Article: So are you a villa fan? ...or more of a happy camper?; Could you bear to spend a week in a villa - and then pack your bags for a campsite? Last summer, Andrew Yates and his family did just that.

Byline: ANDREW YATES

THE VILLA

CAN THERE be a more delightful feeling than finally arriving at your rented villa after a sun-baked, five-hour drive through France?

It was mid-afternoon as we turned down the farm track and first saw the terracotta roof tiles of the low, rambling farmhouse.

Thick-walled and cool in the shade of old pine and oak forests, it had a sunny lawn where sprinklers turned lazily and children in swimming trunks danced through the spray as their parents sunbathed by the pool.

Our friends had arrived before us and the plan was to spend a week with them in the Dordogne, in luxury with our own grounds and ...

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