Years ago, expats in France who wanted an income usually took the gite route. Gites really took off in the 1950s when the French Government introduced a gite classification system to breathe new life into rural economy and British expats in particular saw the attraction. These days expats are becoming more and more entrepreneurial and creating jobs for themselves in less traditional areas of business.
Janine Marsh chats to a group of young Brits who’ve set up a cycling business in the Tarn region…