Camont is a magical sort of place. People use the words- retreat, haven and utopia when refering to this bow-tie shaped piece of land along the Canal de Garonne. I call it home. But home in all the deepest sense of the word. A place to find inspiration, restore peace with quiet nights and and a place to watch things grow. A home is not old stone walls and a roof; it is a place were we gather to be together in friendship.
When I first spotted the pigeonnier's pointed roof with an upturned confit pot for a
epi de faitage or finial, I had to fight my way through waist-high nettles and 'Sleeping Beauty' brambles. Now a year-round garden surrounds the 18th century stone and brick tower and the sleeping beauty turned out to be Camont itself. There is always a new project at hand; a row of strawberries to plant for summer tea, a rose bush to train against a sunny wall, re-inforcing the walls of the frog pond by the cold spring woods.
I invite you to discover you're 'inner French self' at Camont, for a week, a month or just a few nights. In the words of recent guests:
C’est Magnifique! Our family's time at Camont was magical -- and everyone's favorite part of a two week trip to France. We had fallen in love with web pictures of the house and grounds, but it was more even more idyllic than we had envisioned. Our daughters (ages 8 and 11) loved their room, the great kitchen, biking along the canal, catching frogs in the pond and visiting with co-owner Kate Hill, who invited them to pick lavender and veggies in her organic garden and then taught them how to make fantastic zucchini pancakes. My husband and I loved the antique tub in the master bedroom, the morning songs of the birds, etc..We had a warm, fun-loving hostess with great stories and plenty of privacy with the house all to ourselves. We're not typically gushy, but Camont was extraordinary.Come soon. There is your time to discover France.
Warm Regards from Gascony,
Kate Hill &
Bacon
