photos and excellent recipes inspired by regional cuisine and produce.

  Improve your French And just in case all that lovely food and wine has increased your waistline...
 

French in 10 Minutes a Day
"Learn in Your Car" French
French With Michel Thomas Complete Course CD No books, no writing, no homework - just confidence, in hours. Get to grips with conversational French

 The South Beach Diet: Arthur Agatston (it works!) 
 
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Michelin Guide Online