About Us

Hello - Thank you for visiting this page.

This is a page about us. We are Carole (40
something), Alexandra (21), Miranda (18), Jack (12), Me (Tony) (62) three dogs and a cat.

We live in Montblanc a village in the South of France, near the town of Pezenas, in the department of Herault and the region of Languedoc

I write in blogs about living here, life and work - you can read these at www.Twiku.com and www.fruk.eu .

We have lived in France for 17 years. We rented for 3 years in a village north of Lyon and spent as much time exploring as we could. We then bought a rambling ruin of medieval masonry in the farming village of Nizas . I was still working on this when we sold in 2004 and moved to our newer (19th century) home in Montblanc, not the big one by Toblerone country, but a village near the Mediterranean south of Pezenas. We chose this house so that our Mothers could come to live with us.

I have done many things, when we moved here
from England I was always asked what I did on the official forms
(there are a lot of official forms in France). The only paper
qualifications I have are in photography so I am officially a
“Photographe”. I have worked in the film
industry and as a freelance photographer for over 30 years. In
between I have been involved in computers (since the wire and
valve type in the ’60s) and marketing just about everything everywhere.

In this area for business, the Midi, there is
wine and tourism. Apart from this there is sunshine (average
300 days a year), a mild climate, hot summers, the smell of the
thyme and wild flowers. A view for over 150 miles on a clear day
(no pollution), the cleanest Mediterranean beaches and wine better than
any in the world.

We would like to share our love of this
region with you, we sincerely believe this little corner of France
is the best, we chose it after looking for over six years.

You can read some of my thoughts and comments - not all rose tinted - in the newsletter archives at France archives
Do write to us through the contact form and let me know if we can help you
find your little corner of France, for a week or much
longer.

Bonne Chance

Tony Tidswell

I try to write about France and answer any questions on my blog at www.twiku.com
I use a lot of the Web 2 sites and you can see the latest photos of us on Facebook .You can catch me on Twitter join me and my friends there and get the latest news.