{"id":1844,"date":"2021-01-31T11:16:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T10:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesecretlot.com\/www2\/?page_id=1844"},"modified":"2021-03-21T10:22:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T09:22:34","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thesecretlot.com\/www2\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1844\" class=\"elementor elementor-1844\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92b96c4 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"92b96c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9d590e\" data-id=\"f9d590e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98a881d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"98a881d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us At The Secret Lot<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-acc3818 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"acc3818\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dce72b1\" data-id=\"dce72b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85fceb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"85fceb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brian &amp; Sarah - Find Out About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbde7fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbde7fc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-222ac4b\" data-id=\"222ac4b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbc79a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbc79a2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-58d26d6\" data-id=\"58d26d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7b6c7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7b6c7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1990, while holidaying in the Auvergne with our two sons, we discovered the Lot Valley and instantly fell in love with it. The following year, we bought a house in the tiny hamlet of Ayn\u00e8s, perched on the side of the valley with spectacular views. So began a wonderful and ongoing\u00a0 adventure.<\/p><p>At the time, we lived and worked in Sussex, but came to the house with increasing regularity. On one such visit we learnt of the sale of two very old stone cottages in the nearby hamlet of Lagarrigue. They were both uninhabitable having no floors, electricity, water or sanitation but we decided to buy them and persuaded our talented elder son to renovate (rebuild!) them.<\/p><p>Five years later, we had two beautiful cottages with all modern amenities but retaining many of their original features. Our son returned to his wife and son in Canada; perhaps wary of his parents&rsquo; future building plans! Our younger son, meanwhile, was making his career as an Officer in the British Army and is happily settled in Hampshire with his wife and three children.<\/p><p>We retired in 2006 and moved permanently to our home in Ayn\u00e8s.<\/p><p>It has been a great pleasure and privilege to welcome guests from all over the world to La Maison du Four and Le Cantou. The peace and tranquility of the valley, the wonderful scenery, the River Lot and the many beautiful towns and villages in the region ensure that, wherever you come from, your holiday will be a memorable one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ac04f5\" data-id=\"3ac04f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-981861f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"981861f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/thesecretlot.com\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210218_124016a-copy-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1982\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thesecretlot.com\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210218_124016a-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/thesecretlot.com\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210218_124016a-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thesecretlot.com\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210218_124016a-copy-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thesecretlot.com\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210218_124016a-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/thesecretlot.com\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210218_124016a-copy.jpg 1168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us At The Secret Lot Brian &amp; Sarah &#8211; Find Out About Us In 1990, while holidaying in the Auvergne with our two sons, we discovered the Lot Valley and instantly fell in love with it. 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