We’ve swapped life in London for this rural idyll
Rustic Puglia is owned and run by Claire and Andy James. We moved to Italy in October 2008 to try and combine work with family life and our two young children, Rosie and Lucas.
We live on site in a home developed from the old summer kitchen, feeding stalls and farmstore. It has its own private entrance but we are on-hand to give guests any assistance you may require.
We have two dogs – Merry and Ember – who spend most of the day outside. All rural properties have dogs, they work as very effective doorbells! Ours are no exception and you’ll hear them bark to let us know when we have visitors. We also have two cats – Nibbles and Sizzles – who are very cheeky, not to mention the chickens for freshly laid eggs and the occasional Sunday roast.
Andy can mostly be found outside where he’s trying to tame the 5 acres of land into some kind of order and Claire is generally in the kitchen wondering what to do with the glut of whatever vegetable is in season! All of our produce is organic apart from the eggs because organic chicken feed is yet to reach this part of the world.
