Ulric and Ruth Jessop can be contacted as follows:

Email: accom@pottyplace.com

Telephone: +33 493 60 42 82. Please note, this phone rings at least 10 times before the answer phone comes on, so please wait until you eventually get the answer phone, then leave us a message and we'll call you back. 

Mobile (Ulric Jessop): +33 668 32 72 37

Mobile (Ruth Jessop): +33 662 81 34 93

Haggis Jessop (the cat) doesn't have a mobile phone as instead he gives all his spare pocket money to help look after his feline cousins at Cats Protection. They are given a second chance in life by Cats Protection who look after thousands of cats in their care every year. You can help cats like Haggis through the site Cats Protection. 

Looking for accommodation for a group of more than five (as the sixth person would have to share Haggis's basket), you may want to have a look at the following websites:

The Gite Tonic in St Auban is an outdoor centre which has everything from dormitories to ensuite rooms. Prices are very reasonable, breakfast and other meals throughout the day are also available. Ideal for groups.

La Pinatelle is an excellent campsite, in St Auban, with small pool, restaurant and mobile homes for hire, open from April to October. Please check the opening and closing dates with the owners.

Karibuni, offer walking, mountain biking and multi-activity holidays in the Aravis Region of the French Alps during the summer and skiing, snowboarding and snow shoe holidays in the winter. Karibuni offer weeklong ski holidays but specialize in short breaks for walking, biking, multi-activity and skiing.
Their chalets are based in St Jean de Sixt, a small mountain village just 5 minutes from the ski resorts of La Clusaz and Le Grand Bornand. All their holidays include catered chalet accommodation in ensuite rooms, including 3 course dinner with wine, hot breakfast and afternoon tea and cake. In addition the packages offer airport transfers to and from Geneva airport (just 1 hour from St Jean), transfers around resort to ski lifts, walk or bike start/end points and multi-activity sites, activity hosting to show you around the mountains and lift pass for the 220km of skiing pistes.

Allez-up near Laragne.

Chateau Taggart at St Andre.

Other useful links

If you have just been so inspired by our website that you have put pen to paper, written your resignation letter and intend to move to France next week, you may want to speak to our friend Sam Lowe, who owns an excellent property finding company called A Place in the Alps. Sam is based in the southern French Alps, near Briancon, 3 hours drive north of St Auban.
Her company offers a personal and independent property finding service for English speaking ‘house-hunters’ looking to buy a home or invest in property in the stunning Hautes-Alpes region of France. They are fully independent of all local estate agents, acting exclusively for their clients. Their mission is to make your life as easy, and as stress-free as possible through the process of finding and buying your very own home in France.

If you enjoyed reading about the Rickshaw Run and fancy visiting Nepal, contact Adam Hill at Frontiers Paragliding in Pokhara, one of the best places we visited, situated round a beautiful lake, with stunning views of the Himalayas. We stayed at the Amrit Guest House which was really nice.

If you would like to get in a bit of flying or walking before you come out to stay with us in France, our friend Dave Thomson has set up a bed and breakfast specialising in paragliding / cycling / walking short breaks in the Scottish Borders.